Leading to various degrees in:
- Combined Technology
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Communications and IT (ICT)
- Mathematics & Statistics
Core modules
Foundation English Skills 1: You will be taught to develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively in class and participate in classroom debate.
Foundation English Skills 2: You will improve all your abilities developed in FES1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.
Study Skills in the British Environment: You will be taught to use your study time more effectively, improve your use of, and range of, information sources and prepare comprehensive essays in your own time to given deadlines.
Project Study: You will study the life and culture of Britain today, including language and identity, the media, food, sport and leisure and the lifestyle of young people. Assessment is through completion of a researched and referenced project, undertaken by self study but with tutorial support.
Core Mathematics 1: You will be taught to understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.
Route modules
Core Mathematics 2: You will be taught further algebra, co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors.
Applied Mathematics 1: You will be taught vectors, forces and equilibrium, relative motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, friction and work, energy and power.
Applied Mathematics 2: You will learn about advanced vectors, forces as fixed vectors, centres of gravity/ centres of mass and particle dynamics.
Physics 1: You will be taught sound, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, electromagnetic waves, strengths of solids, fluids, heat and gases and the structure of the atom.
Physics 2: You will learn about electrical current and charge, potential difference, resistance, capacitance, transistors and amplifiers, electrical fields, gravitational fields, magnetic fields and electromagnetic fields.
Key facts
- Course length: Three terms - October to June or January to August
- Entry points: October or January
- Term dates:
October 2008 start
Term 1 – 6 October to 19 December 08
Term 2 – 12 January to 27 March 09
Term 3 – 14 April to 19 June 09
January 2009 start
Term 1 – 12 January to 27 March 09
Term 2 – 14 April to 19 June 09
Term 3 – 22 June to 21 August 09 - Course structure: 5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take three modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.
- Assessment:
- End of module/term - a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and extended essays
- Continuous - a mixture of lecture classes, small group seminar work and directed self-study