Electronic Engineering - BEng (Hons)

Year 1

The modules in Year 1 are all core, and common to both the electrical and electronic engineering routes. The year builds a solid base in the principles of digital and analogue electronics, and electrical principles. This is underpinned with the study of mathematics and embedded computer programming. Individual and group laboratory work is used to support and integrate the lectures. Project planning, group work and communication skills, all considered highly important by prospective employers, are an integral part of the year.

• Engineering Mathematics
• Practical Electronics
• C Programming
• Digital Principles
• Electrical and Electronic Principles A
• Electrical and Electronic Principles B

Year 2

In Year 2, you will study further modules in mathematics, signal processing, micro-controllers, communications and control systems. Interdisciplinary group project and management exercises develop the themes from the first year. You may have the first of your option choices between electrical engineering and electronic engineering. An electrical option will introduce the fundamentals of electrical power systems, motors and drives. An electronic option will study digital hardware design through the use of hardware description languages. This introduces hardware development through the design, implementation and verification of a small microprocessor.

• Group Fabrication Laboratory
• Maths for Signals and Control
• Project Management
• Signal Processing and Circuits
• Control
• Digital Design

Optional Placement Year

Students who undertake a placement year will complete an industrial placement module.

Final year

In the final year (BEng) (or final two years MEng) there are further pathway specific modules, which allow you to specialise towards your chosen career path. Provided you have performed well, you may choose between the BEng and MEng. Academic staff and student advisers will be on hand to help you make these choices. You will do a significant individual research and development project, which allows you to focus on a specific topic of your own choice, and gives you the chance to put into practice what you have learnt about project management in previous years.

• Individual project
• Control System Design
• One optional module from the list below:

Optional modules

• Industrial Placement (for students who undertook a placement year)
• Busines Environment (for students who didn't undertake a placement year)

Plus four of the following optional modules:

• Group Design and Integration Project
• Digital Signal Processing
• Analogue Electronics
• Power Electronics
• Communications
• Energy Technologies

Students can exit after Year 3 with BEng or continue to complete a MEng Electronic Engineering.

Please also note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied. However, the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning methods include lectures, seminars, tutorials, laboratory work, case studies and mini-projects with a mixture of group and individual activities optimised for the particular subject area.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Part-time students

This course is available to study on a part-time day release basis. Modules are structured to allow you to attend lectures and tutorial sessions one day per week therefore minimising the time spent away from the work place.

Students generally join the course with an HNC in Electronic Engineering or equivalent, which means that you are exempted from Level 1 of the course, and can gain the degree in three to four years at UWE Bristol. The course structure changes year from year, so you might find some variation between here and the final version of your course.

A key benefit of studying part-time means you can put your learning directly into practice, and where possible you can use work-related problems in projects.

Assessment is generally by a mixture of coursework, assignments and examinations.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.