Awards
Target Award
Accreditation
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
Educational Aims of the Course
The MSc programme in Marine and Offshore Engineering has been designed to develop and equip students with the necessary high level of technical and managerial expertise that is required to practice engineering in a marine and offshore environment. The design of the programme provides the specialised knowledge of engineering graduates and experienced engineers allowing for their academic and professional development.
Upon completion of the programme students will have the potential to perform an appropriate engineering function within a range of marine and offshore industries. To achieve the broader aims of the programme, a set of specific educational aims have been established. These are;
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 graduate 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 the 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 effective scholarly activity and undertake self-driven research/project work and to deliver high quality results.
Learning Outcomes
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.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
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Entry Requirements
Extra Entry Requirements
- References will normally be required for all candidates.