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Programme code | 4EMAT004U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Stuart Burgess
Paul Harper |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | Department of Civil Engineering |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Accrediting types: |
Accredited by the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.theihe.org/) Accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.aerosociety.com/) Accredited by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.ciht.org.uk/) Accredited by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.istructe.org/) Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.ied.org.uk/) Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.theiet.org/) Accredited by Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. (http://www.ice.org.uk/) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
The BEng Engineering Design Programme was inspired by Visiting Professors from the Royal Academy of Engineering and is sponsored by a range of leading engineering companies. The programme aims to:
This programme is identical in its aims to the H155 programme but students miss the full year of industrial experience. However, they still gain experience of working with industrial partners during their design projects and have the opportunity of a summer placement with one of the industrial partners at the end of year 1.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1 and 2 are acquired through taught design units in the first 2 stages of the programme. 3 and 5 are acquired through the industry linked design project units, Research and Communications unit and Innovation, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship unit in stage 3 of the programme. 4 is acquired mainly through lectures, examples classes, and laboratory activities in stages 1, 2 and 3 of the programme. These are common to all students in the first stage of the programme and then become specific to the student’s specialist stream in stages 2 and 3 of the programme. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Knowledge based learning is assessed through in-class tests and unseen examination papers. Project based learning is assessed through technical reports, oral presentations, computer models and/or physical prototypes |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1-7 are all acquired partly through design project units in stages 1, 2 and 3 of the programme. 2 and 4 are also acquired through modelling units in stages 1 and 2. 5 is also acquired through the specialist stream units in stages 2 and 3 of the programme. 6 is also acquired through the taught units common to all students in stage 1 of the programme. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Knowledge based learning is assessed through in-class tests and unseen examination papers. Project based learning is assessed through technical reports, oral presentations, computer models and/or physical prototypes |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1-3 are acquired through the group design project units in stages 2 and 3 of the programme. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Knowledge based learning is assessed through in-class tests and unseen examination papers. Project based learning is assessed through technical reports, oral presentations, computer models and/or physical prototypes. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
This first year is designed to equip students to take part on a wide range of possible studies in later years. Students will have a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of general engineering and engineering mathematics, and will have learned how to take different approaches to solving problems. They will be able to communicate accurately, and will have the qualities needed for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Students will have developed a sound understanding of the principles of engineering design, and will have learned to apply those principles more widely. Through this, they will have learned to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. Their studies may well have had a vocational orientation, enabling them to perform effectively in their chosen field. They will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
An emphasis is placed, in this programme, on the ability to communicate across disciplines as well as following a series of Professional Studies units that provide the business and social background to engineering design. A core of studies of this type is maintained and students start to take part in significant design projects. At the same time they use their optional units to strengthen their specialisation. Students will have developed an understanding of a complex body of knowledge, some of it at the current boundaries of an academic discipline. Through this, the graduate will have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills that can be applied in many types of employment. The graduate will be able to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements, and to communicate effectively. They should have the qualities needed for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility, and decision-making in complex and unpredictable circumstances. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Workload Statement
Student workloads in the Engineering Faculty are calculated on the assumption that you will work an average of 40 hours per week over the 30 weeks of the academic year. 10 credits therefore represents about 100 hours of student work. This workload includes all activities related to the delivery and assessment of taught units.
A major component of this load is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes lectures, laboratories, computing classes, tutorials, examples classes and design classes. In the early years of the Engineering programmes this scheduled time typically amounts to 17 -25 hours per week; in the later years this reduces to 7-12 hours as more time is allocated to un-scheduled work on individual or group projects.
Outside timetabled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning in order to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
The 100 hours per 10 credits includes all the time that you will need to spend on completing coursework assignments to the required standard or preparing for and taking examinations. For units that are assessed by coursework alone, the full 100 hours per 10 credits is expected to be used in completing the coursework and so these units may put a higher demand on your time during the normal teaching year. Exams are held in January and May/June while coursework deadlines are spread out through the teaching year. You will therefore need to plan carefully to make sure that you can meet your coursework deadlines while still keeping up with your scheduled classes. Your Department will provide you with a coursework schedule each year to allow you to manage your workload efficiently.
Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/currentstudents/handbooks/ughandbook/dean.html#assess
This multi-disciplinary degree programme (H156) aims to educate and train students for future leadership roles in industry. Leaders in engineering design need good communication skills and a wide understanding of the engineering and business environment in which projects are created and delivered. The programme was inspired by a team of visiting design specialists in a variety of different industrial sectors and thus includes provision for a full placement year. The Royal Academy of Engineering and a range of leading industrial companies form a partnership to support the programme's development. It is aimed at able students who have broad engineering interests and who will want to work on, and eventually lead, large-scale and challenging projects that have a significant impact on society and the environment. They therefore need to learn about a broad range of issues, e.g. economic and legal mechanisms of bringing about change, as well as the direct effects of engineering systems on the environment. Graduates are confidently expected to be highly valued in the employment market.
It is hoped too that graduates on the H151 MEng degree programme will possess almost all of the academic depth and background of those on the original H150 programme, and will be of considerable value to employers. Without the full year of placement experience they might be expected to undergo the graduate training commonly expected of engineering graduates. This programme is expected to meet accreditation requirements for DABCE. The H155 & H156 BEng degree programmes serve as exit pathway programmes to students who fully met the rigorous admissions criteria of the H150 programme. Graduates on these programmes will have experienced a sound and broad-based formation in multi-disciplinary engineering, which will be highly attractive to employers. In the case of H155, with their year of placement experience, they will have undergone much of the initial graduate training programme that so many companies invest in and require.
Professor Chris McMahon (Director of Studies)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bristol,
Queens Building,
University Walk,
Bristol BS8 1TR
Tel: ++44 (0) 117 33 15669
Email: Chris.McMahon@bristol.ac.uk
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Science 1: Thermofluids | AENG10003 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering Mathematics 1 | EMAT10100 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Design and Computing | CENG10014 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Design Project & Methods 1 | CENG10011 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Crash Bang Wallop: Experimental Practice | MENG10003 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Electrical Systems Engineering | EENG17300 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Engineering Science 2: Structures, Materials, and Mechanics | MENG10007 | 30 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Design Practice | CENG20024 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering Mathematics 2 | EMAT20200 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Plus 60 credit points by selecting units from one only of the following Streams: | ||||
Stream A (Aerospace) | ||||
Aerodynamics | AENG21100 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Structures and Materials 2 | AENG21200 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Space Systems | AENG22300 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Flight Dynamics & Control 2 | AENG20001 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
Stream B (Mechanical) | ||||
Thermofluids | MENG20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Dynamics and Control | MENG20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Materials Engineering | MENG20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Stream C (Civil) | ||||
Geomechanics | CENG20018 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Methods of Structural Analysis | CENG20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Structural Materials and Design | CENG20020 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
CENG30021 or CENG30022 are must pass units. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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EITHER | ||||
Research and Development Dissertation | CENG30021 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
OR | ||||
Research and Development Project | CENG30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
MECHANICAL STREAM: Students must take all units on the mandatory List and 20-40 credits of Elective units depending on selection of Dissertation or Project. Students may exceptionally take 20cp of University Open units owned by the Faculty of Engineering, provided they meet the prerequisites and approval is granted by the Programme Director. | ||||
MECHANICAL STREAM MANDATORY LIST: ALL UNITS TO BE TAKEN | ||||
Behaviour of Dynamic Systems | MENG30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Applied Solid Mechanics | MENG30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer | MENG30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
ELECTIVE LIST: Mechanical and Aerospace streams | ||||
Introduction to Computer Programming | EMAT10007 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Optimisation Theory and Applications | EMAT30670 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos | EMAT33100 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | EMAT31530 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
AEROSPACE STREAM MANDATORY LIST: ALL UNITS TO BE TAKEN. | ||||
Numerical and Simulation Methods for Aerodynamics | AENG30018 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Structures and Materials 3 | AENG31200 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Sensors, Signals and Control | AENG31300 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Aircraft Propulsion | AENG31102 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 |
ELECTIVE LIST | ||||
Introduction to Computer Programming | EMAT10007 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Optimisation Theory and Applications | EMAT30670 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos | EMAT33100 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | EMAT31530 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
CIVIL STREAM: Students must take all units on the Mandatory List and 20-40 credits of Elective units depending on selection of Dissertation or Project. Students may exceptionally take 20cp of University Open units owned by the Faculty of Engineering, provided they meet the prerequisites and approval is granted by the Programme Director. | ||||
CIVIL STREAM MANDATORY LIST: ALL UNITS TO BE TAKEN | ||||
Water Engineering | CENG20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Advanced Structural Analysis | CENG30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geotechnical Design | CENG30016 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
ELECTIVE LIST | ||||
Optimisation Theory and Applications | EMAT30670 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos | EMAT33100 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 |
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | EMAT31530 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Engineering Design (BEng) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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