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HNC Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- One day per week (days may vary by location)
- 2 years
- Enrolment date: September
- Admission enquiries: 01642 738800
- E: sse-admissions@tees.ac.uk
This is an award of Teesside University delivered in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education (01429 295000), Middlesbrough College (01642 333700) and Redcar & Cleveland College (01642 473132). Modules displayed are indicative and may change at different partner colleges.
The Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Instrumentation and Control Engineering provides you with a programme of study over a range of disciplines to help you develop skills to progress your career through employment or further education at degree level.
The course is designed for learners who wish to work as technicians/technician engineers in instrumentation and control engineering design, manufacture, maintenance, testing or fault finding or the communications industries. It has been developed in consultation with local industry, and combines theory and practical work with the focus being on industrial applications.
What you study
You study eight units chosen to cover the range of needs of local and national industries and business.
The course is delivered using a combination of practical sessions, lectures and tutorials. You are required to complement your college-based learning with self study.
How you learn
The course is delivered using a combination of practical sessions, lectures and tutorials. You are required to complement your college-based learning with self study.
How you are assessed
Assessment is by a range of integrated assignments, case studies, projects and tests which are planned throughout the year.
Career opportunities
Students who complete this course can progress to a foundation degree in engineering or go directly into the second year of an appropriate degree at the University.
An HNC award opens up the possibility of a career in a wide range of engineering disciplines, including design, manufacturing, project management and IT.
The qualification provides you with the opportunity to seek career development into senior positions in national and international companies.
Entry requirements
You're expected to have a BTEC National Certificate in a similar or related discipline or GCSE A level qualifications in maths or science. We will consider relevant engineering experience.
For additional information please see the undergraduate and postgraduate entry requirements in our admissions section
For additional information please see the undergraduate and postgraduate entry requirements in our admissions section
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Modules
Core modules
- Analytical Methods for Engineers
- Engineering Science
- Instrumentation and Control Principles
- Project Engineering
plus twelve specialist modules
- Advanced Mathematics for Engineers
- Business Improvement Techniques
- Business Management Techniques
- Combinational and Sequential Logic
- Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis
- Control Systems and Automation
- Digital and Analogue Devices and Circuits
- Distributed Control Systems
- Electronics
- Engineering Design
- Fluid Mechanics
- Heavy Current Applications
- Measurement and Testing
- Microprocessor Systems
- Operational Amplifiers
- Optical Fibre Communications
- Plant and Process Principles
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Project Management
Modules offered may vary.
