The programme is offered only as a full-time course. Its normal
duration is four years and leads to the Scottish BEng (Hons)
degree at the end of year 4. Direct entry to year 2 or 3 is
possible for suitably qualified applicants. Alternative exit
points are available at the end of each year of the 4-year
programme, but it is primarily designed for the full 4-year
structure and not all its aims are met even partially by earlier
exit.
The programme is arranged into 4 x 2 semesters. Each semester
contains 60 credit points.
Students in years 1 and 2, with the consent of both Schools and
the advice of their personal tutor, can transfer to other
programmes in the College of Science and Engineering. The personal
tutor will advise on the best choice of courses to keep open the
option of transfer to any particular Science programme. Students
who complete year 3 may graduate with a BSc in Electronics and
Software Engineering; or if an average across of at least 55% is
attained across all Level 9 subjects, may transfer to MEng (Hons)
Electronics and Software Engineering. Students failing to attain
an average of 55% may remain on the BEng (Hons) Electronics and
Software Engineering programme provided they satisfy the BEng Year
3-4 progression requirements.
For full information on the programme structure, including details
of compulsory and optional course choices, consult the Degree
Programme Table, and similarly consult the list of courses for
full information on each course.
Year 1-2 Progression Requirements
In order to proceed to Year 2 of Electronics and Computer Science,
a student must achieve: (i) the University requirement of 120
credit points and (ii) a pass in Electrical Engineering 1.
Year 2-3 Progression Requirements
In order to proceed to Year 3 of Electronics and Software
Engineering, a student must achieve: (i) the University
requirement of 240 credit points and (ii) passes in Analogue
Circuits 2, Digital System Design 2, Microelectronics 2, Power
Engineering 2, Signals and Communications Systems 2 and one of
Informatics 2B or Informatics 2C, together with passes in all
other compulsory courses.
Year 3-4 Progression Requirements
In order to proceed to Year 4 of Electronics and Computer Science
(BEng), a student must achieve: (i) the University requirement of
360 credit points total for the programme, (ii) full passes
(>40%) in at least 100 credit points worth of year 3 courses
and (iii) an average of at least 40% across all 120 credit points
of Year 3 courses. A student attaining at least 80 but less than
100 credit points from the year of study will be eligible for a
???Resit for Professional Accreditation??? and will be permitted to
resit failed courses to achieve an assessment equivalent to a pass
in at least 100 credit points. These resit attempts allow the
student to satisfy the IET implementation of permitted
compensation for accreditation. Students attaining the equivalent
of 100 credit points or more following the ???Resit for Professional
Accreditation??? will be permitted to proceed to year 4, but the
mark attained in the first attempt will be used in the calculation
of the overall degree classification. The number of resit attempts
permitted under ???Resit for Professional Accreditation??? will be the
same as that in the normal University resit policy for non-honours
examinations. Where a student has attained less than 80 credit
points from the year of study, resit examinations are not allowed
to improve marks or gain credit points to achieve progression to
year 4, except where there are documented permissible special
circumstances such as illness.
Award of BSc Electronics and Computer Science after Year 3
In order to graduate with BSc Electronics and Software
Engineering, a student must achieve: (i) the University
requirement of 360 credit points total for the programme, (ii)
full passes (>40%) in at least 100 credit points worth of year
3 courses and (iii) an average of at least 40% across all 120
credit points of Year 3 courses. Resit examinations are permitted
to gain sufficient credit points, but no compensation is applied
where resits are taken and the full 120 points of year 3 courses
must be passed, each with a mark greater than 40%.
Award of Honours (BEng)
In order to graduate with BEng Electronics and Computer Science, a
student must achieve: (i) the University requirement of 480 credit
points total for the programme, (ii) full passes (>40%) in at
least 100 credit points worth of year 4 courses and (iii) an
average of at least 40% across all 120 credit points of fourth
year courses. A student attaining at least 80 but less than 100
credit points from the year of study will be eligible for a ???Resit
for Professional Accreditation??? and will be permitted to resit
failed courses to achieve an assessment equivalent to a pass in at
least 100 credit points. These resit attempts allow the student to
satisfy the IET implementation of permitted compensation for
accreditation. Students attaining the equivalent of 100 credit
points or more following the ???Resit for Professional
Accreditation??? will be permitted to graduate with BEng (honours),
but the mark attained in the first attempt will be used in the
calculation of the overall degree classification. The number of
resit attempts permitted under ???Resit for Professional
Accreditation??? will be the same as that in the normal University
resit policy for non-honours examinations. Where a student has
attained less than 80 credit points from the year of study, resit
examinations are not allowed to improve marks or gain credit
points to graduate with BEng (honours), except where there are
documented permissible special circumstances such as illness.
For the award of Honours a minimum mark of 40% must be attained in
the BEng Electronics Project 4 or Honours Project (Informatics).
Degree classifications are based on the University common marking
scale. The final classification is based on a weighted mean mark,
50% of which is the mark carried forward from third year and 50%
obtained from fourth year. |
