To provide students with the key skills required of a computing professional.   T o develop the communication and employability skills of students. To provide students with an economic, historic, organisational, research, and social perspective on computing. To introduce students to concepts of professional ethics as well as social and legal aspects of computing.

(LO1) effectively retrieve information including via use of library and web sources, evaluate information retrieved from such sources, and synthesise information from such sources;

(LO2) effectively use general IT facilities including organising their filstore, taking advantage of access control and security features of operating systems;

(LO3) effectively use relevant software packages and appreciate different types of software;

(LO4) effectively communicate in writing and orally, including the presentation of coherent and persuasive intellectual accounts/arguments in the form of presentation and in the form of appropriately referenced and formatted reports;

(LO5) recognise and employ sound reasoning and argumentation techniques as part of conducting basic research;

(LO6) manage their own learning and have an awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the roles of computing professionals;

(LO7) identify, describe and discuss economic, historic, organisational, research, and social aspects of computing as a discipline and computing in practice;

(LO8) identify and appraise professional, ethical, legal and social isssues related to the work of a professional within the IT industry with particular regard to the BCS Codes of Conduct and Practice.

(S1) Effective information retrieval skills (including use of the WWW and the evaluation of information retrieved from such sources).

(S2) The ability to use general IT facilities effectively.

(S3) The ability to manage their own learning and development, and time management and organisational skills.

(S4) An appreciation of the need for continuing professional development in recognition for the need for lifelong learning.

Directory structures, organising your file store, access control and security, types of software eg systems, applications (3 lab practicals and guided self study. Software packages: Use of reference managers, word processors, typesetting programs and their interaction (5 lab practicals and guided self study). Overview of Computing as a discipline and Computing in practice: Economic, historic, organisational, research, and social aspects of Computing (6 lectures). Reasoning and critical thinking skills: Abduction, induction, deduction, argumentation and their use in a Computing context (5 lectures). Employability skills: Understanding the skills that graduate recruiters look for from Computer Science graduates, managing one's own learning, lifelong learning, time management, project management, working in groups and as individual, study skills (2 seminars. Information retrieval: effective use of search engines, bibliographic databases, library catalogues; evaluating information sources (1 lectures). Communication skills: writing reports / documenation (good practice, use of English, referencing and citation), giving presentations (good techniques), other forms of communication (7 lectures. Legal, ethical, social and professional (LSEP) issues including data protection and standards (4 lectures).

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
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Teaching Method 3 - Laboratory Work
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Teaching Method 4 - Workshop
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