FdEng Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course detail
This part-time course is ideal if you are already employed in the civil engineering industry. You study over two years, based on day release (one day per week). It is well recognised by employers and provides a variety of topics to offer a well-rounded understanding of structural design, highway and transport engineering, geology and fluid mechanics.

You will study all main subject areas, concentrating on analysis and materials behaviour, and focus increasingly on design and management in the specialisation years. Throughout, there is an emphasis on your personal development within a professional environment.

Modules

Year one (Level 4)
Health and Safety
Structural Mechanics
Civil Engineering Construction
Civil Engineering Practice
Construction Materials
Core Studies (Land Surveying and CAD for Civil Engineers)
Work-based Company Review
Mathematics for Civil Engineers
Year two (Level 5)
Fluid Mechanics
Design of Structural Elements
Highway Engineering
Work-based Project
Geology and Elements of Soil Mechanics
Design of Steel and Masonry Structures
Module summaries

Year one (Level 4)

In your first year, you will study mathematics and engineering fundamentals including mechanics, materials and design. These modules will form a solid foundation for development later in the degree, and are supported by individual and group project work.

Health and Safety
Here you will gain an understanding of the requirements of health and safety legislation, and its implementation for the civil and construction industries.

Structural Mechanics
This is an essential core subject in all civil and structural undergraduate study. This module helps you understand the fundamental principles governing the analysis of structures, by analysing the forces and stresses induced in the elements of structures in their state of equilibrium.

Civil Engineering Construction
In this module, you will gain a clear appreciation of the physical reality of civil and environmental engineering, helping you construct designs and proposals as efficiently and safely as possible.

Civil Engineering Practice
This module develops your awareness of the administrative aspects of civil engineering projects. It explains the basic principles of contract documents, tendering and other quasi-legal aspects of civil engineering.

Construction Materials
This module is an overview and study of the principal materials used in the construction industry. You will focus on the selection of the most appropriate materials - by studying the engineering performance characteristics, human comfort properties and sustainability considerations of those materials.

Core studies
This module helps you gain the fundamental professional and academic skills you will need to complete the course. It covers a range of topics, including academic report writing, research methodology, computer-aided design, surveying, and an introduction to the relevant professional bodies, such as the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).

Mathematics for Civil Engineers
This module provides a mathematical background for your undergraduate study of civil engineering.

Year two (Level 5)
During this year, you will take a range of modules within structural engineering, water engineering, transportation and geotechnical engineering. These cover both fundamental principles and practical applications. We place considerable emphasis on practical work, through laboratory classes, project work, surveying fieldwork, design projects and site visits.

Fluid Mechanics
The study of fluid mechanics goes back at least to the days of ancient Greece, when Archimedes investigated fluid statics and buoyancy, and formulated his famous law known now as the Archimedes' Principle.

Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids and the forces on them, and is an active field of research with many unsolved or partly solved problems.

Design of Structural Elements
This module extends your understanding of the concepts of structural mechanics to the design of structural elements in reinforced concrete. In doing this, you will develop an understanding of the relevant Eurocodes and their application in design.

Highway Engineering
Here you will study traffic control systems and analysis, and design and evaluate processes for roads and road junctions. You will also gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of highway engineering principles and practice.

Work-based Project
This is your opportunity to develop your research and analysis skills, while investigating your own company's organisation and project profiles. You will learn new subject-specific and generic skills, and develop them through an iterative process of use and reflection.

Geology and Elements of Soil Mechanics
This module gives you an appreciation of the significance and influence of past geological history on the formation and behaviour of soils. It also enhances your understanding of the engineering properties and behaviour of soil as an engineering material.

Design of Steel and Masonry Structures
In this module, you will extend your understanding of the concepts of structural mechanics to the design of steel and masonry structures. This will involve developing an understanding of the relevant Eurocodes and their application in design.