London Metropolitan Polymer Centre (LMPC)

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1 NORTH CAMPUS Lonon Metropolitan Polymer Centre (LMPC) MSPlastis Prout Design MS Plastis Prout Design with Management MS Plastis Prout Design with Marketing Course Hanbook For amission in

2 The Postgrauate Aaemi Year AUTUMN SEMESTER Start - En Welome Programme 24 September Otober 2009 Teahing 5 Otober Deember 2009 Christmas Break 21 Deember January 2010 Teahing/revision 11 January January 2010 Examinations 18 January February 2010 Dissertation Dealine 22 January 2010 SPRING SEMESTER Welome Programme (new February entrants only) 2 February February 2010 Teahing 8 February Marh 2010 Easter Break 29 Marh April 2010 Teahing 12 April May 2010 Teahing/revision 10 May May 2010 Examinations 17 May June 2010 Dissertation Dealine 21 May 2010 SUMMER STUDY PERIOD Summer 7 June September 2010 Resit Examinations 19 July July 2010 Reassessment Coursework 30 July 2010 Dissertation Dealine 3 September 2010 In aition to these ates you nee to be aware of other important events an ealines throughout the year; suh as oursework submission ates, publiation of the exam timetable, publiation of results, mitigating irumstanes ealines, programme planning ealines. You an aess these at:

3 KEY CONTACTS Postgrauate Offie: Tower Builing, room T1-01 Tel: Departmental Offie: Course Leaer: Benwell Roa, room BPM-23 Tel: Prof Shah Hashemi Tel: Course Leaer s Offie: Benwell Roa, BR1-07 Main Campus teahing loation: Tower Builing/Benwell Roa

4 CONTENTS 1.0 WELCOME TO THE COURSE Using This Hanbook WELCOME TO THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLYMER CENTRE Introution to the ourse Key Features of Postgrauate Courses Introution to the Department Loation an Department Failities supporting the ourse Learning an Teahing on the ourse Researh in the epartment BEING A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT Welome Programme Cheklist Your first semester Attenane, aaemi engagement an employment Stuying Enrolment an Re-enrolment Creit for previous learning Moule Registration an Programme Approval Your Timetable Publiation of Results an Transripts MANAGING YOUR ACADEMIC LIFE ON-LINE Your University IT Aount Communiation Your Contat Details Evision WebLearn Online moule resoures THE STUDENT VOICE StARs Course Committees Stuents views on moules an ourses SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE Postgrauate Offie The Grauate Shool Postgrauate Course Leaer Moule Leturers Stuent Suess through Learning Development Stuent Servies Disabilities an Dyslexia Servie (DDS) Plaements/stuy abroa DISSERTATION OR PROJECT Registration Supervision Arrangements Topi approval Planning an Timing...13

5 7.5 Submission MARKING AND ASSESSMENT Aaemi Regulations Marking an graes Your responsibilities onerning Assessment Assessment Feebak Submission of oursework Examination Timetable Past Examination Papers Mitigating irumstanes Assessment Boar Appeals Ation in the event of failure University Criteria for Awars WITHDRAWAL, INTERRUPTION OR TRANSFER Withrawal from a moule Intermission of Stuies Changing Your Moe of Stuy Course Transfers STUDY RESOURCES AND FACILITIES Libraries an Speial Colletions Subjet Librarians an Subjet Guies Stuent feebak Meia Resoures ICT Servies FURTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Open Language Programme COURSE SPECIFICATION USEFUL INFORMATION DIRECTORY OF MODULES FOR THE COURSE INDEX OF KEY SOURCES OF INFORMATION Relevant University Proeures: Useful online information:...47

6 1.0 WELCOME TO THE COURSE 1 This is the Course Hanbook for the MS Plasti Proue Design, MS Plasti Prout Design with Marketing an MS Plasti Prout Design with Management. The staff of the Lonon Metropolitan Polymer Centre wish you a warm welome to Lonon Metropolitan University North ampus an to the stuy of Plasti Prout Design. 1.1 Using This Hanbook This hanbook ontains a lot of information. Some of it will be of more relevane later in the ourse than at the start of your stuies. You an aess the ourse hanbook either by logging into your Evision aount or via the University s website at: We reommen that you rea this Course Hanbook thoroughly an arefully, as it overs many of the questions you will have about your ourse. Setions 4 an 6 in partiular, will help you loate the avie you will nee an Setion 15 ontains an Inex of key soures of information that you may nee to aess uring your ourse. For etaile information you will sometimes nee to onsult other soures, inluing: University Stuent Hanbook - for etails of important University regulations an proeures. It also provies information on university life an all the support servies available. The University Stuent Hanbook an be aesse at: PostGra-Line a omprehensive on-line soure of postgrauate ourse an moule information available at: Postgrauate stuents webpage a omprehensive on-line resoure for postgrauate stuents. Provies information about your Postgrauate Offie, timetables, etails of timeslots an room numbers for most taught moules. One you have omplete enrolment an registration, you an view an print your personal timetable Please see: The Course Speifiation (Setion 12 of this hanbook) efines the key features of your ourse, its aims, struture an learning outomes, an inlues all the moules you must stuy for the awar. All postgrauate ourses are governe by the University s Aaemi Regulations ( It is your responsibility to be fully aware of the regulations whih govern your stuies as a postgrauate stuent of the University. Your ourse may in aition have some ourse speifi regulations or may be governe by a Professional Boy. Where relevant these are inlue in paragraph 32 of the Course Speifiation, ontaine within Setion 12 of this hanbook. You shoul note that oasionally, the etails in this hanbook may be amene or revise in orer to improve the Course. We hope that some of you will feel suffiiently ommitte to your ourse to partiipate as a Stuent Representative (see Setion 5). Equally, we woul at any time, welome your omments about the ourse or any suggestions for improvements. We wish you every suess with your stuies.

7 1 2.0 WELCOME TO THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLYMER CENTRE 2.1 Introution to the Course The role of Prout Designer is being inreasingly reognise as a vital fator in the suessful evelopment of all manufature prouts. The Plasti Prout Design ourse offers an avane stuy in plastis prout esign for siene an engineering grauates an aims to provie the aaemi, professional an personal skills neessary to help stuents lea projets in prout esign, evelopment an proution. Stuents will omplete the ourse with a soun knowlege of the priniples an proesses of prout esign an the ability to esign plasti prouts from a soun engineering base. The Plasti Prout Design with Management ourse provies a base in business management as well as the unerpinning Prout Design moules for siene an engineering grauates. Stuents shoul ome away from the ourse having aquire the isiplines an tehnial know-how neessary to suessfully manage an lea team an to inorporate soial, environmental, legal an ethial issues in their prout esign. The Plasti Prout Design with Marketing ourse provies a grouning in marketing in aition to the unerpinning Prout Design moules for siene an engineering grauates. Stuents shoul ome away from the ourse having aquire the isiplines an tehnial know-how neessary to suessfully esign an market a prout. The Plastis Prout Design ourses have been esigne to follow the University s postgrauate regulatory framework an are therefore moular an flexible. These ourses are esigne to aommoate those who are in full-time employment as well as international stuents. A high egree of flexibility is inorporate within eah ourse struture by offering both full-time an part-time moes of stuy as well as two entry points (September an February) to the ourse for eah moe, whih is partiularly onuive to international stuents. 2.2 Key Features of Postgrauate Courses The Course Speifiation (see Setion 12) etails your ourse urriulum an struture an you shoul stuy this losely. Many features are efine by the Postgrauate Regulatory Framework, part of the University s Aaemi Regulations (see Setion 15 of this hanbook for etails), whih sets out general features ommon to almost all Masters ourses. (i) Full-time stuents starting Masters programmes in the semester are taught over a 48-week year, requiring approximately 40 hours of stuy per week. For fulltime stuents starting ourses in February the workloa is similar but is istribute over a longer stuy perio an normally omplete at the en of the following semester. Part-time stuents unertake the equivalent overall workloa over a longer perio of stuy, normally at least two years. (ii) The stanar Masters awar requires 180 reits at level M: normally 120 reits for the taught elements an 60 reits for the Dissertation or Projet. There are some exeptions to the rule, suh as speifie Masters ourses in Human Resoure Management, whih require 200 reits, an the MBA at 220 reits. (iii) Most postgrauate moules are equivalent to 20 reits. Typially, a full-time stuent stuies moules equivalent to 60 reits per semester (normally 3 moules), with 15 weeks of teahing, revision an assessment ativities for eah moule. (iv) The taught elements of postgrauate ourses are mainly ompulsory ore moules an normally inlue one onerne with researh methoology an projet

8 2 evelopment an pratie, in preparation for the issertation or projet. Some ourses may inlue esignate moules, whih an be hosen from a speifie list for the ourse, or eletive moules, whih an be hosen from any available at postgrauate level. (v) All taught moules an the issertation or projet moule, are marke on a perentage sale, with a pass/fail threshol of 50%. (vi) Base on the final aggregate of average perentage results, Masters awars are grae as: Masters (50-59%), Masters with Merit (60 69%), or Masters with Distintion (70% plus) (vii) While most stuents will aim to ahieve the full Masters qualifiation, all Masters ourses offer the subsiiary awars of Postgrauate Certifiate or Postgrauate Diploma (both available with Merit or with Distintion) for stuents unable to omplete their full programme of stuy. The full list of awars an their requirements is as follows: Awar Creits at level M Moules Require Masters 180 reits 6 moules + issertation Postgrauate Diploma 120 reits 6 moules Postgrauate Certifiate 60 reits 3 moules 2.3 Introution to the Department LMPC is a small polymer epartment within Sir John Cass Art, Meia an Design epartment. LMPC arries out researh an ommerial work for ompanies as well as prouing grauates with the knowlege, skills an ompetenies to ahieve suessful areers in the worl-wie polymer an allie inustries. LMPC elivers a full range of unergrauate an post-grauate aaemi programmes in polymer stuies. Tables below summarises staff expertise an their ontat etails. (i) LMPC Staff an Expertise Name Position Main Subjet Area Professor Brian Falonbrige Hea of John Cass Art, Meia & Design (JCAMD) Mr Davi Butler Assoiate Hea (Aaemi) Dr Mike O Brien Assoiate Hea (Resoures) Materials Professor Shahriar Hashemi Subjet Leaer Strength of Materials Dr Mathew Philip Aaemi Leaer Mehanial Properties/Materials Dr Ahme Fari Senior Leturer Rubber Siene & Engineering Miss Elena Onyshhenko Senior Leturer Polymer Siene/Proessing Mr Ragesh.Brahmbhatt Tehniian Mr Anrew Murphy Tehniian Mr Aam Braley Centre Aministrative Offier Ms Alison Green Business Development Manager

