Sustainability/Part Valid/Prod Lifecycle (893H1A)
Sustainability, Part Validation and Product Lifecycle
Module 893H1A
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module learning outcomes
Understand key sustainability methods and principles and apply them to
solve industrial and environmental problems from engineering,
economic, and environmental perspectives.
Work in teams on case studies, showing initiative and responsibility,
while considering ethical, social, legal, environmental, and commercial
issues related to quality and reliability.
Investigate and solve unfamiliar, complex quality defects in
manufactured products and engineered components, proposing
solutions to address them.
Evaluate and critique methodologies for quality assurance of Bill of
Materials (BOM) integrity and configuration controls.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 30.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Practical Assessment | T2 Week 11 (20 minutes) | 100.00% |
| Coursework | 70.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Report | T2 Week 3 | 29.00% |
| Report | A2 Week 1 | 71.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 511111110000 |
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 000000001000 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 500111100000 |
| Spring Semester | Laboratory | 2 hours | 000000001000 |
| Spring Semester | Laboratory | 3 hours | 000000000110 |
How to read the week pattern
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