University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

Semester 1 | Credits: 5

Vertically Integrated Project 2S1 (VIP2) is the entry module for students to undertake a second contribution to a Vertically Integrated Project, or VIP, in Semester 1. The VIP programme will create and support teams of academic staff, postgraduate students, and undergraduate students that work together on long-term, large-scale projects. The teams will be multidisciplinary, in that students from across the university can participate, vertically-integrated, integrating students from first year undergraduate to doctoral students, and long-term, allowing undergraduates to participate in VIP projects repeatedly. In VIP2, students attend regular classes that support advanced involvement in a VIP including onboarding new VIP members, management and other advanced team roles.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. Take responsibility for leading a team to complete a series of research-related tasks that interface with a larger research project.
  2. Play a leading role in planning team workloads in order to deliver research tasks on time and within budget.
  3. Play a leading role in team Interactions with others to understand their research-related requirements.
  4. Take responsibility for ensuring that the research team records their work in a way that meets professional research standards.
  5. Lead the team to present their research in a variety of forms to a professional standard.
Assessments
  • Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "What Got You Here Won't Get You There" by Marshall Goldsmith
    ISBN: 9781846681370.
    Publisher: Profile Books
  2. "Leading Teams" by J. Richard Hackman
    ISBN: 9781578513338.
    Publisher: Harvard Business Press
The above information outlines module PS3111: "Vertically Integrated Projects 2 S1" and is valid from 2022 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.