BTEC Level 3 National Foundation/Extended Diploma in Mechanical Engineering - part of WLIoT

This course is part of the West London Institute of Technolofy (WLIoT) and provides the additional benefit of an extended work placement.

The Extended Diploma course is equivalent in size to three A Levels. 15 units of which 7 are mandatory and 3 are external. All units must be passed to achieve the qualification.

Year 1 - Foundation Diploma
Mandatory units:

• Engineering Principles (External Examination)
  
• Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely as a Team (Internal Assessment)
  
• Engineering Product Design and Manufacture (External Assessment)
  
• Applied Commercial and Quality Principles in Engineering (Internal Assessment)
  
• Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems (Internal Assessment)
  
  Specialist Units:
  
• Electronic Devices and Circuits (Internal Assessment)
  
• Computer Aided Design in Engineering (Internal Assessment)
  
  
  Year 2 - Extended Diploma
  
  Mandatory units:
  
• A Specialist Engineering Project (Internal Assessment)
  
• Microcontroller Systems for Engineers (External Assessment)
  
  Specialist Units:
  
• Further Engineering Mathematics (Internal Assessment)
  
• Mechanical Behaviour of Non-metallic Materials (Internal Assessment)
  
• Static Mechanical Principles in Practice (Internal Assessment)
  
• Dynamic Mechanical Principles in Practice (Internal Assessment)
  
• Principles and Applications of Fluid Mechanics (Internal Assessment)
  
• Thermodynamics Principles and Practice