Level 3 Engineering - Materials
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr C. Yearbury.
Learning Activities: Students will design and construct an engineering product or a material product based on structures, materials and mechanisms in a given context. Students will also develop an understanding of professional codes of practice. This course provides the opportunity for students to work towards scholarship.
Key skills students will develop are the ability to think critically, analyse existing outcomes for fitness for purpose, critique design ideas, and communicate their designs verbally and visually.
Who would be interested in this course?
Students with an interest in Engineering. Having Level 1 literacy is recommended.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 16 credits.
External
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.