In ENGAGE, students take all the first-year modules of the four-year degree programme in the same classes as the other students, but spread them out over a two-year period. In addition, for every 16-credit 100-level (first-year) module, students also take an eight-credit developmental/additional module.
In the first year of study, ENGAGE students take the basic/natural sciences modules that form the foundation of engineering, namely Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Computer engineering students take Mechanics instead of Chemistry. ENGAGE students also take Professional Orientation, which provides an introduction to technology and information technology, as well as developing students’ study skills and communication skills. All first-year students take a module in humanities and social sciences (HAS module).
In the second year, ENGAGE students take the introductory (100-level) engineering modules. For each engineering module, they also take a compulsory additional module. Second-year students also take one 200-level Mathematics module per semester. In the third year, students take the remaining 200-level modules, but since they have already taken two 200-level Mathematics modules, they have a slightly lighter load than the four-year programme students. ENGAGE students follow exactly the same programme as the four-year programme students for the last two years of their studies.
All the prescribed components of ENGAGE are compulsory. Attendance of all lectures and discussion classes in the modules is also compulsory.
Additional modules are given in parallel with the mainstream modules. For example, students take Additional Mathematics in parallel with Mathematics. Additional modules are not extra tutorials. They have their own curricula. The objectives of the additional modules are to help students acquire background knowledge they may have missed at school, develop conceptual understanding of key concepts in the discipline and acquire problem-solving skills.
Mainstream module |
Developmental module |
- | Professional Orientation JPO 110 and JPO 120 |
Calculus WTW 158 | Additional Mathematics 1 JPO 116 |
Mathematics WTW 164 | Additional Mathematics 2 JPO 126 |
Physics FSK 116 or FSK 176 | Additional Physics JPO 152 or JPO 122 |
Chemistry CHM 171 or CHM 1721 | Additional Chemistry JPO 111 or JPO 1611 |
Mechanics SWK 1222 | Additional Mechanics JPO 1252 |
Humanities and social Sciences HAS 110 and HAS 120 | - |
Mainstream module |
Developmental module |
Graphical communication MGC 1101 | Additional Graphical communication JPO 1131 |
Electricity and electronics EBN 111 | Additional Electricity and electronics JPO 112 |
Imperative programming COS 1322 | Additional Programming JPO 1142 |
Material science NMC 1233 | Additional Material science JPO 1233 |
Mechanics SWK 1221 | Additional Mechanics JPO 1251 |
General chemistry CHM 1814 | Additional Chemistry JPO 1214 |
Program design: Introduction COS 1102 | Additional Programming 2 JPO 1242 |
Calculus WTW 258 | - |
Numerical methods WTW 263 | - |
Chemical engineering CIR 1134 and CIR 1234 | - |
Introduction to mining PMY 1215 | - |
No Developmental modules - see the Yearbook for the relevant curricula.
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