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PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION

Final

PART 1: COURSE SUMMARY INFORMATION

Course summary

Final award MSc Automotive Engineering

Intermediate award PgDip Automotive Engineering, PgCert Automotive Engineering

Course status Validated

Awarding body Joint award - University of Brighton and University of Sussex

Faculty Science and Engineering

School Computing Engineering and Mathematics

Location of study/ campus Moulsecoomb

Partner institution(s)

Name of institution Host department Course status

1. University of Sussex School of Engineering and Informatics Joint

2.

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Admissions

Admissions agency Direct to School

Entry requirements

Include any progression opportunities into the course.

A first- or second-class undergraduate honours degree in engineering, mathematics or an applied science. Applications from candidates with other qualifications and appropriate industrial experience will be assessed on an individual basis.

For non-native speakers of English:

IELTS minimum 6.5 overall and 6.5 in writing, or equivalent qualification.

Start date (mmm-yy) Normally September

September 2016

Mode of study

Mode of study Duration of study (standard) Maximum registration period

Full-time 1 year 6 Years

Part-time 2 years 6 Years

Sandwich Not Applicable

Distance Not Applicable

Course codes/categories

UCAS code H330 (JACS Code)

Contacts

Course Leader (or Course Development Leader)

Dr Chris Garrett (Course Leader-Brighton), Dr William Wang (Convenor-Sussex)

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Admissions Tutor Dr Chris Garrett

Examination and Assessment

External Examiner(s)

Name Place of work Date tenure expires

Dr Andrew Clarke

Dr Samir Al-Khayatt Loughborough University

The Open University

31/12/2017

31/12/2019

Examination Board(s) (AEB/CEB)

Engineering and Product Design MSc Examination Board

Approval and review

Approval date Review date

Validation November 20001 March 20152

Programme Specification Sep 2016 (Q&S published Aug 2016)3

September 20174

Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body 1 (if applicable):

2015, 2016 and 2017 intakes accredited (IET/IMechE visit 13/5/15)

20175

Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body 2 (if applicable):

Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body 3 (if applicable):

1Date of original validation.

2 Date of most recent periodic review (normally academic year of validation + 5 years). 3 Month and year this version of the programme specification was approved (normally September). 4 Date programme specification will be reviewed (normally approval date + 1 year). If programme specification

is applicable to a particular cohort, please state here. 5 Date of most recent review by accrediting/ approving external body.

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PART 2: COURSE DETAILS

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Aims

The aims of the course are:

To help the student to develop the knowledge base that engineers in the automotive industry require in order to successfully take advantage of new and emerging methodologies, technologies, and market opportunities.

The particular aims are:

To provide a stimulating postgraduate learning environment utilising the expertise and resources of the two institutions.

To provide the students with an industrially relevant advanced education in automotive engineering.

To provide a suite of specialist subject modules suitable for study by a variety of modes of study in order to prepare engineers for work in the automotive industry.

To support the professional development of engineers employed in the automotive industry.

To enable the student to integrate their academic knowledge in the context of automotive engineering applications and design, providing a means for synthesis, critical thinking and innovation.

To develop the ability to work effectively within business, social and legislative contexts.

To provide the students with projects, which will be based on industrially relevant problems, or research applications.

Learning outcomes

The outcomes of the main award provide information about how the primary aims are demonstrated by students following the course. These are mapped to external reference points where appropriate6.

Knowledge and theory On successful completion of the course the graduate should be able to:

1. Apply the concept of process planning to the design of automotive components and assess its practical implications through critical evaluation materials and manufacturing processes.

2. Evaluate the important physical phenomena that can occur in an automotive system whether mechanical, aerodynamic, or thermal and derive mathematical models suitable for application in the design process for the system.

3. Critically assess the merits of the modelling and analysis techniques, which underpin commercially available software and be able to evaluate their output using experimental and theoretical data.

6

Please refer to Course Development and Review Handbook or QAA website for details.

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4. Select the appropriate form of engine for a specific automotive application and appraise the design options available to enhance power and/or efficiency, meet environmental constraints, and critically assess current developments in this field.

Skills

Includes intellectual skills (i.e. generic skills relating to academic study, problem solving, evaluation, research etc.) and professional/ practical skills.

5. Demonstrate the ability to critically appraise and evaluate motive power units and their components in terms of environmental and economic sustainability and design sustainable power sub-systems.

