Automotive Engineering (Off Highway) with Marketing and Management

Bachelor's degree

In Newport

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newport

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The course A four-year undergraduate degree that produces high calibre professional engineers with aspirations to manage and apply current and developing technology in test, development and technical advisory roles for manufacturers such as McConnell, JCB and CNH. This course has a mechanical engineering core with a specialism in the design and development of off highway vehicles. The course covers everything from the principles of suspension design, vehicle mobility and properties of off highway terrains, to the electronic control of vehicles and ride and handling optimisation. In addition to the core engineering/specialist modules and the opportunities offered by Off-Road Vehicle Design this course has a greater focus on business and marketing modules. In your final year you can undertake your own individual engineering project or choose a marketing dissertation. You will cover not just theory and technical skills but the research and business techniques needed by professional engineers. Industry figures have helped us to develop a comprehensive curriculum combining core engineering subjects with the latest industrial techniques. Much of our teaching is project led, and is designed to develop the professional skills that you will use as a graduate engineer. Work placement All engineering students undertake a 12-month work placement. This gives students the opportunity to work in a professional company and put into practise the theory and applied skills they have developed. This experience is invaluable both for the final year of study and when applying for graduate careers, when most other engineering graduates will not have the same level of workplace experience. Work placement for this course is very similar to those for the Off-Road Vehicle Design courses; however, you may choose to take on more elements of marketing and management during your employment, depending on the role and the nature of the company you work for. You will be helped to...

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Location

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Newport (Shropshire)
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Harper Adams University College, TF10 8NB

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Engineering
  • Design
  • IT Development
  • Marketing
  • Skills and Training
  • Project
  • Vehicle Design
  • IT Management
  • Management
  • Technology
  • Marketing Management
  • Industry
  • Automotive
  • Teaching
  • Automotive Engineering

Course programme

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Course structure Year 1 6Academic Development 3Personal Development 6Introduction to Research Methods 15Mathematics for Engineers 15Mechanical Science 15Product Design 15Materials for Engineering 15Business Organisation and Law 15Principles of Marketing 15Vehicle Technology Year 2 15Research Methods (Engineering) 15Measurement and Electrical Technology 15Engineering Science 15Engineering Design 15Manufacturing and Operations Management 15Hydraulic Systems and Control 15International Marketing 15Off Road Vehicle Design Year 3 Placement year Year 4 30Individual Major Project 30Honours Research Project 15Engineering Technology 15Product Development and Testing 15Strategic Management 15Group Enterprise Project 15Managing People 15Advanced Off Road Vehicle Design

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Teaching and learning

Your first year will focus on core engineering theory, including design skills, engineering mechanics, maths, and materials. Alongside these generic engineering topics, you will also start to learn the fundamental basis for your area of specialism - whether that be Off Road Vehicle Design or Agricultural Engineering.

This theoretical content is complemented by a range of free practical skills training in areas such as welding, milling, turning and off highway vehicle operation. This mixture of theoretical and practical skills and knowledge is designed to give you the foundation for your development into a professional engineer.

In the second year you will begin to apply this learning to solving real-life engineering problems. Here you will take part in a design-and-build project that you will also test and evaluate – just as you would as a working engineer.

The industrial work placement undertaken by all students is a central element of your development as a professional engineer. We will help you to find a placement within an organization that closely matches your interests and aspirations. The placement year gives you an opportunity to act in a professional capacity inside a real functioning company. You will spend this year using and developing the skills from the first two years of your course within the context of a commercial organisation.

Your development into an industry ready professional engineer will be further enhanced after placement, where you will complete individual industry/research projects as well as group projects. These will involve delivering solutions to real problems for external clients, to whom you will present your findings, and who will help to mark your projects.

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Automotive Engineering (Off Highway) with Marketing and Management

Price on request