Undergraduate Course: Tools for Engineering Design 2 (CIVE08020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Civil | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course introduces students to a wide range of skills that are required in engineering design, and that make part of the engineers' toolbox. It provides students with experience of solving and communicating solutions to open-ended engineering problems that require compromise between competing criteria and priorities. It develops competence and confidence in communication skills including sketching, engineering drawings and oral presentation. It also introduces a number of engineering tools, such as Cad, Excel and Matlab via self-directed learning. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:   
Civil Engineering 1 (CIVE08001)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
16/09/2013 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
This course is intended to: 
 
- encourage questioning and creative thinking; 
 
- develop skills in problem identification and solution development; 
 
- develop skills in engineering communication; 
 
- ability in using common engineering problem solving tools. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Portfolio of Design Practice 100% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Fiona Cobb, "Structural Engineer's Pocket Book", Butterworth Heinemann. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Timothy Stratford 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5722 
Email: tim.stratford@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Lucy Davie 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687 
Email: Lucy.Davie@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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