Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module ENGI3301: STRUCTURES AND SURVEYING

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI3301: STRUCTURES AND SURVEYING

Type	Tied	Level	3	Credits	20	Availability	Available in 2006/07	Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Tied to	H100
Tied to	H103

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, Civil Design, Design and Management for Civil Engineering, Applied Mechanics, OR, Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, BEng Civil Design, BEng Engineering project

Excluded Combination of Modules

Microelectronics, Software Engineering and Communications, Electronics, Control and Signal Processing, Engineering Design, Management and Manufacture, Electrical Engineering, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, BEng Mechanical Manufacture, BEng Electronic Manufacture, BEng Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Management and Electronic Manufacture

Aims

This module covers two important areas of knowledge and skills for civil engineers, analysis of structures and land surveying.
The module contains material essential for a practising professional civil engineer.

Content

Analysis of structures using paper and computational methods.
Land surveying for civil engineering.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Understanding of modern methods of structural analysis using computers.
Use of plasticity in structural analysis.
Understanding of the principles of land surveying, errors and adjustments.

Subject-specific Skills:

Ability to undertake computer and paper-based analyses of civil engineering structures.
Ability to carry out civil engineering surveying including booking, checking and preparation of plans.

Key Skills:

General ability to model, as required by a civil engineer.
Ability to assess quality of data from surveying and to recognise possible flaws in data.
Team work in undertaking the surveying practical course.

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

Courses in Structural Analysis and Surveying are covered in lectures, and are reinforced by problem sheets. Assessment is through written examination which enables each student to demonstrate an ability to analyse and solve new problems.
The course in Structural Analysis is supported by formative computing practicals.
Surveying is supported by a two-week intensive practical course which is summatively assessed by means of a report.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	32	1 or 2 per week term 1, 0 or 1 per week in term 2	1 hour	32
Structural Analysis Computing Practical	4	1 per week	1	4
Two-week intensive practical course for surveying	1	1 in term 3	2 weeks full time	64
Office Hours	8	0,1 or 2 per week	students sign up for appropriate time	4
Preparation and reading				96
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 80%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
examination	2 hours	100%
Component: Continuous Assessment		Component Weighting: 20%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Surveying Practical Course		100%

Formative Assessment:

Problem Sheets for lecture courses.

■ 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