Structural Engineering with Architecture  (NAS2)

This is a two year professionally accredited taught post-graduate programme suited to Civil or Structural Engineering graduates with appropriate prior learning in Architecture. The programme provides advanced learning in the field of Structural Engineering coupled with exposure to Architecture modules. Your ability to identify, formulate, analyse and solve complex structural engineering problems is further developed while a significant research project enables you to develop skills to design and conduct experiments and to apply standard and specialised research tools and methods of enquiry to solve problems in new and emerging relevant areas of Structural Engineering. These skills are key attributes for lifelong learning and continued professional development in an ever evolving society. While specifically addressing learning outcomes required for a career in Structural Engineering your numerate and problem solving skills will also provide access to professional careers in other engineering disciplines, business, finance, policy development and project management amongst others. The learning experience includes approximately two Semesters of lectures, tutorials, studio work and group project work, with an eight month work placement in industry and an individual research project making up the balance. Assessment is by a combination of end of semester examinations and continuous assessment which takes the form of individual assignments, practical laboratory work and group projects for taught modules. These are complemented by leadership roles in modules for undergraduate students, and a series of presentations, a written thesis, and an oral examination for your research project. While testing your academic ability this assessment strategy also provides learning in the requisite written, oral, multimedia communication and leadership skills required of a professional engineer.

1 - Knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and financial decision-making relevant to structural engineering with architecture and an ability to apply these to one’s own work and to the management of projects.
2 - Students will be able to recognise the built environment and its interactions with the natural environment as a set of inter-related systems governed by scientific, mathematical and engineering principles.
3 - Students will be able to interpret, apply and use scientific, mathematical, and engineering principles, data and models (both numerical and physical), coupled with appropriate research methodologies, to evaluate and solve complex problems.
4 - Students will be able to research, appraise and synthesize data and information from a variety of sources, have the ability to design and conduct experiments and apply a range of standard and specialised research tools and techniques to solve complex problems.
5 - Students will be effective communicators, being able to i) communicate their own ideas and solutions to colleagues, clients and the public using different media and, ii) listen to the needs of clients, society and colleagues.
6 - Students will be able to work independently and alone when required but also be effective team-members and leaders.
7 - Students will understand the responsibilities of their profession and the importance of high ethical standards in professional practice, along with the role and responsibilities of engineers in developing an inclusive and equitable society.
8 - Students will become independent critical thinkers with the skills required to engage in self-directed learning throughout their careers having undertaken independent research and learning to define, solve and report on complex engineering problems.
9 - PO8. Engineering Management: Knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and financial decision-making relevant to structural engineering with architecture and an ability to apply these to one’s own work and to the management of projects.

UCD is Ireland’s Global University and its largest university with a track record in empowering students to enter a diverse range of careers that reflects the most diverse curriculum on the Island of Ireland. Consistently, over 90% of graduates are employed or in further study or training 9 months following course completion. The QS World Ranking on Graduate Employability has placed UCD at number 1 in Ireland for Graduate Employability since 2018. On the global stage UCD leads the Irish higher education sector and is the only Irish university to be ranked inside the world’s top 80 for Graduate Employability.

At University College Dublin we are aware that for many students, programme outcomes in terms of graduate jobs and career options is important. The purpose of this statement is to help you understand and appreciate the range of skills you may develop during your time at UCD and how you may develop your employability. Visit the UCD Careers Networks website and MyCareer, the UCD Career management Platform, to access career information, internships and graduate roles as well as information about the range of initiatives, supports and events available to you.

Stage 1

Students register to 30 credits in each Trimester. IMPORTANT: For the Spring Trimester, all students should initially register to the 30-credit Option module CVEN40730 Professional Work Experience, and not select any other Option Modules. Where a student does not secure an internship for the Spring Trimester, they will be required to register to other modules in the Spring Trimester as per the structure outlined.

See the UCD Assessment website for further details, including worked examples of how degree award GPAs are calculated

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