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AWARD and ROUTE TITLE / BEng(Hons) Electrical Engineering TOP-UP
INTERMEDIATE AWARD TITLES / BSc Electrical Engineering TOP-UP
Name of the Teaching Institution / Sheffield Hallam University
Mode(s) of Attendance
(eg. FT/PT/SW/DL) / FT/PT
UCAS CODE
Professional/Statutory/Regulatory Body Recognising this Programme
QAA Subject Benchmark Statement or other relevant external reference point / (a) QAA Subject Benchmark: Engineering
(b) QAA Benchmark statement: Foundation Degree
(c) Engineering Council, UK-SPEC
Date of Validation / May 2010
1 PROGRAMME AIMS
This programme aims to:
a) Produce high quality graduate electrical engineers with the specialist academic knowledge and complementary professional and personal skills for a successful career in industry and commercial engineering enterprises.
b) Provide the academic basis for initial registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated Engineer as defined by UK-SPEC.
c) Provide knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of electrical engineering and the underpinning science and mathematics.
d) Develop the intellectual skills to analyse and solve electrical and electronic engineering problems and formulate creative and innovative solutions and designs.
e) Develop an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial considerations affecting professional engineers.
f) Develop the practical laboratory and workshop skills necessary to function as a professional electronic engineer in an industrial or commercial engineering environment.
g) Provide a positive and enjoyable learning experience which lays the foundations for life long learning.
2.0 PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
The programme provides opportunities to develop and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas listed below.
2.1 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Understand and apply the scientific principles underpinning electrical and electronic engineering and the necessary supporting mathematics.
b) Understand specialist electrical & electronic engineering subjects (e.g. power electronics, machines and drives, etc.) to support a competent application of knowledge to electrical systems and devices.
c) Use the principles of electrical system design and the methods, constraints, techniques and procedures applicable to the creation of products, systems and services within the discipline of electrical engineering.
d) Appreciate the wider multidisciplinary aspects of engineering with respect to mechanical technologies and structural materials.
e) Understand the business, financial, legal and environmental constraints within which commerce and industry operate and the management techniques which may be used to achieve engineering objectives within this context.
2.2 INTELLECTUAL SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Analyse and define practical electrical engineering problems in terms of technical parameters, identify constraints and devise solutions according to customer and user needs.
b) Design, create, evaluate and enhance electrical systems and products to meet specific market needs within constraints such as technical specifications, cost, available technology, quality assurance, company targets, people and time.
c) Apply quantitative methods and industry standard computer software in current use within the engineering technology discipline, to solve engineering problems and design products and processes.
d) Solve typical operational, production and service problems in a systematic way through the application of knowledge and understanding of the relevant technologies.
e) Adapt designs, equipment and processes to meet new purposes or applications, by the creative and innovative use of existing technology.
2.3 PROFESSIONAL AND SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Understand the need for a high level of professional and ethical conduct in all aspects of engineering.
b) Use relevant materials, equipment, tools, processes and products in workshop and laboratory situations.
c) Use and apply information from technical literature including appropriate codes of practice and industry standards.
d) Work safely and apply safe systems of work.
e) Understand the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including contractual obligations, responsibilities to personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) management.
f) Appreciate the broader obligations of engineers to society and the environment.
2.4 KEY SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Identify personal educational and training needs, plan self-learning and improve personal performance.
b) Establish good working relationships with others, manage people and work effectively as a group member.
c) Communicate engineering concepts and ideas verbally, in writing, by drawings, computer generated images and other media.
d) Manage tasks efficiently and solve problems; undertake major projects of a practical investigative nature, applying a well developed, sound experimental technique.
e) Use mathematics as a tool for problem solving.
f) Use IT facilities to process written information; assimilate, interpret and evaluate information from a wide range of sources, including modern data base systems and internet sites; acquire, manipulate and evaluate numerical data; and assist engineering design, analysis and control.
AWARD and ROUTE TITLE / BEng(Hons) Manufacturing Engineering TOP-UPINTERMEDIATE AWARD TITLES / BSc Manufacturing Engineering TOP-UP
Name of the Teaching Institution / Sheffield Hallam University
Mode(s) of Attendance
(eg. FT/PT/SW/DL) / FT/PT
UCAS CODE
Professional/Statutory/Regulatory Body Recognising this Programme
QAA Subject Benchmark Statement or other relevant external reference point / (a) QAA Subject Benchmark: Engineering
(b) QAA Benchmark statement: Foundation Degree
(c) Engineering Council, UK-SPEC
Date of Validation / March 2010
1 PROGRAMME AIMS
This programme aims to:
a) Produce high quality graduate manufacturing engineers with the specialist academic knowledge and complementary professional and personal skills for a successful career in industry and commercial engineering enterprises.
b) Provide the academic basis for initial registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated Engineer as defined by UK-SPEC.
c) Provide knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of manufacturing and the underpinning science and mathematics.
d) Develop the intellectual skills to analyse and solve manufacturing problems and formulate creative and innovative solutions and designs.
e) Develop an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial considerations affecting professional engineers.
f) Develop the practical laboratory and workshop skills necessary to function as a professional engineer in an industrial or commercial engineering environment.
g) Provide a positive and enjoyable learning experience which lays the foundations for life long learning.
2.0 PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
The programme provides opportunities to develop and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas listed below.
2.1 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Understand and apply the scientific principles underpinning manufacturing engineering and the necessary supporting mathematics.
b) Understand specialist manufacturing engineering subjects (e.g. material and process selection, scheduling etc.) to support a competent application of knowledge to manufacturing systems and devices.
c) Apply the principles of manufacturing system design and the methods, constraints, techniques and procedures applicable to the creation of products, systems and services within the discipline of manufacturing engineering.
d) Understand the wider multidisciplinary aspects of engineering with respect to mechanical technologies and structural materials.
e) Understand the business, financial, legal and environmental constraints within which commerce and industry operate and the management techniques which may be used to achieve engineering objectives within this context.
