Undergraduate Course: Civil Engineering Design Project 4 (CIVE10026)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This project is intended to focus students on the holistic design of a civil engineering problem against time and cost constraints. The project will develop creative thinking as well as team skills. Detailed and iterative calculation abilities will be observed.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 155 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Letter 10% Interim Calculations 20% Feasibility Report 70%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
This course is intended to: - encourage questioning and creative thinking - develop skills in problem identification and solution development - provide a realistic team working environment - develop skills of completing work on time and target. By the end of the project the student should have: - improved design skills - improved communication skills - a better appreciation of project planning issues - an appetite for innovative engineering and planning.