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Key facts

  • Course length: 3 terms
  • Tuition fee
  • Entry points:
    September or January  
  • Term dates:
    September 2010 start:
    1 - 27/9/10 to 10/12/10
    2 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    3 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    January 2011 start:
    1 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    2 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    3 - 20/6/11 to 19/8/11
  • Entry requirements
  • 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 assessment

Leading to degrees in

  • Electrical, electronic, computer systems and robotics engineering
  • Mechanical and automotive engineering 
  • Physics and astronomy 
  • Product design

Full list of degree options

Engineering & Physics Foundation

Core subjects

Foundation English Skills 1 (FES1)

Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively and participate in classroom discussion.

Foundation English Skills 2 (FES2)

Improve all your abilities developed in FES1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.

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 will subsequently study at degree level.

Pure Mathematics 1

Learn to understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms, and experimental laws.

Specific route modules

Pure Mathematics 2

Learn to understand further algebra, co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors.

Applied Mathematics 1

Learn to understand further algebra, co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors.Learn to understand vectors, forces and equilibrium, relative motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, friction and work, energy and power.

Applied Mathematics 2

Learn about advanced vectors, forces as fixed vectors, centres of gravity/centres of mass and particle dynamics.

Physics 1

Learn about sound, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, electromagnetic waves, strengths of solids, fluids, heat and gases, and the structure of the atom.

Physics 2

Learn about electrical current and charge, potential difference, resistance, capacitance, transistors and amplifiers, electrical fields, gravitational fields, magnetic fields and electromagnetic fields.