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COURSE PRO FORMA

IMPORTANT:
Contents of this Pro Forma shall not be changed without the Senate’s approval for items indicated with *. Changes
to the other items can be approved at the Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre level.

Academy/Faculty/Institute/Centre Engineering
Department Mechanical Engineering

Programme Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing)

Course Code* KCEP 1111
Course Title* Thermodynamics

Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Minimum None
Requirement(s)

Student Learning Time (SLT)* 120
Credit* 3

Course Learning Outcomes* At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Explain the process of energy transfer (from various forms of energy, heat
and work) for engineering systems using the first law of thermodynamics.
2. Evaluate engineering thermodynamics systems using the equation of energy
conservation

3. Analyze the second law of thermodynamics to cycles and cyclic devices.

Transferable Skills NONE

Synopsis of Course Contents Basic concept: System, model and law, heat and work transfer concept. First
Thermodynamics Law: State of simple substances, equation of state, energy as
work and heat, energy principle and energy conservation. Usage for non-steady
and steady flow process. Modes of heat transfer and the second law of Thermo-
dynamics Law: Entropy, reversible and irreversible process, entropy as a func-
tion of state, some consequences of the second law, engineering problem con-
sidering the entropy.

Learning Strategies (lecture, tutorial, Lecture, Laboratory, PBL
workshop, discussion, etc)
Assessment Weightage* Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%

Discussions in class
Methodologies for Feedback on Per- Returning graded assignments and tests
formance Final grades are announced

Refer to the University of Malaya (First Degree) Rules 2013 and the University
of Malaya (First Degree) Regulations 2013.
Criteria in Summative Assessment

UM-PT01-PK03-BR003(BI)-S04