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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FOURAH BAY COLLEGE

Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng).
The minimum of requirements for admission to study for the degree of Bachelor or Engineering are those stated under the section headed "Matriculation and degree-structure" in an earlier section.
Course entry requirements - Of the subjects which are counted towards a candidate's qualification for matriculation, GCE `O' level credit 5 (or the equivalent) in Chemistry is also desirable.
For exemption from the Preliminary Year course of study and examination the two G.C.E. `Advanced' level (or equivalent) Passes should normally be in Mathematics and Physics, although applicants who have passed in only one of these subjects may also be considered.

Scheme of Study and Examination

Introduction:

Courses are offered in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. In the Preliminary and Intermediate Years all students pursue the same courses, but specialisation
in the chosen branch of Engineering starts in the Qualifying Year.
The Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, of the United Kingdom recognised the first graduates (in 1967) in Civil,
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering respectively as being exempt from the Institutions professional examinations. Such recognition should continue being subject to certain conditions, mainly concerned with satisfactory `External Examiners' reports.

PRELIMINARY YEAR
Chemistry, Mathematics I, Applied mathematics and Physics, (See under FPAS, Preliminary Year), Descriptive Engineering, Engineering Drawing I, Workshop technology.

INTERMEDIATE YEAR
Students entering at this level with insufficient Engineering Drawing and Workshop Technology background are required to take these courses at the Preliminary Year.
Applied Electricity
Engineering Drawing II
Thermo-Fluids I
Materials and Structures
Mathematics II
Applied Mathematics
Applied Mechanics I
Electronic Engineering

QUALIFYING YEAR
Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Maintenance Engineering Options.

HONOURS SCHOOL

1. A candidate may only enter the Honours School or Civil, Electrical, Mechanical or Maintenance Engineering as determined by the specialization followed in the qualifying year.
2. Examinations will be held in two parts, at the end of the Honours I Year and at the end of the Honours II year respectively. The examinations will consist of a total of ten theory papers.
Candidates are also required to submit a report on an approved design or experimental project. This report, and laboratory work, will also be taken into consideration in deciding the final results.
3. Students continue with their previously chosen option of Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Individual courses named in the following sections normally extend over the year of
study. Supporting practical work is provided in all the appropriate cases. All students are required to prepare a report on a design or laboratory work.

THE DEPARTMENTS

CIVIL DEPARTMENT

The department is actively engaged in research work on Low-cost Housing Materials, timber structures, soils mechanics, public health engineering, transportation engineering etc,
and suitably qualified student can register for the degree of M.Eng or Ph.D.
B.ENG. (CIVIL) & B.ENG (CIVIL WITH MINING)
CE 201 MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
CE 301 THEORY AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES I
CE 302 CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND GEOLOGY
CE 303 SURVEYING I AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
CE 304 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND METALLURGY
CE 401 THEORY AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES II
CE 402 SOIL MECHANICS
CE 403 SURVEYING II
CE 404 HYDROLOGY
CE 405 ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY
CE 406 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
CE 407 MINING PROCESSING
CE 408 MINING GEOLOGY
CE 409 MINING ENGINEERING METHODS
CE 501 THEORY AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES III
CE 502 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
CE 503 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
CE 505 *CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
CE 506 *TOWN PLANNING
CE 508 MINING ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PLANNING
CE 509 MINE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CE 510 GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING AND PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
CE 511 MANAGEMENT OF MINING PROJECTS
CE 401 ENGINEER-IN-SOCIETY
Optional Subjects. Their choice is subject to the availability of staff and the approval of the Head of Department.

MECHANICAL AND MAINTENANCE

MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

COURSES OFFERED

QUALIFYING YEAR
ME 301 Machine Design and Drawing
ME 302 Applied Mechanics II
TE 301 Fluid Flow and Thermodynamics II
TE 302 Maintenance Workshop Practice
TE 303 Industrial Engineering
TE 304 Plants, Components and Systems
M 301 Mathematics III
HONOURS I
ME 401 Mechanics of Solids I
ME 402 Mechanics of Machines I
ME 405 Design Engineering
ME 407 Engineer-in-Society (½ subject)
TE 401 Maintenance Procedure and Organisation I
TE 402 Statistics and Operations Research (½ subject)
TE 403 Industry-based Project
HONOURS II
ME 501 Materials Science (½)
TE 501 Maintenance Procedure and Organisation II
TE 502 Quality Control and Reliability Engineering
TE 503 Instrumentation (½)
TE 504 Engineering Management
TE 505 Project

DIPLOMA IN TEROTECHNOLOGY
PRELIMINARY YEAR
As for other departments in the Faculty.
INTERMEDIATE YEAR
M 201 Mathematics II
EE 201 Applied Electricity
ME 201 Engineering Drawing II
ME 202 Applied Mechanics I
TE 201 Fluid Flow and Thermodynamics I
TE 202 Advanced Workshop Technology
TE 203 Manufacturing Processes
FINAL DIPLOMA
ME 301 Machine Design and Drawing
ME 302 Applied Mechanics II
TE 304 Plant, Components and Systems
TE 302 Maintenance Workshop Practice
TE 305 Project (½ subject)
ME 401 Engineer-in-Society (½ subject)
TE 303 Industrial Engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSES OFFERED

