Other university, Civil Engineering , Introduction to Civil Engineering Syllabus

Unit - 1 Basic Understanding

1.1 Basic Understanding Civil Engineering Infrastructure

1.2 Basics of Engineering and Civil Engineering

1.3 Broad disciplines of Civil Engineering

1.4 Importance of Civil Engineering

1.5 Possible scopes for a career

Unit - 10 Ocean Engineering

10.1 Ocean Engineering

10.2 Basics of Wave and Current Systems

10.3 Sediment transport systems

10.4 Ports and Harbors

10.5 Other marine structures

Unit - 11 Power Plant Structures

11.1 Power Plant Structures

11.2 Chimneys

11.3 Natural Induced Draught Colling towers

11.4 Coal handling systems

11.5 Ash handling systems

11.6 Nuclear containment structures 

11.7 Hydropower projects

Unit - 12 Structural Engineering

12.1 Structural Engineering

12.2 Types of buildings

12.3 Tall structures

12.4 Various types of bridges

12.5 Water retaining structures

12.6 Other structural systems

12.7 Experimental Stress Analysis

12.8 Wind tunnel studies

Unit - 13 Surveying & Geomatics

13.1 Surveying

13.2 Geomatics

13.3 Traditional surveying techniques

13.4 Total Stations

13.5 Development of Digital Terrain Models

13.6 GPS

13.7 LIDAR

Unit - 14 Traffic &Transportation Engineering

14.1 Traffic Transportation Engineering

14.2 Investments in transport infrastructure development in India for different modes of transport

14.3 Developments and challenges in integrated transport development in India

14.4 PPP in the transport sector

14.5 Intelligent Transport Systems

14.6 Urban Public and Freight Transportation

14.7 Road Safety under heterogeneous traffic

14.8 Sustainable and resilient pavement materials

14.9 Design pavement

14.10 Construction and management Pavement

14.11 Case studies and examples

Unit - 15 Repairs & Rehabilitation Of Structures

15.1 Basics of corrosion phenomena and other structural distress mechanisms

15.2 Some simple systems of rehabilitation of structures

15.3 NonDestructive testing systems

15.4 Use of carbon fibre wrapping and carbon composites in repairs

Unit - 16 Computational Methods, IT, IoT In Civil Engineering

16.1 Typical software used in Civil Engineering Finite Element Method

16.2 Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD

16.3 Computational Geotechnical Methods

16.4 Highway design MX

16.5 Building Information Modelling

16.6 Highlighting typical available software systems SAP STAAD ABAQUS MATLAB ETAB NASTRAN NISA MIKE 21 MODFLOW REVIT TEKLA AUTOCAD GEOSTUDIO EDUSHAKE MSP PRIMAVERA ArcGIS VisSIM

Unit - 17 Industrial Lectures

17.1 Case studies of large civil engineering projects by industry professionals

17.2 Comprehensive planning to commissioning

Unit - 18 Basics Of Professionalism

18.1 Professional Ethics

18.2 Entrepreneurship Possibilities in Civil Engineering

18.3 Possibilities for Creative and Innovative Working

18.4 Technical Writing Skill Enhancement

18.5 Facilities Management

18.6 Quality and HSE Systems in Construction

Unit - 2 History Of Civil Engineering

2.1 History of Civil engineering

2.2 Early constructions and developments over time

2.3 Ancient monuments

2.4 Modern marvels

2.5 Development of various materials of construction and methods of construction

2.6 Works of Eminent civil engineers

Unit - 3 Overview Of National Planning For Construction And Infrastructure Development

3.1 Overview of National Planning for Construction and Infrastructure Development

3.2 Position of construction industry visàvis other industries

3.3 Five year plan outlays for construction

3.4 Current budgets for infrastructure works

Unit - 4 Fundamentals Of Architecture & Town Planning

4.1 Fundamentals of Architecture Town Planning

4.2 Aesthetics in Civil Engineering

4.3 Examples of great architecture

4.4 Fundamentals of architectural design town planning

4.5 Building Systems

4.6 LEED ratings

4.7 Development of Smart Cities

Unit - 5 Fundamentals Of Building Materials

5.1 Fundamentals of Building Materials Stones bricks mortars Plain Reinforced Prestressed Concrete Construction Chemicals Structural Steel High Tensile Steel Carbon Composites

5.2 Plastics in Construction

5.3 3D printing

5.4 Recycling of Construction Demolition wastes

Unit - 6 Basics Of Construction Management & Contracts Management

6.1 Basics of Construction Management Contracts Management

6.2 Temporary Structures in Construction

6.3 Construction Methods for various types of Structures

6.4 Major Construction equipment

6.5 Automation

6.6 Robotics in Construction

6.7 Modern Project management Systems

6.8 Advent of Lean Construction

6.9 Importance of Contracts Management

Unit - 7 Environmental Engineering & Sustainability

7.1 Environmental Engineering Sustainability

7.2 Water treatment systems

7.3 Effluent treatment systems

7.4 Solid waste management

7.5 Sustainability in Construction

Unit - 8 Geotechnical Engineering

8.1 Geotechnical Engineering

8.2 Basics of soil mechanics

8.3 Rock mechanics and geology

8.4 Various types of foundations

8.5 Basics of rock mechanics tunneling

Unit - 9 Hydraulics, Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

9.1 Hydraulic engineering

9.2 Hydrology engineering

9.3 Water Resources Engineering

9.4 Fundamentals of fluid flow

9.5 Basics of water supply systems

9.6 Underground Structures

9.7 Underground Structures Multipurpose reservoir projects