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Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

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Module Title
Module Code	(ITS: CM595)
Faculty		School
NFQ level		Credit Rating

Description

To provide students with a forum for planning and developing the Final Major project.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the theoretical frameworks underpinning project management.
2. Recognise ethical and legal issues arising from multimedia product development and know where to locate guidance on such issues.
3. Produce a plan for a major project with an appropriate timeline.
4. Scope and scale a mixed media project identifying personnel, skills needed and time available.
5. Develop strategies for the management of a mixed media project team.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	36	Lecture/Seminars
Independent Study	89	Assignment
Total Workload: 125

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Presentation	Major Project Proposal	100%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Module Delivery
This module is delivered through a series of lectures, seminars, presentations, critiques etc. and culminates in a panel review of major project group presentations.

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Ess, Charles: 2009, Digital Media Ethics, Polity Press, Cambridge,
Belbin, R. M: 2001, Management teams : why they succeed or fail, Heinemann, London,
Belbin, R. M: 1996, Team roles at work, Butterworth/Heinemann, Oxford; Boston,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

Reading:: Course related materials, Major Project Brief,