Bachelor of Engineering/Masters of Engineering in Ship Science


Programme Structure (Ship Science)

The information contained in this document is liable to change in minor ways from year to year. It is accurate at the time of writing.


The information for Parts I and II is common to all themes. Parts III and IV details are given for each theme.


PART I
(Modules at level C totalling 120 credits; all modules compulsory)


SESG1001 Mechanics of Solids 10
SESG1002 Thermodynamics 10
SESG1003 Properties of Materials 10
SESG1004 Mechanics 10
SESG1005 Fluid Mechanics 10
SESG1006 Electrical Systems 10
SESG1009 Modelling and Computing 10
MATH1010 Mathematics for Engineering Sciences 10
MATH1015 Mathematics for Engineering Sciences 10
SESS1001 Ship Studies 10
SESS1010 Computational Methods for Ship Design 10
SESS1011 Graphical Communications and Maritime Transportation 10


PART II
(Modules at level I totalling 110 credits, module at level H 10 credits; all modules compulsory)


MANG3022 Management 1 10
SESG2001 Materials 10
MATH2016 Mathematics for Aerospace Engineering and Ship Science 10
SESS2001 Fluid Mechanics 10
SESS2002 Ship Production Technology 10
SESS2003 Resistance and Propulsion 10
SESS2004 Marine Engineering 10
SESS2005 Naval Architecture Dynamics 10
SESS2006 Ship Design and Economics 10
SESS2007 Computing 5
SESS2008 Ship Structures 10
SESS2009 Ship Design 5
SESS2010 Ship Functional Design 10


PART III

Inter-disciplinary Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits)
SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESS3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service 1 10 M
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service 2 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 M

Level H Options - Inter-disciplinary Theme

SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 S
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 S
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 S
SESS3009 Finite Element Analysis I 10 T
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 T
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T


Naval Architecture Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits)
SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service I 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 M
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 M
SESS3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 M
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 M

Level H Options - Naval Architecture Theme

SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T


Yacht and Small Craft Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits
SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service I 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 M
SESS3011 High Performance Craft 10 M
SESS3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 M
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 M

Level H Options - Yacht and Small Craft Theme

SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T


Advanced Materials Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits)
SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service I 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 M
SESS3009 Finite Element Analysis I 10 M
SESS3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 M
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 M

Level H Options - Advanced Materials Theme

SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis II 10 T

Engineering Management Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits)

SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESG3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service I 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
MANG3031 Principles and Practice of Management 15 M
MANG3019 Accounting and Finance for Non-specialists 15 M

Level H Options - Engineering Management Theme

SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 T


Marine Systems Engineering Theme Part III
(Modules at level H totalling 120 credits)

SESS3015 Individual Project 30 M
SESM3008 Heat Transfer 10 M
SESG3001 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service I 10 M
SESS3001 Marine Hydrodynamics 10 M
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 M
SESS3020 Marine Craft Concept Design 10 M
MANG3023 Management II 10 M
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 M
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 M

Level H Options - Marine Systems Engineering Theme

SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESM3011 Power Transmissions and Vibrations 10 T
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T


PART IV

Inter-disciplinary Theme Part IV
(Modules at levels M [120] and H [30] totalling 150 credits)

SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 M
SESS6050 Multidisciplinary Project 25 M
MANG6104 Engineering Mangement Studies 15 M
MATH6115 Statistics for Engineering Systems 10 M

Level M Options - Inter-disciplinary Theme

SESS6008 Yacht Experimental Techniques 10 S
SESS6006 Advances in Resistance and Propulsion 10 S
SESS6007 Computational Fluid Dynamics 10 S
SESS6021 Applications of CFD 10 S
SESS6013 Sailing Yacht Design 10 S
SESS6003 Maritime Fluid-Structure Interaction
(requires SESS3003)
10 S
SESS6004 Structural Integrity (requires SESS3007) 10 S
SESA6030 Flow Control 10 T
SESG6007 Advanced Materials I 10 T
SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation 10 T
SESA6031 Biological Flows 10 T
SESG6009 Advanced Materials II 10 T

Level H Options - Inter-disciplinary Theme

SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 S
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 S
SESS3011 High Performance Craft 10 S
SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 S
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
SESS3009 Finite Element Analysis I 10 T
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis II 10 T
ISVR3001 Human Factors in Engineering 20 T
LAWS3001 Industrial Law 1 10 O
LAWS3002 Industrial Law 2 10 O
FREN9023 French for Engineers and Mathematicians 20 O
GERM9017 German for Engineers and Mathematicians 20 O


Naval Architecture Theme Part IV
(Modules at levels M [120] and H [30] totalling 150 credits)


