Partner Details
International College of Business and Technology
Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Professional Diploma - PDU
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-ICB-JUN
F2F-ICB-OCT
Educational Aims of the Course
To provide fundamental knowledge in and develop an advanced understanding of the theory and practice of advanced mathematics, structural analysis and design, civil engineering hydrology and environmental science, geotechnics and fluid mechanics and hydraulics in the wider business, built environment and civil engineering sectors. To provide opportunities for the appreciation and understanding of the significant factors constraining the effective management and development of the built environment and major infrastructure, e.g. physical, legal, economic, sustainable and technological factors. To provide opportunities for collaborative and individual student-centred study on project tasks that simulate real working practices in order to develop analytical, critical and problem solving skills such that they can define, investigate and analyse problems, form judgements, make decisions and demonstrate the acquisition of such qualities. 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. To prepare students for the transition from Higher Education to employment within a professional context; and develop those transferable, specialist and employability skills that all stakeholders could reasonably expect of students who successfully complete a Professional Diploma in Civil Engineering. To encourage students to engage with the development of employability skills.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Have knowledge and critical understanding of the well established principles of civil engineering, and of the way in which those principles have developed.
2.
Have the ability to apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context.
3.
Have knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in civil engineering relevant to the named award, and ability to evaluate critically the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems in civil engineering.
4.
Have an understanding of the limits of their knowledge, and how this influences analysis and interpretations based on that knowledge.
5.
Use a range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis.
6.
Effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences, and deploy key techniques of the discipline effectively.
7.
Undertake further training, develop existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable them to assume significant responsibility within organisations.
8.
Have the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision making.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Lectures, tutorials, problem solving sessions, seminars, workshops, computer sessions, participation in projects. Examinations, assignments, preparation of reports, essays, technological reports, oral presentations, workshops, peer review, computer-based exercises.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
The award of the Professional Diploma in Civil Engineering requires the completion of 120 credits at Level 5.
Structure
Level 5
Entry Requirements
Alternative qualifications considered
Other international requirements