22 April DATE OF APPROVAL: FACULTY/OFFICE: Academic Partnerships 2016 01 Sep DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION: SCHOOL/PARTNER: Cornwall College 2016 DATE(S) OF APPROVED CHANGE: TERM/SEMESTER: All Year SECTION B: DETAILS OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017 – 2018 NATIONAL COST CENTRE: 115 MODULE LEADER: Peter Thorpe OTHER MODULE STAFF: None SUMMARY of MODULE CONTENT Basic control systems, strategies, system dynamics Transfer function concepts Test signal, ‘s’ plane, step and transient responses, model estimation Closed loop systems PLC programming Sensor interfacing Analysis of system frequency response and stability. SUMMARY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING [Use HESA KIS definitions] Scheduled Activities Hours Comments/Additional Information Lectures 40 Core Material Practical Classes and Workshops 10 Practical classes using industrial controllers Students are expected to put in additional time Guided Independent Study 150 outside of taught sessions. (NB: 1 credit = 10 hours or learning; 10 credits = Total 200 100 hours, etc) to Weighting Name Category Element Component Component Comments objectives include links learning % E_ Written Total = 100% exam % T_ Total = 100% Formative Activity 0% Programming PLC systems Assignment 1 50% PLC ladder logic programme Coursework C1 Assignment 2 50% Technical report identifying Total = 100% appropriate control systems for a given application, to cover all ALOs % Practical P_ Total = 100% Updated by: Date: Approved by: Date: Dave John 19/01/16 HE Operations (Amanda Crowle) 04/08/16
DATE OF APPROVAL: 22 April 2016 FACULTY/OFFICE: Academic Partnerships DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION: 01 Sep 2016 SCHOOL/PARTNER: Cornwall College DATE(S) OF APPROVED CHANGE: TERM/SEMESTER: All Year SECTION B: DETAILS OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017 – 2018 NATIONAL COST CENTRE: 115 MODULE LEADER: Peter Thorpe OTHER MODULE STAFF: None SUMMARY of MODULE CONTENT Basic control systems, strategies, system dynamics Transfer function concepts Test signal, ‘s’ plane, step and transient responses, model estimation Closed loop systems PLC programming Sensor interfacing Analysis of system frequency response and stability. SUMMARY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING [Use HESA KIS definitions] Scheduled Activities Hours Comments/Additional Information Lectures 40 Core Material Practical Classes and Workshops 10 Practical classes using industrial controllers Guided Independent Study 150 Students are expected to put in additional time outside of taught sessions. Total 200 (NB: 1 credit = 10 hours or learning; 10 credits = 100 hours, etc) Category Element Component Name Component Weighting Comments include links to learning objectives Written exam E_ % Total = 100% T_ % Total = 100% Coursework C1 Formative Activity Assignment 1 Assignment 2 0% 50% 50% Total = 100% Programming PLC systems PLC ladder logic programme Technical report identifying appropriate control systems for a given application, to cover all ALOs Practical P_ % Total = 100% Updated by: Dave John Date: 19/01/16 Approved by: HE Operations (Amanda Crowle) Date: 04/08/16
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