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UFCFWQ 45 M

UFCFWQ-45-M Interdisciplinary Group Project

Overview

A team-based module where groups of students work on a data science problem and collaborate to produce an output, analysis or technical product.

Objectives

  1. Apply design thinking and service design for innovation, improved efficiency or research insight
  2. Balance business objectives, user thinking, regulatory and ethical constraints in the conduct of analysis of,or the development of new products or services.
  3. Work productively, equitably and collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams using agile project management methods
  4. Select, apply and critique contemporary tools, methods and technologies using real-world data and use cases.

Curriculum

In the first phase, student groups will identify individual and team strengths, opportunities and knowledge gaps for research. This will be supplemented by taught specialist inputs, covering (but not limited to) topics such as:

  • Business opportunities and business models
  • Cutting-edge and emerging tools, platforms and system architecture
  • Data science/financial pipelines, datasets and data platforms
  • Design thinking and user experience methods
  • Scoping, problem definition and risk management
  • Agile project management in practice
  • Ethical issues and practice: privacy and bias

By the start of phase 2, students will have identified a project for development. They will then work with a supervisor and with input from industry mentors to plan, prototype and test the project deliverable. Development will follow a series of iterative design sprints, with validation milestones.

Straddling both phases, there will be a number of facilitated learning workshops. The workshop topics will be established by a combination of the knowledge gaps in the student groups and the projects undertaken. Thus students will be supported through a personalised journey of learning so they develop their knowledge and skills according to their aspirations.

Assessment

Assessment has individual and group elements.

  1. Reflective Portfolio and Project Proposal (25%)
  2. Team Portfolio (25%)
  3. Team Presentation and Viva (50%)