Engineering, Science and Mathematics Foundation
Core modules
Foundation English Skills 1
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
Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, coherence, organisation and presentation.
Study Skills in the British Environment
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
Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you plan to study at degree level.
Pure Mathematics 1
Understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.
Route modules
Pure Mathematics 2
Learn further algebra, co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors.
Applied Mathematics 1
Learn about vectors, forces and equilibrium, relative motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, friction and work, energy and power.
You choose one of the two following modules:
a) Applied Mathematics 2
Learn about advanced vectors, forces as fixed vectors, centres of gravity/centres of mass and particle dynamics.
or
(b) Chemistry 1
Learn about formulae, equations and moles, atomic structure, introduction to redox systems, thermodynamics and bonding.
Physics 1
Covering sound, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, electromagnetic waves, strengths of solids, fluids, heat and gases and the structure of the atom.
You choose one of the two following modules:
a) Physics 2
Learn about electrical current and charge, potential difference, resistance, capacitance, transistors and amplifiers, electrical fields, gravitational fields, magnetic fields and electromagnetic fields.
or
b) Chemistry 2
Understand equilibria, acid-base equilibria, kinetics and organic chemistry.
Leading to degrees in:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biochemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computing
- Electronic Engineering
- Food Science
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Media Engineering
- Medical Engineering
- Physics
- Space Technology and Planetary Exploration
Full list of degree programmes
Key facts
Course length:
Three terms
Entry points:
September or January
Term dates:
- September 2008 start
Term 1: 22 Sep-12 Dec 08
Term 2: 19 Jan-03 Apr 09
Term 3: 20 Apr-26 Jun 09 - January 2009 start
Term 1: 19 Jan-03 Apr 09
Term 2: 20 Apr-26 Jun 09
Term 3: 29 Jun-28 Aug 09
Course structure:
5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take 3 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
