Engineering With A Foundation Year BEng (Hons)

During the Foundation Year in Engineering, you will also have the opportunity to study general modules in engineering and technology disciplines. Assessment of the Foundation Year in Engineering is by examinations, coursework, group work and class tests, giving you feedback on your progress whilst allowing you to develop the skills required when tackling a variety of assessment types. Areas covered include; Engineering Science, Quantitative methods, Design & Communication, Principals of materials and Engineering application.

The student learning opportunities include, e-learning and classroom based learning, and involves a broad spectrum of activities appropriate to the learning outcomes and the assessment methods. These activities range from entirely self-managed study, time-tabled formal lectures, tutorials, laboratory based work and presentations. Students have opportunities to use and develop theoretical knowledge, computer-based models, and to design, implement and test. The transferable skills of presenting, writing, discussing, working with others, and managing one's own time are developed throughout the programme. Many learning opportunities are provided by practical work of some form. This occurs for example in laboratory based assignments for which students maintain a log book (whilst they are in the laboratory) and produce a report. The practical work may take the form of undertaking experimental test measurements, building items of technical equipment, undertaking design work, implementing web-based or other computer-based or media-based code or solution, or implementing an individual design project. Generally practical work is linked to theoretical concepts and analytical skills developed in lectures and tutorials.