BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

Course details

The programme covers the main civil engineering disciplines of Structures, Geotechnics, Water Engineering and Transportation Engineering, and provides students with the key analytical and practical skills and knowledge required to become chartered civil or structural engineers. After graduation, students are equipped to work for consultants, contractors or government at senior management level.

The core curriculum includes instruction in all main subject areas, concentrating on analysis and materials behaviour with an increasing focus on design and management in the specialisation years. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the personal development of students within a professional environment.

First year

Semester 1

Mechanics A

Civil Engineering Applications 1

Construction Technology 1

Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists 1

Semester 2

Mechanics B

Introduction to Materials

Introduction to Engineering Design

Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists 2

Students take part in site visits to a range of construction sites

Second year

Semester 1

Analysis of Determinate Structures

Hydraulics and Hydrology A

Surveying and Monitoring in the Built and Natural Environment

Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists 3

Semester 2

Civil Engineering Materials

Stress Analysis and Element Strength

Design Studies A - Problem Solving

Statistics for Science

Third year

Semester 1

Design of Steel Elements

Transportation Engineering A

Indeterminate Structures

Geology and Soil Properties

Semester 2

Hydraulics and Hydrology B

Geotechnics A - Introduction to Soil Mechanics

Design of Concrete Elements

Environmental Engineering A

Fourth year

Semester 1

Dissertation 1 Civil Engineering Discipline

Geotechnics B - Soil Strength

Transportation Engineering B

Structural Element Design

Semester 2

Dissertation 1 Civil Engineering Discipline

Civil Engineering Design Project

Foundation Engineering

Analysis of Indeterminate Structures