The undergraduate programme follows a similar pattern as for the other departments; the courses in the Preliminary and Intermediate Years are identical.
QUALIFYING YEAR
ME 301 Machine Design and Drawing
ME 302 Applied Mechanics II
ME 303 Engineering Thermodynamics II
ME 304 Mechanics of Fluids II
ME 305 Energy Studies
HONOURS I
ME 401 Mechanics of Solid I
ME 402 Mechanics of Machines I
ME 403 Engineering Thermodynamics III
ME 404 Mechanics of Fluids III
ME 405 Design Engineering
ME 406 Industrial Economics and Management
CE 405 Engineer-in-Society
HONOURS II
ME 501 Materials Science
ME 502 Mechanics of Machines II
ME 503 Engineering Thermodynamics IV
ME 504 Project
Optional Subjects
(One from the following)
ME 508 Control Theory
ME 509 Advanced Heat Transfer
ME 510 Chemical Engineering
ME 511 Production Engineering
Details on the above are available from the department

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Entry Requirements
A common faculty entry requirement obtains in all the departments as entry into the various departments is only after the Intermediate Year, after a screening process by the faculty.

COURSES OFFERED

Course Structure

PRELIMINARY AND INTERMEDIATE YEARS
The department contributes one third of a course titled Descriptive Engineering at the Preliminary and two full courses,
Applied Electricity I and Electronic Engineering out of six Faculty courses, at the Intermediate Year.
QUALIFYING YEAR
EE 301 Applied Electricity II
EE 302 Energy Conversion (½ subject)
EE 303 Circuits and fields
EE 304 Microcomputer Engineering
EE 305 Electronics
ME 303 Engineering Thermodynamics II (½ subject)
ME 301 Mathematics III

HONOURS I
EE 401 Control
EE 402 Energy Conversion
EE 403 Communications
FE 404 Digital Systems
FE 401 Engineer - in - Society (½ subject)
ME 406 Industrial Economics and Management (½ subject)
ME 405 Data Processing and Signal Analysis

HONOURS II
Core Subjects
Electronics and Power Options
EE 501 A Control Systems (½ subject)
EE 502 A Power Systems (½ subject)
EE 503 A Communications (½ subject)
EE 504 A Digital Systems (½ subject)
EE 505 A Project
Power Option
EE 501 B Electrical Machines (½ subject)
EE 502 B Power Systems (½ subject)
EE 503 B Industrial Electronics (½ subject)
EE 504 B Digital Systems Design (½ subject)
Electronics Option
EE 501 C Computer Aided Design (½ subject)
EE 502 C Communications (½ subject)
EE 503 C Industrial Electronics (½ subject)
EE 504 C Digital Systems Design (½ subject)

Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department
Computer-related courses in this department are :
a) Microcomputer Engineering
b) Circuits and Fields
c) Electronics
d) CAD
e) Data Processing & Signal Analysis

a) Microcomputer Engineering
(see syllabus for course aims & full contents).
b) Circuits and Fields
Various techniques in circuit analysis and synthesis are treated.
After the theoretical consideration, it is expected that exercises in computer analysis and
simulation will be undertaken with some fundamental introduction to design
and analysis using computer programmes, either ready-made or written by students.

c) Electronics
This is a very important course in the department. Fundamentals will have been treated in
the first year under Electronic Engineering and Applied Electricity I.

It is now proposed that CAD packages in electronic design are introduced at this year under this course. The introduction of those topics and activities will address one of the criticisms levied
by external examiners of insufficient level of computing skills before the project execution both in the third and fourth years.
Invariably students are introduced to CAD only at the fourth year when projects are being given some of which require programming and CAD skills.

The learning period required for the successful execution of the project requirements, invariably reduces the time spent on the actual project implementation
with its obvious implications on the quality of projects submitted. Furthermore, students' appreciation of concepts in Electronics
and circuit theory will be significantly enhanced by exposure to CAD analysis which would also result in confidence building in these areas.

It is felt that the introduction and treatment of these topics at the second year will enable other advanced topics o be considered later on,
as well as more demanding projects given with great practical bias. The students should be more marketable on completion of their degree programme
and will also prove more informed and useful during the industrial attachment period after the third year. They would have appreciated the usefulness of computers as an
engineering tool in design and analysis, skills which would be transferred to industry when eventually employed.

d) CAD.
This course is usually treated at H2 or the fourth year. With the modifications proposed above, more detailed or advanced work would be covered in this year.
The aspect of manufacturing will also be investigated translating the schematic to pcb construction for final testing. A portfolio of exercises will now be required as course work,
being a significant component of the continuous assessment in the CAD programme.

e) Data Processing and Signal Analysis

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