2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BEng Civil and Environmental Engineering
Programme code: | BEN-CIV/EE | UCAS code: | H296 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr. Costas Velis | Contact address: | C.Velis@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
AAA at A level including mathematics.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Civil Enginering
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Civil Enginering
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Through the provision of an inspirational learning environment, support the intellectual and personal development of our students in a numerate and scientific context.
- Support our students in the development of the engineering, design and transferable skills required to become professional engineers and, in doing so, equip them to undertake further self-directed learning and development to meet the long-term needs of industry and society at large.
- Provide the educational requirements (in compliance with UK-SPEC) to permit progression to Chartered Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, the Institute of Highway Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers and registration with ECUK as a Chartered Engineer.
Programme distinctiveness:
- The programme will develop graduates who can play a full role in delivering the responses required to address the major challenges facing global society by encouraging them to grasp new concepts, embrace new technologies and forge the future.
- The programme reflects the long-term needs of industry and society at large, both in terms of technical content and in the way in which our students’ intellectual, interpersonal and communications skills are developed.
- The programme emphasises the autonomy of the students from the outset bearing in mind that:
Autonomy in terms of developing the capacity to learn for oneself and to identify future learning needs are important personal development goals;
In addition to requiring a fundamental understanding and command of engineering principles, graduates are also required to be capable of self-directed learning, planning, delivery and development so that they can rapidly become useful members of a commercial and professional team;
The independence of students is enhanced, giving them responsibility for their own learning in a supportive environment.
- The programme is research-led. This is a key strategic aim of the University and has two facets:
The programme reflects the world-leading research expertise of the academic staff to ensure that the staff are enthused and that the students are receiving cutting-edge knowledge;
The programme encourages and helps our students to develop a research-based learning approach (i.e. an autonomous learning ethos) from the outset.
- The programme reflects and enhances the values on which it is based, namely:
A university education informed by both traditional and state-of-the-art scientific and mathematical fundamental principles in an environment where autonomy can be developed;
Industrially focused with effective input from industry;
A world-class Russell Group university with a strong sense of community;
The course is delivered by Engineers and Scientists, for the Engineers and Scientists of the future
The MEng, BEng degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering retains the core elements of the spine degree, MEng, BEng Civil and Structural Engineering, with the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills in the environmental field. Common subjects dominate the scheme in the first two years with students increasingly focusing on water engineering and the engineering and management of industrial and municipal effluents and wastes in years 3 and 4.
Graduates will have a sound theoretical, practical, technical and problem solving education with which they can enter the civil engineering profession or other appropriate professional fields.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following modules:
CIVE1160 | Architecture and Environment | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE1260 | Engineering Surveying and Construction Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE1360 | Structural Design and Analysis | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE1460 | Properties of Materials: Water, Soil, Steel and Timber | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE1560 | Engineering Mathematics and Modelling 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE1665 | Integrated Design Project 1 (inc Design Studio 1) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following modules:
CIVE2150 | Structural Design 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE2250 | Sustainable Engineering Solutions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE2301 | Civil Engineering Materials II | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE2360 | Structural Analysis 1 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE2470 | Water Engineering and Geotechnics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE2560 | Engineering Mathematics and Modelling 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE2660 | Integrated Design Project 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
CIVE2260 | Architectural History and Theory 2 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE2550 | Highway Engineering | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE2815 | Building Physics 1: Fundamental Principles | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE2910 | Introduction to Project Management | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
TRAN2080 | Transport Planning and Modelling | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following modules:
CIVE3165 | Structural Design 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE3415 | Water Engineering | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3420 | Wastewater Engineering | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE3460 | Environmental Health Engineering in Developing Countries | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3510 | Foundation Engineering Fundamentals | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE3750 | Individual Research Project 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
CIVE3860 | Integrated Design Project 3 | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students must pass at least 2 of the modules indicated (PFP) to process into the MEng year of the programme. Otherwise they must transfer onto the MEng Civil and Structural Engineering programme.
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from the following optional modules:
CIVE3160 | Construction Site Fieldcourse | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3270 | Architectural History and Theory 3 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3350 | Transport Engineering II | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE3385 | Introduction to Railway Engineering and Planning | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3390 | Structural Analysis 2 | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CIVE3650 | Computational Methods for Civil Engineering | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CIVE3820 | Building Physics 2: Services Design | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SOEE3135 | Engineering Geology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 27/03/2019
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