Civil Engineering - MSc

60 credit points
Total contact hours: 40
Total non-contact hours: 560

• The aim of this module is to manage and produce an extended piece of work, which draws upon extensive and deep knowledge of primary and secondary source material, to investigate a complex problem.
• You will define an appropriate project scope and review a selection of published works, pertinent to your investigation. Using a methodology that you have proposed, you will collect primary data, and secondary date, analysing the results and interpreting numerical outputs, to derive meaning from the data and draw appropriate conclusions. The output will be a substantial dissertation based upon your investigation, which will presented in writing.
• The chosen topic should aim to integrate your learning, show well-developed research skills, show your ability to analyse and evaluate, and bring your own perspective to an unfamiliar and complex problem.
• This module will be primarily self-directed, supported by a series of lectures and seminars relating to research methods, and one-to-one tutorials with your project/dissertation supervisor.

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 32.5
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

This module evaluates current practices in civil engineering, including Building Information Modelling (BIM), sensing technologies, geospatial engineering, modularised construction, design management and engineering ethics. The module delivers:

• Advanced understanding of BIM, in terms of available tools and the impact upon practice.
• In-depth theoretical fundamentals, problems and challenges which an engineer has to tackle when assessing and monitoring civil infrastructure.
• Advances in, and applications of, sensing technologies and data management tools.
• A critical analysis of modularised construction.
• An evaluation of design management practices.
• In-depth understanding of purpose and techniques used in optimisation.
• Develop skills to apply ethical codes and an ability to evaluate these critically.

This module will be delivered via lectures, seminars and computer labs, and be assessed via coursework.

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 32.5
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

• This module provides an understanding of the fundamental principles of structural elements design, according to Eurocodes. It covers advanced aspects of structural engineering design of box beams for long-span bridges, steel-concrete composite beams, and structural elements for bridges and buildings.
• The module intends to provide best practice requirements for the fire-resistance design of structures. A review of case studies where movements (dimensional variations) caused severe cracking or failure will be investigated.
• The module aim is to provide a background in the design of structures and an understanding on advanced topics in the subject with the use of new concepts, construction techniques and materials.
• The module will be delivered via lectures and seminars, and assessed via coursework and an exam.

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 32.5
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

• This module aims to provide a detailed understanding of advanced hydraulic topics, such as costal engineering and hydraulics structures, as well as advanced hydrology topics such as estimating floods, flood routing and groundwater.
• The module will aim to enable you to: design simple coastal structures and other hydraulic structures; estimate floods using a variety of methods including ow flow estimation for small catchments; route a flood and predict the maximum flow with time along a given river/stream, and; appreciate the importance of groundwater and estimate groundwater recharge, and model pollutants transport in groundwater.
• This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials, and be assessed via coursework and an exam.

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 32.5
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

• This module will broaden your understanding of the wider urban environment through an introduction to transport planning, traffic engineering and highway engineering, set within the context of sustainable development.
• This module aims to provide a sound background to the decision-making processes involved in, and the design and implementation of, major transport infrastructure schemes. It will cover policy, standards, codes of practice and design, and assessment methodologies for a range of transport infrastructure projects.
• This module will be delivered via lectures, seminars and workshops, and be assessed via coursework and an exam.

30 credit points
Total contact hours: 78
Total non-contact hours: 222

• This module introduces you to project environments in which the construction industry operates. The module will be based around studying a live construction project, working in teams to solve a series of problems relating to the management of construction projects in the national construction market.
• Depending on the nature of the project selected, your teams may also be cross-disciplinary, including members from the MSc Project Management (Construction), MSc Quantity Surveying and MSc International Construction Management courses, with whom you may share some common lectures and workshops.
• The module may also allow some personalisation of your studies, as you may be able to pursue topics or themes of your own interest and choosing within the assessment, pertinent to the management of the construction process, or the management of construction engineering.
• This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminar groups and tutorials, and assessed via project work, including a submission, a portfolio and a presentation.

15 credit points
Total contact hours: 32.5
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

• The aim of this module is to evaluate knowledge about the behaviour and performance of more specialised construction materials, including composites, as applied to structures built from diverse materials.
• You will learn about the characteristics and durability of various advanced construction materials, ranging from fibre-reinforced concrete, to reinforced plastics and advanced paving materials. You will be able to assess how, by using various advanced construction materials in a range of structures, you can affect strength/weight ratio, durability and safety of structures. You will learn how fibre-reinforced materials can be used for the rehabilitation of civil engineering structures.
• In a set of two experimental labs, you will be able to assess the behaviour and performance of samples of advanced materials, and report on how the application of these materials will affect design, durability and safety of structures.
• This module will be delivered via lectures, seminars and an experimental lab, and assessed via coursework and an exam.

15 credit points
Total contact hours (indicative): 20 hours lecture/seminars, 12.5 hours laboratories/field trips
Total non-contact hours: 117.5

• This module develops your knowledge and skills in relation to a range of site investigation techniques on shall ground sub-surface. You will gain awareness of processes and issues across a range of techniques used to provide information during ground investigations.
• The module will provide a sound background to decision making, relating to the implementation of geotechnical design. You will learn to analyse and design some typical geotechnical structures. These topics will be reviewed within the context of safe and sustainable development.
• This module will be delivered via a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, site visits, seminar groups and tutorials, and assessed via an exam and coursework.