Year 1: Students study fundamental engineering principals relating to the materials used in civil engineering, studying core modules such as: Structural mechanics; hydraulics; materials; mathematics.Year 2: Students apply these fundamental principals to the: Analysis and design of steel and concrete structures; prediction of the mechanical behaviour of soil; mechanics of fluids.Year 3: The course becomes more applied and students study: The analysis and design of typical geotechnical and hydraulic structures; numerical analysis techniques used in structural design; construction law, contracts and economics.Students also study advanced analytical methods applied to civil engineering structures and undertake an individual investigative project which is research-orientated, requires work of an original nature, is intellectually demanding and related to architectural design; students also work in groups to prepare entries for national design competitions, in addition to providing the architectural input to groups working on an intensive design module again featuring real life projects.Year 4: The main focus is an extensive integrated design project where students interact with leading engineers from industry to research and develop a design solution for a real and current project; this project includes elements that are undertaken both in groups and individually, addressing issues such as environmental impact and construction safety; the individual element is the detailed architectural design of a key structure in the project.