Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology - Engineering and Related Design
The Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering qualification prepares learners for careers in Mechanical Engineering. The purpose of the qualification is to build the necessary knowledge, understanding, abilities, and skills required for further learning towards becoming a competent practicing engineer.
The recognized purpose of the qualification is to provide learners with:
This is in line with the general purpose of a bachelor's degree according to the HEQSF; that is to strengthen and deepen the learner's knowledge in a particular discipline or profession.
Engineering is a discipline and profession that serves the needs of society and the economy. The qualification is designed to contribute to developing engineering competence. The qualification, with its broad fundamental base, is the starting point of a career path in one of many areas of engineering specialization through structured development and lifelong learning.
The broad base allows maximum flexibility and mobility for the holder to adjust to changing needs. Skills, knowledge, values, and attitudes reflected in the qualification are building blocks for the development of Candidate Engineers towards becoming competent Engineers to ultimately lead complex engineering activities and solve complex engineering problems.
The qualification will be in demand and will resonate with industry as the main economic activity in the region. Apart from that, the provision of many more qualified engineers in South Africa is a high priority for Government, and strong support for the qualification has been expressed by local manufacturing industries.
The industrial area around the Region has seen very substantial growth over the past decades and it has been devoid of a local university with an engineering faculty. Similarly, all of the learners who live in the area have had to travel long distances from home to study at other South African Universities.
The establishment of an Engineering Faculty will have a very positive impact on the local industry in supplying learners in engineering to the area. It will have a huge impact on the local schools and the learners in those schools who can look forward to studying engineering at an institution much closer to their homes.
It will also be the first full engineering faculty in a historically disadvantaged university in South Africa offering Bachelor of Engineering Degrees. The qualification fulfills the educational requirement towards registration as a professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa as well as allowing learners to make careers in engineering and related fields.
Also, learners with an appropriate level of achievement in the qualification will be able to proceed to postgraduate studies in both course-based and research Master's qualifications.
Learners will be informed specifically on how each learning objective will be assessed, what constitutes satisfactory performance, and the consequences of not meeting the learning objective.
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