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Programme code | 4EMAT004U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Jeff Barrie
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Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | School of Civil, Aerospace and Design 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 Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) 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.imeche.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) |
This section sets out why studying this programme is important, both in terms of inspiring you as an individual and in considering the challenges we face. It describes how this degree programme contributes to:
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.
The learning outcome statements shown below for your programme have been developed with reference to relevant national subject benchmarks (where they exist), national qualification descriptors (see the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) and professional body requirements.
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are listed to show how you will be able to achieve and demonstrate the learning outcomes.
This programme provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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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 (formative and summative) | |
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/teaching methods and strategies |
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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 (formative and summative) | |
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/teaching methods and strategies |
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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 (formative and summative) | |
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. |
This section describes what is expected from you at each level of your programme. This illustrates increasing intellectual standards as you progress through the programme. These levels are mapped against the national level descriptors published by the Quality Assurance Agency.
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. |
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.
Undergraduate Students
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive.
Postgraduate Students
Taught postgraduate students are generally studying for one academic year. This is a longer year than for undergraduates, normally culminating in a research project. In a one-year full-time programme your workload will be distributed as evenly as possible, but this will depend on the precise arrangements for your programme. You will be expected to take responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive.
All students
At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20-credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials, problem-solving classes and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning 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.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
UG Professional Programmes in the Faculty of Health Sciences
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curricula activities. This is usually not available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through their curriculum there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. There may also be an occasional need to work or travel to clinical placements at the weekend. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme information. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent, meaning that students will need to engage in revision activities and self-directed learning (including when on clinical placements).
Health Sciences Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/health-sciences/chse/documents/FHS%20Assessment%20and%20Feedback%20statement%202021.pdf
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 Mathematics 1 | EMAT10100 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering Science | MENG10004 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering by Investigation | MENG10005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Engineering by Design | CENG10012 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Design Processes | CENG10016 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Engineering Design Methods | CADE20007 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Engineering Mathematics 2 | EMAT20200 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Stream A: You must select all units from this stream. | ||||
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics | CADE20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Dynamics and Control of Linear Systems | CADE20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Structures and Materials | CADE20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Engineering Design Practice A | CADE20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Stream B: You must select all units from this stream. | ||||
Materials Engineering | MENG20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Dynamics and Control | MENG20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Engineering Design Practice B | CADE20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Thermofluids | MENG20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Stream C: You must select all units from this stream. | ||||
Methods of Structural Analysis | CENG20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geomechanics | CENG20018 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Structural Materials and Design | CENG20020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Engineering Design Practice A | CADE20008 | 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.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Research, Development & Design Project | CADE30004 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Stream A Mandatory List: All units to be taken | ||||
Advanced Structures and Materials | CADE30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Aerodynamics and Numerical Simulation Methods | CADE30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Feedback Systems and Automatic Control | AENG30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Stream A electives: Please select one unit from the options below: | ||||
Methods of Artificial Intelligence | SEMT20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Computational Continuum Mechanics | SEMT30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Stream B 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 |
Stream B electives: Please select one unit from the options below: | ||||
Methods of Artificial Intelligence | SEMT20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Computational Continuum Mechanics | SEMT30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Stream C 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-1 |
Stream C electives: Please select one unit from the options below: | ||||
Scientific Computing and Optimisation | SEMT30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Methods of Applied Mathematics | SEMT30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
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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