9 3 (ii) LMPC Staff Aresses an Offies Staff Aress Builing Extension Offie Professor S. Hashemi TB 2267 BRI-07 Dr M. Philip (MP) TB 2264 BRI-04 Dr A. Fari TB 2484 BPM-24 Mrs E. Onyshhenko TB 2265 BRI-05 Mr R. Brahmbhatt r. TB 2257 BPG-20 Mr A. Murphy TB - BPG-21 Mr A. Braley [email protected] TB 2248 BPM-23 Ms A. Green [email protected] TB 2189 BPM Loation an Department Failities supporting the ourse Centre s Proessing & Testing Laboratories The Polymer Centre has laboratories an workshops ontaining a full range of small proution sale polymer proessing equipment together with haraterisation an testing laboratories. Stuents will have the opportunity to gain hans-on experiene using the equipment uring pratial lasses an uring your MS Projet/Dissertation. Centre s Computer Laboratory Polymer Centre has a laboratory with about twenty PCs. This laboratory is open to stuents uring aytime teahing hours uner the supervision of a tehniian. Classes are timetable in this laboratory an have priority over asual users. However, stuents are enourage to use the failities as a loal aition to the main University omputing failities. Stuents shoul ontat the tehniian before using this laboratory an shoul sign the register book in the laboratory. Centre s Learning Laboratory (PILL) This is situate in room BR106 lose to the Centre Reeption Area. Stuents may use this room to prepare work an to stuy the literature insie. This onsists of books, journals an some inustrial material. Its failities are a loal aition to the main library failities situate in the University Learning Centre. PILL has vieo equipment an a number of inustrial vieos of proesses, plant et. The opening times are poste on the oor of PILL. 2.5 Learning an Teahing on the Course The strategy aopte in the elivery of the ourse material aims to ensure that appropriate resoures an tehnology available both within an outsie the institution are use effetively in elivering the learning objetives as efine in the various syllabi as well as proviing variations in moes of stuy. Learning strategies an teahing methos use are generally aime at: 1. Proviing intelletural hallenge at a postgrauate level. 2. Stimulating the stuent s interest in the subjet matter through ase-stuies. 3. Atively involving stuents in their learning proess. 4. Further eveloping the stuent s problem solving skills. 5. Enhaning the stuent s managerial an marketing skills. 6. Enhaning the stuent s laboratory an workshop skills relevent to the fiel of stuy. 7. Enhaning the stuent s ommuniations an IT skills.

10 8. Promoting the stuent s self management with a view to future ontinue professional evelopment. 4 The stuent s unerstaning of subjet matter in the ourse is evelope through an integrate programme of letures, tutorials, pratial sessions, seminars an inustrial visits. 2.6 Researh in the epartment Researh an staff evelopment ativities in the Polymer Centre take four forms:- 1. Professional ativities of members of staff whih assist to upate staff an/or maintain inustrial ontats an thus ontribute to the quality, vitality an relevane of the subjet areas. 2. Staff evelopment ativities ientifie through the PADAS proess an also irete by the Centre s ativities. 3. Staff evelopment exerises esigne an organise by the University to help staff improve their teahing praties or to evelop new teahing materials. Aaemi an applie researh fune by the University or outsie boies. 3.0 BEING A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT Unertaking stuy at postgrauate level is likely to involve new an ifferent methos of working ompare to your previous experiene. You will stuy more speialise subjet matter at a more avane level, relatively quikly an over a shorter perio. You will be expete to pursue your stuies with a greater egree of inepenene than at unergrauate level an to set your own learning objetives within the framework of the ourse. The remainer of this setion highlights the general features an expetations assoiate with postgrauate stuy. 3.1 Welome Programme Cheklist Following the Welome Programme an Course Introutory Meeting, you shoul hek that you have reeive the following: an ID ar (inluing library number an omputer network username) an aress a ourse timetable the loation of your Postgrauate Offie the loation of your Department Offie the loation of you main learning entre an IT failities the name of your Course Leaer If you arrive late you will still nee to obtain the items above an there will be a late Welome session for you. Contat your esignate Postgrauate Offie to ensure you know what to o an where to go to get starte. Classes ommene from the Monay immeiately following the Welome Programme. 3.2 Your first semester After your welome, you will fin yourself in the first week of formal teahing, where you will meet the moule leturers, who will often be giving the main leture for the moule, an other teahing staff, who may be taking seminars or workshop groups. Your first semester usually involves mainly ompulsory (ore) moules overing essential subjet ontents an skills elements in your area of stuy. During this first semester you will meet with your Course Leaer who will isuss your stuy programme an avise you on how

11 5 to plan your stuies for the seon semester if you i not o this at the start of the ourse. 3.3 Attenane, aaemi engagement an employment Your suess epens upon full an regular attenane at all lasses, seminars, letures, workshops, tutorials an the ompletion of all of your moule assessment(s), inluing your issertation. Our reors show that stuents who o not atten all their lasses are at very high risk of failure. The University s Aaemi Regulations make it lear that attenane an full aaemi engagement are requirements of your registration on your ourse. The ontent of moules is progressive, so if you miss a session you will nee to ath up. However, we o reognise that for some postgrauate stuents there may be oasions where your absene is unavoiable; in suh irumstanes, we strongly reommen that you ontat your Course Leaer or Moule Tutor/Leturer. If you are having ongoing iffiulties with attenane or ommitting fully to your postgrauate stuies please ontat your Postgrauate Offie for avie on what to o. Please note - for international stuents, the University is require by the UK government to onfirm that you are in regular attenane. The University looks arefully at the eviene of your attenane an aaemi engagement an full-time stuents who fall below these requirements an fin themselves being move to a part-time programme. This an have serious impliations for you an your ourse. In the ase of part-time stuents, if you fail to meet attenane an aaemi engagement requirements the University may withraw you from some of your moules. In some irumstanes this an also lea to you being require to leave your ourse. We reognise that you may nee to unertake part-time work, but strongly avise you not to take employment of more than 15 hours a week if you are a full time stuent (shoul you nee to take employment of more than 15 hours per week we reommen you register as a part-time stuent). The University s Employment Servie, in Stuent Servies, an help you fin a suitable part-time job that an enhane your employability an omplement your stuies. ( 3.4 Stuying As a postgrauate stuent, you will be seeking to evelop your learning at more avane level an your ourse will provie many opportunities to aquire new knowlege an skills. To make the most of these you will nee to evelop a strategy for your stuies, planning ahea, managing your time effetively an refleting on your learning. Assessment is an important feature of stuy at postgrauate level. Eah moule booklet sets out etaile assessment requirements an learning outomes, proviing a fous for your stuies. There are various forms of assessment an moules often involve a ombination of examination an oursework or presentation. It is important that you unerstan learly the expetations an ealines for eah item of assessment. You shoul be aware that all the various oursework assessments an examinations have to be omplete for the ahievement of your final awar. In aition to attening the timetable sessions, you will nee to stuy in your own time. You shoul expet to spen hours per week on eah moule, making a 40 hour per week ommitment for a full-time stuent. Parttime stuents nee to plan a similar time ommitment for eah moule, but will generally be taking fewer moules at any one time. Inepenent stuy is partiularly important when planning work for your issertation or projet. This is a substantial piee of work, to be evelope an omplete over a relatively lengthy perio, with muh of the writing onentrate in the final stages. Working losely with your assigne supervisor, you will nee to plan your work arefully, with initial isussion to efine

12 6 the topi, preparatory researh an reaing, planning the struture of the researh an final report, writing an re-writing partiular setions an rafts. Please be respetful of the learning environment an remember to swith off your mobile phone before entering all lasses an stuy areas. In summary: plan your learning strategy; alloate enough time; atten all of your moule letures, tutorials an other sessions; start assignments well in avane; seek avie an help; use the learning resoures offere; an, enjoy the learning experiene! 3.5 Enrolment an Re-enrolment Enrolment is an annual proess. The first time you enrol you will nee to provie eviene of your ientity an the qualifiations whih forme the basis of your offer from the University. You will also nee to pay your tuition fees or emonstrate how these will be pai. The University ID ar you reeive at enrolment ontains your library number an omputer network username an allows entry to the University s builings. Provie you fully omplete your enrolment your ar shoul work throughout the year. If it stops working then please seek avie from your Postgrauate Offie. By signing the enrolment form you onfirm that you aept an will follow the University s regulations If you are stuying on a part-time basis over more than one aaemi year or nee to return to omplete your stuies, you will nee to re-enrol online usually from aroun mi-august. Reenrolment is neessary for your ID ar to be reativate for the new aaemi year. There will be a ealine for this so it is important that you omplete this before the start of the next aaemi year. 3.6 Creit for previous learning If you alreay hol a qualifiation (for example from another ollege) that may exempt you from part of your ourse, you may apply for Areitation of Prior Certifiate Learning (APCL). Similarly, if you have unertaken work, pai or voluntary, that has resulte in learning skills or knowlege equivalent to a moule you will be stuying you may apply for Areitation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL). Colletively these are known as Areitation of Prior Learning (APL). It is important to be aware that any appliation for APL reit in respet of postgrauate stuies must be base on prior learning or experiene at a suitably avane level. This means that it is not normally possible to areit prior learning at unergrauate level, even if the ontent may appear similar. The University operates the European Creit Transfer System (ECTS), where 1 European reit (ECTS) is equivalent to 2 UK reits (CATS). Thus, eah taught moule of 20 reits is normally equivalent to 10 ECTS reits, an a full Masters of 180 UK reits is equivalent to 90 ECTS. If you wish to laim for APL please ontat your Postgrauate Offie or refer to the Inex (Setion 15) of this hanbook for further information. 3.7 Moule Registration an Programme Approval Your Course Leaer shoul provie the information you will require in orer to hoose your moules. Core Moules are ompulsory for your ourse, but your ourse may also offer Designate Moules, whih an be hosen from a speifie list. Aitionally, you may be allowe to take Eletive Moules, whih an be hosen from any available at postgrauate level.

