Undergraduate study
     

Engineering

BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering – Extended

  • UCAS code: H210 BEng/CEExt
  • Length: 4 years full-time study or 5 years with work placement

2012 entry

  • Fee for UK/EU students: £8,450
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  • Typical offer: Individual offer tailored to academic background, normally following an interview
 

This course is ideal for you if you want a degree in an engineering discipline, but do not have the qualifications you need. If you have non-standard qualifications, or have been away from education for some time, this course is a great alternative route into higher education.

The success of the earth's great civilisations can largely be attributed to the innovations of great civil engineers who shape society's infrastructure.
Skilled engineers are highly sought after, so completing this degree gives you great career prospects.

According to information provided by www.prospects.ac.uk in July 2011 the average civil engineering graduate starting salary is £24,000. Those with five years' experience earn an average of £31,000. The average income of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) members is £47,000 but members receiving the London weighting receive an average income of £58,000. The average salary of fellowship ICE members is £78,000 (Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) salary survey 2009).

In the first year of this course, you enhance your understanding of maths, science and engineering principles, enabling you to proceed confidently on to the remainder of your degree course

What you study

You study a range of mathematics and fundamental engineering, and gain the practical laboratory skills to prepare you for the remainder of your course. The remaining years of this course are the same as the BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree

Professional accreditation

This programme was first launched in 2011 and in accordance with the rules of the professional body there will be an application to the Joint Board of Moderators (representing the four professional bodies: Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers) for accreditation to cover students entering the programme from 2011 onwards.

How you learn

You are expected to attend a range of lectures and problem-solving tutorials. You also use laboratory work widely to underpin the engineering principles studied. A series of laboratory-based activities provides a practical introduction to a range of engineering disciplines.

The course has been designed to provide a number of contact teaching and assessment hours (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, projects, examinations), but you are also expected to spend time on your own, called ‘self-study’ time, to review lecture notes, prepare coursework assignments, work on projects and revise for assessments. Each year of full-time study consists of modules totalling 120 credits and each unit of credit corresponds to ten hours of learning and assessment (contact hours plus self-study hours). So, during one year of full-time study you can expect to have 1,200 hours of learning and assessment.

How you are assessed

Your course involves a range of types of assessment including coursework assignments, laboratory work, presentations and tests. You will also work in teams on design project, and in the final year you will have to complete a major individual project, including a poster presentation and project report.

Entry requirements

A typical offer might be 80-220 tariff points from at least one A level or equivalent, but we also accept alternative qualifications. The level of the tariff point offer will depend on the subjects that you have studied.

In addition to the above, all students are expected to have achieved a level in English equivalent to at least GCSE grade C and Mathematics equivalent to at least GCSE grade B. If either mathematics or English has been studied at a higher level then the higher level qualification can be considered in place of the requirement at GCSE level.

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