MEng, BEng Food Process Engineering

Year 4

(Award available for year: Master of Engineering)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge and professional competencies associated with the food processing and related industries, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship;
- deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within the food industries;
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge within food process engineering;
- make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
- apply their knowledge and understanding to initiate and carry out an individual project on a specific topic related food process engineering;
- conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to food process engineering;
- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences, including written reports, technical papers and verbal presentations;
- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

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 taken from the food processing industries;
- work that draws on a wide variety of material, through reports, coursework and formal examinations;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise relevant situations and opinion from published and other sources;
- evidence of an ability to conduct an individual, in-depth study into a topic related to food process engineering;
- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.

Learning context

The learning context for this year/award will:
- include the use of complex and unpredictable situations, all structured within a framework that provides both breadth and depth and opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of concepts and techniques. Students will have the opportunity to develop interests and informed opinions and to undertake individual study through a major research project on a topic relevant to the industry.