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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module ENGI4073: CIVIL ENGINEERING 4G

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI4073: CIVIL ENGINEERING 4G

Type Tied Level 4 Credits 60 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to H100

Prerequisites

  • Engineering 3F (ENGI3152) AND Engineering 3G (ENGI3182) PLUS Engineering Applications 3B (ENGI3032), OR M.Eng Overseas Year 3.

Corequisites

  • M.Eng. Research and Development Project (ENGI4093)

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • Eng. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F (ENGI4013, ENGI4023, ENGI4033, ENGI4043, ENGI4053, ENGI4063).

Aims

  • This module is to provide the taught element for the final year Meng stream in Civil Engineering.
  • The module will provide graduates with advanced knowledge and understanding appropriate to a career in Civil Engineering including aspects of geotechnical, structural and environmental engineering.
  • This module is complemented by the 60 credit Meng research and development project module, where the final year MEng student has the opportunity to apply the material taught in this module in a large scale project.

Content

  • This module comprises: CORE units - Geotechnical Engineering, Structures, Stress Analysis, Hydrology and the Environment.
  • This stream satisfies the academic requirements of the Institution of Civil Engineers, provided that an honours degree is achieved.
  • Syllabus includes: Site investigation, dams, Roads, Finite Element Applications, Plastic Analysis of Frames and Yield Lines in Slabs, Civil Engineering Materials, Prestressed Concrete Design, Surface Water Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Environmental Engineering, Contract Law, Safety, Surveying Field Course.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • Mathematics relevant to engineering
  • An in-depth knowledge and understanding of a students chosen area of specialisation
  • The role and responsibility of a professional engineer within the context of the ethical and environmental structure in which they practice
Subject-specific Skills:
  • to use computational tools and packages
Key Skills:
  • capacity for self-learning in familiar and unfamiliar situations
  • numerical skills appropriate to an engineer

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Teaching by lectures, seminars and tutorials, with written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of in-depth material covered in this module, the majority of which is oriented to problem solving in the areas covered.
  • Also, this module is complemented by an equally weighted research and development project which is examined by continuous assessment, final report and oral examination.
  • All lecture courses are assessed by written examination which, for some courses may be supplemented by a fieldwork assignment.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 114 6 per week 1 Hour 114
Seminars 6 Over 3 weeks in Easter term 1 Hour 6
Tutorials 40 2 per week up to 1 hour 40
Preparation and Reading 440
Total 600

Summative Assessment

Component: Examinations Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
written examination 3 hours 33.34%
written examination plus fieldwork 3 hours 33.33%
written examination 1 2 hours 16.67%
written examination 2 2 hours 16.66%

Formative Assessment:

None

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University