BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with Disaster Management modules
Professional Skills
Year 1 core modules
- Construction Technology and Materials
- Contract
- Engineering Mathematics
- Environmental Health
- Feasibility Study
- Field Surveying
- Professional Skills
- Structural Mechanics
Year 2 core modules
- Analytical Techniques for Engineers
- Conceptual Civil Engineering Analysis and Design
- Contingency Planning and Trauma Counselling
- Engineering Management and Leadership Skills
- Geotechnology and Materials
- Hydraulics and Hydrology
- Structural Analysis
- Structural Design
Final-year core modules
- Disaster Management and Logistics
- Employment Skills
- Fire Dynamics and Explosions
- Interdisciplinary Group Project
- Project
- Structural Engineering and Materials
Non-credit bearing optional modules
- A foreign language: German, French, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin)
- In-sessional Academic English (for international students)
- Professional Mentoring
You may select one or more of these modules.
Modules offered may vary.
Knowledge of your degree subject is not the only thing you will learn at university, nor is it the only thing which potential employers will be looking for after graduation. You also need to develop a range of skills that are applicable in all walks of life. These include:
- the ability to communicate clearly and effectively to different audiences, both orally and in writing
- the ability to make an effective contribution as a member of a team, and also to work independently or on your own initiative when required
- the ability to tackle problems for which all the necessary knowledge is not available
- the ability to locate information and assess its usefulness
- the ability to make efficient and effective use of the latest information technology.
You also learn to assess their own performance - recognising and building on your strengths, identifying and improving your weaknesses.
This module is the first in a series running through each degree programme in which these key skills are explicitly developed and assessed, by means of a series of learning activities that require the use of different skills, while also teaching key aspects of the chosen subject. The module is delivered via a combination of seminars, laboratory classes and some lectures; the exact pattern will be different for different degree programmes. Assessment is via reflective statements, which require students to identify knowledge and skills that have been developed during the module