13 7 Further information about moules an their timeslots an be foun on PostGra-Line: When you arry out moule registration you may be able to hoose some time slots, subjet to apaity of the lass, if the moule(s) run more than one. You are more likely to get your first hoies if you register on time. Programme Planning Dealines: 2009/10 Moule Registration 24 September 2 Otober Otober November January February Feb 2010 Marh/April May 2010 Semester 2009/10 Starters Moule Choie Events uring Welome Programme 1 Semester 2009/10 Starters Dealine for onfirmation of Semester programmes 2. Confirmation of Semester Moules 3 Semester Dissertation Dealine 4 Moule hoie exerise for stuents ontinuing their stuies in 2010/11 Semester Dissertation Dealine 4 Moule Choie Events uring Welome Programme Dealine for onfirmation of Semester programmes Moule hoie exerise for stuents ontinuing their stuies in 2010/11 3 September 2010 Summer Dissertation Dealine Summer Dissertation Dealine 1 Stuents shoul ieally plan for the whole 2009/10 programme. 2 Stuents onfirm their programme for the semester an may not vary it after this point 3 Stuents plan for Semester if they i not o this when enrolling in Otober. 4 It is unlikely that stuents will be in a position to take their issertation at this stage, but it is just possible that they may have suffiient reit at entry to o so. 3.8 Your Timetable The University timetable operates from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm, Monay to Friay. You will be given a ourse timetable at the Course Introutory Session. This gives timeslots an rooms for all moules on your ourse. One you have registere your moules you an get a print out of your iniviual timetable for the urrent semester at: Your timetable will hange eah semester, an will be available on the web shortly before the start of eah semester. If you o not have a ourse timetable please ontat your Postgrauate Offie. 3.9 Publiation of Results an Transripts At the en of eah semester Assessment Boars onfirm marks an awars. The Postgrauate Offies are responsible for proviing these results to you via Evision. (refer 4.4 below)

14 8 An offiial transript will be poste to you at your home aress on the ompletion of your ourse. There is no harge for this en of ourse transript but a fee will be payable for any subsequent transripts. For reason of employment or to provie proof of stuy at the University uring your ourse, you may nee a formal transript, stampe by the Postgrauate Offie. There is a fee for these transripts, payable at the time of request. Requests shoul be mae to the Postgrauate Offie, who aim to proue transripts within 5 working ays of request. 4.0 MANAGING YOUR ACADEMIC LIFE ON-LINE 4.1 Your University IT Aount You use the same aount to aess all University IT systems. Your aount name is printe at the top of on the ID ar that you reeive at enrolment an is 7 haraters in length (e.g. ABC1234). Your passwor will be set initially to be your ate of birth (DD/MM/YY) so you shoul hange to something seure when you first log in. 4.2 Communiation We o our best to keep you informe of what you nee to know at all times. We use the Web to provie muh of the information you nee so it is essential to familiarise yourself with the University website. At other times we will use to ontat you so it is essential that you hek your University on a regular basis. 4.3 Your Contat Details The University will ontat you by letter, phone, or , perhaps to arrange a meeting, to provie you with information, or to respon to a query. It is therefore essential that you keep your ontat etails up to ate on your stuent Evision aount. Inreasingly, we use to ommuniate an keep you informe. You will also have been alloate a University aress, whih is your 7 harater aount name (see 4.1 above) e.g. [email protected]. Even if you alreay have an aount that you will ontinue to use you shoul regularly hek your Lonon Met aount or set up an auto forwar, as important messages will be sent to you by . You an hange the etails of the aress that the University hols for you though your Evision aount (see below) an the University s IT Helpesks an help you to make the best use of the University s extensive IT failities. 4.4 Evision Evision is the University s online faility that allows you to aess your personal stuent reor, to register your moules online for the next session an where you print your oursework oversheets an other forms that you may nee. You also re-enrol via Evision an view information showing your attenane at lasses. You an view your: Personal an ontat etails (an be upate online) Registere moules Enrolment an progression Tuition fee etails Reor of oursework ealines an submissions Mitigating Cirumstanes eisions Moule results (available from notifie ate of publiation) Details of final awar For more information please hek:

15 9 4.5 WebLearn Online moule resoures WebLearn provies online support for many of your moules, enabling you to ommuniate with your tutor an other stuents. Course materials, information, assessments an aministration are available on WebLearn as well as stuy programmes, suh as Writing an Communiating at University. WebLearn requires your user name an passwor an an be aesse at: THE STUDENT VOICE 5.1 StARs Feebak from stuents is vital to the University to fin out how well the teahing, guiane an other servies are working. This is obtaine in ifferent ways, inluing via Stuent Aaemi Representatives (StARs) who, supporte by the Stuents Union, provie iret feebak from stuents on the ourse an raise any issues on their behalf. You will have the opportunity to stan for eletion as a StAR or to elet a fellow stuent. 5.2 Course Committees A Course Committee is normally onvene eah semester to review a set of moules an ourses an provie quality assurane. Key staff, inluing moule an ourse leturers, atten these meetings an stuent input is reeive via the Stuent Aaemi Representatives (StARs). 5.3 Stuents views on moules an ourses Stuents views are obtaine by a variety of means suh as fous groups an web-base questionnaires. While staff welome informal feebak from stuents, Moule Leturers will proue formal monitoring reports whih over areas suh as teahing, stuent feebak an assessment. Reports an ation points agree are available from both moule an ourse reviews. 6.0 SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE 6.1 Postgrauate Offie The Postgrauate Offie is the key aministrative servie to support you in your stuies throughout your time at the University. You will be assigne to the Postgrauate Offie linke to your ourse, normally in the builing where the subjet teahing staff are loate. It will be here that you go with timetable queries, to plan your moules, to han in your oursework, to ollet letters you may nee, an to ask any questions about your stuies. You shoul also ontat your Postgrauate Offie in relation to the following issues: Queries about your enrolment status, the fees that you have been harge or if you have not reeive your stuent loan; Queries about your timetable or the moules that are registere for you; If your ID ar is not working; Submit a moule query, a laim for mitigating irumstanes, an appeal, or get avie about examination arrangements; Avie on laiming reit for previous stuy or experiene; Help you ontat your ourse leaer; Obtain stanar letters an ounil tax exemption ertifiates; Visa extension letters for international stuents; Avie on the onsequenes of withrawing.

16 10 Your Postgrauate Offie is responsible for proessing your results an ensuring that they are publishe on time. Eah group of ourses has a Course Aministrator an you will beome familiar with them throughout your time at the University. Your Postgrauate Offie will also ontat you if you are missing lasses or not submitting work on time. The offies are normally open throughout the aaemi year but an also be ontate by phone or see When ontating your Postgrauate Offie, please always quote your stuent number as it enables staff to aess your information quikly an so respon to your query. 6.2 The Grauate Shool The Grauate Shool provies a fous for postgrauate euation an researh ativity within the University. It works losely with aaemi epartments an Postgrauate Offies; the latter proviing information an avie to all stuents on taught Masters level ourses. The Researh Offie, whih is part of the Grauate Shool, eals with the aministration of postgrauate researh egrees (MPhil, PhD, Professional Dotorate, et), provies avie an support to researh egree stuents, an plays a entral role in failitating the University's Researh Poliy. It an also assist Masters stuents who may be planning to go on to stuy for a researh-base MPhil or PhD on ompletion of their masters programme. The Grauate Shool s website provies further information about its ativities an arrangements to support postgrauate stuy an researh, an inlues avie on researh ethis an resoures to support the evelopment of researh skills. You an view this at: Postgrauate Course Leaer Course Leaers are the main ontats for personal aaemi avie, inluing programme planning an approval, an are also responsible for the ay-to-ay organisation of their ourse an liaising with aaemi an aministrative staff. They an be a soure of valuable avie for other matters also an shoul be tour first port of all if problems arise. They are able to: provie you with aaemi avie on all aspets of your stuies an progress explain the impliations of assessment results an assoiate feebak on your aaemi performane avise you on managing an planning your stuies; refer you to Stuent Servies for support regaring personal problems, housing, health an finane Your Course Leaer an also write you a referene, for a job appliation for example. 6.4 Moule Leturers Moule leturers are members of aaemi staff who lea the moules ontributing to your programme of stuy an are key to your learning experiene. They shoul be your first port of all for avie on any topis you o not unerstan following a leture or seminar. All Moule leturers have offie hours these are set times uring the week when they are available for onsultation. For eah moule there will be a Moule Booklet. 6.5 Stuent Suess through Learning Development Some stuents may nee extra help with their stuies, sometimes for a partiular moule, or, more generally, aross their programme. This might inlue help with presentations, essay writing an ritial analysis. It is always best to seek help in goo time an to take avantage of the range of aitional lasses, ourses an resoures available. For the full range of stuy

17 11 an skills programmes an to fin out more about the Learning Development Unit, please visit: Stuent Servies The Department of Stuent Servies offers avie, information, support an guiane aross a range of areas inluing: finanes an funing personal an emotional issues areer hoies servies for isable an yslexi stuents employment an CV avie volunteering an mentoring opportunities visa renewals an immigration regulations faith an spirituality stuent opportunity ativities an projets For more information all into one of the main Stuent Servies reeptions or visit their website: Please take some time uring the first few weeks of your ourse to look at the website an familiarise yourself with the servies offere. 6.8 Disabilities an Dyslexia Servie (DDS) The Disabilities an Dyslexia Servies (DDS) offers a onfiential servie to any stuent with a isability, long term meial problem or Speifi Learning Diffiulty (e.g. yslexia). They an also assist in obtaining a iagnosis for stuents who feel that they may have a Speifi Learning Diffiulty. This servie an be aesse at any time uring your ourse. One you have registere with the DDS an provie the eviene require to establish your laim for support, the servie an assist you in obtaining ajustments to help you suessfully omplete your ourse. Suh ajustments are base on iniviual irumstanes an relate to the severity of impat of your isability on your ability to stuy. Depening on the level of nee ientifie, these may inlue: Pratial Assistane: speialist tutors (speifi learning iffiulties), note-takers, or ommuniation support Speifi Ajustments to Stuy-Relate Servies: extene library loans (week loans only) or aessibility relate rooming ajustments Teahing-Relate Ajustments: internal nees assessment report to ientify nees to Aaemi Staff Assessment Speifi Ajustments: exam ajustments, oursework ertifiates or alternative assessment arrangements. Important Note There are some aspets of ourse assessment that annot be hange. These are known as ompetene riteria. To be ientifie as ompetene riteria the assesse items must be essential to the ourse an all stuents must be able to fulfil these riteria. Although in suh situations it may not be possible to alter the format of the assessment, isable stuents may still be entitle to ajustments (e.g. extra time or an amanuensis). Plaement support If you are require, as part of your ourse, to go on plaement you an reeive assistane to ensure that your plaement is suitable for you an for any require ajustments to be isusse an organise as appropriate. Most isable stuents are entitle to government allowanes. You are strongly avise to ontat the Disabilities an Dyslexia Servies who will help you with funing appliations.

