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Duration of programme: 4 years (where students join the programme in year 1)
Award on successful completion: Bachelor of Science with Honours
Accreditation: n/a
Location of delivery: Abertay University, Bell Street, Dundee
Composition of the programme: 120 SCQF (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) credits in each academic year, generally delivered mostly in modules of 20 credits each, with 3 modules taken in term 1, and 3 in term 2 each year. First and second year of the programme includes a choice of microcredential modules worth a total of 20 credits per year. The programme offers practical construction experience in year 2, and a work placement for all students in year 3. All students complete an independent project in the final year.
Contact hours and workload: Each academic year typically requires 1200 hours of student effort; on average across the 4 years of BSc programmes, 25% of that time is in lectures, seminars, practicals and similar activities; the remainder is independent study.
Assessment methods: Assessment is by a combination of coursework assignments, project work, presentations and examinations.
Additional costs: Students have to provide their own safety boots. In year 2, each student contributes £100 towards the cost of a practical construction experience, and in year 3 all students participate in a placement, which may incur travel costs.
Academic staff: This programme is delivered by staff in the Department of Built Environment and Life Sciences in the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences. Staff profiles can be viewed at https://www.abertay.ac.uk/academic-faculties-and-graduate-school/faculty-of-social-and-applied-sciences/
Core modules in the programme:
Engineering Science
Integrating Group Design
Nature of Management
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Landscape Processes and Surveying
Environmental Engineering
Water Resources and Fluid Mechanics
Construction and Surveying
Civil and Environmental Engineering Practice
Project Management
Sustainable materials and future transportation
Stakeholders in Environmental Science
Customer Relationship Management
Placement
Managing Change
Integrating Project
Project Research Methods and Management
Business Ethics in Society
Honours Project
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
Micro credentials
Developments in the discipline: The curriculum across the programme, including within the core modules, will change over time with emerging technologies, industry demands, and professional body requirements.