The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management give notice that in the academical year 2008-09 the subjects for examination in Technology Policy for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The Technology Policy degree corresponds to fifteen equally weighted modules including three core modules, the research project which is weighted four times, MOT&I which is weighted two times, and six electives (two of which must be chosen from the outer core).
Module code |
Module title |
Assessment |
TP1 | Introduction to technology policy | Mid-term written in-class assessment - one hour (30%), class participation (10%), 3,000-word final assignment (60%) |
TP2 | Seminars in technology policy | Eight 1,000-word essays |
TP4 | Negotiation skills | One 1,500-word essay (50%), one 1,000-word essay (30%), class participation (20%) |
RP | Research project (weighted x 4) | 12,000 words |
MOT&I | Management of technology and innovation (weighted x 2) | 1,500-word essay, group project over two months |
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Module code |
Module title |
Assessment |
TPE5 | Entrepreneurial science and innovation policy | Two 500-word essays (15% each), one 4,000-word essay (70%) |
TPE6/4I1 | Strategic valuation | Project consisting of written report and associated spreadsheet model |
TPE7 | Political economy of technology policy | 3,000-word essay (80%), 20-minute presentation (20%) |
TPE8 | System dynamics for policy and management | 3,000-word group project (30%), plus three 1,000-word assignments (20% each), plus 20-minute presentation (10%) |
TPE9 | Advanced intellectual property law | 3,000-word final essay |
TPE10/5CMI4 | Government policy towards technology development and innovation | Two 500-word pieces (15% each), one 4,000-word essay (70%) |
TPE11/4E4 | Management of technology | 3,000-word assignment |
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Module code |
Module title |
Assessment |
MM1 | Quantitative techniques for management | Two-hour class test |
MM3 | Business economics | Two-hour class test |
MM4 | Strategic management | 2,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation |
MM10 | Globalization and big business | 4,000-word essay |
MM20 | Environment and sustainability | 3,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation |
4A1 | Nuclear power engineering | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4A3 | Turbo machinery 1 | 1.5-hour exam (75%), report (25%) |
4A4 | Aircraft stability and control | Course-work (100%) |
4A7 | Aerodynamics | Two reports |
4A8 | Environmental fluid mechanics | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4A14 | Silent aircraft initiative | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4B5 | Nanotechnology | 1.5-hour exam (75%), simulation study (25%) |
4B6 | Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4B7 | VLSI design, technology, and CAD | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4B13 | Electronic sensors and instrumentation | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4B15 | Advanced telecommunications networks | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4B19 | Renewable electrical power | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4C2 | Designing with composites | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4C3 | Electrical and nano materials | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4C4 | Design methods | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4C15 | MEMS: design | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4D4 | Ground engineering | Three reports |
4D6 | Dynamics in civil engineering | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
4D15 | Sustainable water engineering | Course-work (100%) |
4E1 | Technological innovation: research and practice | Course-work (100%) |
4E5 | International business economics | Course-work (100%) |
4E6 | Accounting and finance | Course-work (100%) |
4E11 | Strategic management for engineers | Course-work (100%) |
4E12/5CMI5 | Project management | Course-work (100%) |
4F6 | Signal detection and estimation | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4G1 | Computational and systems biology | 1.5-hour exam (100%) |
4M14 | Sustainable development | Course-work (100%) |
4M15 | Sustainable energy | 1.5-hour exam (75%), course-work (25%) |
ESD2 | Leading change in organizations | Course-work (100%) |
ESD3 | Tools, techniques, and assessment frameworks | Course-work (100%) |
ESD E90 | Sustainability trade and environment | Course-work (100%) |
5CMI1 | Electricity and the environment | Course-work (100%) |
EP02 | Fundamentals of environment economics | 4,000-word project (100%) |
EP03 | Fundamentals of international environmental law | 4,000-word essay (100%) |
EP04 | Advanced environmental economics | Two-hour exam (100%) |
EP05 | Advanced environmental law | Two-hour exam (100%) |
MP01 | Quantitative research methods | Four workbooks of research exercises |
MP02 | Qualitative research methods | 3,000-word essay |
MSI0-5 | Social networks and organizations | 3,000-word essay (55%), class participation (25%), plus twenty-minute seminar presentation (20%) |