Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Technical Design and Technology

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

3 Years

180 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

This programme is true to the nature of technology as it relates significantly with areas such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art to name but a few. It also creates new combinations and boundaries of such technologically related domains. Within this course you will learn study-units that are intended to enable technological capability; that is to 'do' technology as opposed to just learning about it. However, there are other study-units which are then targeted towards developing a reflective perspective on technology and its interaction with the human being, that is, how technology may be used or misused, learnt and taught.

The components you will be taught about are categorized in the following headings:

Engineering Sciences and Visual Communication conceptual knowledge 譅Resistant materials, Electrical and Electronic Systems and Control and, Graphics
Technological procedural knowledge
Design principles and processes
Mathematics
Field visits
Technology studies

This programme is true to the nature of technology because although it relates significantly with areas such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art to name but a few, it also creates new combinations and boundaries of such technologically related domains. Within this course there are study-units that are intended to enable technological capability that is to 'do' technology as opposed to just learning about it. However, there are other study-units which are then targeted towards developing a reflective perspective on technology and its interaction with the human being, that is, how technology may be used or misused, learnt and taught.
The components making up this course can be categorized under the following headings:

Engineering Sciences and Visual Communication conceptual knowledge 譅Resistant materials, Electrical and Electronic Systems and Control and, Graphics.: This category provides the main space and time for developing knowledge about manufacturing processes, processes that control a technological function, and processes that are highly dependent on competency in a visual language rather than only a verbal or symbolic one.
Technological procedural knowledge (laboratory/workshop practice): This category provides the time and resources to support the engineering sciences mentioned in point 1. This category, together with the design category in point 3, provides the main channel for "doing technology".
Design principles and processes (conceptual and procedural knowledge): This category provides the main space for developing designerly ways of knowing and doing. It is one cross-curricular theme which will link most of the work done under categories mentioned in points 1 and 2.
Mathematics: This is another cross curricular theme which will link most of the work done under categories mentioned in points 1, 2 and 3.
Field visits: This category provides the space and time for industrial experiences or participation in community experiences which involve technology education, for example a yearly Design and Technology Expo for schools, a robotics competition, a roaming technology popularization team etc.
Technology studies: This provides the main space for reflective thought about technology and its possible social, political, cultural, environmental impact and how such issues may be permeated within a curriculum for school students, for the general public or other target audiences. The content of the course is based on the National Minimum Curriculum subjects of Design and Technology, Graphical Communication and vocational Engineering Technology.

Communication and Academic Skills Programme

The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.

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An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in any subject.

Admission to this course is also open to applicants in possession of:

Either:

five passes at grade 5 or better in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination, including English Language and Maltese, and
the Advanced Technicians Diploma of the City and Guilds of London Institute, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering Level 5, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in Electronic Engineering Level 5, or the MCAST-BTEC Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Level 5, or a qualification considered equivalent by the University Admissions Board on the recommendation of the Board.

Or:

five passes at Grade 5 or better in the Secondary Education Certificate Examination, including English Language and Maltese and
an MCAST Advanced Diploma Level 4 of one of the following Institutes:

Institute of Engineering and Transport,
Institute for the Creative Arts,
Institute of 福利在线免费 and Communication Technology,
Institute of Applied Sciences.

Applicants in possession of the Diploma in Design Foundation Studies or the Certificate in Foundation Studies in Engineering and ICT awarded by the University of Malta may also be considered.

Applicants considered in terms of paragraph (c) of regulation 6 of the Admissions Regulations must be in possession of those qualifications and/or experience that would satisfy the Faculty Admissions Committee that they have reached the academic standard required to follow the Course with profit. The eligibility of such applicants shall be decided by the University Admissions Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Admissions Committee, following an interview conducted by an interviewing board appointed for the purpose.

Applicants with other qualifications considered to be sufficient may be exempted by the University Admissions Board, on the advice of the Faculty Admissions Committee, from the whole or part of these special course requirements.

