Advanced Diploma in Engineering (Civil)

Civil engineering is a key area to support the national development of Myanmar. The Advanced Diploma year (Level 5) builds on the work undertaken in the Diploma in Civil Engineering (Level 4). It develops further students’ knowledge and critical understanding of the skills, competencies and attributes required for civil engineers.

The course enables students to develop further in the study of a range of inter-related subject areas including mathematics, statistical analysis, surveying, practical and design skills. The development of professional skills is emphasised, together with understanding the wider societal and socio-economic contexts in which civil engineers operate.

The STI MU Advanced Diploma in Civil Engineering (Level 5) provides the second of three years of study which culminates in the BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering (Top-up) at Level 6, awarded by the University of Bedfordshire, UK.

Educational Aims of the Course

This course aims to achieve the following for its students:

📐To develop further existing skills and to acquire new competencies required for an engineer who is practical, articulate, numerate, literate, creative and flexible
📐To develop familiarity and critical understanding of the established theories, concepts and principles of civil engineering at the forefront of civil engineering, and to apply these in the workplace
📐To develop knowledge of the main methods of enquiry and analysis used in civil engineering, and to be able to evaluate critically different approaches to problem solving including in the workplace
📐To communicate information, arguments and analysis effectively, to professional engineering and non-professional audiences
📐To demonstrate familiarity with the wider professional responsibilities of civil engineers, including code/s of conduct, working within an ethical framework, health and safety, risk management, environmental, sustainability and societal issues
📐To understand and engage with the roles of commerce, enterprise, marketing, innovation and creativity within civil engineering
📐To demonstrate technical proficiency, creativity and innovation in design skills, allowing students to produce safe, economic and creative solutions to practical problems
📐To develop the qualities and transferable skills necessary successful performance in the workplace, and which require the exercise of personal responsibility and decision making

Intended Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

📐LO1: Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the scientific theories, concepts and principles that underpin relevant engineering technologies and systems, recognising competing perspectives
📐LO2: Deploy a range of relevant materials, equipment, tools, products and processes in a civil engineering workshop and in the workplace
📐LO3: Make judgements based on mathematical and statistical methods and recommend solutions which support the modelling and analysis of engineering problems
📐LO4: Evaluate the importance of commercial, economic, and social contexts of engineering processes
📐LO5: Assess personal and professional responsibility in relation to environmental and sustainability limitations; legal, ethical, health, safety, hazard and risk issues; intellectual property; codes of practice, protocols and standards
📐LO6: Deploy complex design techniques and spatial information, and show creativity and originality in work produced
📐LO7: Communicate complex ideas and technical information effectively for different audiences and in different formats, including orally, verbally and graphically
📐LO8: Interact effectively as a member of a team, giving and receiving information and ideas and modifying responses where appropriate

Teaching and Learning Methods

📐Acquisition of core knowledge is through a mixture of lectures, presentations, demonstrations, laboratory sessions, field trips, site visits, experiments and self-directed study
📐Analytical thinking skills are developed through discussion and test questions.
📐Practical skills are developed through laboratory experiments, the use of simulation software and workplace experience
📐Transferable skills are developed through assignments and presentations, particularly in the project unit