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- Describe the role and responsibilities of management in engineering organisations and projects.
- Apply tools and techniques for planning, decision-making, and problem-solving in engineering organisations and projects.
- Recognise the ethical implications of your actions as an engineer, and apply basic ethical principles to engineering problems.
- Understand the role of economics can have in technical and social issues in engineering.
- Evaluate the impact of macroeconomic policy on the Irish economy and globally.
- Assess the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on engineering practice.
- Recognise the responsibilities of professional engineering practitioners to coworkers, customers, and wider society.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 30 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 30 |
Total | 110 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Individual economics essay | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 15 |
Examination: Final written examination with MCQs and short answer questions | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 60 |
Continuous Assessment: Short activities submitted throughout the trimester | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Group Project: Group assignment - prerecorded Ethics presentation and written script | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Gerald Byrne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Gerald Byrne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Gavin Cassells | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Mark Finan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Eoin O'Donnchadha | Tutor |
Jordan O'Donoghue | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 20 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Fri 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 20 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 15:00 - 16:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Fri 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 15:00 - 16:50 |