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Sound shapes human experience and underpins much of modern technology. Acoustical engineers design quieter vehicles and buildings that sound better, develop the sonar that maps the ocean and the ultrasound that images the body, and reduce the noise of aircraft and wind turbines. This module is your first step into the profession, and it is built around four connected themes.

You will begin by examining what acoustical engineers do, who employs them, how their work benefits society, and the ethical responsibilities the profession carries. You will study sound perception, learning how the ear turns physical vibrations into the sensations of loudness and pitch, and how engineers measure and regulate noise. In physical acoustics, you will build mathematical models of acoustic wave motion from the fundamental laws of fluid motion, relating the pressure fluctuations we hear to the underlying motion of the air, and drawing on your Mathematics and Thermofluids studies. Finally, you will learn to program in Python to process, visualise and auralise data, creating sounds, analysing recordings and animating wave motion to bring the theory to life.

By the end of the module, you will understand sound as both a physical phenomenon and a human experience, and you will have the computational and analytical skills to explore acoustic problems for yourself. You will also appreciate the breadth of the profession and its responsibilities to society, giving you a strong foundation for advanced study in acoustics and a career in one of engineering's most diverse and creative disciplines.

Sound shapes human experience and underpins much of modern technology. Acoustical engineers design quieter vehicles and buildings that sound better, develop the sonar that maps the ocean and the ultrasound that images the body, and reduce the noise of aircraft and wind turbines. This module is your first step into the profession, and it is built around four connected themes.

You will begin by examining what acoustical engineers do, who employs them, how their work benefits society, and the ethical responsibilities the profession carries. You will study sound perception, learning how the ear turns physical vibrations into the sensations of loudness and pitch, and how engineers measure and regulate noise. In physical acoustics, you will build mathematical models of acoustic wave motion from the fundamental laws of fluid motion, relating the pressure fluctuations we hear to the underlying motion of the air, and drawing on your Mathematics and Thermofluids studies. Finally, you will learn to program in Python to process, visualise and auralise data, creating sounds, analysing recordings and animating wave motion to bring the theory to life.

By the end of the module, you will understand sound as both a physical phenomenon and a human experience, and you will have the computational and analytical skills to explore acoustic problems for yourself. You will also appreciate the breadth of the profession and its responsibilities to society, giving you a strong foundation for advanced study in acoustics and a career in one of engineering's most diverse and creative disciplines.

Acoustical engineers play a vital role in almost every field of technology, from the built environment to transport, from audio systems to green energy production, from underwater communication to medical imaging and treatment.

Acoustical engineers need to understand the physical mechanisms of sound wave generation, propagation, but they also need to understand the way we hear and respond to sound, the way acousticians quantify and measure sounds. Beyond that acoustical engineers need to know how their role addresses the needs of society, how to communicate, both with engineers from other disciplines and the public, and what their professional and ethical responsibilities are.

This module will be the first step in your journey to becoming a professional acoustical engineer. It consists of four inter-related themes.

The ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING theme explores the questions of what an acoustical engineer does, who employs them, and how they benefit society. It surveys the wide range of engineering undertakings to which acoustical engineers can contribute, and deals with the ethical and societal responsibilities of a professional engineer.

The SOUND PERCEPTION theme introduces the human auditory system and how we assess hearing. It explores the relationship between objective measures such as amplitude and frequency to subjective phenomena, such as loudness and pitch. It explores how we quantify and regulate noise.

The PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS theme deals with mathematical models for the physical processes involved in acoustic wave motion. It shows how wave motion arises from the fundamental laws of fluid motion and develops the relationship between pressure fluctuations (which we hear as sound) and the associated fluid motion, making use of analytical techniques learnt in your Mathematics module, and drawing on concepts from your Thermofluids module.

In the DATA PROCESSING theme, you will be taught to use the Python programming language to process, visualize and (since this is an acoustics course) auralize data. You will learn to create and play audible sounds, analyse recorded sounds and make animations of wave motions to deepen your understanding of acoustical processes.

Civil engineering is a design discipline that is broad and holistic, while also focused and extremely precise. It utilises experimentation, creativity, numerical analysis and calculation and the application of scientific principles to deliver sustainable solutions for people, our societies, cultures and environments. It requires engineers who have refined their skills through experience and demonstrate they can apply learning within a highly communicative, process-driven, teamworking environment.

This module introduces the theories and practical skills required for you to become a successful civil engineer. It includes a series of design projects, ranging in focus and scope, supported by lectures, practical workshops, design tutorials and presentations. You are encouraged to identify your existing skills, competencies and interests, and shape and enhance your own learning – helping you to start to define your own career within the exciting world of civil engineering.

