MEng, BEng Automotive Engineering(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Engineering)

Learning outcomes

1. understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge and professional competencies, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in automotive engineering;
2. deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within automotive engineering;
3. demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
4. describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
5. appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in automotive engineering;
6. make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
7. apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
8. conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable
9. evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in-depth enquiry within automotive engineering;

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Application of science, mathematics and/or engineering principles
2. Problem solving
3. Application of computational and analytical techniques
4. Searching and using technical literature
5. Design skills
6. Sustainability
7. Professional ethics practice
8. Equality, diversity and inclusion
9. Practical and workshop skills
10. Technical awareness of engineering materials, equipment, technologies, and processes
11. Quality management
12. Engineering and project management
13. Communication and collaboration
14. Lifelong learning
15. Time and personal management
16. Academic integrity

Assessment

Achievement may be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and may include written examinations, in-class and online tests, problem sheets, assignments, and coursework in the form of projects, reports, presentations and posters.