Engineering with Business BEng

Compulsory

• Engineering Practice

  Aims: To develop the skills required by students studying in all engineering disciplines, thereby supporting their journey through Higher Education and into their professional life with the intention of maximising their employability. Skills development in the following areas will be addressed: problem solving; personal development; professional development; career planning; basic engineering design; introductory project management; communication; working in inclusive teams; health and safety; security.

• Engineering Systems and Energy 1

  Aims: To provide a grounding in concepts of measurement and uncertainty; to provide knowledge about applied physics relations that govern engineering systems within their boundaries and via their variables of interaction; to establish ability to define system boundaries and apply relevant simple models.

• Data and Information

  This teaching module aims to provide students with an introduction to different kinds of data and the means by which it can be collected, stored, retrieved, analysed and then communicated in order to achieve the goal of satisfying user information needs.

• Internet and Network Technologies

  This module introduces the technological underpinnings of the internet and to discuss key internet working hardware and software technologies

• Mathematics for Computer Systems

  The aim of this module is to develop students’ ability to understand and apply fundamental methods of engineering mathematics that are relevant to computer systems.

• Introduction to Electronic and Computer Systems

  Students study the basic principles of computer system architecture design and operation, and to become acquainted with main interpreted programming languages.

• Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management

  The module introduces students to the essential concepts of accounting and financial management. As the foundation of all other accounting modules, you will study how financial information is prepared, communicated and used. You will develop skills in critically evaluating and appreciating the importance of the accounting and finance function within organisations particularly in connection with business decision making. Students will learn how to: prepare a set of essential financial statements for a business, prepare information for business planning - such as budgets, prepare information for decision making using techniques such as cost, volume, profit analysis and investment appraisal techniques.

Compulsory

• Microcontroller Principles

  Aims: To develop an understanding of computer architecture from an engineering perspective; to develop the underlying knowledge and skills appropriate to today’s systems and interfacing, including the study of microcontroller system design, circuits and transducers to which the microcontroller must interface, and the embedded system programming in assembly.

• Sensors and Automation
  This module aims to introduce the principles of computer control and sensors and gain skills in automation and control.
• Data Networks and Cybersecurity
  This module aims to develop knowledge and understanding to successfully appreciate, create and manage different networks depending on the various needs of the hosting environment, and to develop knowledge and understanding of the fundamental issues and methods for maintenance of data security in servers and networks, and in particular of Internet traffic.
• Microcontroller Group Design Project
• Professional Practices and Business for Engineers
  This module aims to develop understanding of the business aspects of engineering enterprise and the provision of value through enterprise operations, and to enhance student preparedness for work placement and employment.
• Engineering Design and Manufacturing for Business

  Module description to come

• Project Management (MG2130)
  This module offers opportunity to examine the approaches, practices, contributions and skills involved in project management. Responsibilities for projects involve ability to analyse business needs, design solutions, plan, test, and co-ordinate implementation, being aware of the human factor requirements and the use of computer-based information system tools.

Compulsory

• Individual Project
  The project aims to provide students with the opportunity to design, execute, report and demonstrate a substantial individual project in a professional manner, and to further develop their communication, planning, time management, research and development skills and initiative.
• Engineering Management and Quality Engineering

  The module aims to develop understanding of managing key processes and projects in engineering with a specific focus on principles/ techniques for managing the quality of Engineering systems.

• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ventures

  This module provides an integrated and critical analysis of entrepreneurship and small business management related theories and frameworks underpinning the practice and policy of entrepreneurship and small business management. It will enable you to draw on evidence and contemporary research to explore entrepreneurial value creation and capture, and the imperatives of innovative new technologies on small business growth, as well as identify and evaluate the opportunities and distinctive challenges faced by entrepreneurs and their firms.

Optional

• Embedded Systems
  This module aims to illustrate and develop an understanding of the various engineering, scientific and economic tradeoffs necessary in the design and implementation of embedded systems, and to provide familiarity and experience with a range of architectural techniques, design methodologies and their applications and suitability for some embedded systems such as FPGAs.
• Design of Internet of Things
  This module aims to develop knowledge and understanding of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and methods with which IoT-enabled devices communicate and exchange, compute and visualise data gathered using the range of sensors and actuators available to them.
• Big Data Analytics
  The main aim of this module is to familiarise students with the key concepts in Big Data Analytics, enabling the students to identify appropriate advanced statistical methodologies to gain insights in process plant operations. Students will be exposed to the practical use of advanced statistical packages (e.g. R) to consolidate their understanding.
• Introduction to AI applications in Engineering

  Module description to come.

• Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

  Students develop knowledge and skills in developing and applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, techniques, and methodologies.

• Project Planning, Procurement and Risk

  Aims:  To provide knowledge and awareness of project feasibility, management theory, construction procurement, risk management and project planning; to provide the know-how and confidence in the application of management procedures for the delivery of civil engineering projects; to develop understanding of how effective project management contributes to sustainable development, such as by using SDG indicators measurable at project level, notably SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth) and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption & Production).

• Energy Infrastructure Engineering

  Module description to come.