Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2009-2010 (archived)
Module COMP50715: ENTERPRISE AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Department: Computer Science
COMP50715: ENTERPRISE AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
| Type | Open | Level | 4 | Credits | 15 | Availability | Available in 2009/10 | Module Cap |
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Prerequisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To develop within students a critical understanding of the entrepreneurial approach required to progress a business idea from generation, through market testing, to a robust and commercially viable business concept. The business idea will be based on distributed systems.
Content
- Generating a business idea - business idea generation theory and techniques
- Testing ideas against the market - theory and practice
- Developing a clear and commercially viable business concept
- Writing a business plan based on a self-generated idea
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Understand how to plan for the launch of a new business venture.
- Be aware of the challenges encountered in the launch process.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the responses and strategies used to overcome these challenges.
Subject-specific Skills:
Key Skills:
- Have developed/improved their enterprising skills, behaviours and attitudes.
- Further experience of group work.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The module comprises 7 days of lectures and practical groupwork exercises; several tutorials; directed reading, and two weeks developing a business plan. The overall workload conforms to the standard SLAT requirement of 150 hours equivalent to 15 credits.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 8 | various times in weeks 1 and 2 | 3 hours | 24 | ■ |
| Tutorials | 4 | weekly | 2 hour | 8 | ■ |
| Practicals | 7 | various times in weeks 1 and 2 | 3 hours | 21 | ■ |
| Laboratory | 10 | daily in weeks 3 and 4 | 7 hours | 70 | ■ |
| Preparation and Reading | 27 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Laboratory report | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Laboratory report | 100% | ||
Formative Assessment:
Staged written feedback of laboratory and practical work by staff/demonstrators.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University