Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module ENGI3381: DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

Department: ENGINEERING

ENGI3381: DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING

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

Tied to	H100

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Environmental Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structures and Surveying, Civil Design, Applied Mechanics

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 Engineering Project, BEng Mechanical Manufacture, BEng Electronic Manufacture, BEng Civil Design, BEng Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Management and Electronic Manufacture

Aims

To provide advanced coverage of management methods required for the strategic development of innovative engineering products and the management of engineering projects.
To introduce the principles of structural steelwork and reinforced concrete design.

Content

Management, Civil and Structural Design

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Learning to effectively integrate economic issues into the management of engineering design and operations.
Understanding of how various business situations can be effectively modelled mathematically using optimisation and stochastic techniques.
Understanding the relationship between technological management and economic growth.
Familiarisation with how to manage technology in the product development process.
Understanding of the issues involved in technology management and innovation.
Understanding issues involved in innovation, entrepreneurship and international competitiveness.
Understanding of the principles of structural elements in structural steelwork and reinforced concrete.

Subject-specific Skills:

The application of specialised engineering knowledge to the design process.
Ability to design structural elements in structural steelwork and reinforced concrete.

Key Skills:

Communicate effectively.
General problem solving skills that can be applied in a novel context.
Capacity for self-learning in familar and unfamiliar situations

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

The course in Management is covered in lectures leading to the aquisition of the appropriateed subject-specific skills and knowledge. Assessment is through written examination and a problem sheet, which enable each student to demonstrate subject knowledge and an ability to analyse and solve new problems.
The course in Civil and Structural Design is taught by lectures and assessed by a problem sheet based on the lecture course. This allows students to demonstrate subject knowledge and design skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	50	2 or 3 per week term 1, 2 or 3 per week term 2, 2 lectures term 3.	1 hour	50
Office Hours	8	0,1 or 2 per week	students sign up for appropriate time	4
Preparation and reading				146
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 40%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Management for Civil Engineering 3	1.5 hours	100%	none
Component: Continuous Assessment		Component Weighting: 60%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Management Problem Sheet		33%
Civil and Structural Design Exercise		66%

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