University Calendar 2007/08
Section VII : Academic Regulations - Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
School of Engineering Sciences


MAIN INDEX
PREFACE
SECTION I
SECTION II
SECTION III
SECTION IV
SECTION V
SECTION VI
SECTION VII
SECTION VIII
SECTION IX
SECTION X
ARCHIVE 2002/3
ARCHIVE 2003/4
ARCHIVE 2004/5
ARCHIVE 2005/6
ARCHIVE 2006/7
BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering

PART I - modules at level C totalling 120 credits; all modules compulsory

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
MATH1010 Mathematics A
10
1
MATH1015 Mathematics B
10
2
SESG1001 Mechanics of Solids 10
1
SESG1002 Thermodynamics 10
1
SESG1003 Properties of Materials 10
1
SESG1004 Mechanics 10
2
SESG1005 Fluid Mechanics 10
2
SESG1006 Electrical Systems 10
2
SESG1009 Modelling and Computing 10
2
SESM1011 Engineering Design 20
1,2
SESM1014 Professional Engineer 10
1


PART II - modules at level I totalling 120 credits; all modules compulsory

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
MANG3022 Management I 10
1
MATH2020 Mathematics for Mechanical Engineers 10
1
SESA2003 Dynamics and Control 10
2
SESG2001 Materials 10
1
SESG2005 Engineering Design & Structural Analysis Methods 10
2
SESM2002 Electromechanical Systems 10
1
SESM2003 Linear Engineering Systems (Vibration) 10
2
SESM2005 Electronics for Mechanical Systems 10
2
SESM2007 Fluid Mechanics* 10
1
SESM2011 Thermodynamics 10
2
SESM2016 Solids and Structures 10
1
SESM 2014 Mechanics of Machines 10
2

* Students taking the Aerospace theme in Part III will need to take SESA2002 instead of this module.
PART III/IV THEMES
Interdisciplinary Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits
The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 70 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
SESG3001 Manufacturing with Metals 10 1
SESG3002 Materials Service Performance 10 2
SESM3001 Engineering Design
10
2
SESM3013 Individual Project
30
1,2

Optional modules - 50 credits from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section.

Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 110 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESM6010 Multidisciplinary Project 25 1,2
MANG6104 Engineering Management Studies 15 2
MATH6115 Statistics for Engineering Systems 10 1
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis or 10 1
SESG6025 Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering 10 2

Optional modules
- 40 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 10 credits at level M.

Engineering Management Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 80 credit points.

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
MANG3049 Accounting & Finance for Engineers 15 2
MANG3048 Management Science for Engineers 15 1
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2

Optional modules - 40 credit points from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section. Please bear in mind the balance of modules between the semesters.


Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits.

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 60 credits, 50 at level M and 10 at level H.

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
LAWS3001 Industrial Law 10 1
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2

In part IV a total of 30 credits are taken from the School of Management MBA course (listed below). Please be aware that, due to timetabling issues in making these MBA modules available to engineers, there may be a restricted set of technical modules available on this theme.

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
MANG6049 Problem Structuring
7.5
1
MANG6121 Information Systems Management & Development
15
1
MANG6143 Project Risk Management
15
2
MANG6124 Corporate Risk Management
15
1
MANG6126 Managing Change
7.5
2
MANG6133 Managing Resources and Operations
15
2

Optional modules - A further 60 credits to be chosen from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 40 credits at level M.

Mechatronics Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 80 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
ELEC3012 Automation and Robotics 10 2
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
SESM3002 Instrumentation 10 2
SESM3003 Classical Control Design 10 1
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2

Optional Modules - a further 40 credits from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section.

Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 100 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 2
SESG6005 Advanced Digital Control 10 2
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESM6002 Advanced Electrical Systems 10 1
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis or 10 1
SESG6025 Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering 10 2
SESM6014 Advanced Signal Sensing and Processing 10 2

Optional modules - 50 credits from the part IV optional modules lists at the end ofthis section; a minimum of 20 credits at level M.

Advanced Materials Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this module and total 70 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
SESG3001 Manufacturing with Metals 10 1
SESG3002 Materials Service Performance 10 2
SESM3001 Engineering Design
10
2
SESM3013 Individual Project
30
1,2

You must select at least 20 credits from the following list of specialist modules

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESM3005 Mechanics of Solids 10 1
SESM3020 Orthopaedic Biomechanics 10 1
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis 2 10 2

Optional modules - up to 30 credits (to make an overall total of 120) from the optional modules list at the end of this section


Part IV - modules at levels M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 70 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 1
SESG6009 Failure of Materials 10 2
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2

Optional modules - 80 credits from the optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 50 credits at level M

Aerospace Theme (new for 2007/8)

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 110 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
SESA3001 Structural Design 10 1
SESA3003 Applied Aerodynamics 10 1
SESA3007 Aircraft Propulsion 20 1,2
SESA3008 Aircraft Dynamics or 10 1
SESA3019 Wing Aerodynamics 10 2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics 10 1
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2

Optional Modules - 10 credits from the optional modules list at the end of this section.


Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 90 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 2
SESA6002 Avionics I 10 1
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESA3008 Aircraft Dynamics or 10 1
SESA3019 Wing Aerodynamics 10 2
SESG6007 Materials for Transport 10 1

Optional modules - 60 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 40 credits at level M.

Automotive Theme (new for 2007/8)

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 90 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
ELEC3040 Power Transmission and Vibrations 10 2
ISVR3004 Automotive Refinement 10 2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics 10 1
SESM3007 Automobile Systems 10 1
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2

Optional Modules - 30 credits from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section.


Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 90 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 2
SESM6002 Advanced Electrical Systems 10 1
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESM6018 Automotive Propulsion 10 2
SESG6007 Materials for Transport 10 1

Optional modules - 60 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 30 credits at level M.

Bioengineering Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
ISVR 3001 Human Factors in Engineering 20 1,2
SESM 3001 Engineering Design 10 2
SESG 3001 Manufacturing with Metals 10 1
SESG 3002 Materials Service Performance 10 2
SESM 3020 Orthopaedic Biomechanics 10 1
SESM 3004 Fluid Mechanics 10 1
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2
SESS 3010 Finite Element Analysis 2 10 2

There are no optional modules for this theme in Part III


Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 110 credits.

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 2
SESA6031 Biological Flows 10 2
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis or 10 1
SESG6025 Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering 10 2
SESM6013 Computer Methods in Orthopaedic Bioengineering 10 2
SESM6014 Advanced Signal Sensing and Processing 10 2
SESM6015 Biomaterials 10 2

Optional modules - 40 credits from the Part IV optional module lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 10 credits at level M

Sustainable Energy Systems Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 80 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics 10 1
SESM3008 Heat Transfer 10 1
SESM3012 Cryogenics and Superconductivity 10 2

Optional modules - 40 credits from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section.

Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H max 30) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 90 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 1
SESM6017 Fuel Cells and Photovoltaic Systems I 10 1
SESM6020 Energy Resources, Usage and Sustainability 10 1
SESS6058 Renewable Energy from the Environment 10 1

Optional modules - 60 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 30 credits at level M

Study Abroad Scheme - International Semester

Part III - modules at level H totalling 100 credits and at level M totalling 20 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this programme and total 100 credits. 80 credit points at level H [45 in Southampton and 35 in ESTACA or FHM (Munich)]; 20 credit points at level M [in ESTACA or FHM (Munich)]

Module Code Module Name Credit Points Semester
FREN9050 French for Engineers 15 1
SESA3011 Individual Project 30 1
SESG3011 Semester Abroad Studies 1 ('dummy' module) 15 2
SESG3012 Semester Abroad Studies 2 ('dummy' module) 20 2
SESG6020 Semester Abroad Studies 3 ('dummy' module) 20 2

Optional modules - 20 credits from the following list

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
LAWS3001 Industrial Law 1 10 1
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations or 10 1
MATH3027 Operational Research 10 1
SESM3003 Classical Control Design 10 1
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics 10 1
SESM3005 Mechanics of Solids 10 1
SESM3007 Automobile Systems 10 1
SESM3008 Heat Transfer 10 1
SESM3020 Orthopaedic Biomechanics 10 1

Part IV - modules at level M (min 100) and level H (max 50) totalling 150 credits

The following modules are mandatory for this theme and total 70 credits

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2

Optional modules - 80 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 50 credits at level M

Generic Theme

Part III - modules at level H totalling 120 credits

The following modules are compulsory for this theme and total 50 credit points

Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESM3013 Individual Project 30 1,2
SESM3001 Engineering Design 10 2
MANG3023 Management II or 10 2
ENTR3004 New Venture Planning 10 2

Optional modules - 70 credits from the Part III optional modules list at the end of this section


Part IV - modules at level M (min 120) and level H (max 30) totalling 150 credits

This theme is intended for students who plan to complete with a BEng at the end of Part III. If continued in Part IV, the following modules would be compulsory and total 60 credits.
Module Code Module Title Credit Points Semester
SESG6011 Group Design Project 50 1,2
MANG6103 Advanced Management 10 1

Optional modules - 90 credits from the Part IV optional modules lists at the end of this section with a minimum of 60 credits at level M