2.2 INTELLECTUAL SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Analyse and define practical manufacturing engineering problems in terms of technical parameters, identify constraints and devise solutions according to customer and user needs.
b) Design, create, evaluate and enhance manufacturing systems and processes to meet specific market needs within constraints such as technical specifications, cost, available technology, quality assurance, company targets, people and time.
c) Apply quantitative methods and industry standard computer software in current use within the engineering technology discipline, to solve engineering problems and design products and processes.
d) Solve typical operational, production and service problems in a systematic way through the application of knowledge and understanding of the relevant technologies.
e) Adapt designs, equipment and processes to meet new purposes or applications, by the creative and innovative use of existing technology.
2.3 PROFESSIONAL AND SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Understand the need for a high level of professional and ethical conduct in all aspects of engineering.
b) Use relevant materials, equipment, tools, processes and products in workshop and laboratory situations.
c) Use and apply information from technical literature including appropriate codes of practice and industry standards.
d) Work safely and apply safe systems of work.
e) Understand the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including contractual obligations, responsibilities to personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) management.
f) Appreciate the broader obligations of engineers to society and the environment.
2.4 KEY SKILLS
By the end of the programme you will be able to:
a) Identify personal educational and training needs, plan self-learning and improve personal performance.
b) Establish good working relationships with others, manage people and work effectively as a group member.
c) Communicate engineering concepts and ideas verbally, in writing, by drawings, computer generated images and other media.
d) Manage tasks efficiently and solve problems; undertake major projects of a practical investigative nature, applying a well developed, sound experimental technique.
e) Use mathematics as a tool for problem solving.
f) Use IT facilities to process written information; assimilate, interpret and evaluate information from a wide range of sources, including modern data base systems and internet sites; acquire, manipulate and evaluate numerical data; and assist engineering design, analysis and control.
3 LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT
3.1 LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Subject material is introduced via lectures, guided reading or IT-delivered means with further discussion in seminars. Principles and theory are applied in tutorials with a clear focus on application. Students take responsibility for self-managed study supported in some subjects by Learning Centre material and IT-delivered resources. The use of visual aids and excellent laboratory provision extends and motivates student learning. Project work focused on practical scenarios, enables students to gain experience in problem solving within resource limitations. The various teaching methods used are summarised below;
a) Lectures, problem solving tutorials and seminars, supported by computer based learning and open learning materials where appropriate. The teaching of some modules may be supported by the use of internet web sites or the use of virtual learning systems such as 'Blackboard'.
b) Project and laboratory work which emphasises the application of knowledge to practical situations and reflection upon outcomes. Workshop activities to develop practical engineering skills.
c) Problem based learning which requires students to discover what they need to learn through being confronted with real problems.
d) Personal and professional skills development delivered systematically and supported by open learning materials.
e) Independent study which, as the course progresses, increasingly involves the student in self or group directed learning, thereby fostering the qualities and skills necessary for continuing personal development.
The total study time for a 20 credit module is typically 200 hours consisting of timetabled class contact through lectures, tutorials, seminars etc., with the remainder being delivered by student centred, directed study.
3.2 ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK
Students demonstrate that they can apply their knowledge and understanding through coursework activities using a range of assessment methods. A balance of coursework and examinations is experienced in the course enabling students to become more confident in their knowledge and understanding its application.
Assessment activities throughout the course draw on, and enhance cognitive skills and include briefs such as case studies, laboratory work and project work. This includes technical reports, assignments and presentations.
Laboratory reports and assignments allow students to demonstrate skills which show how engineering methods and the knowledge of electrical or manufacturing systems, depending on the route taken, are integrated.
It should be noted that Key Skills, Critical Thinking and IT Skills are embedded in many areas of the course which are not identifiable from the stated learning outcomes in the individual module descriptors. For example, whenever a report is produced there will be development of all these skills. Almost any engineering analysis above the most basic level, and particularly engineering design, requires critical thinking (because there is normally more than one possible approach and alternatives must be evaluated and selected). Most numerical analysis and design above the most fundamental level will make use of IT skills (because various software packages are used for these purposes).
In general, modules which are more practical or involve case studies or project work are assessed entirely by coursework. Modules which are intended to develop more fundamental concepts and apply them to practical situations are partially assessed by coursework, but with a formal examination at the end.
When a piece of coursework is set, a deadline for the completion and submission of the work will also be specified. The faculty aims to mark and return work within three weeks of the submission date, with written or verbal feedback, depending on the nature of the assignment.
In addition to formal coursework which contributes to a student’s module mark, students will also be involved in a variety of other activities, such as laboratory work, workshop skills, computing and problem solving tutorials, etc. which are designed to develop understanding of the topic, as well as enhance personal and professional skills. In these situations a more informal, direct verbal feedback from the lecturer is implemented.
Feedback to students will be given on a regular basis throughout the Programme. It will provide encouragement and will offer suggestions for improvement. Students will be expected to use tutor feedback to improve the quality of their work. The feedback can be formal (e.g. written comments on assignments) or informal (e.g. verbally during tutorials and laboratory sessions).
At the end of each semester and academic year, students will receive a written statement of their results for every module completed. Meetings will periodically be held between the student and personal tutor and/or course leader to review overall progress..
Feedback from students and the industry partners will be actively sought in order to monitor the operational delivery of the programme against its educational aims and objectives, and thus assist staff to strive for continuous improvement.