6. Synthesis a suitable measurement strategy for engine testing, evaluate the errors associated with the calibration and measurement system, and apply the standards relating to measurement and performance.

QAA subject benchmark statement (where applicable)7

QAA Engineering Benchmark (2010)

PROFESSIONAL, STATUTORY AND REGULATORY BODIES (where applicable)

Where a course is accredited by a PSRB, full details of how the course meets external requirements, and what students are required to undertake, are included.

The MSc Automotive Engineering is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) as fulfilling the educational requirements for Partial CEng (Further Learning) and constitutes full registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for graduates when presented with a CEng accredited Bachelors programme or equivalent. This is currently for intakes 2015, 2016 and 2017.

LEARNING AND TEACHING

Learning and teaching methods

This section sets out the primary learning and teaching methods, including total learning hours and any specific requirements in terms of practical/ clinical-based learning. The indicative list of learning and teaching methods includes information on the proportion of the course delivered by each method and details where a particular method relates to a particular element of the course.

The recognition of heterogeneous learning modes requires a viable teaching strategy that will best support the aims of the programme. To this end a variety of teaching methods are used to cover the types of knowledge, skills and understanding that support the engineering discipline in an appropriate way. Delivery includes lectures, tutorials, laboratory exercises, self-study, structured assignments, project assignments, open-ended assignments, industrial lectures and visits.

As well as exposure to different teaching methods the students have available library facilities, computer packages, laboratory space, computer pool-rooms, and their peers and staff expertise. Students will be encouraged to take responsibility for their learning. Implicit in each module is a proportion of self-study.

An important aspect of the programme is the linking of the skills developed in the specialist modules with the design process in order to provide an environment that allows the students to evaluate practical problems and synthesise solutions to real-world engineering problems. This enables the growth of key skills allowing students to practice what they have been taught, exercise self-management skills and develop their communication abilities.

7 Please refer to the QAA website for details.

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Study is supported by learning materials that are made available to students via virtual learning environments (Studentcentral and SussexDirect) accessed via the internet.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment methods

This section sets out the summative assessment methods on the course and includes details on where to find further information on the criteria used in assessing coursework. It also provides an assessment matrix which reflects the variety of modes of assessment, and the volume of assessment in the course.

All modules are assessed using the assessment criteria detailed within the individual modules, which are linked to the learning outcomes for that module.

A range of assessment methods will be used. Assessment methods include coursework assignments, laboratory reports, project reports, viva voce and closed book written examinations.

A mixture of formative and summative assessment are utilised throughout the programme. Apart from formal unseen examinations, assessment is carried out on laboratory work, dissertations, case studies, design projects and the final year project. Presentation may be by written report, oral presentation, wall displays or combinations of these. Students are encouraged to use word processing, spreadsheets, CAD packages and databases whenever appropriate.

The assessment methods for the modules delivered by the University of Brighton are determined by the University’s General Examination and Assessment Regulations (GEAR). The equivalent regulations at the University of Sussex apply to the modules delivered by the University of Sussex. Each university is responsible for setting and collecting sit/referred/resit examinations and coursework for their own modules in accordance with their usual practices and timescales for their other MSc courses. A ‘no detriment’ approach will be applied to ensure that all students are treated equally on shared modules. Marks from each university’s AEB are forwarded to the University of Brighton CEB. The overall CEB award rules are in accordance with GEAR

Learning Outcome Assessment method Module Number of credits

Apply the concept of process planning to the design of automotive components and assess its practical implications through critical evaluation materials and manufacturing processes.

Coursework, examination

XEM48, XEM41, MEM62

30

Evaluate the important physical phenomena that can occur in an automotive system whether mechanical, aerodynamic, or thermal and derive mathematical models suitable for application in the design process for the system.

Project, coursework, examinations

XEM44, XEM41, XEM72

60

Critically assess the merits of the modelling and analysis techniques, which underpin commercially available software and be able to evaluate their

Computer based coursework, examination

XEM44, MEM63 60

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output using experimental and theoretical data.

Select the appropriate form of engine for a specific automotive application and appraise the design options available to enhance power and/or efficiency, meet environmental constraints, and critically assess current developments in this field.

Coursework, examination

XEM48, MEM40, XEM41

45

Demonstrate the ability to critically appraise and evaluate motive power units and their components in terms of environmental and economic sustainability and design sustainable power sub-systems.