SESS6006 Advances in Resistance and Propulsion 10 M
SESS6003 Maritime Fluid-Structure Interaction 10 M
SESS6004 Structural Integrity 10 M
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 M
SESS6002 Marine Safety and Environmental Engineering 10 M
LAWS6030 Marine Law 10 M

Level M Options - Naval Architecture Theme

SESS6007 Computational Fluid Dynamics 10 S
SESS6021 Applications of CFD 10 S
SESA6028 Turbulence: Physics and Experiment 10 T
SESA6030 Flow Control 10 T
SESG6007 Advanced Materials I 10 T
SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation 10 T
SESS6015 Advanced Numerical Methods 10 T
SESA6029 Turbulence II: Computation and Modelling 10 T
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis 10 T
SESG6009 Advanced Materials II 10 T
MATH6111 Numerical Methods 10 T
MATH6115 Statistics for Engineering Systems 10 T

Level H Options - Naval Architecture Theme

SESS3011 High Performance Craft 10 S
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESS3009 Finite Element Analysis I 10 T
SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 T
SESG3002 Materials Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis II 10 T


Yacht and Small Craft Theme Part IV
SESS6008 Yacht Experimental Techniques 10 M
SESS6013 Sailing Yacht Design 10 M
SESS6004 Structural Integrity 10 M
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 M
SESS6002 Marine Safety and Environmental Engineering 10 M
LAWS6030 Marine Law 10 M

Level M Options - Yacht and Small Craft Theme

SESS6006 Advances in Resistance and Propulsion 10 S
SESS6003 Maritime Fluid-Structure Interaction 10 S
SESS6007 Computational Fluid Dynamics 10 S
SESS6021 Applications of CFD 10 S
SESA6028 Turbulence: Physics and Experiment 10 T
SESG6007 Advanced Materials I 10 T
SESA6030 Flow Control 10 T
SESA6029 Turbulence II: Computation and Modelling 10 T
SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation 10 T
SESG6009 Advanced Materials II 10 T
SESM6001 Instrumentation for Marine Engineering 10 T

Level H Options - Yacht and Small Craft Theme

SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 S
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESS3009 Finite Element Analysis I 10 T
SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3006 Marine Propulsion Engineering 10 S
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 T
SESG3002 Materials Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis II 10 T


Advanced Materials Theme Part IV
(Modules at levels M [120] and H [30] totalling 150 credits)

SESG6007 Advanced Materials I 10 M
SESG6009 Advanced Materials II 10 M
SESS6004 Structural Integrity 10 M
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 M
SESS6002 Marine Safety and Environmental Engineering 10 M
LAWS6030 Marine Law 10 M

Level M Options - Advanced Materials Theme

SESS6006 Advances in Resistance and Propulsion 10 S
SESS6003 Maritime Fluid-Structure Interaction 10 S
SESS6018 Plant Condition Monitoring 10 S
SESS6030 Flow Control 10 T
SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation 10 T
SESS6015 Advanced Numerical Methods 10 T
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis 10 T
SESM6001 Instrumentation for Marine Engineering 10 T

Level H Options - Advanced Materials Theme

SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 S
SESS3011 High Performance Craft 10 S
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations 10 T
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3012 Powercraft, Performance and Design 10 S
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 S
MATH3025 Complext Variables and Transform Methods 10 T
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis II 10 T


Engineering Management Theme Part IV
(Modules at levels M [120] and H [30] totalling 150 credits)

SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 M
LAWS3001 Industrial Law (level H) 10 M

Management Optional Modules

MANG6048 Decision Theory 7.5 O*
MANG6049 Problem Structuring 7.5 O*
MANG6055 Information Systems Management 7.5 O*
MANG6066 Project Risk Management 1 7.5 O*
MANG6067 Project Risk Management 2 7.5 O*
MANG6069 Operational Risk Management 7.5 O*
MANG6073 Management and Organisation 7.5 O*
MANG6087 Effective Organisation 1 7.5 O*

Level M Options - Engineering Management Theme

SESS6006 Advances in Resistance and Propulsion 10 S
SESS6003 Maritime Fluid-Structure Interaction
(requires SESS3033)
10 S
SESS6004 Structural Integrity (requires SESS3007) 10 S
SESS6018 Plant Condition Monitoring 10 S
SESG6007 Advanced Materials I 10 T
SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation 10 T
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis 10 T
SESG6019 Advanced Materials II 10 T

Level H Technical Options - Engineering Management Theme

SESS3003 Advanced Naval Architecture 10 S
SESS3007 Theory of Plate Structures 10 S
SESS3002 Application of Free Surface Flow 10 S
SESS3019 Ship Control Systems 10 S
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 T
MATH3028 Optimisation 10 T
SESG3002 Materials in Design, Manufacture and Service II 10 T