The module descriptors for our undergraduate courses can be found below:
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering degree (H401)
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad stream (H410)
Students on our H420 programme follow the same programme as the H401 spending fourth year in industry.
The descriptors for all programmes are the same (including H411).
H401
MEng Aeronautics Individual Project
Module aims
The Individual Project is the culmination of your undergraduate studies and constitutes a piece of individual research that must include some element of originality. For this module you will complete an individual research project in your chosen area of research, either working with one of the Department’s specialist researchers and academics and their research group, or by undertaking an external project working with an internationally leading engineering company, typically at their site.
Learning outcomes
On successfully completing this module, you should be able to:
1. plan and manage a research project over an extended period;
2. take personal responsibility for your work;
3. tackle open-ended research work and apply prior theoretical knowledge to practical situations;
4. find, critically analyse and synthesize information from a wide range of sources;
5. select and use appropriate computational and/or experimental methods towards the successful completion of your project aims;
6. communicate the outcomes of the project work effectively and accurately, in both written and oral format.
Assessments
Practical - Project Carry-out (10%)
Practical - Interim Oral Examination (10%)
Practical - Final Oral Examination (20%)
Coursework - Thesis (60%)
Coursework - Safety, Security, Sustainability & Ethics Plan (0%)