Project, Lab work, coursework, examination

XEM48, MEM40, MEM42, MEM61

45

Synthesise a suitable measurement strategy for engine testing, evaluate the errors associated with the calibration and measurement system, and apply the standards relating to measurement and performance.

Lab work, coursework

MEM42, XEM41 30

SUPPORT AND INFORMATION

Institutional/ University All students benefit from:

University induction week

Student Handbook

Course Handbook

Extensive library facilities of both institutions

Computer pool rooms (Moulsecoomb campus 250 computers)

E-mail service

Welfare service

Personal tutor for advice and guidance

Course-specific Additional support, specifically where courses have non-traditional patterns of delivery (e.g. distance learning and work-based learning) include:

In addition, students on this course benefit from:

Induction Programme at both Universities which includes introduction to computing facilities, career guidance facilities, course specific study guide.

Laboratories and computer facilities at both the School of Computing Engineering and Maths (CEM) at Brighton and the School of Engineering and Informatics (SEI) at the University of Sussex.

Established communication system through the notice board (at both Universities).

Published timetables, study periods, and coursework assignments.

Named MSc Courses Assistant within the School Office to help students with course related questions.

Established service for the submission of coursework through the CEM office at Brighton and the SEI office at Sussex.

Personal record file for each student, maintained by the CEM office.

Personal tutor for providing academic advice, pastoral guidance, and personal references to support accommodation and employment applications.

Having a Student Representative on the SCEM’s Student/Staff Consultative Committee, which meets once a term to discuss student

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concerns and problems and also representation on the UoS GRC staff/student committee.

Students are allowed to work abroad on their MSc projects subject to satisfactory supervision arrangements being made.

A complementary seminar programme presented by invited lecturers from industry which operates in parallel with the taught modules (organised via the IMechE Automotive Division Southern Centre)

Research:

The participants will benefit from the research expertise and industrial links of both Universities. The Centre for Automotive Engineering at the University of Brighton has strong links with Ford, Denso Marston, Delphi, and Ricardo Consulting Engineers. The Automotive Dynamics and Control Group at the University of Sussex, one of the country’s leading research Universities, has links with Ford, BMW, Johnson Matthey and Ricardo Consulting Engineers. Engineering is a hands-on experience and students on this programme will benefit from the combined laboratory facilities of both Universities, especially the Sir Harry Ricardo IC Engines research facility hosted at the University of Brighton.

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PART 3: COURSE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS

COURSE STRUCTURE

This section includes an outline of the structure of the programme, including stages of study and progression points. Course Leaders may choose to include a structure diagram here.

This course is available to study as one-year full-time or can be taken part-time over a minimum of two years. It provides a master’s degree pathway to those who have completed an undergraduate engineering or science degree. All credits awarded are at Level 7 (Masters level). A single module is 15 credits (equivalent to 150 hours of learning) and the project module is 60 credits with full-time students studying for 180 credits in the year. Part-time students follow the same programme.

The sequence of modules taken by a full-time student is illustrated in the following table.

Term one is taught at the University of Sussex with examinations taking place after Christmas. There is then a gap of a few weeks before teaching starts at the University of Brighton in semester two. This enables the students to start the research phase of their projects. Examinations for semester two take place in late May and as soon as these are finished students take up their projects in full-time module until the dissertation and presentations finish the course in early September

MSc Automotive Engineering 2014-15

Module

Code Home Title Credit

Term

1

Compulsory Modules MEM40 532H3 Sussex Automotive Systems 15

MEM42 531H3 Sussex Testing & Modelling for Automotive Power Systems 15

Optional Modules: choose two of the following MEM61 527H3 Sussex Gas Turbine Cycles and Turbo-charging 15

MEM62 520H3 Sussex Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 15

MEM63 518H3 Sussex Mechanical Dynamics 15

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Compulsory Modules XEM41 507H9 Brighton Optical Fluid Flow Measurement 15

XEM44 504H9 Brighton Automotive Control Systems 15

XEM72 505H9 Brighton Sustainable Automotive Power Technology 15

XEM48 502H9 Brighton

Power Train Engineering

15

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MEM47 864H1 Brighton and

Sussex

Automotive Project 60

180

There is a single entry point to the MSc in September which consists of a single stage of study of 180 credits. There is no entry to PGCert of PGDip

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The individual dissertation consists of a practical or theoretical project emphasis, allowing students to specialise in an area of personal interest and/or contribute to the Schools’ research programmes or those of an industrial sponsor. This enables a student to integrate taught material, practice engineering and transferrable skills and research specialist topics in a meaningful context.

