Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Course Code: DK744
Level: 7
Duration: 3 years full time
Number of Places: 64
Programme Summary
Civil Engineers are involved in the assessment, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of physical resources such as road and rail systems, bridges and tunnels, docks, harbours, sea defences, airports, dams and reservoirs, water supply systems, pollution control systems, mines, and structures associated with energy supply. In addition, they are involved in ensuring the strength, stability and serviceability of building structures.
About this programme
This programme is designed to develop your ability to apply engineering principles and technologies to the solution of problems arising in the investigation, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil engineering works.
The programme considers:
- The analysis, design, construction and maintenance of road and other transportation systems;
- The occurrence and regulation of water and water flow;
- The provision and maintenance of water supplies and sanitary services including environmental pollution control;
- The analysis, design, construction and maintenance of civil engineering and building structures, including bridges and their foundations;
- The financial and managerial topics common to all civil engineering programmes.
As a student on this programme you will acquire skills in the following areas:
- Civil engineering drawing and detailing (manual- and computer-aided);
- Materials specification and testing;
- Surveying and setting out;
- Measurement and costing of civil engineering work;
- Civil engineering work organization;
- Document preparation and interpretation;
- Computer-aided analysis, design and draughting.
What subjects will I study?
The programme modules are normally as follows:
Stage 1 Semester 1:
Materials Technology 1
Applied Mathematics
Technical Communications
Surveying 1
Engineering Drawing Practice
Civil Engineering Construction 1
Stage 1 Semester 2:
Structural Mechanics 1
Mathematics 1
Surveying 2
CAD 1
Civil Engineering Construction 2
Engineering Science
Stage 2 Semester 3:
Mathematics 2
Surveying 3
Structural Mechanics 2
Structural Design 1
CAD 2
Civil Engineering Construction 3
Stage 2 Semester 4:
CAD 3
Materials Technology 2
Hydraulics 1
Procedures and Documentation
Soil Mechanics
Structural Detailing
Stage Award Semester 5:
Mathematics 3
Structural Analysis
Highways and Transportation Engineering 1
Environmental Engineering 1
Civil Engineering Management
Project 1
Stage Award Semester 6:
Structural Design 2
Highways and Transportation Engineering 2
Environmental Engineering 2
Geotechnical Engineering
Hydraulics 2
Project 2
Progression Opportunities
Honours degree-level studies in Civil Engineering, with appropriate exemptions, currently at other Institutes of Technology or universities in Ireland and abroad.
The IEI (Institute of Engineers of Ireland) is currently considering this programme for satisfying the academic requirements for Associate grade of membership of the IEI.
Note: Students who have successfully completed the first two years of this programme and who wish to leave after two years, may be awarded a Level 6 Higher Certificate in Engineering.
Entry Requirements
Six Leaving Certificate subjects, including English or Irish and Mathematics with:
at least grade C3 in one Higher Level paper together with at least grade D3 in five Ordinary Level papers.
or
at least grade D3 in six Ordinary Level papers and at least 200 points.
Career Options
Career opportunities for civil engineering technologists exist in all areas of activity associated with civil engineering project development and use.