Successful engineers combine creativity with research, technical analysis and teamwork to create innovative solutions that improve the world around us, ethically and sustainably. Learn the principles, processes and skills that underpin engineering design.

Through a series of hands-on design projects, supported by lectures, practical workshops and tutorials, you will experience the complete engineering design process—from researching a problem and generating ideas to developing, testing and evaluating engineering solutions. Along the way, you will strengthen your creativity, analytical thinking, technical communication and collaborative working skills while learning how engineers balance innovation, functionality and sustainability.

By the end of the module, you will have developed the confidence to tackle open-ended engineering problems, communicate your ideas effectively and work successfully as part of a design team, providing a strong foundation for the rest of your engineering degree and your future career.

Successful engineers combine creativity with research, technical analysis and teamwork to create innovative solutions that improve the world around us, ethically and sustainably. Learn the principles, processes and skills that underpin engineering design.

Through a series of hands-on design projects, supported by lectures, practical workshops and tutorials, you will experience the complete engineering design process—from researching a problem and generating ideas to developing, testing and evaluating engineering solutions. Along the way, you will strengthen your creativity, analytical thinking, technical communication and collaborative working skills while learning how engineers balance innovation, functionality and sustainability.

By the end of the module, you will have developed the confidence to tackle open-ended engineering problems, communicate your ideas effectively and work successfully as part of a design team, providing a strong foundation for the rest of your engineering degree and your future career.

Successful engineers combine creativity with human-centred research, technical analysis and effective teamwork to create innovative, practical solutions that improve the world around us, ethically and sustainably. This module introduces you to the principles, processes and skills that underpin engineering design.

Through a series of hands-on design projects, supported by lectures, practical workshops and tutorials, you will experience the complete engineering design process—from researching a problem and generating ideas to developing, testing and evaluating engineering solutions. In doing this, you will strengthen your creativity, analytical thinking, technical communication and collaborative working skills while learning how engineers balance innovation, functionality and sustainability.

By the end of the module, you will have developed the confidence to tackle open-ended engineering problems, communicate your ideas effectively and work successfully as part of a design team, providing a strong foundation for the rest of your engineering degree and your future career.

Engineers design physical products, systems and processes. They think big with vision, research, analyse, create, refine and deliver solutions.

Engineering is a design discipline that is broad and holistic, while also focused and extremely precise. It utilises experimentation, creativity, analysis and the application of scientific principles to deliver sustainable solutions for people, our societies, cultures and environments. It requires engineers who have refined their skills through experience and demonstrate they can apply learning within a highly communicative, process-driven, teamworking environment.

This module introduces the theories and practical skills required for you to become a successful engineer. It includes a series of design projects, ranging in focus and scope, supported by lectures, practical workshops, design tutorials and presentations. You are encouraged to identify and build on your existing skills, competencies and interests, and shape and enhance your own learning – helping you to start to define your own career within the exciting world of engineering.

Successful engineers combine creativity with human-centred research, technical analysis and effective teamwork to create innovative, practical solutions that improve the world around us, ethically and sustainably. This module introduces you to the principles, processes and skills that underpin engineering design.

Through a series of hands-on design projects, supported by lectures, practical workshops and tutorials, you will experience the complete engineering design process—from researching a problem and generating ideas to developing, testing and evaluating engineering solutions. In doing this, you will strengthen your creativity, analytical thinking, technical communication and collaborative working skills while learning how engineers balance innovation, functionality and sustainability.

By the end of the module, you will have developed the confidence to tackle open-ended engineering problems, communicate your ideas effectively and work successfully as part of a design team, providing a strong foundation for the rest of your engineering degree and your future career.

At the heart of this interprofessional module is the belief that all health care students should not only share the same core values and skills that underpin their professional practice, but they should also have learning opportunities that enable them to learn with, and about, each other. This module is intended to provide a foundation on which the different programmes leading to professional registration can be built. The module seeks to contextualise health and social care by exploring its' origins, philosophy and priorities - including the promotion of good health as well as the management of ill-health. Health and social care has had a continued focus on client-centred practice for some years but, nonetheless, has experienced concerns about the extent to which service users may not always have been treated with dignity and respect. Therefore the module also seeks to explore ethical dimensions of care-giving to reinforce and instil respectful, reflective, professional practice - including the importance of safeguarding vulnerable people. Finally, the module will provide a set of skills to prepare students for their first exposure to practice placement.