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Programme structure: Civil Engineering with Study Abroad (MEng) - what's running in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study abroad, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

CENGM0062 is a must pass unit. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Select a minimum of 20cp from:-
Water Resources Risk Management 4 CENGM0018 10 Optional TB-2
Earthquake Resistant Structures CENGM0055 10 Optional TB-1
Geotechnical Engineering Practice CENGM0038 10 Optional TB-2
Select a minimum of 10cp from:-
Civil Engineering Systems 4 CENGM1800 10 Optional TB-1
Sustainable Systems CENGM0033 10 Optional TB-1
Asset Management 4 CENGM0031 10 Optional TB-2
If no Research Project taken abroad then Research Project 4 is required. If no research project or design project was taken then Research project 4 is required and Timber Engineering 4 must also be taken. If Research Project was taken abroad then Design Project is required.
Design Project CENGM0062 40 Optional TB-4
Research Project 4 CENGM0012 40 Optional TB-4
A maximum of 30cp from the list (all units from this list must have been taken by the end of Year 4).
Advanced Structural Analysis CENG30010 20 Optional TB-4
Water Engineering 3 CENG33600 10 Optional TB-2
Civil Engineering Systems 3 CENG33900 10 Optional TB-1
Design of Geotechnical Structures CENG30005 10 Optional TB-1
0-50cp from below list to make year to 120cp
Engineering Design for Wind and Marine Power AENGM3102 10 Optional TB-1
Engineering for International Development CENGM0032 10 Optional TB-2
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnics CENGM0039 10 Optional TB-2
Engineering Seismology CENGM0041 10 Optional TB-1
Disaster Risk Reduction CENGM0044 10 Optional TB-2
Analysis and Design of Structures CENGM0046 10 Optional TB-2
Hazards and Infrastructure CENGM0051 10 Optional TB-2
Timber Engineering 4 CENGM0053 10 Optional TB-1
Hydrological Engineering for Developing Countries CENGM0056 10 Optional TB-1
Soil-Structure Interaction 4 CENGM2700 10 Optional TB-1
Power Generation for the 22nd Century MENGM0002 10 Optional TB-2
Transport and Mobility Modelling EMATM0021 10 Optional TB-2
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise INOVM0013 10 Optional TB-1
Civil Engineering with Study Abroad (MEng)   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

  • First Class Honours 70 and above
  • Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
  • Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
  • Third Class Honours 40-49
  • Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

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