This module provides the student with a range of basic concepts of information technology. It also provides an introduction to the technical issues which affect the performance of computer systems in the real world.

The module introduces the students to personal development planning, student centered learning and reflective practice. The students will deliberately reflect on their learning to date and on their aspirations and forthcoming demands, in order to determine a plan for their future in both the short and the long term. The module will also include practice in some core skills that underpin effective learning in higher education and in the workplace.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a foundation in the knowledge of Mechanical Engineering Science and Principles, and apply them to the design and analysis of engineering components.

The aim of this module is to develop an understanding of the role of the professional engineer at work by the study of products over their whole life.

The aim of this module is to develop in the student an understanding of the basic concepts and principles of electronic and electrical engineering and apply these principles to solve engineering problems required for initial design activities. It provides the student with the basic knowledge of ac and dc circuit analysis, electric and magnetic field theory and an introduction to analogue and digital electronics.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a foundation in the knowledge of Mechanical Engineering Science and principles, and apply them to the design and analysis of hydrostatic, hydrodynamic and thermodynamic systems.

The module provides a grounding in a range of mathematical topics including algebraic manipulation, logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometry, matrices, vectors, complex numbers, differential and integral calculus, elementary differential equations, as well as an introduction to basic statistical techniques. Applications of the mathematics are considered whenever appropriate.

This module provides the student with the fundamental principles underlying the mechanical and electrical properties of materials.

The aim of this module is :

a) to provide the student with a knowledge of the characteristics and paramaters of various discrete and integrated circuit electronic devices.

b) to enable the student to understand the operation and design of a range of electronic circuits including amplifiers, filters, oscillators and timers.

This Professional development planning module is designed to build on previous personal and academic experience, and learning, to enable the student to plan for their future. It seeks to support learners in developing into effective reflective practitioners. The module encourages examination of the students’ wider environment and includes practice in the application of personal skills.

This course will provide the student with an awareness of the scope of digital electronics and the components, methods and strategies used in the design and application of digital circuits.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a foundation in the principles of discrete and continuous control systems. First an understanding of control systems will be developed, followed by a study of the performance characteristics of control systems.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with the knowledge and skills required to understand the operation of modern communication systems and to perform practical tasks on such systems.

This module develops the students' understanding of microcomputer systems, building on introductory work from level 1. On completion, the student will have an expanded grasp of the microcomputer as a component in an integrated design, a more in-depth understanding of microprocessor architecture its instruction set, and increased skills to undertake basic software applications, to manipulate stored data and handle basic input/output, for a number of application areas such as telecomms and mechatronics, etc.

This Professional development planning module is designed to build on previous personal and academic experience, and learning, to enable the student to plan for their future. It seeks to support learners in developing into effective reflective practitioners. The module encourages examination of the students’ wider environment and includes practice in the application of personal skills.

This module aims to exend the students hardware, software and interfacing skills to transform a microprocessor and its associated system components into a viable microprocessor based embedded system capable of performing its intended task. The student will also gain knowledge of the techniques of test and diagnostics used in this field and an understanding of the specialist tools used.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with the knowledge and skills required to design, construct and test analogue and digital electronic circuits.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with the knowledge and skills required to understand and deal with the concepts and applications of analogue and digital communications and to analyse the behaviour of simple signals in the frequency domain. Material on transmission lines, and propagation of signals is also presented. It balances a systems approach with sufficient detail about ‘real world’ applications to equip the student to do useful work.

The aim of this module is the provision of a detailed foundation in classical control systems from negligible background. The use of mathematicl techniques is kept to a minimum whilst aiming at an understanding of control systems that extends beyond merely qualitative ideas.

This module develops and integrates the technical and managerial skills gained from other units. The project consists of elements of creativity planning, resource management, design, analysis and communication.

The aim of this module is to understand the design, planning, operation and control of operating systems and appropriate measures of economic performance; to develop an understanding of maintenance and reliability.

This module will focus on the transport of multimedia traffic over a variety of communication networks. It will concentrate on the relationships between different types of multimedia traffic, network infrastructures and network protocols in regard to achieving the required Quality-of-Service parameters for multimedia applications. Emphasis will be given to modern high speed communication networks designed to carry high volumes of heterogeneous traffic.

LAN/MAN/WAN models with various protocols and different multimedia traffic will be developed and simulated over the semester to investigate the behaviour and limitations of such networks.

Issues of network security and privacy will be introduced, with an emphasis on understanding methods and techniques of providing security and privacy of information transported across networks.

The module introduces the students to a range of advanced life skills, personal development planning and career planning. The students will deliberately reflect on their skills acquisition to date and determine a plan for future development in both the short and the long term. The use of reflective practice will be encouraged to determine such skills and the student will study current thinking in the development of skills for life related to ethics and ethicalness, entrepreneurship and capability, leadership, skills deriving from emotional intelligence, communication, team, collaborative skills and research. Knowledge creation and knowledge transfer in the modern organization is developed related to the role of explicit and tacit knowledge.

This module follows the development of a new product from the feasibility study to pre-production. Although it is a self-standing module, it may take the output of the module 'Integrated Studies 3' as its starting point.

The aim of this module is to develop the understanding of the strategies, policies and competencies necessary to design evaluate and improve quality management systems.