Engineering and IT

This module will help you to develop your academic, research and communication skills in preparation for your undergraduate degree. English language and academic skills cover reading, writing, speaking and listening and will give you an understanding of the culture, practices, norms and expectations of higher education. You will develop transferable skills such as effective communication to support ongoing study, career, and professional development. You will have both lectures and seminars where you will be asked to prepare and communicate with your peers each week to help you become more confident both inside and outside the classroom.

This module aims to enable you to participate in and practice independent learning tasks for deeper thought and investigation as needed for university study. You will learn how to effectively source check and participate in a range of discussions to encourage best practice research, presentation and debating skills. You will also be encouraged to invest in strategies that will deepen your understanding and interpretation of processes, motives, argument, rationale and credibility of information. This will help you to be more critical and precise in your academic arguments throughout your studies and working life.

Upon completion of this class, you will be able to work effectively with advanced number systems, equations and formulas. The Advanced maths module builds on the basic mathematical principles we expect you to already master and will develop the knowledge and skills needed to carry out more complex mathematical tasks throughout your university studies. Topics include number theory, coordinates, indices, logarithms, advanced equations, sequences, progressions, differentiation and integration.

This module will provide you with a foundation of the German language, enabling you to communicate effectively in everyday situations and on a variety of general topics. It will also give you an important introduction to the customs, culture and society and help you develop your awareness of the general social and cultural background of your study destination. Teaching methods are based on interactive language development tasks, such as group work and role playing. It will also include the study of texts, oral development work and listening comprehension exercises.

The module will provide you with an introduction to high level programming languages, primarily Python. You will learn fundamental programming concepts such as the structure of a programme, syntax of simple statements, data types, functions, files, design and testing and problem solving, as well as learning to perform data analysis using Python tools and libraries. By the end of the module you will be able to perform basic data analysis, data visualisation and to design, implement and test simple programs to a basic standard.

Physics for engineers will teach you the basics in physical sciences needed to prepare you for your studies in engineering and computing related subjects. You will analyse the motion of objects in 1 and 2 dimensions with constant acceleration and will become familiar with friction and its effect in moving and static systems. You will also study simple statically determinant systems and will be able to calculate forces in equilibrium. Finally, you will work on concepts of conservation of mechanical energy and conservation of momentum and will be able to apply them to simple situations.

Ethics is a system of moral principles that affects your decisions, based on what you consider to be ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. In this module, you will be encouraged to critically examine and discuss everyday questions and ethical problems. In doing so, you will be looking at a variety of applications to understand the interdependence and intersection between behaving ethically in fields such as technology, business and creative industries.

Once you have completed your first semester of the German language and culture module, you will be able to continue practicing your German with your peers and with the guidance of a tutor the following semester. The emphasis of this module is on guided but informal conversation practice and a chance to continue to learn about key topics about living and studying in Germany.