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MENG Civil Engineering with a Modern Language (CIVU15)     ML

2021 - 2022

 
 

Year 1


units (100 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
CIV173  Engineering Sustainability AUT SEM 10 credits
FCE1001  Global Engineering Challenge Week AUT SEM 0 credits
MAT1600  Introduction to Structural Materials Engineering AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
CIV104  Principles of Hydraulics SPR SEM 10 credits
CIV150  Geotechnical Engineering 1 SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
CIV1000  Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanics 1 ACAD YR 20 credits
CIV1900  Civil Engineering Skills ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS151  Civil Engineering Mathematics ACAD YR 20 credits

1B

A student will take French, German, Spanish or Italian language units to the value of 20 credits. The Modern Languages Teaching Centre will assist the student in the selection of appropriate language units based on prior knowledge, language chosen and programme taken.


1C

A student will be expected to pass FCE1001 (Global Engineering Challenge Week) in order to proceed to Level 3. A student must pass this module in order to graduate.

Year 2


units (100 credits)
2A
A student will take

Semester 1
FCE2001  Engineering - You're Hired AUT SEM 0 credits
MAS252  Further Civil Engineering Mathematics and Computing AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
MAT2600  Materials for Structural Engineering SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
CIV2100  Structural Analysis I ACAD YR 20 credits
CIV2200  Structural Engineering Design and Appraisal ACAD YR 20 credits
CIV2300  Pipes and Open Channel Hydraulics ACAD YR 20 credits
CIV2500  Geotechnical Engineering 2 ACAD YR 20 credits

2B

A student will take language units to the value of 20 credits in the same language as that chosen at Level 1.


2C

At the discretion of the examiners, a student must pass units CIV2100, CIV2300, CIV2500 and MAT2600 to proceed to Level 3.


2D

A student will be expected to pass FCE2001 (Engineering - You're Hired) in order to proceed to Level 3. A student must pass this module in order to graduate.


2E

At the discretion of the examiners, a student must have been awarded a minimum of 100 credits at Level 2 and obtained a weighted mean grade of equal to or greater than 59.5 to proceed to Level 3.

A student who does not fulfill this criteria may be transferred onto either the MEng in Civil Engineering (CIVU16) if they have achieved a weighted mean grade of equal to or greater than 54.5 or the BEng in Civil Engineering (CIVU17) if their weighted mean grade is below this.

Year 3


units (100 credits)
3A
A student will take

Full academic year
CIV390  Study Year in Europe ACAD YR 100 credits

3B

A student will take MLT Year Abroad Project units to the value of 20 credits in the same language as that chosen at Level 1.

 


3C

Grades awarded in respect of units listed at Level 3 above will carry the same weight as grades awarded at Level 2.

Year 4


units (60 credits)
4A
A student will take

Semester 1
CIV485  Civil Engineering Research Proposal AUT SEM 5 credits

Semester 2
CIV4000  Individual Research Project SPR SEM 30 credits
CIV4210  Integrated Design Project - Concept Design Stage SPR SEM 25 credits

units (10 credits)
4B
A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
CIV4136  Computational Structural Analysis AUT SEM 10 credits
CIV4704  Groundwater Engineering AUT SEM 10 credits
AND

units (30 credits)
4C
A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
CIV4181  Structural Dynamics and Applications to Vibration Design AUT SEM 15 credits
CIV4300  Introduction to Solute Mixing AUT SEM 15 credits
CIV4501  Advanced Geotechnics AUT SEM 15 credits

4D

A student will take language units to the value of 20 credits in the same language as that chosen at Level 1.


4E

A student must pass CIV4000 (Individual Research Project) at the first attempt in order to be eligible for the award of the Degree of MEng in Civil Engineering with a Modern Language (CIVU15). A student who fails to satisfy this requirement may be awarded the Degree of BEng in Civil Engineering (CIVU17) but will be ineligible for the award of that Degree with Honours.

 

 
 
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Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2021/22 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.