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CM22050: Professional placement

[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Computer Science
Credits: 60 [equivalent to 120 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 1,200
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWPI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Presentation (CWPI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: - To demonstrate further understanding of the application of Computer Science and a range of Key Skills within an industrial context. - To be able to work accurately and consistently to identify and achieve personal and company objectives. - To learn how the individual integrates into and interacts with an organisation for the mutual benefit of the individual and the organisation. - To demonstrate the ability to manage conflicting resource and time demands through prioritisation, allocation, tracking and control. - To be able to identify appropriate opportunities to apply knowledge, skills and understanding in new contexts to evaluate solutions and solve problems. - To build a range of group working skills, typically including effective one-to-one and group communication, presentations and interaction, and effective personal contribution to team goals.


Synopsis: Undertaking a professional placement will offer practical experience in an industrial or commercial environment applying knowledge and skills gained within a CS undergraduate programme. You will develop personal skills, including communication (oral and written), planning/time management, problem solving and analytical, decision-making, as well as team-working skills. The placement will enable an understanding of the general structure of an organisation and the contribution of the individual to its aims and objectives.

Content: A period of paid employment, normally with an established company operating within the IT sector, performing a role in which the knowledge and skills gained from the degree programme can be applied and developed. The placement period shall incorporate regular critical self-evaluation and employer evaluation in order to enhance practice and identify new learning needs.

Course availability:

CM22050 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Computer Science
  • USCM-AKB31 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with professional placement (Year 3)
  • USCM-AKB32 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics with professional placement (Year 3)
  • USCM-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Computer Science with professional placement (Year 3)

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