18 12 Please refer to the Stuent Hanbook for full information on the types of funing available or the Disabilities an Dyslexia Servies website at: Plaements/stuy abroa The ourse organisers reognise that it is a valuable experiene for stuents to unertake an inustrial plaement. This is atere for in the ourse by a short Inustrial Work Experiene moule. The work plaement perio is 10 weeks uring spring semester. However, the Centre exerises a ertain egree of flexibility by allowing stuents to take this moule subjet to availability of plaement. A part-time stuent alreay in employment within a polymer inustry may omplete the moule at workplae subjet to the Polymer Centre approving of the plaement experiene. Stuents who are intereste in Inustrial Work Experiene moule shoul ontat Dr A.S. Fari who is the entre work plaement tutor. 7.0 DISSERTATION OR PROJECT 7.1 Registration You register for your Masters Dissertation or Projet in the same way as for your other moules - see setion 3.8 Moule Registration an Programme Approval. One you are registere for your issertation/projet, you are expete to submit it in the perio for whih you are registere. The University s stanar assessment arrangements an mitigating irumstanes proeures apply (see below for information on withrawal an mitigating irumstanes). Formal requirements for your issertation are set out in etail in the Dissertation/Projet Moule Booklet for your ourse, an the main aspets are summarise below: 7.2 Supervision Arrangements Eah member of staff will provie the Course Leaer with several projet titles. The Course Leaer will then provie you with the list of projets uring the first week of spring semester. The list ontains the following information; Projet titles Brief summary of the projet work Projet supervisor One you have eie on the projet(s) that interest you, you shoul make an appointment with the projet supervisor(s) to attain further information about projet(s). You shoul then inform the ourse leaer within two weeks with the title of the projet you wish to unertake an the projet is then alloate to you. You shoul expet to reeive as a minimum at least 4 hours ontat with your supervisor. You are expete to atively engage with your supervisor, agreeing times an attening supervision sessions. A projet Log-book will be given to you to reor matters isusse uring the supervisory sessions. You shoul submit the log-book to the ourse leaer at the en of the projet. 7.3 Topi approval The projet will be hosen by you either from a range of suggeste topis as outline above or may be suggeste by you with the onsent an approval of the Course Leaer.

19 13 If you wish to work on a projet whih is not on the list, you shoul submit to ourse leaer a written proposal outlining learly the aim an the objetive of the projet that you wish to unertake. The ourse leaer will isuss your proposal with other members of staff to etermine if (i) the projet is at appropriate level (postgrauate) an (ii) the Centre has the expertise an the require failities to eliver the projet. One the eision is mae the ourse leaer will then inform you of the outome. A positive outome means you an work on your propose projet uner the supervision of a staff member (s) with the appropriate expertise. You shoul also onsult the University s Coe of Goo Researh Pratie whih an be aesse on the Grauate Shool s website at: to see whether these guielines raise any issues for your own researh, an isuss them with your supervisor. 7.4 Planning an Timing The planning an preparation stage of the projet is not only of major importane in terms of ontrolling the nature an organisation of the projet but is also signifiant in the evelopment an evaluation of ommon skills. The moule entitle Researh Methoology (PEP027N) will omprehensively evelop the framework within whih the projet is to be manage an exeute. You will start your preliminary work on the projet as part of the assessment for moule PEP027N. From weeks 5 to 11 of spring semester you will work on the projet an base on what you have proue within this time sale (7 weeks) you submit the following for the assessment of PEP027N; 1. Researh proposal 2. Conferene paper 3. Oral presentation of the onferene paper The above ativities will omprehensively evelop the framework within whih your projet is to be manage an exeute. One PEP027N moule is omplete, you will ontinue working on the projet towars PEPP32N. At the start of summer perio you will ontinue working on the projet. It is your responsibility to arrange appointments with your supervisor an reor your isussion in the Log-book. You shoul remember that your supervisor may go on voation uring the summer perio an it is your responsibility to make sure that in his/her absene you an ontinue working on the projet. 7.5 Submission You must submit two opies of your issertation/ projet. One opy will be available for you to ollet after marking an the other may be kept by the University, for referene. Both opies shoul be seurely boun so that pages annot easily be remove, lost or replae. It is helpful if at least one of the opies is boun with front an rear boars rigi enough to hol the issertation upright on a shelf, an has a navy blue over with gol lettering. (Your Postgrauate Offie an provie a list of thesis biners. You shoul expet to pay aroun per volume). There are three stanar ealine ates for submission in every aaemi year. The ates for 2009/10 are: Dealine Semester 22 January 2010 Semester 21 May 2010 Summer Perio 3 September 2010

20 14 Dissertations/Projets must be submitte at your Postgrauate Offie 8.0 MARKING AND ASSESSMENT 8.1 Aaemi Regulations The University s Aaemi Regulations govern all aspets of assessment an those onerning postgrauate assessment an be foun in Setion 4.2 ( 8.2 Marking an graes The University provies you with marks an graes for the work that you submit for assessment. The etaile requirements of assessment in eah moule are speifie in moule booklets, together with iniative assessment riteria assoiate with ifferent levels of performane an results. Eah omponent of assesse work is assigne a perentage mark with a pass/fail threshol at 50%. At postgrauate level, egrees are aware aoring to the overall average mark obtaine for all moules an the issertation, with lassifiation threshols for eah grae of awar as follows: 70% an above Masters egree with Distintion 60% % Masters egree with Merit 50% % Masters egree 0% % Fail At the en of eah semester, moule results an awars are onfirme by Assessment Boars (Subjet Stanars Boars an Awars Boars). Assessment Boars uphol the aaemi stanars of your ourse an ensure that eah stuent is treate fairly an equally through the assessment proess. 8.3 Your responsibilities onerning Assessment You have a responsibility to ensure that all oursework assessments are omplete in aorane with the publishe ealines an that all examinations are attene in aorane with the publishe timetable. While there are opportunities to be re-assesse in assignments an examinations (see 8.10 below) you shoul be aware that, uner the University s Aaemi Regulations, if you pass the moule on reassessment your overall moule mark will be appe at the bare pass mark level of 50%. You are also responsible for ensuring that all work submitte is your own an that it is appropriately referene. The University oes not tolerate heating of any kin. You are strongly avise to familiarise yourself with the Aaemi Misonut Proeures (refer to the Inex for etails of how these an be aesse). 8.4 Assessment Feebak Assessment feebak is a ritial part of your learning experiene an supports suessful ahievement on your ourse. Feebak an be: iagnosti it provies an iniator of your aptitue an prepareness for stuy an an ientify your strengths an weaknesses. formative it provies you with feebak on progress on your work. The work may or may not ontribute to the overall moule grae. summative it provies a measure of ahievement or failure in respet of your performane in relation to intene learning outomes for a piee of assessment.

21 15 During your ourse you will probably reeive feebak in a number of ifferent forms. in teahing sessions to the whole lass or to you iniviually; orally or in writing; written using a feebak sheet on your work; uring the moule as well as at the en. Your assessment tasks may be set for submission uring the semester or towars the en of the semester. You shoul note arefully the following etails For oursework submitte up to the en of teahing week 9 of a semester i) Your marke oursework an aompanying feebak shoul normally be returne to you uring moule sessions. Alternative arrangements may be mae, for example, where the assessment involves bulky piees of oursework. For oursework submitte after teahing week 9 of a semester i) Your tutor s feebak (without the oursework) will be available for olletion either from your moule leturer or from the Postgrauate Offie. ii) The marke work with your tutor s omments will be available for olletion two weeks after the formal publiation of the result. iii) Any unlaime work will be kept for a perio of 6 months following publiation of the result, after whih it will be estroye. All arrangements for oursework an feebak return will normally be state in moule booklets. This shoul inlue: ue ates for oursework submission; ates when oursework feebak will be istribute in lass (for work submitte up to the en of week 9); ates when oursework feebak an be ollete from the moule leturer or the Postgrauate Centre (for work submitte after week 9); the format by whih assessment feebak will be given; the proess by whih oursework an be ollete two weeks following the publiation of the result onerne. 8.5 Submission of oursework When haning in oursework you must ensure that you have unerstoo an followe all the instrutions provie by the moule leturer. Your oursework shoul be aompanie by a seurely attahe baroe oursework oversheet printe from Evision. Unless you are given formal guiane to o otherwise (e.g. for some esign work or work to be submitte via WebLearn), written oursework must be submitte only to the Postgrauate Offie in the builing that the moule is taught. Work hane in to tutors prior to, or on, the onfirme oursework ealine ate oes not onstitute a vali submission an will not be proesse. It is important that you retain both your submission reeipt (this is an eletroni reeipt sent to your University aress an also available to view on your Evision aount) an a opy of the oursework until the results are publishe on Evision. Full etails of the oursework submission proess, inluing how to obtain oursework over sheets, an be aesse at:

