Programme spec - FdSc Engineering (Electronic/Electrical/Mechanical)

Course Aims

  • The aims of the Foundation Degree in Engineering are to enable the students to:
  • build a core of knowledge and skills relevant to engineering in the 21st century.
  • develop a range of transferable skills as appropriate to the continuously changing engineering environment.
  • apply a systematic, creative and flexible approach to problem solving.
  • develop knowledge and skills relevant to working as a member of a team develop awareness of technical, professional and business aspects of the engineering industry
  • develop strategies for future advancement in the engineering industry.Learning Outcomes These course aims are broken down into sets of related skills, which are known as learning outcomes.
  • A.  Knowledge and Understanding

    • By the end of the course you should be able to:

    • demonstrate sound understanding of their specialised area of engineering.
    • demonstrates understanding of engineering problems and implements solutions.
    • select and use appropriate design methodologies to develop a range of solutions to a design problem.
    • implement solutions to design problems to meet a given specification using appropriate documentation
    • use laboratory equipment and validate results.
    • work as a member of a team, recognizing the different roles within a team and different ways of organizing teams.
    • prepare a personal strategy for employment in the engineering industry and for further professional development within it, demonstrating the exercise of personal responsibility and decision making.
    • act in an ethical manner in relation to working in engineering.
    • show flexible and creative approaches to problem solving

B.  Mental and cognitive skills

By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • evaluate the risks that may be involved with the operation of engineering equipment and demonstrate awareness of safety precautions.
  • evaluate a range of design solutions and on the basis of the evaluation construct and document a prototype.
  • demonstrate a capacity for systematic, conceptual and critical thinking.
  • communicate clearly and appropriately, demonstrating a sense of audience and using output that is literate, numerate and coherent.
  • manage information effectively in a range of media.

C. Subject Specific and Practical Skills

By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • use a range of computer aided tools to generate and communicate solutions to given engineering problem.
  • select materials, standard parts and manufacturing processes for components appropriate to their specialised area of engineering

D.  Key Skills

Key Skills, also known as graduate key skills, transferable skills or general skills, comprise communication, information technology, problem solving, numeracy, working with others and improving own learning.

By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • work with confidence both independently and as a member or leader of a group or team.
  • demonstrate a capacity for systematic, conceptual and critical thinking.
  • show flexible and creative approaches to problem solving.
  • communicate clearly and appropriately, demonstrating a sense of audience.
  • manage information effectively in a range of media.
  • act in an ethical manner, demonstrating political, social and cultural awareness.
  • produce output that is literate, numerate and coherent (in whatever for is appropriate).
  • identify a major field (or fields) of personal learning and demonstrate broad knowledge within it

Module Framework

Electronic

BFDEEG101

Electrical & Digital Electronic Principles

20

M

BFDEGG101

Foundation Mathematics

20

M

BFDEGG103

Personal Development

20

M

BFDEEG103

Microprocessor Based Systems (Employability Skills)

20

M

BFDELG101

Applied Software Engineering

20

M

BFDEGG205

Analogue Electronics & Instrumentation Control

20

M

BFDEGG201

Technology Project

20

M

BFDEGG202

Applied & Engineering Mathematics

20

M

BFDELG201

Applications of Electronics

20

M

BFDEGG203

Process Quality Assurance & Risk Assessment

20

M

BFDEGG204

Skills for Research & Problem Solving

20

M

BFDEEG102

Design of Electronic Systems

20

M



Electrical

BFDEGG101

Foundation Mathematics

20

M

BFDEEG101

Electrical & Digital Electronic Principles

20

M

BFDEGG205

Analogue Electronics & Instrumentation Control

20

M

BFDEGG103

Personal Development

20

M

BFDEEG104

Electrical Motors & Plant Protection

20

M

BFDEEG103

Microprocessor Based Systems (Employability Skills)

