MSc (Eng) Automotive Engineering (Part-Time)

Year 2

(Award available for year: Master of Science (Eng))

Learning outcomes

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

- Acquire an in-depth specialist knowledge and mastery of subjects and techniques relevant to automotive engineering and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the associated engineering concepts.
- Exhibit a mastery of generic and automotive specific intellectual abilities.
- Demonstrate the adoption of a proactive and self-reflective approach to their work practices and in the development of professional relationships with others in the field.

- Undertake and deliver a substantial individual project drawn from the general area of automotive engineering, including industrially linked projects along with those associated with ongoing areas of research within the school. The project will be sufficiently broad to embrace more than one of the following: design, analysis, computation and experimentation. The principal deliverables are a poster/oral presentation and full report on completion of the project. As part of this activity the students will have the opportunity to learn a number of transferable skills which, in part, are key to the delivery of good outcomes. These include critical evaluation of the literature, including literature search and retrieval, methodologies associated with design and analysis during projects and communication skills. These transferable tasks will be largely completed by the end of Semester 2.

It is possible that some Part time students, because of external work commitments, may also be required to make up the balance of the 105 credits from Year 1 within their second year of study. If this is so then the relevant learning outcomes from Year 1 will carry across into Year 2.

Transferable (key) skills

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

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- critical engagement in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the degree of Master (taught programme) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:

- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating and criticising received opinion;
- making reasoned judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.