BSc Civil Engineering Programme Background

For the last ten years, Uganda's construction industry has been growing at a high rate. There is thus high demand for qualified personnel to design the civil Engineering infrastructure and also manage their construction. Like many developing countries, the utilisation of the available technical resources and personnel is important in advancing the economy and saving on the meagre resources that would otherwise go to hiring experts or training local managers abroad.

Civil Engineering is a very important profession. It deals with provision of solutions to the majority of basic needs of society. The profession requires planning, designing and construction of physical infrastructure that enhances and sustains human activity. These include provision of shelter, water treatment, water supply, waste disposal, transportation, and a host of others. The role of a Civil Engineering is to provide these and others as society may need from time to time in a changing world.

Justification

The number of persons in Uganda qualified to study Civil Engineering has increased over the years. Many high school leavers with good grades have not been absorbed in the existing Universities due to limited vacancies. The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering has been designed to address the above and enhance Uganda's modernisation.

Programme Aim

The programme aims to:

1. Develop graduates in Civil Engineering with the necessary skills and attributes to take roles within industry as professional engineers, and provide an educational base to facilitate future progression to Incorporated Status in this respect.

2. Develop graduates who can apply established principles and techniques to produce well judged solutions to civil engineering problems.

3. Equip students with an awareness of engineering in the wider economic and social context.

4. Offer a challenging programme, which is current, relevant and informed by staff professional experience and consultancy.

5. Provide opportunities to encourage access, consistent with Professional Body requirements.

6. Provide the opportunities for students to achieve their full potential.

Programme Objectives

The general objectives of the programme are to:

1. Produce Civil Engineers who are well equipped in theoretical and practical technical skills to design, construct, supervise and maintain infrastructure;

2. Impart state-of-the-art knowledge to the students in the field of Civil Engineering and produce competent civil engineers who will play vital role in the national development.

3. Provide critical learning for a broad function in various areas of Civil Engineering, including structural, environmental, geotechnical, water resources, and transportation engineering and construction management.

4. Train People who will be Innovative and Job creators

5. Produce engineers who are aware of the advancement of engineering knowledge in the developed countries so that they may keep themselves abreast with such developments.

6. Impress upon them the spirit of discipline, teach them the code of ethics of the engineering profession and impress upon them to follow it during their practical life

7. Train people who will be able to advance in higher education, research and development;

8. Prepare graduate engineers to be competitive in both national and international market by inculcating the engineering and managerial skills

9. Train personnel to work in government and private institutions;

10. Train personnel who will conserve the environment and maintain public health.

ENROLL

Programme Structure

The general structure of the programme is as follows:

First Year
Semester I (All Core Courses)
Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
EMT1123	Mathematics for Engineers I	45	0	45	3
EPH1113	Engineering Physics	30	30	45	3
GMT1131	Communication Skills	30	30	45	3
MEC1151	Engineering Drawing and CAD	30	30	45	3
BCE1105	Engineering Profession and Society	45	0	45	3
EMT1141	Engineering Mechanics – Statics	45	0	45	3
ECH1118	Chemistry for Engineers	30	30	45	3
ELE1131	Electrical Principles I	45	0	45	3
Semester Load = 24 CU
Semester 2
EMT1224	Engineering Mathematics II	30	30	45	3
BCE1202	Strength of Material	30	30	45	3
MEC1203	Introduction to Engineering Material	45	0	45	3
BCE1204	Engineering Surveying I	30	30	45	3
ELE2232	Electrical Installation	30	30	45	3
MEC1212	Manufacturing Technology	30	30	45	3
EMT1242	Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics	30	30	45	3
CME1211	Computer Methods I	30	30	45	3
Semester Load = 24 CU
Recess Term (Core Course)
BCE1301	Industrial Training I	0	360	45	3
Total Year 1 Credits = 24 + 24 + 3 = 51 CU

Second Year
Semester I (All Core Courses)
Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
EMT2123	Engineering Mathematics III	45	0	45	3
BCE2102	Structural Analysis I	60	0	60	4
MEC2101	Thermofluids	45	0	45	3
BCE2104	Engineering Surveying II	30	30	45	3
BCE2103	Civil Engineering Drawing	30	60	60	4
BCE2105	Concrete Technology	45	30	30	4
BCE2107	Hydrology and Water Management				3

Semester Load = 24 CU
Semester 2
	Probability and Statistics	45	0	45	3
BCE2202	Structural Analysis II	60	0	60	4
BCE2203	Computing for Civil Engineering	15	60	45	3
BCE2204	Construction Technology	30	30	45	3
BCE2205	Geotechnical Engineering I	45	30	60	4
BCE2206	Engineering Geology	45	30	60	4
	Elective I				3

Semester Load = 24 CU
Recess Term (Core Course)
	Industrial Training I	0	360	45	3
Total Year 2 Credits = + + 3 =

Third Year
Semester I (All Core Courses)
Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
BCE3101	Design of Concrete and Pre-stressed Structures	45	30	60	4
BCE3102	Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures	45	30	60	4
BCE3103	Water Resources Engineering I	30	30	45	3
BCE3104	Geotechnical Engineering II	45	30	60	4
BCE3105	Measurement of Building Works	30	30	45	3
BCE3106	Research Methods and Proposal Writing	30	30	45	3
BCE3207	Transportation Engineering	30	30	45	3


Semester Load = 24 CU
Semester II
BCE3201	Design of Steel Structures	45	30	60	4
BCE3202	Water Treatment and Supply Engineering	30	30	45	3
BCE3203	Highway Engineering	30	30	45	3
BCE3204	Construction Technology III	45	30	60	4
BCE3205	Measurement of Civil Engineering Work	30	30	45	3
BCE3206	Group Design Project	15	90	60	4
	Elective II			45	3
Semester Load = 24 CU
Recess Term (Core Course)
	Industrial Training I	0	360	45	3
Total Year 3 Credits = + + 3 =

Fourth Year
Semester I (All Core Courses)
Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
BCE4101	Design of Timber and Masonry Structures	30	30	45	3
BCE4102	Sanitation Engineering	30	30	45	3
BCE4103	Construction Management	30	30	45	3
BCE4104	Estimating and Tendering	30	30	45	3
BCE4105	Entrepreneurship Skills	30	30	45	3
BCE4106	Research Proposal Writing and Presentation	15	60	45	3
	Elective III			45	3
	Elective VI			45	3
Semester Load = 24 CU
Semester 2
BCE4201	Building Services	45	30	60	4
BCE4202	Construction Law	30	30	45	3
BCE4203	Traffic Engineering and Management	45	30	60	4
BCE4204	Project Management	30	30	45	3
BCE4205	Urban Engineering	30	30	45	3
BCE4206	Individual Project	15	90	60	4
	Elective V				3

Semester Load = 24 CU
Recess Term (Core Course)
	Industrial Training I	0	360	45	3
Total Year 4 Credits = + + 3 =

ELECTIVE I

Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
	Strength of Material II
	Engineering Surveying III

ELECTIVE II

Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
	Advanced Mechanics of Solids
	Architecture and Town Planning
	Reinforced Concrete Design II
	Fluids and Drainage Engineering

ELECTIVE III

Code	Course Title	L	P/T	CH	CU
	Building Planning and Drawing
	Water Resource Engineering II
	Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
	Transportation Economics and Project

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ELECTIVE I

ELECTIVE II

ELECTIVE III