Here's an interesting comparison:
Exhibit A, City's BEng in Aeronautical Engineering
Year one:
The first year provides a broad foundation in engineering concepts with a slant towards practical applications.
Core modules:
Basic engineering science
Design
Engineering laboratory
Manufacturing methods
Mathematics and computing.
Year two:
The second year puts increasing emphasis on aviation-related skills such as aircraft design.
Core modules:
Aeronautical design, including applied aerodynamics and aircraft structures
Engineering management
Mathematics, statistics and computing
Structures, materials, fluid dynamics, mechatronics and thermodynamics, all with engineering application
You will also take a course in flight testing. Industrial lectures, given by experts from the aerospace industry, are part of aeronautical design teaching.
Year three:
The course becomes more specialised with a choice of subjects. As well as the group design project mentored by industry experts, the individual project allows you to investigate a subject of particular interest. BEng students with good grades at the end of the third year may transfer to the MEng programme.
Options from:
Aerodynamics
Aircraft structures
Computational fluid dynamics
Flight dynamics
Gas turbine engineering
System reliability and safety.
Year four:
Year four (MEng only) provides a multidisciplinary view of engineering design and creativity and innovation in problem solving. You also have the opportunity to select a greater number of specialised subjects at Masters level as well as a foreign language module.
And Exhibit B, City's BSc in Air Transport Management with ATPL...
Year one:
Year one consists of a normal academic year at City University London.
Core modules:
Accounting and business finance
Aircraft design
Airline case study
Flight mechanics and aerodynamics
History of the airline industry
Management, leadership and marketing
Quantitative methods
Safety management
Year two:
Year two is spent at a CAArecognised flight training school and can lead to successful candidates being awarded a 'frozen' ATPL. The minimum requirement for the degree course is to take and pass 14 theoretical groundschool examinations for an ATPL.
Core modules:
Airframes and systems
Air law
Flight planning and flight monitoring
General navigation
Human performance and limitations
IFR communications
Instruments/electronics
Mass and balance
Meteorology
Operational procedures
Performance calculations
Principles of flight
Radio navigation
VFR communications
In addition, you may undertake flight training up to passing the Commercial Pilot's Licence with Instrument Rating. Alternatively, you can elect to take the flight training after completing the degree.
Year three:
The final year includes advanced modules, plus group as well as individual project work associated with the airline industry.
Core modules:
Avionics and IT
Business aviation operations
Group business project
Group design and technical project
Individual project. Plus two elective modules taken from:
Active safety management
Airline operations
Airports and ground handling
Air transport economics
Aviation psychology
Crisis management
Marketing
I can't see much wrong with their Aero-Eng BEng/MEng, but I can't see much science, much maths, or any lab work in the BSc.
G