DA6095 - Civil Engineering Design

Most of your learning on this degree apprenticeship module will be in your workplace. Your involvement in civil engineering tasks will enable you to put into context the theoretical material that you will study at University, thereby cementing your understanding. You will do this in conjunction with your workplace mentor, appropriate members of your team, and with the assistance of your University workplace coach.

The module will include a range of learning materials and opportunities, such as online presentations, notes, workshop/tutorial questions, video links and digital reading materials. All these resources will be arranged in a convenient learning journey, giving you a clear expectation of the content to be studied and tasks you will complete on a weekly basis.

During your normal working day, your industrial mentor will support your learning through the allocation of appropriate work tasks relevant to the theoretical content of the module, allowing you to contextualise and cement your knowledge. The University will monitor this educational process.

University academic staff will support you in formally scheduled teaching. This arrangement will give you ample opportunity to ask questions to clarify and deepen your understanding of the module content, as well as to seek specific help, for example, with your preparation for assessment. At other times, you will have access to University academic staff via telephone, email, and the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). These media will allow you to access and make full use of the support and guidance available to you.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding (K&U):
K&U –
MLO1: Apply knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles to the solution of complex problems. Some of the knowledge will be at the forefront of the particular subject of study

Intellectual/Professional skills & abilities (IPSA):
IPSA –
MLO2: Analyse complex problems to reach substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles

MLO3: Use a risk management process to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks (the effects of uncertainty) associated with a particular project or activity

MLO4: Select and apply appropriate materials, equipment, engineering technologies and processes, recognising their limitations

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
PVA –

MLO5: Design solutions for complex problems that meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate. This will involve consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards.

Summative assessment will be by a presentation worth 10% of the module marks and covering module learning outcomes 2 and 5 in part; and by coursework covering the remaining module learning outcomes and worth 90% of the module marks. The coursework will include discussion based on individual apprentices’ workplace activities.

Formative assessment will be by verbal or written (digital) support from University academic staff. In line with the workplace approach of a degree apprenticeship, you will be expected to take on-board verbal feedback from your workplace mentor, which is the case generally with employee performance.

Assessment feedback will be mapped between summative assessments from different modules, so that you receive clear guidance on improving work, based on performance in assessments in different modules. This will be made explicit to you via digital pro-forma as well as verbally.

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In this module, you will apply civil engineering knowledge gained earlier in your apprenticeship or complete individual research to make an individual contribution to design work being carried out in your workplace. Design describes a process of imagination and creativity that applies to all engineering activities, whether the requirement is to produce an artefact, a process, or a conceptual framework. You will select a civil, structural, environmental, transportation or other suitable engineering project where you can work either individually under the supervision of a manager or as part of a design team and will contribute to an exploratory and innovative design solution, minimizing carbon footprint and considering a range of issues such as stakeholder requirements, design constraints and uncertainties and risks. Assessment is by coursework.