Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University

Overview

Level 4 of this Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year (Hons) course at Liverpool John Moores University covers core engineering principles and technologies such as mathematics, electrical engineering, electronics and instrumentation, microprocessors and programming. You will also spend time completing structured design projects, which will help develop your engineering and management skills. In the second year there is greater emphasis on the application of the core principles through design.

Key Facts

There are no additional costs for field trips, company visits or software. Only the normal costs such as calculators, notepads and similar are required.

Electrical and electronic engineers are also involved in the ongoing development and production of a diverse range of products, and so companies supplying anything from bread to jet engines, from mobile phones to banking services will need their skills.

Electronics and microprocessors are taught in the context of designing and controlling engineering systems and the mathematics course provides the essential skills to enable you to design control strategies, and supports the more mathematical modules of the programme.

During your course, you will undertake projects that both structured and less structured allowing you more freedom to design your own solutions to problems. This is supported by seminars in commercial project development, which will teach you some of the key skills needed to plan and manage a project..

The last year of the programme covers the core themes of electronics, electrical power and management and you will undertake a major individual project with an academic supervisor.

Employability

Graduates from this BEng (Hons) Foundation Year programme have found employment as professional engineers across all sectors.

Electrical and electronic engineers make up one of the largest branches of engineering professionals. They are employed in almost every sector of economic activity including: the utilities in power generation and distribution, telecommunications, and water; all areas of manufacturing including aerospace, automotive, electrical and electronic equipment; research and development; technical services, technical sales, consultancies and government agencies.

Graduate engineering roles include: project engineer leading and managing technical teams; product development engineer developing electrical/electronic products and systems; power systems engineer designing managing and maintaining power distribution networks; process engineer developing and maintaining manufacturing processes.

Examples of recent employers include: Siemens Plc, British Nuclear Fuels Limited, Jaguar, Aero Engine Controls (Rolls Royce-Goodrich), Ministry of Defence, E & I Engineering Ltd and the National Grid.