MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering) (U03840)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-5-CVTHE

Every student is required to submit an individually written thesis on a research, review or design project by the end of the honours year. The honours thesis is an opportunity for the student to undertake an original study of a challenging engineering problem. It is intended to advance knowledge and most topics are topical research projects, based on the research activity of the supervising member of staff. It is the student's greatest opportunity to show individual intelligence, enterprise, ability, vigour and an aptitude for engineering excellence in a forthcoming career. Students are encouraged to undertake the study of a topic in pairs. This provides them with the opportunity to expand their skills in cooperation and task division, which is a normal feature of engineering activity. It also permits them to make considerably more progress in studying a challenging problem, and ensures that they have generated a significant amount of new knowledge by the end which they must present coherently without being able to find it described in published literature. Each student must write his or her own individual thesis.

? Keywords : Thesis, Dissertation, Research Project

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Only open to MEng students in the discipline of Civil and Environmental Engineering

? Co-requisites : This course must be taken in combination with "U03481: Research & Professional Applications in Civil & Environmental Engineering 5"

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Civil, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course will allow students to:
• show adequate knowledge of the field of study and relevant literature;
• understand the relationship between the field of study and cognate subdisciplines;
• underline the importance and necessity for life-long learning;
ability to marshall diverse academic and engineering skills in a problem-solving context;
• demonstrate skill in presentation, including defense of selected research approches;
• develop advanced skill in report preparation, organisation and presentation;
• be able to think critically in (as appropriate) evaluation of experimental data, theory, and literature results.

Assessment Information

The course will be assessed through assessment (by dual assessors) of the submitted thesis and also by oral examination. The nominal weightings (though these may be changed through agreement with the project supervisors and course organiser) are:

Thesis assessment: 66.6%
Oral Examination: 33.4%