Undergraduate Course: Professional Issues for Mechanical Engineers 3 (SCEE09001)
Course Outline
School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
Home subject area |
Mechanical |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None |
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Course description |
This course covers a range of issues and activity associated with mechanical engineering practice. These include legal issues and knowledge of real world activity through engineering applications, guest lectures and industrial visits. |
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
King's Buildings | Lecture | Semester 1 | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-22 | | | | 09:00 - 12:00 | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-22 | | | | | 09:00 - 12:00 | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-22 | | 09:00 - 12:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | Semester 2 | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 |
First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre B, James Clerk Maxwell Building |
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
No Classes have been defined for this Course |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the students should appreciate and experience:
1. Workshop safety.
2. Quality Control.
3. Manufacture.
4. hands-on experience of manufacture.
5. Skills for the use of hand tools.
6. Material Properties.
7. The application of simple management techniques in practical situations.
8. Develop the application of commercial design packages to practical design problems.
9. Legal issues including the Health and Safety Regulations
10. The job application process including, writing CVs and covering letters.
11. Appreciation of industrial practice through guest lectures and industrial visits. |
Assessment Information
CV and Covering Letter (50%) and Industrial Visits Report (50%) |
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Mr Stephen Warrington
Tel: (0131 6)50 5672
Email: s.warrington@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Nicola Marshall
Tel:
Email: Nicola.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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