MSc (Eng) Advanced Mechanical Engineering(Part-Time)

Year 1

Learning outcomes

On completion of the advanced mechanical engineering programme students should have shown evidence of being able:
- to demonstrate in-depth, extended or specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to advanced mechanical engineering or to demonstrate an advanced understanding of concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge at the forefront of mechanical engineering;
- to exhibit competence in the exercise of advanced generic and mechanical engineering intellectual abilities;
- to demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship;
- to take a proactive and self - reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others;
- to proactively formulate ideas and hypotheses and to evaluate there;
- to evaluate critically current issues and research in advanced mechanical engineering.

Transferable (key) skills

Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for advanced mechanical engineering 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;
- to critically engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the advanced mechanical engineering programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:
- 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 received opinion;
- make sound judgments whilst understanding the limitations on judgments made in the absence of complete data;
- computer exercises, oral presentations, problem solving exercises, project report, short lab projects, unseen exams, vive voce examination.