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Programme structure: Civil Engineering with Study Abroad in a Modern Language (MEng) - what's running in 2021/22

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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.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Engineering Mathematics 1 EMAT10100 20 Mandatory TB-4
Engineering Science MENG10004 40 Mandatory TB-4
Engineering by Investigation MENG10005 20 Mandatory TB-4
Engineering by Design CENG10012 20 Mandatory TB-1
Field Methods CENG10005 20 Mandatory TB-2
Students may take one of the following language units on a formative basis, not for credit:
Post-Beginners French UWLP10002 20 Optional TB-4
Post-Beginners German UWLP10005 20 Optional TB-4
Post-Beginners Italian UWLP10015 20 Optional TB-4
Post-Beginners Spanish UWLP10010 20 Optional TB-4
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 or UNIV10001 Sustainable Development will gain 130 credit points.

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