Undergraduate Teaching 2023-24

Course structure and workload in Part IIB

Course structure and workload in Part IIB

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The fourth year of the course (Part IIB) carries all of the credit for the MEng degree in Engineering. This is unclassed though there are Distinction and Merit categories.   NB  There are no supervisions for fourth year modules.

Module choice is restricted as follows:

  • students who wish to qualify in one or more Engineering Area must choose their modules accordingly;
  • most courses are timetabled in sets of 2-3 modules;
  • students with a First in IIA may include one graduate module (if offered and from a prescribed subset);
  • some courses have limits on numbers and may run a ballot;
  • students may take a maximum of 3 modules from Management/Languages.

Activity

When

Notes on workload

Credit

8 modules

(including coursework, if any)

8 across Michaelmas & Lent (usually 4:4 or 5:3)

Examinations, 2-3 weeks at start of Easter

Total workload per module up to 80 hours (including lectures, examples papers, coursework, revision & exam).

Three types of module & assessment:

      - 100% exam
               (16 lectures, including 2 Examples classes)
      - 75% exam, 25% coursework
               (12 lectures, including 1-2 Examples classes)
      - 100% coursework  
               (using as many of the 16 lectures as required)

Examples papers (typically 1 per 4 lectures)

1.5 hour exam per module (typically 3 questions from 4)

8 x 60 marks

1 individual project

All year

Assessed  elements: 
Presentation (end of Michaelmas),
Technical Milestone Report (start of Lent),
Final Report (Easter week 5),
Final Presentation (Easter week 6-7),
Progress & Industry (each term)

One hour per week of singleton supervision paid for by colleges.

360 marks

 

 

 

TOTAL:  840

480 modules

360 project

 

Last updated on 23/08/2019 14:08