2 and 3 cover some of the subjects but for one modual courses thats hardly alot taken away from the academic subjects. Bit like the language options on other engineering courses. You fill a whole year with those two moduals mean while the students at liverpool have also done.
•Aeroengines 1
•Dynamic Systems
•Communication Systems
•Design 3 and 4
•Engineering Mathematics II
•Engineering Structures A
•Instrumentation
•Avionic Systems
•Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Engineering with Programming
•Project Management
•Aircraft Performance B
Apart from which if you take and pass the ATPL's in second year they are going to be spent by the time you graduate. And I really can't see the students being able to bang in the approprate amount of study hours on top of doing there academic engineering degree to be able to qualifiy on the modular requirments for home study. And more to the point ATPL is never mentioned. Its more than acceptable for Aero students to have an exposure to commercial performance etc. I have done moduals in Nuclear reactors and Chemical reaction vessels still doesn't qualifiy me to press any buttons in the control rooms (personally I would include the light switches as well in a Nuke)
Why study Engineering at Imperial?
Our courses are designed in an integrated way to build up your engineering expertise step by step. We use a balance of theory and practice, with many team-based projects running alongside lectures. Our undergraduate courses are accredited by the relevant professional institutions and are therefore part of the formal educational requirements for professional practice as an engineer.
Seems a pretty clear cut statement to me.