BEng Electronic Engineering with Placement Year
In today’s technically advancing world, our hands-on approach will put you at the forefront of the next generation of electronic engineers, where you will have a significant impact on modern life.
Our degree gives you the specialist skills, knowledge and practical experience you need to achieve your career ambitions, enabling you to design the electronic systems that shape the way we live. You’ll gain a broad understanding of both digital and analogue electronic systems. You’ll also enhance your problem-solving ability and learn to use professional methods and software to build complex electronic circuits and systems.
This programme aims to produce professional and competent Electronic Engineers capable of playing an active role in formulating, meeting the challenges and opportunities arising in contemporary industrial and commercial practice.
You will gain knowledge and understanding through a combination of lectures, seminars, exercise classes, design build and test projects, laboratory classes, industry guest speakers, group and individual project work, experimenting, constructing, analysing, assessing and discussing and self-study. You can arrange one to one sessions with your module tutoring team. You will also have access to and use resources to support your learning throughout your course.
Your first year (Level 4) study is assessed using a using a bespoke assessment tool, referred to as SOBs (Student Observable Behaviours). The key course concepts/topics are broken down into a collection of SOBs that could represent a sequence of exercises, tasks, challenges, mini-projects, case studies, etc. and that can be observed by a member of academic staff through labs, group sessions, presentations, one-to-one tutorials, etc. Each SOB is marked as Pass/Fail. The SOBs are divided into three categories: (1) Threshold – all SOBs must be successfully demonstrated, and this is the minimum expected to be able to progress to Year 2 (level 5). (2) Typical – SOBs you would expect to see in a student aiming to get 2:1; and (3) Excellent – these are competencies that would stretch the students.
All essential foundation topics are covered by threshold-level SOBs, and to pass the year a student must have demonstrated all threshold SOBs.
When not attending your teaching, sessions mentioned above, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including individual or group coursework, presentations and reports. Your independent learning is supported by the facilities available including the library and Study Hub, Laptop hire, and with online materials in MyUniHub (see student support section below).
In today’s technically advancing world, our hands-on approach will put you at the forefront of the next generation of electronic engineers, where you will have a significant impact on modern life.
Our degree gives you the specialist skills, knowledge and practical experience you need to achieve your career ambitions, enabling you to design the electronic systems that shape the way we live. You’ll gain a broad understanding of both digital and analogue electronic systems. You’ll also enhance your problem-solving ability and learn to use professional methods and software to build complex electronic circuits and systems.
This programme aims to produce professional and competent Electronic Engineers capable of playing an active role in formulating, meeting the challenges and opportunities arising in contemporary industrial and commercial practice.
You will gain knowledge and understanding through a combination of lectures, seminars, exercise classes, design build and test projects, laboratory classes, industry guest speakers, group and individual project work, experimenting, constructing, analysing, assessing and discussing and self-study. You can arrange one to one sessions with your module tutoring team. You will also have access to and use resources to support your learning throughout your course.
Your first year (Level 4) study is assessed using a using a bespoke assessment tool, referred to as SOBs (Student Observable Behaviours). The key course concepts/topics are broken down into a collection of SOBs that could represent a sequence of exercises, tasks, challenges, mini-projects, case studies, etc. and that can be observed by a member of academic staff through labs, group sessions, presentations, one-to-one tutorials, etc. Each SOB is marked as Pass/Fail. The SOBs are divided into three categories: (1) Threshold – all SOBs must be successfully demonstrated, and this is the minimum expected to be able to progress to Year 2 (level 5). (2) Typical – SOBs you would expect to see in a student aiming to get 2:1; and (3) Excellent – these are competencies that would stretch the students.
All essential foundation topics are covered by threshold-level SOBs, and to pass the year a student must have demonstrated all threshold SOBs.
When not attending your teaching, sessions mentioned above, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including individual or group coursework, presentations and reports. Your independent learning is supported by the facilities available including the library and Study Hub, Laptop hire, and with online materials in MyUniHub (see student support section below).
