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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2011-2012 (archived)

Module ENGI1081: TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MODERN WORLD

Department: Engineering

ENGI1081: TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MODERN WORLD

Type Open Level 1 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2011/12 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • GCSE Mathematics and (Physics or Science)

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To give an awareness of the importance of engineering and technology in our day to day lives and the impact it has on areas not immediately associated with engineering.

Content

  • Civil Engineering - bridges and large structures, design, construction and durability
  • Electronics - applications and product construction
  • Biomedical Engineering - implants and current applications
  • Energy - production and distribution
  • Transport - efficiency and trends
  • Manufacturing - trends and economic considerations

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • An appreciation of Civil, Electronic, Biomedical, Energy, Transport and Manufacturing Engineering and the roles they play in society's infrastructure
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Ability to deduce how everyday items are designed and constructed
Key Skills:
  • An awareness of the complexity of our everyday environment

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Lectures and demonstration lectures, as these are the most efficient way to impart basic knowledge in this context
  • Laboratory sessions, with a mixture of formative and summative assessment, as these reinforce and provide application of the student's knowledge
  • Field trips, looking at the diversity of design solutions, with summative assessment
  • Continuous assessment of each section of the course is appropriate because of the very wide range of material covered in this single module

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 20 1 per week 1 hour 20
Demonstration Lectures 14 1 per week 2 hours 28
Practicals and Field Trips 6 1 per week 2 hours 12
Preparation and Reading 140
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Assignments Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
assignment 1 20%
assignment 2 20%
assignment 3 20%
assignment 4 20%
assignment 5 20%

Formative Assessment:

Some Practical Sessions


Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University