Engineering Studies

Course summary

You will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including: - Working within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors – an understanding of how materials, conditions and context influence design processes and products - Essential mathematics for engineering and manufacturing – a knowledge and understanding of mathematics including standard matrices and determinants and standard trigonometry - Materials and their properties – understanding material processing techniques and their effects on materials and material quality, the condition of materials, how these are managed, and materials testing methods and techniques - Business, commercial and financial awareness - basic commercial principles including commercial priorities and markets, customers/clients/partners and resource allocation In addition to the core content, you will also complete at least one module of occupation-specific content. You'll study core elements in Year 1, followed by specialisms in Year 2. Specialisms are either in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Control and Instrumentation.