Part-time students will normally proceed with a subset of the taught modules over two academic years. In year one of part-time study students will normally take Sussex module 532H3 and one of the Sussex options, followed by any two modules at Brighton. In the following year of part-time study, students will take 531H3 and another Sussex option in term 1 followed by another two Brighton modules.

Depending on their situation they may embark on the project module after completing four taught modules with agreement from the Course Leader. This may allow some part-time students to align their project with relevant activities they are undertaking in employment.

Modules

Status:

M = Mandatory (modules which must be taken and passed to be eligible for the award)

C = Compulsory (modules which must be taken to be eligible for the award)

O = Optional (optional modules)

A = Additional (modules which must be taken to be eligible for an award accredited by a professional, statutory or regulatory body, including any non-credit bearing modules)

Level8

Module code

Status Module title Credit

7 MEM42 C Testing & Modelling for Automotive Power Systems

(531H3 Sussex)

15

7 XEM48 C Power Train Engineering (Brighton) 15

7 MEM40 C Automotive Systems (532H3 Sussex) 15

7 MEM61 O Gas Turbine Cycles and Turbo-charging (527H3 Sussex)

15

7 MEM62 O Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (520H3 Sussex) 15

7 MEM63 O Mechanical Dynamics (518H3 Sussex) 15

7 XEM44 C Automotive Control Systems (Brighton) 15

7 XEM72 C Sustainable Automotive Power Technology (Brighton) 15

7 XEM41 C Optical Diagnostics (Brighton) 15

7 MEM47 M Automotive Project 60

Status:

M = Mandatory (modules which must be taken and passed to be eligible for the award)

C = Compulsory (modules which must be taken to be eligible for the award)

O = Optional (optional modules)

A = Additional (modules which must be taken to be eligible for an award accredited by a professional, statutory or regulatory body, including any non-credit bearing modules)

8 All modules have learning outcomes commensurate with the FHEQ levels 0, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. List the level

which corresponds with the learning outcomes of each module.

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AWARD AND CLASSIFICATION

Award type Award* Title Level Eligibility for award Classification of award

Total credits9 Minimum credits10 Ratio of marks11: Class of award

Final MSc Automotive Engineering 7 Total credit 180 Minimum credit at level of award 150

Level 7 marks Postgraduate degree

Intermediate PgDip Automotive Engineering 7 Total credit 120 Minimum credit at level of award 90

Level 7 marks Not applicable

Intermediate PgCert Automotive Engineering 7 Total credit 60 Minimum credit at level of award Other: 45

Level 7 marks Not applicable

Select Select Total credit Select Minimum credit at level of award Select

Select Select

Select Select Total credit Select Minimum credit at level of award Select

Select Select

*Foundation degrees only

Progression routes from award:

Award classifications Mark/ band % Foundation degree Honours degree Postgraduate12 degree (excludes PGCE and BM BS)

70% - 100% Distinction First (1) Distinction

60% - 69.99% Merit Upper second (2:1) Merit

9

Total number of credits required to be eligible for the award. 10 Minimum number of credits required, at level of award, to be eligible for the award. 11 Algorithm used to determine the classification of the final award (all marks are credit-weighted). For a Masters degree, the mark for the final element (e.g, dissertation) must be in the

corresponding class of award. 12 Refers to taught provision: PG Cert, PG Dip, Masters.

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50% - 59.99% Pass

Lower second (2:2) Pass

40% - 49.99% Third (3)

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EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS

Please refer to the Course Approval and Review Handbook when completing this section.

The examination and assessment regulations for the course should be in accordance with the University’s General Examination and Assessment Regulations for Taught Courses (available from staffcentral or studentcentral).

Specific regulations which materially affect assessment, progression and award on the course

e.g. Where referrals or repeat of modules are not permitted in line with the University’s General Examination and Assessment Regulations for Taught Courses.

The following course-specific regulations apply:

Modules

A ‘no detriment’ policy ensures that all students are treated equally with their peers in a given module according to each university’s local rules; in particular to ensure that no student is disadvantaged compared to other students in a module which may be shared between universities and this principle will be applied at the AEB for the module.

Exceptions required by PSRB

These require the approval of the Chair of the Academic Board