Programme structure: Civil Engineering (MEng) - what's running in 2017/18

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional 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.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Water Resources Risk Management 4	CENGM0018	10	Mandatory	TB-2
Civil Engineering Systems 4	CENGM1800	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Geotechnical Engineering Practice	CENGM0038	10	Mandatory	TB-2
Earthquake Engineering 4	CENGM1900	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Design Project 4	CENGM6100	40	Mandatory	TB-4
40cp from list CENG2:
Research Project 4	CENGM0012	40	Optional	TB-4
Soil-Structure Interaction 4	CENGM2700	10	Optional	TB-1
Engineering Design for Wind and Marine Power	AENGM3102	10	Optional	TB-1
Asset Management 4	CENGM0031	10	Optional	TB-2
Engineering for International Development	CENGM0032	10	Optional	TB-2
Sustainable Systems	CENGM0033	10	Optional	TB-1
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise	INOVM0013	10	Optional	TB-1
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Geotechnics	CENGM0039	10	Optional	TB-2
Smart Cities 4	CENGM0052	10	Optional	TB-1
Timber Engineering 4	CENGM0053	10	Optional	TB-1
Hazards and Infrastructure	CENGM0051	10	Optional	TB-2
Disaster Risk Reduction	CENGM0044	10	Optional	TB-2
Engineering Seismology	CENGM0041	10	Optional	TB-1
Analysis and Design of Structures	CENGM0046	10	Optional	TB-2
Power Generation for the 22nd Century	MENGM0002	10	Optional	TB-2
Civil Engineering (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.