Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)

University of the West of England, Bristol

Bachelor's degree

In Bristol

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why BEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering?
Imagine a world without electricity or electronic devices. It is easy to see why electrical and electronic engineering is vital to our survival and the development of future technologies. Electronic engineers play a vital role in the design, development, distribution and eventual recycling of numerous everyday products. As a result, qualified electrical and electronic engineers are in demand.
Why Study Our Course?
On this course you will study digital and analogue electronics, engineering mathematics and computer programming as well as the application of electronic engineering in a range of environments. As you progress, you will examine signal processing, micro-controllers based systems, communication systems, control systems and digital hardware design. Alongside, you will develop professional skills in project planning, group work and communication.
Real World Experience
Throughout the course, you will apply knowledge through practical laboratory work using our state-of-the-art facilities. You will get an inside track on the industry through factory tours and professional briefings from leading organisations. We arrange Careers Fairs and engineer 'speed dating' events to help you find work as soon as you graduate.
Where it can take you
On graduation, you can go on to a career designing electrical and electronic systems; working on consumer technology; or solving engineering problems for communications, microcontroller system designs, advanced technology electronic systems used in aerospace and automobile (electric cars), solar/hydro/wind/bio-energy transmission to main power grids and power generation/distribution companies. Opportunities are available in technology, manufacturing, transport and rail, aviation and a host of other industries.
If you successfully complete level 2 with satisfactory marks, you will have the opportunity to progress onto the postgraduate MEng Electronic Engineering course.
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Bristol (Avon)
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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

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About this course

Professional accreditation
This course is CEng accredited and fulfils the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer when presented with an accredited MSc. In addition, the cpurse meets the educational requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer.
Placements
Students who do a work placement are more likely to graduate with a better practical skills set and get higher quality work on graduation. So as well as helping hone your professional skills, industry knowledge and network, a placement will make you highly employable on graduation.
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Subjects

  • Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Electrical
  • Systems
  • Project
  • Design
  • Technology
  • Mathematics
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Signal processing
  • Communication Training
  • Programming
  • Communications
  • Project Management
  • Maths
  • IT Project Management
  • Planning
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Computer Programming

Course programme

Content

Year 0 (Foundation Year)

You will study the following modules:

  • Engineering Experimentation
  • Foundation Group Project
  • Foundation Mechanics
  • Foundation Maths, Algebra and Calculus
  • Introduction to Mechatronics

You will study the Foundation Year alongside students from our other Engineering and Maths courses, and so you may be able to transfer to a course in one of these areas at the end of the Foundation Year.

The normal expectation is that you must pass all Year 0 modules before progressing to Year 1.

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
  • One optional module from the list below:

Optional modules

  • Digital Design
  • Electrical Technology

Option to switch to the MEng Electronic Engineering pathway subject to satisfactory marks at the end of the second year

Optional Placement Year

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

Final year

In the final year 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)
  • Business 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
  • Alternative Energy

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

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 and Teaching

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.

Assessment

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

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.

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