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Programme structure: Civil Engineering (BEng) - what's running in 2011/12

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Engineering Mathematics 1 EMAT10100 20 Mandatory TB-4
Structural Engineering 1 CENG11700 20 Mandatory TB-4
Properties of Materials 1 MENG11101 10 Mandatory TB-4
Geotechnics 1 CENG11200 10 Mandatory TB-2
Fluid Mechanics 1 CENG11300 10 Mandatory TB-1
Systems and Surveying 1 CENG16200 20 Mandatory TB-4
Design and Computing 1 CENG16300 20 Mandatory TB-4
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Thermodynamics I MENG11202 10 Optional TB-1
20 credit points of language units
Certificate of Higher Education   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).

Additional progress information

Students who take the language option will gain 130 credit points.

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