Kazan State University for Architecture and Engineering

Kazan State University for Architecture and Engineering

Казанский государственный архитектурно-строительный университет

IN COLLABORATION WITH

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

BSc(Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Academic Year 2015/16

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION/WELCOME FROM THE RECTOR/FROM THE LINK TUTOR...…...3

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAMME ………………………………………………...5

3. KEY STAFF AND CONTACT DETAILS ……………………………………………….....11

4. PROGRAMME OPERATION AND STUDENT REGISTRATION …………………..….14

5. TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT ………………………………….………19

6. MODULE SPECIFICATIONS ……………………………………………………….……...27

7. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ………………………………………………….………..55

8. STUDENT SUPPORT ……………………………………………………………….………58

9. RESOURCES ………………………………………………………………………….……..64

10. INFORMATION ABOUT QUALITY AND STANDARDS ……………………….……...70

11. ACADEMIC APPEALS …………………………………………………………….………72

12. COMPLAINTS …………………………………………………………………….………...73

13. EXTENUATION ………………………………………………………………….………….74

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A Academic Calendar

APPENDIX B List of useful web pages

APPENDIX C Student Attendance Policy – Guidance for students

APPENDIX D Terms of Reference for Programme Committee

APPENDIX E Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism

APPENDIX F Health and Safety

1  INTRODUCTION/WELCOME FROM THE RECTOR

Dear Student

Your UK undergraduate programme is taught within KSUAE and is a programme validated by the University of East London, UK. We welcome you at the start of what we hope will be a challenging and rewarding future with us.

We would like to take the opportunity to introduce our new partner institution to you: The University of East London is an internationally renowned University which – just like KSUAE strives to achieve the highest possible standard of academic excellence. It is an institution with 23,000 students of 120 different nationalities, and offers over 250 academic programmes. Apart from being one of the UK’s most diverse and fastest growing universities, UEL is a global learning community with internationally recognised research. We are most confident that our collaboration with UEL will yield significant academic benefits both for KSUAE as a Higher Education Institution, and of course for the students who will enrol on this double award validated collaborative programme.

We are confident that you have made the right choice to continue your lifelong learning journey with KSUAE. We promise to make your time here with us a most enriching educational experience for you.

At KSUAE, we aim to provide our students with a holistic education to develop you into well-rounded individuals who will excel both academically and in non-academic areas such as leadership abilities, entrepreneurship spiritedness, and social and personal development and growth.

As with all our courses at KSUAE this BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture) is designed to equip you with the right skills, knowledge and expertise for your chosen career path. It will challenge your mindset and originality in resolving issues and to look at problems from a different perspective.

Besides ensuring the consistently high academic standards of our programmes, our curriculum is innovative, flexible and rigorous, allowing you greater flexibility in planning and managing your study schedule, by combining both classrooms taught mode and e-Learning. This enables you to incorporate some co-curricular activities into your schedule, in order for you to enhance your physiological and social well-being, as well as to network with your fellow students.

In short, the aim is to groom wholesome, multi-faceted and multi-talented individuals, with a global perspective. This is the world-class education which KSUAE promises to deliver. Your education at KSUAE is only the beginning of an exciting chapter of your learning journey, which you are, no doubt, eager to embark on.

Once again, we warmly welcome you to the KSUAE family and wish you all the best in your pursuits here.

Sincerely,

Rector Prof. Rashit K. Nizamov

WELCOME FROM THE FROM THE LINK TUTOR – UEL

Dear Student

In addition to the warm welcome extended to you by your Rector, I would like to add on behalf of the University of East London and in particular the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering a very special welcome to you.

This double award in BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)is a unique opportunity for you to develop technical, practical, and life skills. During your study period here you will have the opportunity to have guest lectures in English by staff from my team and I am certain that this will provide you with a new perspective, as we slowly merge the UK Education system with the Russian Education system.

Information Technology permeates all aspects of modern society. Now, more than ever, the field holds the promise of new technologies and career opportunities. Our BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture) program is designed to appeal to a wide range of students: IT students as well as technically-oriented business students looking to acquire a deeper understanding of IT.

This BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture) program addresses the analysis, design, development, and integration of systems, and prepares students to create and manage complex information systems that solve real-world problems. Our expert instructors teach a wide range of topics, including distributed systems, information security, and project management. On this degree program students are prepared to design effective information systems, develop efficient computer and communications networks, conduct complex systems analysis, create sophisticated decision support systems, and understand the costs and trade-offs of system options.

Highlights of the programme include:

·  The first three years of the programme is taught and assessed in your first language (Russian).

·  English proficiency is developed during the first three years to enable you to complete the final (fourth) year in English.

·  Introductory, advanced, and seminar courses that cut across a wide variety of topic areas.

·  Opportunity to concentrate in information security, distributed systems, knowledge management, software systems, networking, information systems management.

·  Designed for both technology students and technology-oriented business students.

·  Conveys the skills needed to understand, create, and manage complex information systems that solve real-world problems

·  Faculty (at KSUAE) includes experienced practitioners and academicians with research and development expertise that spans the IT field

·  UEL academicians who will deliver guest lectures to you are experienced with research and development expertise that spans the IT field.

I trust that you will enjoy studying on this programme and I warmly welcome you to the programme.

Sincerely,

Solomon Alexis (UEL Academic Link Tutor)

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAMME

Welcome to the BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)

If you are just starting at our University, everything will probably seem very new for a while, but in a few weeks you should be beginning to find your feet. If you find the going rather tough at first, remember, you are probably not the only one. Do seek help from your development tutor or any other member of staff with responsibility on the undergraduate programme. They will try to help you and, if appropriate, direct you to various other sources of help and support (see Section 8 on Student Support).

This programme is unique in the sense that it runs alongside an existing programme here at KSUAE and will lead to a double award – one from KSUAE and the other from UEL. You will have extra work to complete in order to get this unique award but about 80% of the teaching, learning and assessments will be the common to both programmes.

Programme duration and modes of study:

The duration of this programme is three (3) years and it is expected that you will be studying in full time mode. This programme operates in accordance with UEL’s Academic Framework and it is important to note that:

·  Year 1 is considered as Level 4

·  Year 2 is considered as Level 5

·  Year 3 is considered as Level 6

In order to be awarded the Honours degree you must complete 360 credits of study – 120 credits at level 4, 120 credits at level 5, and 120 credits at level 6. Year 1 or Level 4 although credit rated is a pre university or pre HE entry qualification thus will not accumulate credits to your award.

You will be fully briefed and supported from the day you start the programme until you complete it (from induction to graduation). You will be given specific training in time management and study skills and your progress will be monitored at least twice a semester to ensure that you are keeping up with the expected study regime.

The year is divided into two semesters; full-time students study three modules per semester, normally completing their degree in four years. Any student may “intermit”, by suspending their studies for up to two years, if required. Please discuss this fully with the faculty at KSUAE.

The aims and objectives of the BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture) programme

On completion of the programme students will be able to:

·  think strategically about the use of IT

·  appreciate and understand the practicalities of designing and implementing information systems

·  understand and appreciate capturing user requirements with modern techniques and methods

·  manage a software development project with lightweight methodologies to the appropriate corporate standard

·  understand agile methods and the context in which a modern information system is designed and implemented

·  prepare for a career as a computer professional employed in industry, commerce or public sector organisations.

·  achieve the highest award within their overall ability and develop students' lifelong learning and study skills to enable them to refresh and enhance their expertise and knowledge.

·  apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to areas, techniques and applications beyond those they have directly experienced.

·  communicate effectively, exercise judgement and reach decisions.

·  display an attitude of personal enterprise and self responsibility, to work on their own initiative and handle varying workloads while maintaining standards and targets.

·  have benefitted from supervised work experience opportunities, where students are able to apply and develop their subject-based skills, personal and interpersonal skills and are exposed to the world of work.

BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture) Learning outcomes:

The students will be able to develop the following knowledge, understanding and skills to the appropriate HE level during the programme:

Knowledge

·  Routine mathematical methods essential for a particular computing discipline.

·  Development of current practices in analysis and design tasks and techniques appropriate to the application discipline.

·  Development of current practices in software application development process appropriate to the application discipline.

·  Development of the principles and role of computer and communications technology and architecture relevant to the application discipline.

·  An understanding of the principles and role of quality management as applied through the computer applications development life cycle.

·  An appreciation and understanding of the professional, social, legal and ethical issues and codes of practice appropriate to BSc level and the ability demonstrate this approach in their work.

·  An understanding of business and management practices and techniques essential for a practising computer professional

Thinking skills

·  Possess familiarity with the use and functionality of appropriate mathematical/analytical methods

·  Apply problem solving principles to produce solutions to familiar computing problems.

·  Analyse and model routine computing application systems and processes.

·  Recognise the capabilities and limitations of problem solving methods for computer based applications.

·  Appreciate the need for analysis and its relation to design and can undertake analysis for problems of defined scope.

·  Design a computer based application system, system component or process using an appropriate design method.

·  Integrate knowledge of ICT, application analysis and design, application context and computing practice to solve problems of defined scope.

·  Perform a basic risk analysis and evaluation.

Subject-Based Practical skills

·  Apply mathematical methods appropriate to the application discipline.

·  Undertake a data gathering activity and relate that data to the application domain.

·  Undertake in a professional manner and document to an effective level the analysis, evaluation, design and implementation of solutions to either small scale unbounded or well defined, more complex design and implementation problems in areas such as: application software development; database developments; business modelling using ICT tools and techniques

·  Promote good engineering in the delivery of practical skills in terms of: data, its capture, its physical representation; system hardware and software components; methodologies and tools.

·  Practical problem solving; analysis, design and modelling; implementation, testing and documentation.

Skills for life and work (general skills)

·  Communication: to effectively communicate through: discussion; oral, visual and electronic presentations; production of written materials incorporating diagrams and images.

·  ICT: Use effectively and evaluate the use of ICT for information retrieval, preparation, processing and presentation.

·  Application of Number: Understand and apply mathematical skills appropriate to a specific award and the work place.

·  Working with Others: Work effectively as a member of a team that involves: recognising the need for different team roles and organisations; identifying collective goals and responsibilities; working to achieve collective goals; taking initiative, explaining and defending a point of view; sensitivity to group culture and practices; exercising management skills

·  Improving own Learning and Performance: Assess own strengths and weaknesses through self-evaluation and reflection, involving:development of autonomy in learning; identification of targets and plan to achieve them through time management and organisation

·  Problem Solving: to apply different and appropriate approaches to the solution of a range of problems.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE DIAGRAM:

Year 1 (Level 4) / Year 2 (Level 5) / Year 3 (Level 6)
IT4151 / IT5151 / IT6151
IT4152 / IT5152 / IT6152
IT4153 / IT5153 / IT6153
IT4154 / IT5154 / IT6154
Semester Start/End / BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)Level 4 / Credits
1/2 / IT4151 / Mathematics and Physics / 30
1/2 / IT4152 / Computer science (Informatics) / 30
1/2 / IT4153 / Software Engineering / 30
1/2 / IT4154 / Informational Projects and Resources Managing / 30
BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)Level 5
3 / 4 / IT5151 / Computer Technologies of Building & Architecture / 30
3 / 4 / IT5152 / Programming Technology / 30
3 / 4 / IT5153 / Data Management / 30
3 / 4 / IT5154 / Theory of Informational Processes and Systems / 30
BSc (Hons) Information Systems (Building & Architecture)Level 6
5 / 6 / IT6151 / Information systems Architecture / 30
5 / 6 / IT6152 / Info Communication Systems and Networks / 30
5 / 6 / IT6153 / Informational System Development / 30
5 / 6 / IT6154 / Final Year Project / 30

All the modules on the programmes are CORE and must be taken.