MSC Advanced Aerospace Technologies (AERT01) FT

2023 - 2024

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (20 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
AER6001 CCo-requisites: AER6000	Aerospace Group Design Project: Design	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
AER6000 CCo-requisites: AER6001	Aerospace Group Design Project: Build and Test	SPR SEM	10 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 (60 credits)

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Any Semester
ACS6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits
AER6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits
COM6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits
EEE6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits
MAT6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits
MEC6550	Aerospace Individual Investigative Project	GRAD YR	60 credits

One of the following streams

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 (100 credits)

AEROMECHANICS STREAM

A student will take 100 credits from this group.

Semester 1
AER61005	Industrial Training Programme: Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing	AUT SEM	15 credits
MEC445 + Restricted to associated programmes..	Industrial Applications of Finite Element Analysis	AUT SEM	15 credits
MEC449 + Restricted to Level 7 or above students registered on a programme in the Faculty of Engineering..	Advanced Engineering Fluid Dynamics	AUT SEM	15 credits
MEC452 + Restricted to Level 7 or above students registered on a programme in the Faculty of Engineering..	Advanced Dynamics	AUT SEM	15 credits
MEC463 + Restricted to Level 7 or above students registered on a programme in the Faculty of Engineering..	Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Technology	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
AER444 XCannot be taken with: MAT3334 MAT3444	Advanced Materials Manufacturing	SPR SEM	10 credits
AER476 XCannot be taken with: MAT6104 + Cannot be taken with MAT6104..	Design and Manufacture of Composites	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT6104 CCo-requisites: MAT6430 XCannot be taken with: AER476	Design and Manufacture of Composites	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6334 XCannot be taken with: MAT3334	Advanced Materials Manufacturing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MEC313 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MEC457 MEC457 MEC6440 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students registered for a programme of study within the Faculty of Engineering.	Finite Element Techniques	SPR SEM	10 credits
MEC320 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MEC458 MEC467 (when the module is running) + Only availabe to students registered for a Programme of Study within Mechanical Engineering or IPO.	Computational Fluid Dynamics	SPR SEM	10 credits
MEC442 + Restricted to Level 7 or above students registered on associated programmes..	Managing Innovation and Change in Engineering Contexts	SPR SEM	15 credits
MEC462 + Restricted to Level 7 or above students registered on a programme in the Faculty of Engineering..	Aviation Safety and Aeroelasticity	SPR SEM	15 credits

A student can take either AER444 or MAT6334 not both. A student can take either AER476 or MAT6104 not both.

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 (100 credits)

AVIONICS STREAM

A student will take 100 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ACS6127	Real-Time Embedded Systems	AUT SEM	15 credits
ACS6129	Modern Control & System Identification	AUT SEM	15 credits
COM6506 + Students taking this module are expected to have done a programming module. The language used in COM6506 assignment is Java hence prior familiarity with it is necessary..	Testing and Verification in Safety-Critical Systems	AUT SEM	15 credits
EEE6203	Motion Control and Servo Drives	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
ACS336 ⇐PPre-requisites: ACS317 XCannot be taken with: ACS61015	Hardware-in-the-Loop & Rapid Control Prototyping	SPR SEM	10 credits
ACS402	Industrial training programme (ITP) in Avionics	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6116 ⇐PPre-requisites: ACS317	Advanced Control	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6121 XCannot be taken with: COM3009	Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits
ACS6124	Multisensor and Decision Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits
COM6116 + Must have strong grasp of mathematical logic..	Theory of Distributed Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits
EEE334 XCannot be taken with: EEE317	Antennas, Radar and Navigation	SPR SEM	10 credits
EEE6202	Energy Storage Management	SPR SEM	15 credits
EEE6220	Electronic Communication Technologies	SPR SEM	15 credits

For all students:

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1C will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Aerospace Technologies (AERT02).

For all students:

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1C will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Aerospace Technologies (AERT03).

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; AER6000, AER6001.

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 Aerospace Studies.

⇐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.