22 8.6 Examination Timetable 16 Examinations take plae uring Weeks 13,14 an 15 of eah semester an uring the Summer Reassessment perio in July. (See insie over of this hanbook for 2009/10 ates). The examination timetable is publishe three weeks prior to the start of eah examination perio at: Copies are also poste on Postgrauate Offie notieboars. 8.7 Past Examination Papers These are available online at: Mitigating irumstanes If a situation arises where, for goo reason, a stuent annot atten an examination or submit an assessment by the publishe ealine they are avise to make a laim uner the proeures for mitigating irumstanes. The University efines Mitigating Cirumstanes as irumstanes that are aute, severe, unforeseen an outsie a stuent s ontrol that our immeiately before or uring the assessment perio in question. Claims may be submitte in relation to the unavoiable late submission of oursework, nonsubmission of oursework, or non-attenane at an examination. Late oursework an be submitte up to 10 working ays later than the publishe ealine (NB where the late oursework ealine falls within the University s Christmas or Easter vaation perio, a single generi ealine is set by the University see Claims of mitigating irumstanes must be submitte to the Postgrauate Offie on the appropriate form, attahing inepenent supporting eviene of the partiular irumstanes that affete your stuies. Forms an be printe from: The ealines for the submission of laims are publishe on notie boars outsie the Postgrauate Offies an in the online Stuent Hanbook refer to the Inex (Setion 15) for further soures of information. If your laim for mitigating irumstanes is aepte: For oursework submitte within the late oursework perio; the mark for the omponent onerne will be onfirme. For non submission of oursework or non attenane at an examination, the stuent will be given the opportunity to be assesse at the next opportunity. This attempt shall replae the opportunity to whih the mitigating irumstanes pertaine. The University will also onsier a laim for poor performane in an exam or in an assesse piee of work that has been hane in by the publishe ealine, but this shoul be submitte via the Appeals proess. Prior to submitting a laim for Mitigating Cirumstanes you are strongly enourage to familiarise yourself with the Mitigating Cirumstanes Criteria (Setion 10.3 of the Aaemi Regulations), whih an be foun at: Assessment Boar Appeals There are only three grouns on whih stuents may appeal against the outome of an assessment boar eision. These are very speifi an an appeal may not be mae in respet of an aaemi jugment or in respet of a rejete laim of mitigating irumstanes.

23 17 The University operates a strit ealine for submission of appeals, following the publiation of the result(s) onerne. Refer to the Inex (Setion 15.0) for soures of further information. Prior to submitting an Appeal you shoul familiarise yourself with the Proeures for the submission of Appeals (Setion 10.4 of the Aaemi Regulations), whih an be foun at: Ation in the event of failure to pass a moule Reassessment Stuents are entitle to be reassesse on one oasion in any moule for whih a failing mark has been aware. Reassessment takes plae uring the summer resit perio following the aaemi session in whih the moule was taken. However, reassessment of a issertation shall take plae at the next available assessment point (i.e. January for September submissions, May for January submissions an September for May submissions). Uner the University s Aaemi Regulations, if you pass the moule following reassessment, your overall moule mark will be appe at the bare pass mark level of 50% If you have reeive failing marks in three or more moules (60 reits) in a level you will be require to unertake a review of your aaemi performane with your Course Leaer or nominee. On the basis of this review, you may be require to leave the ourse or seek amission on to a ifferent ourse. You shoul ensure that you familiarise yourself with the University regulations on reassessment (Setion 4.2 of the Aaemi Regulations), whih an be foun at: Retaking a moule If, at reassessment, you fail a moule for the seon time, you will nee to re-register, to pay for an to take the whole moule again. You will only be permitte to re-register one for any moule. Your Postgrauate Offie an avise you further University Criteria for Awars The Postgrauate Awars Framework, the list of all of the University s postgrauate awars, an be foun at the beginning of Setion 4.1 of the Aaemi Regulations. Setion 4.2 of the Aaemi Regulations etails the minimum riteria for all the University s postgrauate awars. 9.0 WITHDRAWAL, INTERRUPTION OR TRANSFER 9.1 Withrawal from a moule Normally one you have a registere programme for the aaemi year it annot be hange. You have until the en of week 2 of the first semester to withraw from a moule without aaemi or finanial penalty. After this point you are expete to omplete, an pay for, every moule registere against your reor. For further information an avie please ontat your Postgrauate Offie. Withrawal from a moule is not permitte after Week 2 of the first semester an stuents with unforeseen irumstanes, whih prevent ompletion of an assessment, shoul submit a laim of mitigating irumstanes. (See setion 8.8). After Week 2 of the first semester, only very exeptional requests to substitute moules will be onsiere, but it will not be possible to reue the total number of moules you are registere for.

24 9.2 Intermission of Stuies 18 There may be irumstanes that arise in the year that make it iffiult for you to ontinue on your ourse or part of your ourse. If this is the ase you shoul in the first instane, ontat your Postgrauate Offie, who will avise you of the options available to you. You may nee to see your Course Leaer an/or Stuent Servies. Intermission of stuies is only possible in exeptional ases an you will nee to provie eviene of your irumstanes that onfirms it is not possible for you to ontinue on your ourse. Intermission an have as finanial impliations (where appliable) an on your status in the UK if you are an international stuent. During an approve intermission of stuies you will not be eligible to sit examinations, submit oursework or unertake any other form of assessment. The maximum perio of intermission permitte is two years an the maximum perio in whih to qualify for a Masters egree (inluing any agree intermission) is six years. If you intermit without prior approval you will be eeme to have withrawn from your ourse an you may not be allowe to reommene at a later ate. For further etails go to: Changing Your Moe of Stuy While stuents are permitte to hange their moe of stuy at the en of a semester, they must be learly registere as either full-time or part-time for eah whole semester. This is beause the funs alloate to the University by the Higher Euation Funing Counil (Englan) relate to the number of stuents registere in eah moe. You shoul be aware that a hange in moe of stuy is a formal University proess an you shoul therefore seek avie from your Postgrauate Offie or Stuent Servies before making any eision. 9.4 Course Transfers If you inten to hange ourse, you shoul seek avie from your Postgrauate Offie STUDY RESOURCES AND FACILITIES 10.1 Libraries an Speial Colletions Library Servies at Lonon Metropolitan hope you will make full use of the stuy failities, speialist library staff an extensive range of printe an online resoures available to support your stuies an help you suee. You an use any of the five University libraries loate at Calutta House, Commerial Roa, Holloway Roa, Labroke House an Moorgate. All have integrate failities with aess to a large range of up-to-ate information an resoures available in a variety of eletroni, printe an auiovisual meia. The online resoures inlue e-journals, e-books, an atabases whih are also aessible outsie the University, via the library atalogue at; Eah library has open aess networke PCs an printers, opying an meia failities to support your stuies. In esignate areas you an get wireless aess to the Internet using your own laptop look out for the MetNet signs. All the libraries offer group an silent learning zones an there are group stuy rooms whih an be booke. To save you time, there are

25 19 many self-servie failities inluing borrowing an returning items, renewals an reservations. The web base atalogue is easy to use an an be aesse both on an off ampus. Information on our servies, library opening hours, borrowing rights, resoures an ontats an be foun at: Subjet Librarians an Subjet Guies Subjet librarians are qualifie to provie learning support an information skills training an ensure that the appropriate information resoures you nee are available throughout your ourse. Subjet librarians an help you aquire valuable information literay skills whih will enable you to loate, retrieve, evaluate an use the most relevant resoures for your researh for speifi assignments an projets. This is one in a variety of ways from rop-in workshop sessions to bespoke ourse group sessions planne in onjuntion with aaemi staff an base on your learning objetives. They publish guies an online tutorials to resoures speifi to your subjet area whih are a goo starting point when you nee support. You an talk to your subjet librarian in person uring one of the regular rop-in sessions at all libraries or, if you prefer, sen an with your enquiry. For further information: To aess subjet guies an fin your subjet librarian go to: Stuent feebak Library Servies are always looking at ways to improve the servie we offer to all our users an welome your views. Please go to our Comments an Suggestions link on our web pages or your Learning Resoures Manager Meia Resoures Meia equipment an resoures (e.g. vieo, reprographis et.) are available from the University s meia resoure entres. The meia team also provie tehnial support an avie. All lassrooms are fully equippe with fixe Auio-Visual installations, inluing overhea projetor, PC, whiteboar an sreen ICT Servies The University has a number of omputer stuios, offering both speialist an general-purpose software, running mainly on PCs, but some on Apple Mas. Aess ICT failities an only be aesse through using iniviually assigne IDs an passwors. General-purpose PC an Ma stuios are provie an supporte by IT support staff. Most are open-aess to stuents exept when booke for teahing. Support staff Support is provie through eiate teams, with Stuent Helpesks loate in Tower Builing, Calutta House, Commerial Roa, Een Grove, Labroke House, Moorgate, House an Tower Hill.

26 20 Stuents are enourage to make use of the Stuent Portal, whih allows them to view personalise information an to interat with the university. Opening Hours For full etails of opening hours, refer to: Stuents an aess many of the University s omputing failities from home or another workplae via the Internet. Printing Laser printing is available throughout the University. A fee is harge FURTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 11.1 Open Language Programme In aition to their main programme of stuy, the University offers all postgrauate stuents the opportunity through the Open Language Programme, to learn (or gain flueny in) one of a wie range of languages. For the majority of ourses an aitional fee payment is harge shoul you wish to pursue this. Before registering for an OLP moule you will nee to be assesse so that you an be plae at the appropriate level; these assessments are mae by the Open Language Programme at key points in the year. The languages available are usually: Arabi, Frenh, German, Italian, Japanese, Manarin Chinese an Spanish. Learning is ahieve through a ombination of taught sessions an inepenent stuy paks, both of whih are essential to make real progress. For further information please visit: COURSE SPECIFICATION 1. Name of ourse an highest awar MS Plastis Prout Design MS Plastis Prout Design with Management MS Plastis Prout Design with Marketing 2. Sheme Postgrauate 3. Total reit for ourse Possible interim awars Master of Siene (MS) Postgrauate Diploma (PG Dip.) Postgrauate Certifiate (PG Cert.) 5. Awaring/valiating institution/boy LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 6. Teahing institution LONDON METROPOLITAN POLYMER CENTRE 7. Course also areite by N/A 8. Professional boy exemptions/areitation 9. External subjet benhmarks 10. UCAS oe N/A

