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BENG Electrical Engineering with a Year in Industry (EEEU55)     IS

2023 - 2024

 
 

Year 3


units (120 credits)
3A
A student will take

Full academic year
EEE394  Year In Industry ACAD YR 120 credits

3B

A student will be responsible for securing a suitable industrial placement in order to take EEE394. The placement will be subject to the approval of the Head of Department. A student who fails to obtain a suitable placement will instead be required to become a student for the Degree of BEng Electrical Engineering (EEEU01).


3C

EEE394 requires that a student will spend a minimum of 38 weeks working in an industrial establishment, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of Department. A student who fails to satisfy these requirements may be permitted by the Faculty to become instead a student for the Degree of BEng in Electrical Engineering (EEEU01).

Year 4


units (110 credits)
4A
A student will take

Semester 1
MGT388  Finance and Law for Engineers AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
ACS342  Feedback Systems Design SPR SEM 10 credits
EEE307  Power Electronics SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
EEE338  Power Engineering ACAD YR 20 credits
EEE350  Electromagnetic Fields and Devices ACAD YR 20 credits
EEE380  Individual Design Project ACAD YR 40 credits

units (10 credits)
4B
A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EEE317  Principles of Communications AUT SEM 10 credits
EEE335  Integrated Electronics AUT SEM 10 credits
EEE336  Digital Design AUT SEM 10 credits
MAS381  Mathematics III (Electrical) AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
EEE309  Introduction to Digital Signal Processing SPR SEM 10 credits
EEE334  Antennas, Radar and Navigation SPR SEM 10 credits
EEE337  Semiconductor Electronics SPR SEM 10 credits

5

For All Students

A student who does not pass EEE380 (Individual Design Project) at the first attempt will be ineligible for the award of the Degree of BEng in Electrical Engineering with a Year in Industry with Honours. 


6

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2017 and before September 2022:

A student must pass a minimum of 100 credits at Level 3 in order to be recommended for the award of the degree of BEng Electrical Engineering with a Year in Industry with accreditation (Partial CEng) by the IET. A student who fails to gain 100 credits at Level 3, but otherwise satisfies the General Regulations, will be recommended for the award of the degree of BEng Electrical Engineering with a Year in Industry but without accreditation. 


7

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

A student who has been awarded credit in compensation of failed units in Years 2 and 4 will be permitted an additional resit attempt in the compensated credits. An additional resit attempt can only be granted where the student has met the requirements for progression (or completion) under the General Regulations for First Degrees.

A student who has been awarded credit in compensation of failed units in Years 2 and 4, where the grade achieved is more than 10% below the pass grade in those failed units, may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules.

A student who has been awarded more than 30 credits in compensation of failed units across Years 1, 2 and 4, may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules.

Where a student has met the requirements for the award of a degree under the General Regulations for First Degrees but not the requirements for the award of a degree accredited under Engineering Council rules, they may be recommended for the award of BEng Electrical Engineering Technology with Year in Industry.

 
 
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