Computing

Professional Skills

Module code: G5120
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework

This module will cover important professional skills in four categories:

  • writing skills
    (t    echnical and report writing, reviewing, correct attribution of credit and referencing)
  • technical communication skills
    (giving effective oral presentations, graphical aids for oral presentations)
  • professional conduct
    (codes of professional conduct, computers and society including the workplace and education, ethical implications of the internet, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and emerging new technologies)
  • IT law
    (computer crime, privacy and data protection, intellectual property and law in the IT sector).

Module learning outcomes

  • Construct and deliver effective oral presentations
  • Adopt a problem solving approach to the process of writing
  • Be aware of rules of professional conduct and IT law, to act accordingly
  • Understand key commercial and economic concepts and respond accordingly