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International College of Business and Technology

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSH

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

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Part-Time

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Educational Aims of the Course

To provide a well-balanced education which allows the student to achieve his/her full academic potential at first degree level and in doing so to facilitate the development of independent logical thought and judgement. To enable the student to develop his/her intellectual, analytical and critical abilities in order that he/she might exercise those abilities within the disciplines that constitute Built Environment studies. To produce a basis for general professional and management experience and to encourage a consciousness of the professional, business and commercial environment. To facilitate the development of transferable and graduate employability skills and an awareness of the need to plan, develop and record life-long learning. To provide the framework within which students can achieve the level of attainment, appropriate to their abilities in the context of the programme of study that provides recognition of that level. To widen access to the programmes by recognising and allowing credits for prior certificated learning To develop skills to ensure that the graduate will operate within a sound Health and Safety framework as provided by the regulatory framework of the industry. To develop awareness of all aspects of sustainability to ensure that graduates operate responsibly within their chosen discipline, and make positive choices in this context. To provide a medium for Honours students to explore the potential of their acquired knowledge and to pursue those aspects which they find most stimulating. To ensure that Civil and Structural Engineering students develop their own identity. Civil and structural engineering graduates are concerned with the design of major construction projects, usually infrastructure work such as roads, tunnels and bridges and the structural design of all elements of residential and commercial buildings. Graduates may gain employment in a design office where they will apply high level numeracy skills to practical design projects. Alternatively, they may gain employment with a contractor and manage the construction process for these types of work. They need detailed knowledge of structures, hydraulics, geotechnics and materials used in construction and additionally need management skills and knowledge.

Learning Outcomes

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Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of Civil Engineering, and its underpinning science and mathematics
2.
Apply advanced problem solving skills, technical knowledge and understanding, to establish rigorous and creative solutions that are fit for purpose for all aspects of a problem
3.
Evaluate risk issues, including environmental and commercial risk
4.
Demonstrate an extensive knowledge and understanding of management and business practices, and their limitations, and how these may be applied appropriately to strategic and tactical issues
5.
Understand the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development
6.
Demonstrate an awareness of the framework of relevant legal and quality requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues
7.
Identify and classify the performance of systems, and apply a systems approach to solving problems
8.
Undertake and evaluate research and communicate the results of the research
9.
Use a range of land surveying equipment effectively for setting out engineering works and for collecting site data for the production of engineering plans
10.
Apply practical engineering skills acquired through, for example, work carried out in laboratories, to the design of civil engineering projects
11.
Work effectively within a group to design, analyse and evaluate civil engineering projects
12.
Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of historical, current and future developments and technologies within Civil Engineering
13.
Demonstrate an understanding of current and developing civil engineering practice and some appreciation of likely new developments
14.
Apply knowledge and understanding of a range of engineering materials and components to civil engineering design
15.
Illustrate an understanding of client and user needs and the importance of considerations such as aesthetics
16.
Evaluate the sustainability of a civil engineering project, and design effectively within the constraints of the ‘triple bottom line’ (social, environmental and economic)
17.
Generate an innovative design for construction, products, systems, components or processes to fulfil new needs
18.
Demonstrate an understanding of the need for a high level of professional and ethical conduct in civil engineering and a knowledge of professional codes of conduct
19.
Demonstrate an ability to manage the design process and evaluate outcomes
20.
Apply their skills in problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills
21.
Demonstrate their understanding of the use of technical literature and other information sources
22.
Demonstrate entrepreneurial competencies to include creativity, personal influence, personal branding and negotiation
23.
Apply a range of mathematical and statistical methods in the solution of civil engineering problems and demonstrate an understanding of their limitations
24.
Exercise initiative and ethical personal responsibility both as a leader and as a team member
25.
Plan self-learning and improve performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning
26.
Demonstrate an ability to work with limited or contradictory information
27.
Communicate effectively through the media of the written word, engineering drawings, clear use of mathematical notation, orally and through the effective use of IT.
28.
Monitor and adjust a personal programme of work
29.
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts from a range of areas, and the ability to apply them effectively in civil engineering projects
30.
Demonstrate an understanding of relevant codes of practice and the regulatory framework
31.
Demonstrate an understanding of construction materials, including novel and innovative materials
32.
Demonstrate their understanding of the International nature of Civil Engineering and apply this to the design and evaluation of civil engineering projects
33.
Demonstrate an understanding of Building Information Management (BIM)
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Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and risk management methods

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, laboratory and computer sessions, off-site learning activities, participation in a group project. Unseen examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, design tasks, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises. Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, laboratory and computer sessions, off-site learning activities, participation in a group project. Unseen examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, design tasks, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises. Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, laboratory and computer sessions, off-site learning activities, participation in a group project and individual investigational/research project. Unseen examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, design tasks, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises. Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, laboratory and computer sessions, off-site learning activities, participation in a group project. Unseen examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, design tasks, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises.

Opportunities for work related learning

The nature of this programme means that all assessments are based on real life case studies. ICBT will engage wherever possible with industry representatives to undertake visiting lectures to enhance the currency of the programme and to illustrate the relevancy of subjects in a Sri Lankan context. The significant amount of practical laboratory work is also an example of work related learning.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme has been developed for students who have successfully completed the HND in Civil Engineering from ICBT within 5 years of application. These students will be awarded 120 level 4 credits and 120 Level 5 credits via RPL before commencing level 6. Entry to the programme is therefore at … For more content click the Read More button below.

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered
NVQ