COM4024 Introduction to Academic Skills and Professional Development Assessment Brief 2026 | Arden University

COM4024 Introduction to Academic Skills and Professional Development Assessment Brief 2026

This Arden University COM4024 assessment places you in a local consultancy showing how emerging AI can be used to identify upskilling opportunities and build a personal development plan. You choose one computing topic and complete three tasks: AI prompt engineering and a verified research report, AI-assisted research into graduate jobs and certifications, and an SFIA-mapped Excel development plan with a radar-chart gap analysis.

Choose One Topic

• Option 1: AI Governance and Ethical AI
• Option 2: Digital Transformation and Business Change
• Option 3: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Accessibility Design
• Option 4: Green Computing and Sustainable Technology

Task 1: AI Prompt Engineering and Research Report (35 marks, 1,050 words or 5-minute narrated PowerPoint)

1. Prompt engineering: instruct Gemini or Copilot to give a balanced 300-word discussion of the opportunities, challenges and computing skills for your scenario, with at least five credible Harvard sources.
2. Prompt verification: check the five sources in Google Scholar or the Arden Library, comment on inaccurate or fake references, and identify opportunities, challenges and key skills, and how each iteration improved the output.
3. Prompt refinement: repeat twice to create three versions, each measurably clearer, deeper or more precise.
4. References: include all verified sources in Arden Harvard format, audit and correct the list, and cite Gemini or Copilot.
5. Appendices: include all three prompts and full outputs as separate appendices (excluded from the word count).

Task 2: AI-Assisted Research into Professional Certifications (30 marks, 900 words or 5-minute narrated PowerPoint)

1. Prompt engineering: ask Gemini or Copilot for five graduate-entry job titles aligned to your topic, with technical skills, soft skills, experience, salary and at least five credible web sources; verify the output.
2. Prompt refinement: create three improving versions of the prompt.
3. Comparison table: job title, technical skills, soft skills, experience and salary, with an Arden Harvard in-text citation in each row.
4. Source validation and critical evaluation: check the sources, then select and justify the top two or three certifications or jobs for your scenario.
5. References and appendices: verified reference list plus the prompts and full outputs.

Task 3: Personal Development Planning with Excel and SFIA (35 marks, 1,050-word equivalent)

1. Prompt engineering: generate an SFIA-mapped Excel dataset of core skills for your career path with minimum and maximum responsibility levels, cross-checked against the official SFIA website.
2. Worksheet 1 (self-assessment): current and target responsibility levels with conditional formatting for levels below 3, 3 to 5, and above 5.
3. Worksheet 2 (visual gap analysis): a radar chart mapping minimum, current and maximum levels.
4. Worksheet 3 (SMART action plan): short, medium and long-term goals over 12 to 18 months balancing academic progression and employability, linked to your chosen career path.

Learning Outcomes

• LO1: Define the range of skills required to be an effective university student in Computing.
• LO2: Demonstrate knowledge of the literature and theories behind graduate employability skills and employer expectations in Computing.
• LO3: Produce a portfolio of evidence reflecting on academic and employability skills such as referencing, reflection, communication, teamwork, leadership and computer applications.
• LO4: Demonstrate responsibility for personal and professional development through an action plan with career and learning objectives.

Note: under the Arden Academic Integrity Policy, AI-generated content does not form part of the marked content; you are marked on your own work.

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