27 Lonon Met ourse oe PMST 12. Route oes PLASPR-N PLASMN-N PLASMK 13. JACS oes J400 J400 J Soure of funing HEFCE 15. Approve to run from 16. Moe of attenane Full-time an part-time ay 17. Expete uration of ourse MS: maximum six years PG Dip: maximum four years PG Cert: maximum three years 18. Organise work experiene/sanwih year/year abroa The ourse organisers reognise that it is a valuable experiene for stuents to unertake an inustrial plaement. This is atere for in the ourse struture by a short Inustrial Work Experiene moule (PEP029N), whih is worth 20 CATS points. This moule an be taken as an alternative to esignate moules PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N an PEP033N. In fat the Polymer Centre has many ontats in the polymer inustries an reeives requests every year from ompanies for work plaement stuents. The work plaement perio is 10 weeks uring spring semester. However, the Centre exerises a ertain egree of flexibility by allowing stuents to take this moule subjet to availability of plaement A part-time stuent alreay in employment within a polymer inustry may omplete PEP029N at workplae subjet to the Polymer Centre approving of the plaement experiene. 19. Career euation, information an guiane A proess of personal evelopment an planning takes plae throughout the ourse to help stuents think about an make sense of what is being learnt an why, plan ahea an relate to what has been learnt an their own future. In aition arrangements will be mae for Careers Servies to have sessions with the stuents. 20. Amissions or spring semester 21. Teahing loation North ampus 22. Home aaemi epartment Lonon Metropolitan Polymer Centre (LMPC) 23. Course Leaer Professor Shahriar Hashemi 24. Main euational aims of the ourse The primary aim of the ourse is to proue grauates at master level with aequate knowlege, skills an ompetenies to embark on a suessful areer in the worl-wie polymer an allie inustries. Emphasis throughout is on what the stuent learns an an o as a result of the learning, whih inlues the appliation of skills an knowlege to problem solving. Other aims of the ourse are to: 1. Provie methoologies for esigning polymer base prouts by onsiering materials an manufaturing methos. 2. Develop skills in estimating performane of plasti prouts epening on their esign, the properties of material an manufaturing methos. 3. Develop skills in seleting appropriate plasti materials for partiular working onitions. 4. Foster the ability to bring originality an inepenent jugement in solving esign problems.

28 22 5. Develop intelletual, tehnologial an personal skills to prepare stuents for a areer in prout esign. 6. Develop team base learning skills. 7. Offer stuents the flexibility to follow their programme of stuy at a pae, whih omplements their other ommitments an areer evelopment nees. The aitional aims of the prout esign with management ourse are to: 1. Provie the basis of business management in aition to the unerpinning prout esign moules for siene an engineering grauates. 2. Provie founation knowlege an pratial skills relate to managerial work. 3. Use omputer programme to manage projet planning an ontrol proesses. The aitional aims of the prout esign with marketing ourse are to: 1. Provie the basis of marketing in aition to the unerpinning prout esign moules for siene an engineering grauates. 2. Exten stuents appreiation an experiene of the ynamis behin new prout evelopment. 3. Enable stuents to write feasibility stuies, auit programmes an appreiate the omplexities involve in the internal an external interfaes of a firm. 25. Course learning outomes 25a. Knowlege an unerstaning On ompletion of the ourse grauates are expete to: 1. Selet appropriate fabriation proesses an tehniques for manufaturing polymeri prouts. 2. Consier the priniples of materials seletion base on material properties, failure an shaping proesses in esign of a prout. 3. Apply engineering methoology an priniples to solve problems an etermine effetive an effiient esign. 4. Critially evaluate existing researh/patents an be able to initiate an partiipate in esign projets 5. Demonstrate ompetenies in hanling an interpretation of ata obtaine in laboratory sessions. 6. Demonstrate the apaity for inepenent an self-manage learning. 7. Use wor proessing pakages to proue reports, presentation, an perform esign alulations. 8. Appreiate safety an environmental issues relate to the use an fabriation of polymer prouts. 9. Demonstrate awareness of soial, politial an ethial issues within whih esign engineers shoul pratie. The aitional learning outomes expete from grauates on ompletion of the plastis prout esign with management ourse are to: 1. Apply a variety of moels to the analysis of managerial work. 2. Formulate goals, foresights an intentions. 3. Use appropriate tehniques for hoosing options or reating solutions. 4. Apply behavioural moels of ontrol, motivation an leaership to projet management. 5. Be able to manage their own evelopment as managers an manage the work of others. The aitional learning outomes expete from grauates on ompletion of the plastis prout esign with marketing ourse are to: 1. Appreiate the iffering soures an natures of new prout ieas. 2. Experiene the use of omputers in prout esign an planning an ontrolling projets. 3. Lay own riteria for measuring suess in prout evelopment. 4. Unerstan the role, ontext an purpose of marketing strategy within the framework of a variety of environmental settings an organisational ontexts. 5. Ientify, efine an measure markets in term of size, struture an longituinal ynamis. 25a(i). Teahing/learning strategies an methos The strategy aopte in the elivery of the ourse material aims to ensure that appropriate resoures an tehnology available both within an outsie the institution are use in elivering the learning objetives as efine in the various syllabi as well as proviing variations in moes of stuy. Learning strategies an teahing methos use are generally aime at: 1. Proviing intelletural hallenge at a postgrauate level. 2. Stimulating the stuent s interest in the subjet matter through ase-sruies. 3. Atively involving stuents in their learning proess.

29 23 4. Further eveloping the stuent s problem solving skills. 5. Enhaning the stuent s managerial skills. 6. Enhaning the stuent s laboratory an workshop skills relevent to the fiel of stuy. 7. Enhaning the stuent s ommuniations an IT skills. 8. Promoting the stuent s self management with a view to future ontinue professional evelopment. The stuent s learning is organise aroun iret ontat time with the teahing team an stuententre ativities whih normally involves; Integrate programme of letures. Stuy of supplementary learning materials provie by the moule onvenors suh as leture hanouts, laboratory an workshop shemes, ase-stuies an sientifi artiles. Reaing selete passages of moule textbooks an researh artiles an use Learning Centre failities suh as BIDS, RAPRA CD ROMS, material atabases an other IT failities suh as eite web-sites. Tutorial an isussion lasses. Working inepenntly through problem sheets. Iniviual an group projet work requiring the stuent or a small group of stuents to investigate a given problem an proue an appropriate solution. Iniviual an group presentations. Seminars by the invite speakers from polymer inustry. 25a(ii). Assessment Stuents shoul expet to be assesse through a variety of methos stritly relate to the ourse outomes set out above. All the assessment methos are esigne to test the stuent s level of skill an ahievements. Formative assessments suh as oursework, presentation, group work will require stuents to: Analyse ase stuies. Write short an long essay on speifi topis. Write tehnial an sientifi reports. Solve problems involving numerial analysis an omputer software pakages. Deliver oral presentation. Summative assessment suh as unseen examination will aress most of the above outomes in various forms an will require stuents to eal with: Problem solving inluing the appliation of sientifi/engineering priniples an of numeray. Short an long essay type problems. 25b. Cognitive/intelletual skills By the en of the ourse the stuent is expete to evelop higher orer skills that are reflete in the stuent s ability to: 1. Carry out inepenent an sholarly researh an investigation. In partiular, the objetive is to evelop in the stuent at both the moule level an the ourse level an ability to use knowlege to provie analysis an evaluate esign problems. 2. Carry out a rigorous literature an patent review an to be aware of alternative methoologies pertinent to prout esign. 3. Develop a range of generi an stuy skills, inluing problem solving, report writing, working with others, ommuniation, self-management, self-presentation an eision-making. 4. Apply the basi skills of seeking, hanling an interpreting ata towars the reation of new knowlege by means of hypothesising, testing an/or theorising material relationships. 5. Gathering, interpreting an applying information relevant to the fiel of prout esign. 25b(i). Teahing/learning strategies an methos Letures, seminars an organise training sessions represent the entrepiee of stuents leaning. The ontat time with teahing teams will be organise aroun various ativities suh as ase stuies, group projets, problem base learning, omputer simulation analysis an laboratory lasses. Training sessions organise by the researh ative members of staff will push stuents up the skill laer from basi information retrival stage towars higher level skills of synthesis an evaluation. Stuents will also be require to engage in researh ativity (the esign projet) uring whih all the above outomes will be aresse in various forms. Invite speakers from polymer inustry.

30 24 25b(ii). Assessment Stuents will be expose to various assessment strategies whih are part of the evelopment an evaluation of the above skills. Formative assessment suh as essay writing, ase stuy analysis, oral presentation, iniviual assignments, omputer-base numerial analysis will normally aompanie by summative assessments suh as unseen examination evaluation. Stuents will also be subjete to more omplex assessment methos suh as viva an projet issertations evaluation. 25. Pratial skills By the en of the ourse, stuent will have the ability to; 1. Operate ommon polymer proessing mahinery an be apable of basi troubleshooting. 2. Unertake laboratory experiments using stanar testing equipment assoiate with measuring material properties ommonly use in esign. 3. Design mouls from oneption to manufature. 4. Operate ommerial omputer-base proess moelling pakages an analyse its output. 5. Use IT to aess soures of information an to work with isipline base software programmes. 6. Design, plan, organise an eliver an iniviual esign projet. 7. Be ompetent ommuniators of ieas an analysis through written an oral expositions. 8. Searh, hanle an interpret material information relevant to prout esign. 25 (i). Teahing/learning strategies an methos Polymer siene laboratory lasses an omputer laboratory workshops represent the entrepiee of stuent s learning. Skills 1, 2 an 3 are evelope through supervise laboratory lasses. Skills 3, 4 an 5 are evelope through omputer laboratory workshops as well as formal letures. Skills 5, 6, 7 an 8 are evelope throughout the ourse by ombination of formal ativities, suh as seminars, tutorials, ase stuy analysis, report writing an inepenent ativities. All the skills are evelope through the projet for whih stuent is mainly responsible for its planning, exeution an its write-up. 25 (ii). Assessment The above skills are assesse through the esign projet (issertation, seminar an viva), group an iniviual presentations, laboratory reports, ase stuy reports an group projet. 25. Key/transferable skills inluing employability an professional pratie The urriulum is esigne to evelop in stuents speifi skills that shoul efine their grauateness at master level. These skills are embee in the urriulum an evelope within eah moule. The key skills are: 1. At appropriately in the ontext of soial an ultural iversity in the moern ay environment. 2. Make ethial evaluation. 3. Think ritially an proue solutions. 4. Work effetively both in a team an inepenently on a given task or a projet. 5. Communiate ieas, priniples, theories an information effetively by oral, written an visual means. 6. Seek, hanle an interpret information. 25(i). Teahing/learning strategies an methos Table below shows how the six key/transferable skills are inorporate into various ativities. Teahing/learning Methos Skill 1 Skill 2 Skill 3 Skill 4 Skill 5 Skill 6 Letures Leture-relate inepenent learning Direte inepenent learning Tutorial an problem solving lasses Laboratory & Workshop praties Communiation an IT Computer aie exerises

