Faculty of Engineering

Faculty Board

Subject: Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching)

The Board is invited to ratify actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) in:

· Approving a waiver of regulations for the 2006-07 academic year to allow Part D Systems Engineering students to take up to 30 credits of Part C broadening modules in that year. Current regulations preventing students from taking more than 20 credits of optional modules in Part C have caused problems. MEng regulations were written so that modules from the Departments of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Human Sciences and from IPTME are taken in Part B, but these modules are suitable as pre-requisites for only a small number of Part C modules in those Departments. Part D students have found that they are effectively prevented from taking Part D modules in other Departments (where they exist) because of their lack of suitable pre-requisites. PDQ is considering the broader issue.

Approving a waiver of 5 credits for an EngD student who chose modules relevant to her area of research, one of which was from a department where all the module credits are 15. CICE has now prevented students taking combinations of modules that do not total the required number of credits.

Approving a waiver of 5 credits for an EngD student whose company had planned for him to complete his taught element within 18 months. This led to his selecting a module that had 15 credits, taking him over 180. The waiver will enable him to obtain his MSc.

Approving a wavier of regulations to enable a fourth year EngD student to progress onto the research part of the programme. The student has satisfied the requirements for, and been awarded, an MSc for the taught element, but is short by 5% on 10 credits for the full 180 credits required for progression onto the research element.

Author - Marie Kennedy

Date - October 2006