Pre-Bachelor Mechanical Engineering at Swindon College
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
This foundation degree (FdEng) in Mechanical Engineering at Swindon College has been developed by Swindon College and Oxford Brookes University, to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed for a technical or management career in the mechanical engineering industry.
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Subjects
- Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- GCSE Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Industry
- Skills and Training
- Management
- IT Management
Course programme
Each single undergraduate module is 150 hours of effort. Modules presently include 36 to 54 hours contact time and are delivered using a mixture of lectures, tutorial/seminar sessions and laboratories. In addition, you can expect to undertake approximately an additional 100 hours of independent work per single 15-credit module. The exception is the double project module.
Teaching methods vary from module to module. Usually they include lectures, laboratory-based practical activities and software simulations, problem-solving classes and tutorial support, supplemented by handouts and booklets produced by staff.
Year 1- Work Based Module (core, double)
- Mechanical Principles and Engineering Science (core, double)
- Mathematics 1 (core)
- Electrical and Electronic Science (compulsory)
- CAD CAM (compulsory)
- Engineering Management (compulsory)
- Work Based Project (compulsory, double)
- Stress Analysis and Materials (compulsory, double)
- PLCs (compulsory)
- Computer Aided Engineering (compulsory)
- Manufacturing 1 (optional)
- Manufacturing 2 (optional)
- Mathematics 2 (optional)*
- Thermo-fluids (optional)*
Pre-Bachelor Mechanical Engineering at Swindon College