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Information. KEEP YOURSELF INFORMEDMSc Handbook (definitive regulations in Handbook; you have been issued provisional version; second semester structure/modules have not been finalised yet. Final Handbook 2009/10 will be issued end of October)MSc notice board in main hall, Simon Perry Building,
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1. MSc in Civil Engineering Course Director: Dr. Brendan O’Kelly
MSc Programme Secretary
Patricia Tutty tuttyp@tcd.ie
Civil Engineering Departmental Office, Museum Building
2. Information KEEP YOURSELF INFORMED
MSc Handbook (definitive regulations in Handbook; you have been issued provisional version; second semester structure/modules have not been finalised yet. Final Handbook 2009/10 will be issued end of October)
MSc notice board in main hall, Simon Perry Building, check regularly
Email correspondence will be to your TCD email address. If you are not receiving course e-mails, notify Patricia Tutty at tuttyp@tcd.ie Also, if you would like additional contact email address added to the mailing list please notify Patricia
If answer to your query is not contained in handbook or on notice board then e-mail:
General course enquiries to Patricia Tutty
Questions that relate to a specific module: email module leader (listed under different module options in handbook)
3. Course Structure First semester, Michaelmas, and second semester, Hilary
Module structure
Modules are nine weeks in duration, including study week (week 7)
Eight weeks, 3 lectures/week = 24 lectures
Plus associated coursework/continual assessment
A couple of intensive modules run over two/three weeks at the end of semesters
Module examinations take place in April (no repeat/special exams)
Exam dates issued by Exams Office and dates will not be available until February/March
Four month research project commences late April, finishes end August
4. SEMESTER 1 SUBJECTS FULL-TIME STUDENTS 2009/10 In the first semester, candidates must take modules A1 and A2 along with four other modules from options B1 to B10: Compulsory A1. Civil Engineering Management – 10 ECTS A2. Dissertation Phase 1 - Research Methods – 10 ECTS Options B1. Geotechnical Engineering – 5 ECTS B3. Introduction to Transportation Engineering – 5 ECTS B4. Engineering Hydrology – 5 ECTS B5. Introduction to Environmental Analysis – 5 ECTS B6. Environmental Engineering – 5 ECTS B7. Transport Modelling – 5 ECTS B8. Advanced Structural Analysis – 5 ECTS (Intensive modular, wks 10–12) B9. Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engng – 5 ECTS (Intensive, wks 10–12) B10. Renewable Energy 1– 5 ECTS