MEng, BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

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

- demonstrate broad understanding of concepts, competencies and techniques which are standard in a range of aspects of Electronic and Electrical Engineering;
- apply generic and specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were introduced;
- use a range of techniques to undertake analysis of data and information;
- communicate information in a variety of forms.

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 in Electronic and Electrical Engineering;
- 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 and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering 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 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.