31 Group projet Case stuy Oral presentation/seminar 25 Definition of teahing an learning esriptors: Leture: Traitional iati elivery of the ourse material. Leture inepenent learning: Stuy of supplementary teahing material provie by the aaemi staff, whih is iretly relate to letures (stuent-entre learning). Direte inepenent learning: Stuent-entre ativities base on given task suh as working inepenently through problem sheets an reaing passages from selete books an researh artiles (stuent-entre learning). Tutorial an problem solving lasses: Supervise lasses uring whih stuent work on problem sheets with assistane from aaemi staff. Laboratory & workshop praties: A series of pratial exerises involving polymer haraterisation an their manufaturing proesses. Communiation an IT: Stuent-entre ativity whih requires the use of learning entre failities an other IT failities. Case stuy: An ative learning exerise requiring the stuent to investigate a given problem an proue an appropriate solution. Group projet: An ative learning exerise requiring a small group of stuents to investigate a given problem an proue an appropriate solution. Oral presentation: An ativity whih requires stuent to onvey tehnial an sientifi information to aaemi staff an their peers assiste by effetive use of visual ais. 25(ii). Assessment Skills are assesse through oursework (iniviual assignments, laboratory reports, ase stuies, group projet, iniviual an group work presentation, projet issertation an 2-hour unseen examinations. 26. Course struture iagram The following tables shows full-time an part-time ourse struture iagrams for the three ourse titles for both autumn an spring entries.

32 26 26A. Course struture iagram for Plastis Prout Design DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN - AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP023N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Subjet ontext ore PEP030N PEP031N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Choie of any two moules from PEP024N, PEP025N,PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation PEP033N PEP029N CAD/CAM Inustrial Work Experiene PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PG Diploma PG Certifiate Summer stuy Perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules.

33 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time 27 Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP024N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Choie of any two moules from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP025N Professional an Tehnial Issues PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation PEP029N Inustrial Work Experiene PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PEP023N PEP030N PEP031N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Prout Design & Materials Seletion Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet Projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules.

34 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes 28 Masters YEAR 1 PEP023N PEP031N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Choie of any two moules from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N,PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N PEP029N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP030N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Subjet ontext ore YEAR 2 PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Summer stuy perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules.

35 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters YEAR 1 PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N PEP029N 29 Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene Choie of any two moules from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP023N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Subjet ontext ore PEP031N Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Subjet ontext ore PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore YEAR 2 PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PEP030N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules.

36 30 26B. Course struture iagram for Plastis Prout Design with Management DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MANAGEMENT - AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP023N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Choie of one moule PEP031N Moul Design for Polymer Prouts from PEP023N an PEP031N PEP030N MNP017N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Managerial Work Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore BAP019N Projet Management Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation PEP029N Inustrial Work Experiene PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PG Diploma PG Certifiate Summer stuy Perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Management subjet area.

37 31 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MANAGEMENT SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP024N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP025N Professional an Tehnial Issues PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation PEP029N Inustrial Work Experiene PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore BAP019N Projet Management Subjet ontext ore PEP023N PEP031N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N PEP030N MNP017N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Managerial Work Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet Projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Management subjet area.

38 32 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MANAGEMENT AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters YEAR 1 PEP023N PEP031N PEP030N BAP019N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Prout Design & Materials Seletion Projet Management Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N PEP029N PEP033N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene CAD/CAM Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N MNP017N Managerial Work Subjet ontext ore PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore YEAR 2 PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Summer stuy perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Management subjet area.

39 33 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MANAGEMENT SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters YEAR 1 PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N PEP029N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP033N BAP019N CAD/CAM Projet Management Subjet ontext ore PEP023N PEP031N PEP030N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Prout Design & Materials Seletion Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N Subjet ontext ore PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet YEAR 2 MNP017N Managerial Work Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Management subjet area.

40 34 26(C). Course struture iagram for Plastis Prout Design with Marketing DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MARKETING - AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP023N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Choie of one moule PEP031N Moul Design for Polymer Prouts from PEP023N an PEP031N PEP030N MKP001N Prout Design & Materials Seletion International Marketing Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore MKP004N Marketing Strategy Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N,PEP029N an PEP033N PEP029N PEP033N Inustrial Work Experiene CAD/CAM PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PG Diploma PG Certifiate Summer stuy Perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Marketing subjet area.

41 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MARKETING SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Full-time 35 Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters PEP024N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP025N Professional an Tehnial Issues PEP029N an PEP033N PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation PEP029N Inustrial Work Experiene PEP033N CAD/CAM PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore MKP008N Marketing Strategy Subjet ontext ore PEP023N PEP031N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N PEP030N MKP001N Prout Design & Materials Seletion International Marketing Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Marketing subjet area.

42 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MARKETING AUTUMN ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters 36 YEAR 1 PEP023N PEP031N PEP030N MKP004N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Prout Design & Materials Seletion Marketing Strategy Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N Subjet ontext ore Subjet ontext ore PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N PEP029N Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP033N CAD/CAM MKP001N International Marketing Subjet ontext ore YEAR 2 PEP027N Researh Methos Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet Summer stuy perio PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Marketing subjet area.

43 DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES Course Title: MS PLASTICS PRODUCT DESIGN with MARKETING SPRING ENTRY Course Leaer: Professor Shahriar Hashemi Moe of Stuy: Part-time Level Semester Coe Title Status Notes Masters YEAR 1 PEP024N PEP025N PEP026N PEP029N 37 Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Avane Polymer Proessing & Simulation Inustrial Work Experiene Choie of one moule from PEP024N, PEP025N, PEP026N, PEP029N an PEP033N PEP033N MKP004N CAD/CAM Marketing Strategy Subjet ontext ore PEP023N PEP031N Manufaturing & Finishing Proesses Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Choie of one moule from PEP023N an PEP031N PEP030N Prout Design & Materials Seletion Subjet ontext ore YEAR 2 PEP027N PEPP32N Researh Methos Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet ontext ore Subjet projet MKP001N International Marketing Subjet ontext ore PEPP32N Plastis Prout Design Projet Subjet projet PG Diploma Taught moules to the value of 120 reit points. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules. PG Certifiate Taught moules to the value of 60 reit points. 40 reit points from the Polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the Marketing subjet area.

44 38 26(ii). DIAGRAM FOR POSTGRADUATE AWARD TITLES Plastis Prout Design: A Postgrauate Certifiate in Plastis Prout Design shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 60 reit points at Masters level. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the sheme. A Postgrauate Diploma in Plastis Prout Design shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 120 reit points at Masters level. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the sheme. A Master s egree in Plastis Prout Design shall be aware to a stuent who has passe moules to the value of 180 reit points at Masters level, inluing a projet/issertation. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the sheme. Plastis Prout Design with Management: A Postgrauate Certifiate in Plastis Prout Design with Management shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 60 reit points at Masters level. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points must be attaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the management subjet within the ourse struture. A Postgrauate Diploma in Plastis Prout Design with Management shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 120 reit points at Masters level. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the ourse struture. A Master s egree in Plastis Prout Design with Management shall be aware to a stuent who has passe moules to value of 180 reit points at Masters level, inluing a projet/issertation. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the ourse struture. Plastis Prout Design with Marketing: A Postgrauate Certifiate in Plastis Prout Design with Marketing shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 60 reit points at Masters level. 40 reit points shoul be obtaine from the polymer subjet area of whih 20 reit points must be attaine from a ore moule. 20 reit points shoul be obtaine from the management subjet within the ourse struture. A Postgrauate Diploma in Plastis Prout Design with Marketing shall be aware to a stuent who has passe taught moules to the value of 120 reit points at Masters level. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the ourse struture. A Master s egree in Plastis Prout Design with Marketing shall be aware to a stuent who has passe moules to value of 180 reit points at Masters level, inluing a projet/issertation. 80 reit points shoul be obtaine from the taught ore moules within the ourse struture.

45 39 Level Title of available awar Notes PG Cert Plastis Prout Design 60 CATS POINTS PG Dip Plastis Prout Design 120 CATS POINTS Masters Plastis Prout Design 180 CATS POINTS Level Title of available awar Notes PG Cert Plastis Prout Design with Management 60 CATS POINTS PG Dip Plastis Prout Design with Management 120 CATS POINTS Masters Plastis Prout Design with Management 180 CATS POINTS Level Title of available awar Notes PG Cert Plastis Prout Design with Marketing 60 CATS POINTS PG Dip Plastis Prout Design with Marketing 120 CATS POINTS Masters Plastis Prout Design with Marketing 180 CATS POINTS 27. Assessment iagram Assessment Moules PEP 023N PEP 024N PEP 025N PEP 026N PEP 027N PEP 029N PEP 030N PEP 031N PEPP 032N Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Unseen exam EXU Open book exam EXO Coursework CWK Oral presentation ORL Pratial PRA Group Projet GRO Seminar performane SEM Dissertation/Pr ojet DIS Viva OTH Learning Log + Written Report

46 Assessment iagram ontinue. Assessment Moules MNP 017N BAP 019N MKP 004N MKP 001N Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Unseen exam EXU Seen exam EXS Open book exam EXO Coursework CWK In lass test CST Oral presentation ORL Pratial PRA Group Projet GRO Seminar performane SEM Dissertation/Pr ojet DIS Iniviual Projet Viva OTH Assessment Moules PEP033N Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Weighting Submission week no Unseen exam EXU Seen exam EXS Open book exam EXO Coursework CWK In lass test CST Oral presentation ORL Pratial PRA Aitional general omments (if appropriate)

