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From aircraft structures and medical implants to vehicles and renewable energy systems, engineers rely on numerical simulation to predict how complex structures will perform long before they are built. This module introduces the Finite Element Method (FEM), one of the most powerful and widely used engineering analysis tools, enabling you to investigate structural behaviour that cannot be solved using analytical methods alone.

You will develop an understanding of the theory behind finite element analysis and learn how engineers use commercial FEA software to predict deformation, stress, strain and vibration in engineering components and assemblies. Along the way, you will gain practical experience in creating simulation models, interpreting results and evaluating the assumptions and limitations that influence their accuracy. Emphasis is placed on developing the engineering judgement needed to distinguish between meaningful simulation results and misleading predictions.

By the end of the module, you will be able to build, analyse and critically evaluate finite element models with confidence, using industry-standard simulation tools to solve realistic structural engineering problems. These skills are highly valued across sectors including aerospace, automotive, energy, biomedical engineering and advanced product design.

From aircraft structures and medical implants to vehicles and renewable energy systems, engineers rely on numerical simulation to predict how complex structures will perform long before they are built. This module introduces the Finite Element Method (FEM), one of the most powerful and widely used engineering analysis tools, enabling you to investigate structural behaviour that cannot be solved using analytical methods alone.

You will develop an understanding of the theory behind finite element analysis and learn how engineers use commercial FEA software to predict deformation, stress, strain and vibration in engineering components and assemblies. Along the way, you will gain practical experience in creating simulation models, interpreting results and evaluating the assumptions and limitations that influence their accuracy. Emphasis is placed on developing the engineering judgement needed to distinguish between meaningful simulation results and misleading predictions.

By the end of the module, you will be able to build, analyse and critically evaluate finite element models with confidence, using industry-standard simulation tools to solve realistic structural engineering problems. These skills are highly valued across sectors including aerospace, automotive, energy, biomedical engineering and advanced product design.

The purpose of the module is to develop students’ ability to undertake field research in geography by practice-based learning on a fieldtrip and associated lectures.

The module will give practical experience of carrying out research to ensure practical skills and research experiences that will ready students for Year 2. The practical experience of undertaking group research project as part of a fieldcourse, as well as a range of research skills including design, methodology and data analysis, will be learnt.

The module is core for all first year geography programmes; activities in the field will be tailored to physical and human geography specialisations.

The purpose of the module is to develop students’ ability to undertake field research in geography by practice-based learning on a fieldtrip and associated lectures.

The module will give practical experience of carrying out research to ensure practical skills and research experiences that will ready students for Year 2. The practical experience of undertaking group research project as part of a fieldcourse, as well as a range of research skills including design, methodology and data analysis, will be learnt.

The module is core for all first year geography programmes; activities in the field will be tailored to physical and human geography specialisations.

The purpose of the module is to develop students’ ability to undertake field research in geography by practice-based learning on a fieldtrip and associated lectures.

The module will give practical experience of carrying out research to ensure practical skills and research experiences that will ready students for Year 2. The practical experience of undertaking group research project as part of a fieldcourse, as well as a range of research skills including design, methodology and data analysis, will be learnt.

The module is core for all first year geography programmes; activities in the field will be tailored to physical and human geography specialisations.

This module focuses on the exceptional diversity of forms and functions of fishes, how they evolved and how best to study them in the field and lab. Using a combination of lectures, laboratory exercises, and field trips, we will begin by exploring how geological and climatic events in Earth's history are associated with the evolution of major fish lineages. We will then shift focus to consider how fish interact with their habitats and evaluate different techniques we can apply to study the community composition and functional ecology of fishes. Students will leave this module with an appreciation of the extensive diversity of fishes and a knowledge of how their evolutionary history has shaped marine and aquatic ecosystems around the world.

This module focuses on the exceptional diversity of forms and functions of fishes, how they evolved and how best to study them in the field and lab. Using a combination of lectures, laboratory exercises, and field trips, we will begin by exploring how geological and climatic events in Earth's history are associated with the evolution of major fish lineages. We will then shift focus to consider how fish interact with their habitats and evaluate different techniques we can apply to study the community composition and functional ecology of fishes. Students will leave this module with an appreciation of the extensive diversity of fishes and a knowledge of how their evolutionary history has shaped marine and aquatic ecosystems around the world.