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Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

TET1001	Applied Electrical and Electronics for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1002	Applied Resistant Materials for Technology 1	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1014	Introduction to Iconic Programming	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

TET1000	Safety Issues and Practices for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1003	Foundations of Electrical Theories for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1004	Introduction to Solid State Devices and Circuits for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1005	Wood Studies for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1006	Metal Studies for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1007	Graphic Design and Communication	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1016	Algebra and Trigonometry for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

TET1009	Transducer Circuits	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1010	Polymer Studies for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1011	Textile Studies for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1012	Graphical Communication Techniques	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET1015	Calculus for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)

Requirement for regular progression to Year 2: 60 ECTS credits.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

TET2001	Manufacturing Processes for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2002	Prototype Design and Manufacture for Technology	2 ECTS	(NC)
TET2003	Field Visits - Graphic Industries	2 ECTS
TET2015	Design Science: Theory, Processes and Methods	6 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CGS2000	Cognitive Psychology for Design and Technology	4 ECTS
ESE2105	Foundations of Digital Electronics for Technology	5 ECTS	(NC)
TET2006	Mechanical Structures for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2007	Technical Graphics and Design 1	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2008	Analytic Geometry for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2018	Web Based Software Development	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CLS2401	Ergonomics and Design	4 ECTS	(NC)
EER2507	Developing Environmental Responsibility through Design and Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2010	Mechanisims for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET2014	Introduction to Coding for Microcontroller-based Systems	5 ECTS	(NC)
TET2016	Visual Literacy for Technology	4 ECTS

Requirement for regular progression to Year 3: 60 ECTS credits.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

TET3001	Applied Resistant Materials for Technology 2	2 ECTS	(NC)
TET3002	Field Visits - Electrical and Electronics Industries	2 ECTS
TET3003	Field Visits - Materials and Mechanical Industries	2 ECTS
TET3004	Design and Manufacture Project	12 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

EDS3304	Technology Education for Democratic Citizenship	4 ECTS	(NC)
MME3215	Advanced Materials for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET3006	Technical Graphics and Design 2	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET3007	Design and Aesthetics of the Built Environment	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET3008	Statistics for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)
TET3009	Technology, Society and Entrepreneurship	4 ECTS
TET3013	Inventors, Inventions and the Process of Inventing	4 ECTS
TET3014	Electrical Waveform Design for Technology	4 ECTS	(NC)


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

SCE3206	Control Systems Fundamentals	4 ECTS
TET3011	Management of Product Manufacturing Industries	2 ECTS
TET3012	The Epistemology and Learning of Technological Knowledge	4 ECTS	(NC)
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Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits.Requirement for the award of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Technical Design and Technology: 180 ECTS credits.

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Technical Design and Technology - B.Sc. (Hons) TDT - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Develop a values-based philosophy for technology education both as a learner, and also as a communicator or facilitator of technological knowledge.
Draw on transferable conceptual and procedural skills within the domain of technology to solve real-world problems.
Develop powerful cognitive frameworks which are based on relationships between technological content matter and human interaction with technological products.
Develop a perspective that design and technology is a major human achievement and therefore is relevant to modern everyday life.
Evaluate the impact of technology on society from different perspectives, for example, environmental, economic, cultural, emotional, social, technical, aesthetic etc and participate in discourses about technological issues as an informed citizen in a democratic society.
Communicate technological knowledge in a variety of ways and help others become technologically literate, competent, creative and enterprising.

Develop a values-based philosophy for technology education both as a learner, and also as a communicator or facilitator of technological knowledge.
Give a wide perspective of the definition of technological knowledge by integrating multiple disciplines of technological conceptual and procedural knowledge.
Draw on transferable conceptual and procedural skills within the domain of technology to solve real-world problems.
Develop powerful cognitive frameworks which are based on relationships between technological content matter and human interaction with technological products.
Develop a perspective that design and technology is a major human achievement and therefore is relevant to modern everyday life.
Evaluate the impact of technology on society from different perspectives, for example, environmental, economic, cultural, emotional, social, technical, aesthetic etc and participate in discourses about technological issues as an informed citizen in a democratic society.
Communicate technological knowledge in a variety of ways and help others become technologically literate, competent, creative and enterprising.
Act as an ambassador for technological knowledge and its related professions.

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Fee per academic year: Eur 8,500

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As a graduate in Technical Design and Technology, your liberal study of technology and hands-on skills about the domains of technological design, manufacturing processes, graphical communication, engineering drawing, materials and mechanical structures, will make you employable within sectors that include: entrepreneurship and self-employment, design, education, product design industry, research including educational research, public relations, graphic design industry, manufacturing industry, furniture industry, building services, government agencies, industry representatives, corporate communications, advertising, media, administration, management, business and marketing.

Apart from encouraging enterprising job initiatives, this degree is the ideal springboard for employment within professions that communicate technology such as the Masters in Teaching and Learning postgraduate degree in Education.

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