MSC(ENG) Advanced Control and Systems Engineering (with Industry) (ACST46) FT

2023 - 2024

For students whose initial registration was for the 2022-23 session or later

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (90 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
ACS6101 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: ACS6110 ACS6122 ACS6125 (when the module is running)	Foundations of Control Systems	AUT SEM	30 credits
ACS6128	Optimisation and Signal Processing	AUT SEM	15 credits
ACS6129	Modern Control & System Identification	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
ACS6116 ⇐PPre-requisites: ACS317	Advanced Control	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6131 + MEC students must have taken and passed ACS337.	Industrial Automation	SPR SEM	15 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

1Bi

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
ACS6124	Multisensor and Decision Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6402	Industrial training programme (ITP) in Advanced Manufacturing	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

1Bii

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
ACS61010	Optimal Control	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6106	Cybersecurity for control systems	SPR SEM	15 credits

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (180 credits)

A student will take

Semester 2
ACS6200	Control Systems Project and Dissertation	SPR SEM	60 credits
Full academic year
ACS6130	Industrial Placement	ACAD YR	120 credits

For all students:

In the event of failure in the Control Systems Project and Dissertation (ACS6200) at the first attempt, any resubmission is subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners.

For all students:

A student will be responsible for securing a suitable industrial placement of at least 36 weeks in order to take ACS6130 Industrial Placement. The appropriateness of the placement will be determined by the Departmental Director of Education (or their designate). A student who fails to obtain a suitable placement will instead be required to become a student for the Degree of MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering (ACST01).

For all students:

The ACS6130 Industrial Placement will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. A student who fails to satisfy these requirements may be permitted by the Faculty to become instead a student for the Degree of MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering (ACST01).

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022

A student who failed to pass one or more of the modules from the list below may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules: ACS6131.

Where a student has met the requirements for the award of a degree under the General Regulations for Higher Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas and Postgraduate Certificates but not the requirements for the award of a degree accredited under Engineering Council rules, they may be recommended for the award of MSc Advanced Control and Systems Engineering Studies (with Industry).

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2023/24 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.