Life on this planet is possible due to the presence of water, hydrology is the study of the water cycle and its actions. The relationship of hydrology to climate change is essential to learn as it has an obvious impact on environmental sustainability. This unit emphasizes surface processes and watershed responses. Hydrologic science has both basic and applied aspects. Basic or pure hydrology relates to questions about the role of water in natural processes, such as shaping the surface of the Earth, the water cycle and impact of the water on society. Applied hydrology relates to using scientific knowledge as the basis for making informed decisions concerning water allocation and protection of natural resources. It covers both pure and applied uses of hydrology, with a special emphasis on the interfaces between hydrology and environmental sciences.

As Civil Engineers, it is essential to know different analytical and numerical approaches to assess the performance of different structure elements commonly found in structural engineering.  This unit gives students to learn various modelling structural behaviour used in practice in the design and analysis of structures. Students will learn relevant topics in structural engineering with the design and analysis of structure using STAAD PRO software in Lab.

This unit develops students' ability to think independently and allows students to build upon and further develop and apply their creativity, skills and knowledge gained from prior studies. The students will plan and implement a comprehensive study in their project through research, project definition, problem setting and evaluation with sensible conclusions and recommendations.  They are required to emphasis on a topic which sufficiently reflects on their Civil Engineering course being studied with guidance from academic staff.

The aims of the project are

• To demonstrate current understanding of some specialist areas in depth

• To enable the student to work autonomously on a sustained piece of work appropriate to the programme being studied

• To develop student's ability to fully manage a project whilst synthesising  ideas or information to generate novel solutions

• To achieve a body of work or practice that is coherent and resolved.

 Specific objectives of the project are

• To enable the student to choose a project of interest from a predefined set generated by members of academic staff, or negotiate a suitable topic individually

• To be able to identify the possibility of new concepts within existing knowledge frameworks and approaches

• To enable the student to work within the set specification to satisfy the academic and/or industry requirements

• To enable the student to manage a sustained piece of work and monitor 

Transportation Engineers need to provide a safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical and sustainable transportation framework for public transportations in a country. This unit equips students with the necessary skills and theoretical and empirical knowledge in relation to transportation and highway engineering. It outlines the main modes of transports which exist within modern transport network and interactions that occur when considering the planning, design and operations of highways. It covers the concept of transport in terms of passenger movement, freight haulage and communications and identifies the factors maximizing efficiency, convenience and safety for travellers; typical highway cross-sections showing pavement details; specify the processes used for the construction and recycling of typical road pavements and their foundations; assesses the highway loading in terms of axles and sub. grade strength; use of the design manual for roads and bridge methods. Introduction to transportation engineering - Railway engineering -Railway track gauge - Alignment of railway line - Sleepers, ballast Air transportation -Aircraft characteristics related to airport design -Air traffic control -Type of an airport planning studies -Road transportation -Road inventory -Road characteristics -Characteristics of drivers, the pedestrian and the vehicles -Road safety Highway Engineering -Planning requirement for highway -Traffic volume -Highway geometric design -Sight distances -Horizontal alignment design -Vertical alignment design -Highway pavement materials -Highway pavement design and materials -Pavement construction method -Traffic flow theory -Maintenance of road pavement -Intersection control -Intersection design

This module gives an analysis and design of pre-stressed concrete flexural members; pre and post-tensioned construction, allowable stress, strength evaluation; design for bending moments and shear; evaluation of serviceability requirements; design of simple bridges. It covers principles of pre-stressed concrete, importance of structural advantages, design and analyze statically determinate, composite and statically indeterminate pre-stressed concrete structures, potential developments in new materials for pre-stressed concrete and the reasons for their adoption.