In this module, you will work on a business-led problem in Computer Science, bringing to bear the tools and techniques that you have learned to develop whilst presenting and documenting a solution. Where possible, the module will be taken as a placement in a business or government organisation, providing you with experience of working as a professional in a modern organisation and dealing with the challenges and opportunities it presents. Responsibility for finding a placement lies with you, but support will be provided by the College’s Employability team.

This module aims to give you extensive experience of computer science in a business setting. The module aims to build on the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the taught modules of the programme to allow you to analyse a problem, research and design a solution, implement and test software, and evaluate the result. Ideally the module will take place as a placement at a host organisation’s premises with supervision from the University staff and assessment taking place during and after the placement. 

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge

Personal and Key Transferable / Employment Skills and Knowledge

Although the content of the module depends upon the particular project, its structure is as follows;

Before the start of the project:

It is up to the student to choose a suitable Business Organisation that has a suitable project.

Assistance in making this choice may be provided by the Module Convener, the College Employability Officer and the University Career Zone. The chosen Business Organisation and the project to be undertaken are both subject to approval by the Module Convenor, who draws up a formal agreement to be deposited with the College. Usually, this agreement will be made on the basis of an exchange of letters between the Business Organisation and the Module Convenor, which sets out aims and objectives, duties and obligations of all parties involved. Once this agreement is complete, the Module Convenor will make the student aware of the Project Supervisor and the named link person in the Business Organisation who are responsible for their pastoral/tutorial support, and of the nature of this support. Where the Business Organisation is overseas and the language spoken is not English, the student may be required to demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the language concerned in tests set by the Foreign Language Centre.

During the Project:

Progress during the project will be monitored through the production of interim reports at specified regular intervals, together with supervisions, often via video conference etc, with the project supervisor. Production of one or more of these reports will coincide with a meeting at the Business Organisation attended by the Supervisor, the link person in the Placement Organisation, and the student to discuss matters of interest and/or concern. Where the Business Organisation is overseas, this meeting may take the form of a video conference.

Two-page project proposal in early stages of project.

Reassessment will be by resubmission of the dissertation report only. For referred candidates, the module mark will be capped at 50%. For deferred candidates, the module mark will be uncapped.

Basic reading:

ELE: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

Web based and Electronic Resources:

Other Resources:

Reading list for this module: