Civil Engineering BEng (Hons) DIS
Bachelor's degree
In Loughborough
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Loughborough
Overview
As a civil engineer, you can improve quality of life through (re)building or maintaining vital infrastructure. They also solve issues, including supplying energy and clean water to homes, processing and recycling waste, and pollution.
Our Civil Engineering degree can be studied with a placement year (over 4 years) or without (over 3 years). Completing a placement year successfully earns students an additional qualification (Diploma in Industrial Studies).
Students on the Civil Engineering BEng (Hons) degree may transfer to the Civil Engineering MEng (Hons) degree at the end of Year 2, subject to satisfactory performance at the MEng level. Our Civil Engineering courses also offer sponsorship, extensive laboratory facilities, several field courses away from the university, including surveying, geotechnics, water engineering, and outdoor management.
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Subjects
- GCSE Mathematics
- Construction Training
- Water Engineering
- Communication Training
- Engineering
- Industry
- Project
- University
- Materials
- Built Environment
- Construction
- Mechanics
- Mathematics
- Design
- Civil Engineering
- Surveying
Course programme
What you'll study
Our Civil Engineering degree is broadly based to cover the full range of subjects to allow you to work in any sector of the industry. There is significant flexibility in the programmes allowing you to swap between courses and study various options. The theory is all covered using real life problems to illustrate the subjects being used.
The information below reflects the currently intended course structure and module details. Updates may be made on an annual basis and revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year. Please see Terms and Conditions of Study for more information.
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Final year
Year one provides the building blocks for the understanding of Civil Engineering and for on going study at University. You will study a number of technical subjects to learn the basic principles of how materials, structures and fluids behave to enable you to use those properties in design later in the course. You will learn advanced matermatical skills to support these subject. You will also study general study skills and subject specific skills such as surveying and basic principles of design.
Semester 1 & 2
Engineering Materials Core
Engineering Materials
Principles of Design and Construction Core
Principles of Design and Construction
Structural Analysis and Mechanics 1 & 2 Core
Structural Analysis and Mechanics 1 & 2
Semester 1
Mathematics 1 Core
Mathematics 1
Development of Communication and Learning Skills Core
Development of Communication and Learning Skills
In this module you will develop and perfect the key skills of oral, written and electronic communication, develop a critical appreciation of sources and relevance of information, and to develop professional skills.
Fluid Mechanics Core
Fluid Mechanics
Semester 2
Surveying 1 Core
Surveying 1
Mathematics 2 Core
Mathematics 2
Integrated Sustainable Building Design Core
Integrated Sustainable Building Design
Year two of the course builds on year one to provide the main technical information to allow you to be able to evaluate and solve civil engineering problems. This year the subjects are more practically focused towards working in construction. You will learn how to apply design codes to design problems. How construction contacts revolve around money and people in terms of Law and health and safety. You will also continue with more technical subjects. Towards the end of the year you will undertake a two week field course to practice the surveying and geotechnical materials taught. At the end of year two students have the option to work in industry for a year and transfer between the MEng and BEng and vice-versa
Semester 1 & 2
Geotechnics 1 & 2 Core
Geotechnics 1 & 2
Structural Design Core
Structural Design
Surveying 2 Core
Surveying 2
Semester 1
Construction Contract Procedure Core
Construction Contract Procedure
Health & Safety Core
Health & Safety
Hydraulics Core
Hydraulics
Structural Analysis & Mechanics 3 Core
Structural Analysis & Mechanics 3
Semester 2
Construction Management Core
Construction Management
Field Courses Core
Field Courses
Mathematics 3 Core
Mathematics 3
In Year 3 the MEng and BEng course branch off. In year three of the BEng (your final year) you undertake a BEng focused large group design exercise based on a real project working with one of our industry partners. This integrates knowledge and skills from earlier study, and includes a 2 day outdoor teamwork field course. You will also undertake an individual research project working one to one with a member of academic staff on a specific topic. The subjects this year extend your base knowledge from years 1 and 2 to integrate your knowledge to solve real engineering problems, often working in teams. In year three there is an opportunity to choose options in subject areas of specific interest.
Semester 1 & 2
Research Dissertation Core
Research Dissertation
Design Project Core
Design Project
Semester 1
Structural Analysis & Mechanics 4 Core
Structural Analysis & Mechanics 4
Geotechnics 3 Core
Geotechnics 3
Water Engineering Core
Water Engineering
Further Engineering Mathematics Optional
Further Engineering Mathematics
Sustainable Flood Management Optional
Sustainable Flood Management
Civil Engineering for Developing Countries Optional
Civil Engineering for Developing Countries
Transport Demand Management Optional
Transport Demand Management
In this module you will develop an understanding of how transport demand management measures can be used to influence the growing problem of urban traffic congestion in the modern built environment.
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Optional
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Semester 2
Project Management Core
Project Management
Applied Structural Analysis Optional
Applied Structural Analysis
Collaborative Building Information Modelling Design Project Optional
Collaborative Building Information Modelling Design Project
Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment Optional
Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment
Emergency Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering Optional
Emergency Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering
Environmental Engineering Optional
Environmental Engineering
Finite Element Structural Analysis Optional
Finite Element Structural Analysis
Ground Engineering Optional
Ground Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering Optional
Infrastructure Engineering
The aim of this module is for you to gain an appreciation of the engineering issues concerned with the planning, design and maintenance of our transportation (railway and highway) infrastructure.
Maintenance, Repair & Refurbishment Optional
Maintenance, Repair & Refurbishment
Programme specification
Module specification
Civil Engineering BEng (Hons) DIS