Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Master of Science - MS
Alternative Exit

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

F2F-JMU-JAN
F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

The MSc programme in Marine and Offshore Engineering is designed to develop in the student a high level of technical and managerial expertise that is required to practice engineering in a marine and offshore environment. The MSc programme is designed to allow for academic development of engineering graduates such that after completion of the programme they can perform an appropriate engineering function within a range of marine and offshore industries. To achieve these broad aims the programme has specific educational aims: Development of advanced analytical and experimental skills that will allow the successful graduate to design new processes/equipment/structures/services and provide them with the skills to critically analyse existing designs, their functionality and expected reliability. Development of advanced engineering design skills that will allow the students to apply appropriate design strategies for the creation of marine and offshore engineering components and systems. Develop in the students and provide opportunities for practising communication skills commensurate with the achievement of a post-graduate qualification and the duties associated with the status of a professional engineer. Development of transferable skills and professional behavioural traits above those associated with a graduate that will allow students who complete the programme to hold responsible technical and managerial roles within a range of marine and offshore engineering industries. Provide the students with a well-developed academic base for further learning/research/personal and professional development. Develop in the students an ability to conduct scholarly activity and undertake self-driven research/project work and to deliver high quality results.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and a critical awareness of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of marine and offshore engineering, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
2.
Apply appropriate analytical and modelling techniques to a range of engineering and management problems and demonstrate the ability to apply the appropriate strategies to the application of analysis tools to solve practical problems
3.
Plan and execute a series of investigations (either experimental or computer based), analyse experimental results, and draw comprehensive conclusions based on observed results and published data
4.
Prepare and present technical/business reports and presentations to a professional level and speak with authority on their engineering discipline
5.
Conduct research/scholarly activity in an effective manner and apply new methods to the solution of novel engineering and management problems is such a way as to deliver the identified outcomes
6.
Instigate, plan and manage engineering/technical projects, taking into account commercial, industrial, and customer requirements
7.
Communicate effectively in a professional manner through the generation of written reports and the production of supporting diagrams to a level commensurate with level 7 study and the duties and status of a professional engineer.
8.
Critically evaluate own academic and professional performance, and organise/plan self-learning for the purpose of continuing professional development
9.
Work within time constraints and an ability to prioritise workloads in order to deliver to deadlines
10.
Generate and synthesise evidence required in the solution of complex marine and offshore engineering and management problems
11.
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of mathematical and computer models relevant to the marine and related engineering disciplines, and an appreciation of their limitations
12.
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in marine and offshore engineering projects
13.
Demonstrate a critical awareness of developing technologies related to marine and offshore engineering
14.
Demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of current knowledge and the changing nature of technologies and society, and the need to gain new knowledge through further study in the field of marine and offshore engineering
15.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the principles of management and engineering business practice techniques for evaluation of technical and business risks and their limitations and potential pitfalls
16.
Demonstrate the skills necessary to plan, conduct and present findings of a programme of research
17.
Formulate and test hypotheses, by identifying and undertaking appropriate methods to design/model, analyse and solve industry related problems to meet a specification of a particular engineering system
18.
Critically evaluate designs, processes and products, and identify and make improvements by using problem solving skills and appropriate software /and hardware

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Acquisition of knowledge is achieved mainly through lectures and directed student-centred learning. Student-centred learning is used where appropriate resource material is available. Understanding is reinforced through practical work, case-studies and simulation work. The students must appreciate the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial implications of their engineering judgements. In order to achieve this, the students' intellectual skills are developed through design case-studies, simulation work and coursework assignments. Open-ended practical and project work is designed to permit students to demonstrate achievement of all the learning outcomes in this category. Subject specific practical skills are developed in a co-ordinated manner throughout the programme. Modules undertaking such skills development typically have assessments of a formative and summative nature that look at skills and academic aspects of the engineering process. Transferable skills permeate every activity within the programme content and assessment. Skills are assessed through the completion of design and problem solving coursework through the generation of written reports, presentations and the production of supporting diagrams. Application of skills associated with personal management and research are also embedded within the self-managed MSc project, and the associated assessment via written report, presentation and oral examination. Testing of the knowledge base is through a combination of unseen written examinations, assessed coursework in the form of case-study reports and coursework assignment submissions. Analysis, design and problem solving skills are assessed through a combination of unseen written examinations, assessed coursework in the form of case-study reports and coursework assignment submissions. Practical skills are assessed through case-study coursework reports, group and individual projects, research reports, and through oral and written examinations.

Opportunities for work related learning

Case studies and examples from industry and research are used wherever appropriate.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

120 credits of core modules are delivered over the semesters one and two. The 60 credit MSc Project module is delivered over the summer period. In order to be eligible for the award of a Post Graduate Diploma a student must achieve 120 credits from the taught modules. 

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH10-01) engineering