Partner Details
Sino British College of USST
Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - BGH
Alternative Exit
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-SBC-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
The B.Eng. programme in Industrial Electronics and Control Engineering (IECE) is designed to deliver the initial educational requirements for a professional engineer together with an appropriate range of transferable and engineering management skills. It will enable graduates to operate effectively in the early stages of their careers and provide a strong basis for future career development. The programme delivers a coherent and progressive course of study in engineering principles, mathematics, computing, engineering management and skills. The programme aims to: -Deliver the educational experience in which students can develop their knowledge of engineering science, core engineering principles and fundamental underpinning subjects such as mathematics and computation. -Develop students confidence to analyse challenging technical problems and to further develop their core engineering knowledge and skills through the investigation and development of credible and robust solutions to control and automation problems. -Provide students with appropriate support and encouragement to develop the necessary skills such that they can study independently and take responsibility for their own learning and subsequent professional development. -Provide engineering graduates with a range of highly relevant transferable skills such as team working, communication, engineering management, problem solving, computing and technical computing. -Provide a programme of study that fully meets the requirements of the Engineering Councils UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UKSpec) and partially qualifies the successful graduate for the attainment of the Engineering Council Chartered Engineer status after completion of an appropriate period of industrial experience. -Produce graduates with a depth, breadth of knowledge and understanding of electronics and control engineering, engineering management and teamwork to enable them to rapidly assume technical leadership and management roles.
Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate their knowledge of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics. They must have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles. They must appreciate the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial considerations affecting the exercise of their engineering judgement.
2.
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the commercial and economic context of engineering processes.
3.
Illustrate a knowledge of management techniques which may be used to achieve engineering objectives within that context.
4.
Understand the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
5.
Demonstrate an awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
6.
Understand the need for a high level of professional and ethical conduct in engineering. The students must appreciate the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial considerations affecting the exercise of their engineering judgement.
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Students must possess practical engineering skills acquired through, for example, work carried out in laboratories and workshops; in industry through supervised work experience; in individual and group project work; in design work; and in the development and use of computer software in design, analysis and control. Evidence of group working and of participation in a major project is expected.
8.
Investigate and define a problem and identify constraints including environmental and sustainability limitations, health and safety and risk assessment issues
9.
Understand customer and user needs and the importance of considerations such as aesthetics.
10.
Identify and manage cost drivers
11.
Demonstrate creativity to establish innovative solutions
12.
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of scientific principles and methodology necessary to underpin their education in industrial electronics and control, to enable appreciation of its scientific and engineering context, and to support their understanding of historical, current, and future developments and technologies.
13.
Illustrate creativity to establish innovative solutions
14.
Ensure fitness for purpose for all aspects of the problem including production, operation, maintenance and disposal
15.
Manage the design process and evaluate outcomes
16.
Demonstrate a knowledge of the characteristics of particular equipment, processes or products.
17.
Develop engineering workshop and laboratory skills.
18.
Demonstrate an understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
19.
The student must have developed transferable skills including problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills.
20.
Understand the use of technical literature and other information sources.
21.
Demonstrate an awareness of nature of intellectual property and contractual issues.
22.
Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate codes of practice and industry standards.
23.
Illustrate a knowledge and understanding of mathematical principles necessary to underpin their education in industrial electronics and control and related engineering disciplines and to enable them to apply mathematical methods, tools and notations proficiently in the analysis and solution of engineering problems.
24.
Illustrate an awareness of quality issues.
25.
Demonstrate an ability to work with technical uncertainty.
26.
Demonstrate an ability to apply and integrate knowledge and understanding of other engineering disciplines to support study of industrial electronics and control and related engineering disciplines.
27.
Understand engineering principles and the ability to apply them to analyse key engineering processes.
28.
Illustrate an ability to identify, classify and describe the performance of systems and components through the use of analytical methods and modelling techniques.
29.
Demonstrate an ability to apply quantitative methods and computer software relevant to industrial electronics and control and related engineering disciplines to solve engineering problems.
30.
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems. They must be able to demonstrate creative and innovative ability in the synthesis of solutions and in formulating designs. They must be able to comprehend the broad picture and thus work with an appropriate level of detail.
31.
Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply a systems approach to engineering problems.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Acquisition of underpinning 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 case-studies. Testing of the knowledge base is through a combination of unseen written examinations, coursework in the form of case-study reports and coursework assignment submissions. Acquisition of these skills 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 case-studies. Testing of the skills and knowledge base is through a combination of unseen written examinations, coursework in the form of case-study reports and coursework assignment submissions. Engineering design, analysis and practical skills are taught almost exclusively by individual and group project work supported by a lecture programme appropriate to the demands of the project. Engineering design and practical skills are assessed by individual and group written design project reports, student presentations and presentations using computer graphics. The economic, social and environmental context of engineering operations is delivered by means of lectures and case studies. The use of appropriate case study material is an essential part of teaching in this area. Assessment is via a combination of unseen written examinations and coursework in the form of case-study reports.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
Students will receive RP(E)L for Level 4 (based on successful completion of the NCUK International Diploma (Engineering)) and as such the Level 4 modules listed are not delivered at SBC.