20

M

BFDEEG102

Design of Electronic Systems

20

M

BFDEGG201

Technology Project

20

M

BFDEGG202

Applied & Engineering Mathematics

20

M

BFDEGG203

Process Quality Assurance & Risk Assessment

20

M

BFDEGG204

Skills for Research & Problem Solving

20

M

BFDEEG201

Electrical & Electronic Power Systems

20

M



Mechanical

BFDEGG103

Personal Development

20

M

BFDEGG101

Foundation Mathematics                                          

20

M

BFDMEG101

Computer Aided Drawing & Solid Modelling

(Employability Skills)

20

M

BFDEGG205

Analogue Electronics & Instrumentation Control

20

M

BFDMEG103

Engineering Design

20

M

BFDMEG102

Manufacturing Processes and Materials

20

M

BFDEGG202

Applied & Engineering Mathematics

20

M

BFDMEG201

Applied Mechanics

20

M

BFDMEG202

Design of Manufacture & Assembly

20

M

BFDEGG201

Technology Project

20

M

BFDEGG204

Skills for Research & Problem Solving

20

M

BFDEGG203

Process Quality Assurance & Risk Assessment

20

M



 

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Students will be assessed by either coursework or examination or by both methods. Assessment deadlines are normally set for teaching week 12 with the exception of modules that span two semesters, in which case assessment deadlines are set at both week 12 in semester 1 and week 24 in semester 2, thereby spreading the assessment load across the programme.

Timetable

The teaching is divided into two semesters, semester one runs from September to January and Semester Two from February to June. A full time student is expected to take three modules each semester, making six modules in one year. A part-time student will take one or two modules each semester. Students can expect to have to attend UCS for four to five hours per module for the twelve weeks of the semester and to spend at least an equivalent amount of time per week in independent study. Students will be provided with timetables when they join the course.

Course Delivery

The course is delivered at University Campus Suffolk Bury St Edmunds.

Placements/Work Based Learning/Work Experience

The work based modules will be delivered with a significant input from the student’s experience in the workplace. This will involve the use of systems and materials at their companies in the examples and case studies used in achieving the learning outcomes. In some modules the workplace will provide the resources and or topic to be used in achieving the learning outcomes. Employers associated with the College who are also members of the Engineering Employers Forum have discussed with the course team over the last two years the need for co-operation between the workplace and the College in achieving the outcomes for the WBL modules. The Faculty of Engineering has a well established WBL team that oversee the Apprentices that are sent to the College by these employers. The Faculty team consists of 1 Senior WBL Officer and 5 WBL Specialist staff. The staff work with nominated mentors and managers in the workplace to ensure that the learning and assessment of the apprentices are carried out. This established set-up will be used in enhancing the delivery of the WBL modules of the Foundation Degree programme.

The arrangement above will apply to the full-time students that have part-time employment this arrangement will also apply. For the students with no employment, the larger employers in the Employers Forum have assured the faculty that they will be willing to provide up to 4 weeks work placement for the students for the purpose of providing engineering workplace experience for the students.

The College WBL staff will work with Module Leaders in monitoring and reporting back to the module leader the steady progress of the students carrying out significant part of the WBL module in the workplace. The assessment and structure of the modules will remain under the guidance and control of the Programme and Module leaders.

Tutorial and Study Support

Each student registered for the FdSc Engineering programme is allocated to a personal tutor. The personal tutor will normally teach on the programme for which the student is registered and is expected to:

  • Be allocated up to 12 tutees
  • Arrange to meet each allocated tutee formally on a one-to-one basis at least once per semester
  • Make themselves reasonably contactable and available to offer advice and support to their tutees on an ad hoc basis
  • Be aware of specialist services available at the College to which the tutee may be referred to if necessary.

Opportunities on Completion of the Course

Graduates already employed in the engineering sector will gain enhanced promotion prospects and greater self-confidence.  Students also have the opportunity to progress to BA (Hons) Professional Studies at University Campus Suffolk.

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University Campus Suffolk reserves the right to amend the information in this programme specification as and when required.