Mechanical Engineering (General)

Course summary

The Extended Diploma course is equivalent in size to three A Levels. 15 units of which 7 are mandatory and 3 are external. All units must be passed to achieve the qualification. Year 1 - Foundation Diploma Mandatory units: •Engineering Principles (External Examination) •Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team (Internal Assessment) •Engineering Product Design and Manufacture (External Assessment) •Applied Commercial and Quality Principles in Engineering (Internal Assessment) •Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems (Internal Assessment) Specialist Units: •Electronic Devices and Circuits (Internal Assessment) •Computer Aided Design in Engineering (Internal Assessment) Year 2 - Extended Diploma Mandatory units: A Specialist Engineering Project (Internal Assessment) Microcontroller Systems for Engineers (External Assessment) Specialist Units: •Further Engineering Mathematics (Internal Assessment) •Mechanical Behavior of Non-metallic Materials (Internal Assessment) •Static Mechanical Principles in Practice (Internal Assessment) •Dynamic Mechanical Principles in Practice (Internal Assessment) •Principles and Applications of Fluid Mechanics (Internal Assessment) •Thermodynamics Principles and Practice