Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

307544 (v.2) The Origins of Systems Engineering 100


Area: School of Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The basis of engineering design. Early warship design. Figures of merit in warship design. Creating the design package. Sir Edward Reed and scientific ship design. The 1871 Committee of Designs. The admiralty design process. Designing warships 1870-1888.Pre-dreadnought warship design. HMS Dreadnought. Modern systems engineering.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 030701 Mechanical Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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