Mechatronics Double Award

Course summary

Students will study eight mandatory units and AQA have worked with employers and professional bodies to ensure this course covers all the knowledge and skills needed for a student to fully understand the interface between mechanical and electronic engineering within a modern engineering context. Students will cover topics such as: • Scientific principals used by engineers to identify the most suitable materials • Engineering context • Using maths as an aid to model and solve problems across a range of practical engineering contexts • Mechanical engineering systems and components • Design and construction of a mechatronic control system • Engineering design process • The role and relevance that manufacturing processes and systems have in the production of multiple components • Designing programs to drive engineering systems Unit Breakdown • Students who take double design engineering will study 8 units: • Unit 1 – Materials technology and science • Unit 2 – Mechanical systems • Unit 3 – Mathematics for engineers • Unit 4 – Engineering design • Unit 5 – Production and manufacturing • Unit 6 – Mechatronics project management • Unit 7 – Mechatronic control systems • Unit 8 – Programming for engineers