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BEng Thesis 4 (Civil & Environmental Engineering) (CIVE10013)

Subject

Civil Engineering

College

SCE

Credits

40

Normal Year Taken

4

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Course Summary

Every student is required to submit an individually written thesis on a research or design project by the end of the honours year. The honours thesis is an opportunity for the student to undertake an original study of a challenging engineering problem. It is intended to advance knowledge and most topics are topical research projects, based on the research activity of the supervising member of staff. It is the student's greatest opportunity to show individual intelligence, enterprise, ability, vigour and an aptitude for engineering excellence in a forthcoming career. The course provides the student an opportunity to expand their skills in cooperation and task division, which is a normal feature of engineering activity. It also permits them to make considerably more progress in studying a challenging problem, and ensures that they have generated a significant amount of new knowledge by the end which they must present coherently without being able to find it described in published literature. Each student must write their own individual thesis.

Course Description

Students are briefed on the general requirements of the thesis and specifically on the poster at the start of the course. Work is then done on a self-study basis with the supervision of an academic member of staff. Further details are given in the "Thesis Project Handbook" that accompanies the course.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Assessment Information

The course will be assessed through 100% on Thesis submission at the end of the year.

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