Program Overview

Course Description

The FdSc Concrete Technology programme is designed to enable agile delivery of teaching and learning activities, utilizing a blended distance learning model that combines online learning material with face-to-face sessions. The programme develops a strategic, holistic, and integrated perspective of operations, finance, and commercial management of the Mineral Products sector.

Key Characteristics

• The programme is designed to enable agile delivery of the teaching and learning activities.
• Delivery of face-to-face teaching is undertaken at the Enterprise Centre, which provides a more corporate environment.
• The programme develops a strategic, holistic, and integrated perspective of operations, finance, and commercial management of the Mineral Products sector.
• Assessment strategies allow direct application of knowledge learned, which is directly related to the workplace.

Programme Opportunities

• Equips learners for shortfall in international, national, and local development needs.
• Develops the learner's knowledge and understanding of the Mineral Products sector and the context in which they operate, including global and environmental influences.
• Prepares individuals to be operationally effective in management positions in the Mineral Products industry.
• Enables a learner to develop their intellectual breadth and be able to make integrative links across the various areas of their organisations.
• Develops knowledge and skills to enable a leader/manager to be responsive to change.
• Increases capacity to learn, both on the programme and as independent lifelong learners following completion of the programme.
• To act as a role model, with responsibility for those in senior positions.
• Provides an academically rigorous and challenging programme of study aligned with the QAA Qualification Framework enhancing critical and reflective practice.
• Provides flexible learning opportunities in a diverse environment that widens participation.

Structure, Certificates, and Assessment

Year One

• Engineering & Mathematics: Develops an understanding of the principles and concepts of basic mechanics and introduces the basic theories and concepts of electricity, electrical circuits, electrical measurement, magnetism, and electromagnetic induction.
• Industry Introduction: Provides the learner with an underpinning knowledge and understanding of the Mineral Products Industry.
• Industry & the Environment: Develops knowledge in the field of geology that is beneficial to the safe and effective operation of mineral extraction and construction sites.
• Learning, Thinking & Study Skills in Higher Education: Gives learners the opportunity to identify and reflect on their own strengths and weaknesses.

Year Two

• Engineering Principles & Theory: Develops an understanding of the theory and principles of mechanics and their application within the sector.
• Construction Products Technology: Develops knowledge of the technology, EN standards, specifications, and other requirements that apply to construction products.
• Business & Operational Management: Develops the operational, business, and financial knowledge and skills necessary to achieve the effective management of a mineral products facility.
• Concrete Constituents & Types: Develops an ability to evaluate the influence of different aggregates, cementitious materials, and admixtures on the characteristics of fresh and hardened concrete.

Year Three

• Production Facility Engineering: Develops an awareness of the need for lubrication, bearings, and an understanding of the principles and concepts associated with hydraulic systems.
• Concrete in Construction: Develops an understanding of reinforced and prestressed concrete, including its use in concrete slabs, floors, and external paving.
• Durable Concrete Structures: Provides an understanding of the factors that influence the long-term durability of concrete used in structures.
• Mineral Products Workbased Project: Brings together the learner's knowledge of the industry gained from the programme and asks them to offer a detailed discussion of a problematic area.

How You Will Learn

The programme is influenced by the principles of work-based learning, using a flexible range of teaching and learning methodologies relevant to particular groups or practices.

Entry Requirements

• Learners are employed or have affiliation with an employer.
• Learners will have been nominated to attend following a review/discussion with their line manager and/or recruitment manager.
• Learners will have been identified by the organisation as being able to succeed on the programme.
• Learners can demonstrate English language capability to that of GCSE English Language, IELTS 6.0 or its equivalent as a prerequisite of enrolment on the programme.

Fees and Funding

UK and EU Students

• Year 1: £2,575
• Year 2: £3,165
• Year 3: £3,910

International Students

• Year 1: £3,165
• Year 2: £4,025
• Year 3: £4,880

How to Apply

Students should apply directly to the University.