Course Summary

A Higher National Certificate (HNC) is the perfect choice for those of you who have a clear idea of the industry in which your future career lies, and want a qualification that’ll give you access to higher-level study; or provide you with the option to top-up your qualification to degree-level at a later date. Our HNC in Electronics is specifically designed to provide you with a broad understanding of the theoretical knowledge, and technical skills, that you’ll need for a successful and rewarding career in the electronics industry. Covering everything from analytical methods and electronic principles, through to advanced CAD techniques and engineering software - and combined with our strong professional links with key electronics industry employers - this course could be the spark you need to bring your future to life. Available as both a full-time and part-time programme, the HNC in Electronics can be fitted around your existing work, study, or homelife commitments. You’ll study a number of modules that are essential to the electronics sector. These can either be studied in the same academic year for full-time students, or spread over two years for those studying part-time. The modules are designed to provide you with a firm base of understanding, to allow you to advance to higher-level study and qualifications, or progress directly to employment. The course modules you’ll study are: Analytical Methods: This module focuses upon the mathematical strategies and processes involved in solving a wide range of engineering problems, to enable you to: - Develop an appreciation of the need for accurate analysis of engineering problems - Improve your confidence and competence in the use of numerical and analytical techniques - Be motivated to use mathematics software packages for engineering solutions Electrical and Electronic Principles: This module provides an introduction to electrical and electronic theory, to enable you to: - Develop a good fundamental understanding of electrical and electronic principles - Gain an understanding of simple and complex waveforms - Analyse complex quantities and design methods Electronics: This module provides an introduction to electronic theory, to enable you to: - Develop a good fundamental understanding of analogue and digital electronic principles - Build on your knowledge by carrying out analysis of electronic circuits and devices - Mathematically model electronic circuits and investigate their performance Part-time learners will cover the following units in year two: Advanced CAD Techniques: This module develops both 2D and 3D modelling skills, and the use of computer simulation in support of engineering tasks, to enable you to: - Evaluate the differences between 2D drawing, wire-frame, surface and solid modelling techniques, and their relationship to the manufacturing process - Develop the skills necessary to produce models in the development of a design brief - Develop the skills necessary to produce visualisations Introduction to Engineering Software: This module allows you to use engineering software skills to solve real engineering problems, to enable you to: - Develop the skills necessary to create software solutions - Develop the skills necessary to present information in engineering formats Engineering Project IV: This module is an individual investigation of a routine problem in any of the engineering disciplines encountered in the programme. It represents a significant amount of work, in which you must be proactive in the managing of your own learning and finding the resources needed to find a solution to the task, which will normally relate to your place of work. The key aims of the engineering project are to ensure that you’ve developed the following: - An understanding of the inter-relationships in a range of engineering disciplines - An ability to integrate engineering topics within the context of a range of project tasks

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Student satisfaction : 93%

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