BEng Mechanical EngineeringSouthwest Jiaotong-Leeds Joint School

Year 1

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques of physics and mathematics as they will be developed in later years
- demonstrate English Language skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking as an initial basis on which to develop the academic study skills relevant to studies in Engineering
- demonstrate independent language learning skills, more subject-specific English vocabulary and grammatical knowledge
- demonstrate good and sensible laboratory practice and the reporting of experiments
- understand the ways of working an time management expected from Leeds University; in particular as preparation for further years students will demonstrate an understanding of how formative assessments will be used and how to make effective use of private study hours whose content will be less prescribed as the programme advances
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners

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 progression onto their chosen Engineering subject
- skills necessary for carrying out effective private study and research in support of the modules
- confidence in communicating in English Language as it is required for further academic development
- effective teamworking skills
- effective time management
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility

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 knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to English Lanaguge, Mathematics and Physics;
- demonstrating fundamental practical skills through physics laboratory work;
- demonstrating their ability to use their reading, writing and listening skills to complete a communicative task.