Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (RQF)

Who is the course for
This one year course is suitable for young, mature adults seeing to reskill / upskill in the engineering sector.

Course Content
In this one year course, students continue to build on the essential skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for all engineers whilst working through a larger number of subject-specific specialist and optional units. This year has 5 mandatory units out of which two are core units including one unit assessed by a Pearson-set assignment and three are specialist units. In addition to mandatory units, there are two additional specialist units. All units are 15 credit units except Research project which is a 30 credit unit. Core Units (Mandatory)

• Research Project (Yearly)
• Professional Engineering Management (Pearson-set) (Yearly)

Specialist Units (Mandatory)

• Further Mathematics (Yearly)
• Virtual Engineering (Yearly)
• Advanced Mechanical Principles (Semester 1)

Additional Specialist Units

• Industrial Systems (Yearly)
• Thermofluids (Semester 2)

Study Methods
Mixture of theory by lectures/teaching, practical demonstrations, workshops, tutorials, virtual learning environments, guest speakers and field trips with 15 contact hours per week over 32 weeks during academic year. Student are expected to complete approximately 90 hours per unit for each 15 credit unit of independent study (i.e. on research and completing assignments) and unsupervised form of learning (e.g. e-learning, e-assessment, coursework, work-based learning, etc.).