47 Stanar University entry requirements, in APEL/AP(E)L 1. Appliants shoul normally have a honours egree in siene or engineering subjets. 2. Appliants for Plastis Prout Design with Marketing will normally have a 2.2 honours egree. 3. or equivalent in a siene an engineering subjet with marketing experiene. 4. Appliants with non-stanar entry requirements or aaemi bakgroun will be onsiere on an iniviual basis by the Course Diretor. Stuents prior learning will be assesse by the University s well evelope AP(E)L system. Stuents entering via this route shoul register for the MS programme. 30. Career opportunities Grauates will fin employment in engineering inustry an onsultany as esign an manufaturing engineers, sales an marketing managers an projet managers et. Those grauates who are intereste in aaemi researh have goo opportunities at LMPC for ontinue stuies to a PhD egree in the fiel of polymers. 31. Course summary Plastis Prout Design ourse is esigne to proue grauates at master level with aequate knowlege, skills an ompetenies to embark on a suessful areer in the worl-wie polymer an allie inustries. The ourse introues prout methoologies for esigning polymer base prouts by onsiering materials an manufaturing methos an evelops skills in estimating performane of plasti prouts epening on their esign, the properties of material an manufaturing methos. Stuents will learn how to selet an appropriate plasti material for partiular working onitions. The main objetive of the ourse is to evelop in the stuent at both the moule level an the ourse level an ability to use knowlege to provie analysis an evaluate esign problems. The Plastis Prout Design with Management ourse will provie the basis of business management whilst Plastis Prout Design with Marketing provies the basis of marketing, in aition to the unerpinning prout esign moules for siene an engineering grauates where as 32. Course regulatory sheule The ourse onforms to both the University s Postgrauate Sheme an the University Aaemi Regulations USEFUL INFORMATION (a) LMPC Offie Lonon Metropolitan Polymer Centre offie is loate in the Tower Blok Builing Room BPM- 23. The Centre aministrative offier is Mr Aam Braley. LMPC offie will: Failitate aess for stuents to moule aaemi staff inluing visiting leturers Support staff in the Centre Support internal meetings of Stanar Boars Support the Course Committees Collet the Moule Registration forms Manage the proess of informing stuents in the ase of staff sikness absene The Offie will be open to stuents between 10am an 3.30pm all year, 5 ays per week. (b) LMPC Postgrauate Notie Boar The LMPC postgrauate notie boar, whih is loate in the Polymer Centre Reeption Area, provies useful information about the ourse for the stuents on the ourse. In aition to the

48 42 main timetable, there are noties giving etails of extra language support lasses. These extra lasses are for the stuent s benefit an they shoul seriously onsier partiipating in orer to enhane their performane in topis, whih require substantive improvement. As there are many events ourring within the University it is strongly reommene that stuents refer to the notie boar regularly. () Surgery Hours There are ertain hours uring the week (i.e. surgery hours) for whih staff will be available in their offies to meet stuents an answer queries on the moules they teah. However, to expeite the proess, stuents are avise to make an appointment in orer to see the tutor uring his/her surgery hours. Also to aquire effetive benefit from surgery hours, stuents are avise to prepare an organise before han what it is that they wish to isuss with the tutor. The surgery hours are isplaye on the oors of the offies of the staff. () Health an Safety There are some general an speifi hazars in working in the laboratories of the Polymer Centre. Health an Safety Guielines as outline in the booklet Safety Coe of Pratie shoul be followe at all times. This booklet is issue to all stuents who must be familiar with its ontents. The sheme sheets for iniviual laboratory exerises esribe the partiular hazars assoiate with iniviual exerises an the safety proeures that must be aopte. Stuent must know the Health & Safety poliies within the University whih are well oumente in the Stuent Hanbook uner the setion entitle Health & Safety. (e) Coe of Pratie in LMPC Laboratories There are number of rules whih are stritly enfore in all the Centre laboratories. Stuents must pay attention to the following: Must not uner any irumstanes to work alone in the proessing an testing laboratories Must not eat, rink or smoke whilst working in the laboratories Must not use mobile telephone in the laboratories Must wear a white overall an safety glasses whilst working in proessing an testing laboratories Must not remove any material from the laboratories without permission Must use floppy isks an must not save work on the omputer har isk Must not bring in programmes from outsie to use in the omputer laboratory Must not opy software from the PCs uner any irumstanes

49 14.0 DIRECTORY OF MODULES FOR THE COURSE 43 Course MS Plastis Prout Design MS Plastis Prout Design with Management MS Plastis Prout Design with Marketing Moule Diretory Moule Coe PEP023N PEP024N PEP025N Moule Title Manufaturing an Finishing Proesses Formulation an Design of Polymer Materials Professional an Tehnial Issues Semester (Au), (Sp), or both semesters, or Summer Stuy Perio Moule Status Core (C) Designate (D) Eletive (E) Prerequisites (if any) Moule Summary Au C None This moule overs the ommon range of manufaturing an finishing proesses for polymeri materials as well as for omposites. It highlights fators influening the seletion of the proess for a given prout an provies an opportunity for stuents to gain pratial experienes partiularly in manufaturing proesses. Sp D None This moule provies an in-epth knowlege of esigning polymer-base materials to meet the esign requirements of a prout. The role of aitives an reinforing materials will be reviewe in relation to the way in whih they ontrol prout performane. Pratial sessions are organise uring whih stuents will esign an formulate rubber ompouns an omposites to meet given property speifiations. Sp D None This moule introues funamentals of eonomi priniples, legal an ethial issues an health an safety involve in engineering praties. Costing an aounting priniples relating to the esign, manufature, an istribution are isusse with a view to estimating total expeniture. This moule also inlues Assessment Requirements Exam (50%) Portfolio of pratial reports (50%) Exam (50%) Portfolio of pratial reports (50%) Iniviual assignments (70%) Oral presentation (30%)

50 PEP026N Avane Polymer Proessing an Simulation 44 the statistial tehniques use in quality ontrol & assurane. Sp D None This moule provies experiene of utilizing omputer simulations for solving omplex prout esign problems. Stuents will operate ommerial CAE tools for esign evaluation an ritially evaluate output. PEP027N Researh Methos Sp C None This moule evelops stuents unerstaning of researh methoology an the proess of researh to enable them to effetively unertake the issertation an to onfiently present the fining of investigatory work. It also aresses esigning of researh programmes an formulating raft researh proposals. Stuents will unertake an iniviual projet allowing them to integrate the knowlege they have aquire uring the ourse of the moule. PEP029N PEP030N PEP031N Inustrial Work Experiene Prout Design an Materials Seletion Moul Design for Polymer Prouts Sp D None 10 weeks of inustrial work plaement proviing a useful experiene of the working environment. Au C None This moule introues the funamental aspets of prout esign (material, esign an proessing) with a view to unerstaning the onepts of effetive material seletion an, the influene of material properties on the seletion. The ause of prout failure in plastis an its alleviation is stuie in etail through ase stuies. Au C None This moule evelops an in epth stuy of the priniples of moul esign with speial emphasis on those use in the polymer inustry. It provies hans on experiene on molflow esign software pakage as well as moul making tools through workshop ativities. PEP033N CAD-CAM D None This moule evelops knowlege an skills of Computer Aie Design an Exam (50%) Computer base simulation report (50%) Researh proposal form (15%) Researh paper (65%) Oral Presentation (20%) Learning log + written report (80%) Viva (20%) Exam (50%) Iniviual assignment (50%) Exam (50%) Design Portfolio (50%) Design Portfolio (100%)

51 45 Mahinery using suitable CAD/CAM pakages. PEPP32N Prout Design Projet Summer C None As a ore Master s requirement, stuents are require to unertake a substantial iniviual researh projet uner the supervision of a member of the ourse team. The projet may be either (a) an original esign of a prout, or (b) moifiation of an existing prout. MNP017N Managerial Work Au C None This moule will introue the work of managers an in oing so prepare the ourse members for the role of manager. BAP019N Projet Management Sp C None This moule introues the Projet Management Boy of Knowlege (PMBOK), as efine by the Projet Management Institute (PMI 1996), an therefore prepares stuents in the apabilities require for effetive projet management: managing resoures, time, people, an the projet as a whole. MKP001N International Marketing Au C None This moule will introue the work of managers an in oing so prepare the ourse members for the role of manager. MKP004N Marketing Strategy Sp C None Stuents will learn to unerstan the key role that the marketing funtion plays in the attainment of orporate objetives. They will evelop analytial, planning an eision making skills require by strategi marketing managers an will learn to selet an apply appropriate tools an onepts in ientifying, analysing an resolving Strategi Marketing systems. Viva (30%) Thesis/Dissertation (70%) Paper analysing key management onepts (50%) Presentation on an issue from this moule (50%) Use of software tools in projet management (50%) Team management issues relating to projet management (50%) Coursework (50%) Examination (50%) A marketing strategy ase stuy projet (60%) Critial portfolio of work, ontaining eviene of unerstaning an a ritial evaluation of the theories, onepts, tools an moels of the subjet with use of aaemi referene (40%)

52 INDEX OF KEY SOURCES OF INFORMATION 15.1 Relevant University Proeures: Proeure Aaemi Misonut Appeals against eisions of Assessment Boars APL Proeures Full proeure in the Aaemi Regulations (Setion 10.5) (Setion 10.4) (Setion 10.1) Full Proeure & notes in the University s Stuent Hanbook (Notes only) Further information/guiane available at: Limits to the amount of APL, whih an be laime, are etaile within the Awars Framework an Regulations that regulate your ourse. Complaints Proeure Fees an enrolments (Setion 9) Fees: Enrolment: Intermission (Suspension of Stuies) Mitigating Cirumstanes Postgrauate Assessment Regulations (Setion 9.1) (Setion 10.3) (Setion 4.2) (inluing ealines) Postgrauate Awars Framework, Sheme Regulations & Course Struture (Setion 4.1)

53 15.2 Useful online information: 47 Aaemi an Professional Servie Departments Aaemi Regulations Examination Timetable (an Exam Trak) Evision Learning Development Unit Postgrauate Offies Postgrauate Stuents PostGra-Line Programme Planning Stuent Hanbook Stuent Servies Timetable information WebLearn

54 Key soures of online information: Aaemi an Professional Servie Departments Aaemi Regulations Examination Timetable Evision Learning Development Unit Postgrauate Offiers PostGra-Line Stuent Hanbook Stuent Servies Timetable information WebLearn