BSc Aviation Technology and Management (Industrial)

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate a broad understanding of the aviation concepts, information on civil aviation, practical competencies (for pilot studies students only this would include flight training) and techniques which are standard features in a range of aspects of the civil aviation industry to include;
> propulsion, avionics and other aircraft systems
> aircraft performance, as a function of their design
> navigational techniques
- apply generic (eg safety and environmental) and subject specific (eg aircraft systems and for management students only business related) intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied, for example the recognition that environmental principles and regulations introduced in their broad context have specific applications in aviation and being able to define these linkages;
- appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject, focussing principally at this level on engineering tools and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
- use a range of mathematical and engineering techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of aviation data and information including environmental impact, aircraft design and performance and navigation;
- adjust to professional and disciplinary boundaries, in particular the high ethical standards of the aviation industry and for the pilot studies students demonstrate the application of these ethical standards in their own conduct during pilot training;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms;
- demonstrate an understanding of the principles of management;
- demonstrate the ability to apply these management principles to aviation enterprises.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.

Learning context

The learning context for this year/award will be simple if unpredictable and complex if predictable. The study will be structured within a framework of tasks that provide breadth of study and proficiency in the application of concepts and techniques.