Course Catalogue

Business Planning and Management 4 ENG4208

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

Students will work in a team drawn from across the Faculty on a project which involves aspects of all the major disciplines of engineering, combined with broader considerations of project management, environmental issues, finance, EDI and quality management.

Timetable

Regular lectures for delivering skills based training. Also, weekly meeting with mentor and project director. A final presentation session will be timetabled.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

ENG4085 Business Planning and Management for Engineers

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

25% Written Exam: final examination on planning and management lecture material

15% Practical Skills Assessment: individual professional conduct as assessed by peers and mentor

25% Oral Assessment & Presentation: group presentation

35% Report: individual contribution to group final report

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ give students the experience of working in an integrated team on a business focussed project that covers requirements for several major disciplines of engineering;

■ provide insight and implementation experience of broader considerations of team working, project management, environmental issues, finance, equality, diversity, inclusion and quality management within the context of an industrial centric business problem within engineering.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ determine the engineering issues in their own field required for an interdisciplinary business focussed project, whose outcome is specified in only general terms (C5, C12, C13), assimilating information from a wide range of sources, including papers on unfamiliar topics (C4);

■ solve these specific, technical, societal, security and business problems, and integrate the results with those from the rest of the team (C5, C6) while addressing wider aspects including planning application, environmental impact, ethics, sustainability and product lifecycle issues (C7, C8);

■ develop a plan for the project (including financial forecast) and manage its progress, including quality managements for continuous improvements (C9, C14, C15);

■ work and communicate effectively in a team with engineers from other disciplines, establishing an ethical code of conduct and adopting an inclusive approach to teamwork that supports equality and diversity (C8, C11, C16);

■ present their team's findings effectively (C17) and evaluate the outcome of the project, including a reflective analysis as a basis for lifelong learning and development (C16, C18).

 

(The codes are those used by the Engineering Council to identify AHEP4 learning outcomes for accreditation)

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions