Course plan
Three hours each week dedicated to reading and discussing
a weekly round of global aerospace news,
sustained reading of selected topics in aerospace and
recent related academic research.
The course is delivered in three online sessions each 30 minutes, with 20 minute breaks in between.
We begin discussions online and leave it to students to finish the topics on their on during the week. A face to face quiz like discussion is used to conclude the the discussion. Students get 30% of their term mark from these face to face quiz discussions.
Evaluation
Quiz discussion 40%
Presentation 1 30%
Presentation 2 30%
Resources
Course web page https://sites.google.com/site/topicsinengineering/
The Economist webpage www.economist.com
Nature Journal webpage www.nature.com
Weekly plan
Week 1
Recent news
Sustained reading
Academic research
Week 2
Recent news
Sustained reading
Academic research
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