The aim of this course is to guide the student in the acquisition of the knowledge and the skills needed to qualify him for the handling and application of the methodologies, techniques and tools oriented to the elaboration, organization and management of projects and another technical documentation regularly used in Engineering Offices, in ways that prepare the student to make use of these skills to carry out similar activities in his future professional activity in the real world.
In order to achieve that goal, the course uses a broad approach of the subjects in its contents, looking for the integration of the knowledge achieved along the student’s previous courses and its application through the methodology, organization and management of several different modalities of technical works, as they constitute the true essence of the Engineer profession in the framework of his professional competences and fields of activity.
This course promotes the development of its associated skills by means of using active and technical collaborative methodologies. In this way, the contents explained in theoretical classes are implemented and developed in the practical activities -oriented to the industrial reality of the profession-, thus assimilating the agile and precise use of the different rules of application and of the professional best practices established, while being supported by the new technologies to document, elaborate, manage and present the technical documentation that correspond to each particular case.
The development of this course focuses on the multi-disciplinary context of Engineering, aiming to integrate the knowledge acquired in the other courses in the degree, oriented towards providing the student with capabilities for projecting, designing and developing complex products (parts, components, finished products, etc.), processes and systems that are proper from the degree, making use of some cutting-edge knowledge from said degree, including awareness about the social, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial aspects, as well as being capable of selecting and applying appropriate project methods.
The students will be made capable to perform bibliographical searches, accessing and using conveniently databases and other information sources, in order to carry out simulation and analysis aimed to perform research on technical matters from the degree for making judgements on ethical and social topics.
Finally, the students will acquire the capabilities necessary to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions from the Engineering field and towards Society in general.