OPTIONAL MODULES LISTS

Part III Level H Optional Modules

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
Available to
ELEC3012 Automation and Robotics
10
2
All1
ELEC3040 Power Transmission and Vibration
10
2
All1
FREN9044 French for Engineers
20
1,2
All2
GERM9035 German for Engineers
20
1,2
All2
ISVR3001 Human Factors in Engineering
20
1,2
All2
ISVR3004 Automotive Refinement
10
2
All
LAWS3001 Industrial Law 1
10
1
All3
LAWS3002 Industrial Law 2
10
2
All3
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations
10
1
All3
MATH3025 Complex Variables and Transforms
10
2
All3
MATH3027 Operational Research
10
1
All3
MATH3028 Optimisation
10
2
All3
SESA3007 Aircraft Propulsion
20
1,2
All1
SESG3001 Manufacturing with Metals
10
1
All1
SESG3002 Materials Service Performance
10
2
All1
SESM3002 Instrumentation
10
2
All1
SESM3003 Classical Control Design
10
1
All
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics
10
1
All
SESM3005 Mechanics of Solids
10
1
All
SESM3007 Automobile Systems
10
1
All
SESM3008 Heat Transfer
10
1
All
SESM3010 Acoustics and Noise Control
10
2
All1
SESM3012 Cryogenics and Superconductivity
10
2
All1
SESM3020 Orthopaedic Biomechanics
10
1
All
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis 2
10
2
All1

Part IV Level H Optional Modules

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
Available to
ELEC3012 Automation and Robotics
10
2
All4
ELEC3040 Power Transmissions and Vibrations
10
2
All
ISVR3001 Human Factors in Engineering
20
1,2
All6
ISVR3001 Automobile Refinement
10
2
All
FREN9044 French for Engineers
20
1,2
All5
GERM9035 German for Engineers
20
1,2
All5
LAWS3001 Industrial Law 1
10
1
All5
LAWS3002 Industrial Law 2
10
2
All5
MATH3024 Partial Differential Equations
10
1
All
MATH3025 Complex Variables & Transform Methods
10
2
All
MATH3027 Operational Research
10
1
All
MATH3028 Optimisation
10
2
All
MATH3069 Communicating and Teaching Maths and the Ungraduate Ambassadors Scheme
20
2
All
SESA3007 Aircraft Propulsion
20
1,2
All
SESG3001 Manufacturing with Metals
10
1
All9
SESG3002 Materials Service Performance
10
2
All9
SESM3002 Instrumentation
10
2
All
SESM3003 Classical Control Design
10
1
All
SESM3004 Fluid Mechanics
10
1
All
SESM3005 Mechanics of Solids
10
1
All10
SESM3007 Automobile Systems
10
1
All
SESM3008 Heat Transfer
10
1
All8
SESM3009 Numerical Techniques in Mechanics
10
2
All
SESM3010 Acoustics and Noise Control
10
2
All
SESM3012 Cryogenics and Superconductivity
10
2
All8
SESM3020 Orthopaedic Biomechanics
10
1
All7
SESS3010 Finite Element Analysis 2
10
2
All


Part IV Level M Optional Modules

Module Code Module Name
Credit Points
Semester
Available to
MATH6111 Numerical Methods
10
1
All11
MATH6115 Statistics for Engineering Systems
10
1
All12
SESA6030 Flow Control
10
1
All
SESA6031 Biological Flows
10
2
All
SESG6005 Advanced Digital Control
10
2
All
SESG6007 Materials for Transport
10
1
All
SESG6009 Failure of Materials
10
2
All
SESG6017 Surface Engineering
10
1
All
SESG6018 Design Search & Optimisation 1: Principles, Methods & Parameterisation
10
1
All
SESG6018 Design Search & Optimisation 2: Case Studies
10
2
All
SESG6021 Microstructural Characterisation
10
1,2
All
SESG6022 Composites Engineering
10
2
All
SESG6025 Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering
10
2
All13
SESM6002 Advanced Electrical Systems
10
1
All
SESM6003 Computer Aided Analysis
10
1
All
SESM6005 Theory of Elasticity
10
2
All
SESM6012 Numerical & Experimental Heat Transfer
10
2
All
SESM6013 Computer Methods in Orthopaedic Bioengineering
10
2
All
SESM6014 Advanced Signal Sensing and Processing
10
2
All
SESM6015 Biomaterials
10
2
All
SESM6017 Fuel Cells & Photovoltaic Systems I
10
1
All
SESM6018 Automotive Propulsion
10
1
All
SESM6019 Fuel Cells & Photovoltaic Systems II
10
2
All
SESM6020 Energy Systems, Usage & Sustainability
10
1
All
SESM6022 Uncertainty Quantification & Robust Design
10
2
All
SESS6058 Renewable Energy from the Environment
10
1
All

All1 All except Study Abroad theme
All2 All except Engineering Management, Aerospace and Study Abroad themes
All3 All except Engineering Management and Study Abroad themes
All4 All except Mechatronics theme
All5 All except Engineering Management theme
All6 All except Engineering Management and Bioengineering themes
All7 All except Bioengineering theme
All8 All except Sustainable Energy Systems theme
All9 All except Interdisciplinary theme
All10 All except Advanced Materials theme
All11 All except Interdisciplinary theme
All12 All except Interdisciplinary and Engineering Management themes
All13 All except Interdisciplinary, Mechatronics and Bioengineering themes

Assessment Regulations : Faculty of Engineering, Science & Maths
School of Engineering Sciences Index
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
School of Chemistry
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
School of Electronics and Computer Science
School of Geography
School of Mathematics
School of Physics & Astronomy
School of Ocean and Earth Science



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