Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Foundation Entry)

This module has been created to equip you with the information, skills and knowledge to help you succeed in your chosen route of academic study in engineering. 

This module is an introduction to engineering drawing and computer aided design tools, including MATLAB. This will support you in your subsequent years of study.

This module is designed to equip you with a range of design knowledge, skills and experience relevant to your chosen route of academic study within Engineering.

This module will equip you with the basic analytical skills and knowledge needed for your course. It will emphasise building confidence and competence in a range of analytical skills that are used for real-world problems.

This module will equip you with the fundamental principles, practical skills and hands-on experience relevant to your course. It will emphasise building confidence and competence in a practical working environment.

This module is designed to help you develop and reinforce basic mathematical skills needed for study in science, engineering, and computing subjects. Emphasis will be placed on building confidence and competence in a range of mathematical skills that are used in real-world problems.

This module will enable you  to develop an understanding of basic concepts applicable to digital systems and programmable systems including microprocessors/microcontrollers. On the module you will gain experience in embedded programming.

This module introduces the fundamentals of electronic devices and circuits. You'll learn the knowledge and basic practical skills required to specify and develop simple electronic systems. The module also aims to raise awareness of your personal and professional development relating to employability.

This module aims to develop your knowledge and skills in Engineering Design. You'll develop skills in design methodology, computer aided design, technical drawing and sustainable design.

This module enables you to recognise and use essential core mathematical methods and computational analysis to support further study of engineering and technology.

This module imparts knowledge of computer-aided design, programming, digital electronics, and manufacturing techniques. It readies you for diverse engineering tasks involving system design, manufacturing, and testing in various disciplines.

This module introduces core principles of thermal and fluid engineering. You'll also learn problem-solving techniques and essential engineering practices, including relevant measurement methods. 

This module aims to your develop practical and intellectual skills in developing and delivering a small group project to a defined set of requirements.

This will involve the concept, development, and implementation of an electrical/electronic system, meeting a user need and take into account of technical, environmental, sustainability and other requirements.

Project management skills will also be implemented to meet set deadlines and deliverables and identify and mitigate major risks in project development and implementation.

This module aims to develop your understanding of signals and systems (including control systems). The module will provide you with experience of necessary analytical and design skills including theoretical analysis and practical simulations.

This module broadens and deepens your experience of problem-solving, using engineering principles and concepts further develop your analytical and experimental skills as applied to electronic circuits and systems and enables you to design and use circuits employed in the processing and conversion of analogue signals.

Introducing you to design methods and practical skills for the construction of reliable digital systems.

On this module you will develop software development skills, enabling you effectively to use high level and object oriented tools and techniques in engineering applications.

This module aims to give you an understanding of the underlying principles in digital communications networks with some emphasis on the Internet of Things.

The aim of this module is to enable you to develop an understanding on the basics of Power Electronics and apply these to various systems.

This module involves planning, executing, and reporting on an engineering project. The project includes investigation, analysis, design, evaluation, testing, and manufacturing, based on current research or development.

This module aims to advance your current unstinting of robotics by exploring theories and technologies required to build the ‘next generation’ of Intelligent Robotic Systems.

This module shows how parallel programs are used to speed up common computing tasks when deployed on modern multi-core and cluster architectures. You'll come to understand the fundamental principles of distributed systems on which the Internet and other systems are based on.

The module will enhance your software development skills by enabling you to construct and evaluate parallel processing and distributed system solutions. You will assess relevant parallel processing and distributed systems problems, to choose an appropriate solution, and evaluate it to confirm its fitness to the problem.

Would you like to explore contemporary topics in the fields of machine intelligence? Our module will enable you to gain experience and develop an understanding of fundamental topics and contemporary themes in machine intelligence and machine learning.

In this module you will be able to use and develop microcomputer-based systems for data acquisition and to control laboratory equipment.