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B.Sc. in Structural Engineering (STE) Based on Credit Hours System
Section 5
September 2010
2. PROGRAM MISSION
Structural Engineering field continues to prosper and advance so that new and
better energy-efficient structures can be designed and constructed, a cleaner and
safer environment can be provided, existing structures can be maintained, and
innovative cost-effective solutions to infrastructure problems can be developed.
The demand for skillful structural engineers continues to be high; therefore, the
graduates of the STE program would be highly demanded in the national, regional
and international job markets as evident by the following:
B.Sc. in Structural Engineering (STE) Based on Credit Hours System
Thus, the mission of the Structural Engineering (STE) program based on the credit
hours system at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, is to provide a broad,
well-rounded, and high-quality education in Civil Engineering with emphasis on the
profession of Structural Engineering and its specific areas of materials, mechanics,
analysis and design. By completing the B.Sc. degree requirements of the STE
program, the graduates will demonstrate professional competence to contribute in
future efforts for developing and maintaining the infrastructure and environment at
the national, regional and international dimensions.
3. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The educational objectives of the Structural Engineering program at the Faculty of
Engineering, Cairo University, are to prepare its graduates to:
1. Perform successfully in a professional environment by utilizing and improving
their technical knowledge, intellectual abilities and practical skills.
2. Design, construct and select effective civil and structural systems by applying
the fundamental principles and methods of structural engineering, as well as
the principles of sustainability.
3. Formulate, analyze and solve complex structural engineering problems by
examining and appraising practical alternatives and by working individually or
within multidisciplinary teams.
4. Plan, schedule and supervise diverse engineering projects by integrating project
management, risk management, information technology, and professional skills.
5. Communicate effectively in engineering and business environments, and
present high ethical standards.
6. Continue career development through life-long learning, professional seminars
and licensure.
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Sputo, T., and Lammert, K., “Reviving Art and Practice in Structural Engineering Education”,
Leadership and Management in Engineering, April 2008, pp. 49-53.
(P6) Use a wide range of analytical tools, techniques, equipment, and software
packages for the discipline and develop required computer programs.
(P7) Apply numerical modeling methods to engineering problems.
(P8) Apply safe systems at work and observe appropriate steps to manage risks.
(P9) Demonstrate basic organizational and project management skills.
(P10) Apply quality assurance procedures and follow codes an standards.
(P11) Exchange knowledge and skills to engineering community and industry.
(P12) Prepare and present technical reports.
(P13) Use laboratory and field equipment competently and safely.
(P14) Observe, record and analyze data in laboratory and in the field.
(P15) Practice professionally management skills. Prepare technical drafts and
detailed drawings both manually and using CAD
(P16) Carry out maintenance of all types of road ways and traffic systems.
(P17) Prepare quantity surveying reports
(P18) Plan, design, construct, operate, control and carry out maintenance of all
types of road ways and traffic systems.
5. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
To achieve the educational goals, a four-year curriculum following the freshman
year is developed. The curriculum covers the core topics in the Civil Engineering
discipline, as well as the fundamental and advanced topics in the field of Structural
Engineering so that the STE graduate will have a broad knowledge of the civil and
structural engineering professions, in particular materials, mechanics, analysis and
design, and will be capable of effectively participating in design, construction and
project management activities.
As the curriculum is based on the credit hours system, a total of 180 credits should
be completed before graduation, where about 36 credits are given in the freshman
year. The 180 credits are spread over 72 courses and are offered over a period of
10 main semesters, where there are two main semesters, Fall and Spring, per
academic year. After the freshman year, the STE students study core courses of
Civil Engineering and its fields including Construction, Geotechnical, Hydrological,
Environmental, and Transportation Engineering. They also study fundamental and
specialized courses in the field of Structural Engineering related to structural
analysis and design, engineering materials and mechanics. Additionally, they are
allowed to select a number of elective courses to fit their interests.
The STE program accepts a maximum of 40 students per year. This number may
increase in the future if the job-market demand calls for such an action. Hence, the
total number of students enrolled in the STE program is expected to reach 200
students by the end of its fifth year. The STE program accepts national, arab,
regional and international students.
(21.1% of total 180 credits) and 15 elective credits (8.3% of total 180 credits)
covering topics of engineering and applied sciences in the Structural engineering
field. First, the 38 compulsory credits of the STE major are satisfied by completing
13 compulsory courses, as shown in Table 4a. Second, the 15 elective credits are
satisfied by completing five (5) courses: two (2) courses (6 credits) should be
selected from the engineering sciences courses in Table 4b, and three (3) courses
(9 credits) should be selected from the applied sciences courses in Table 4c.
The total 180 credit hours of the Structural Engineering program are distributed
between lectures (Lec) and tutorial sessions, where the tutorial session is
classified as a problem solving (PS) session and/or projects, laboratory, and
practical work (PP) session, as shown in Table 6. In the STE program, the one (1)
credit hour of a tutorial session (PS or PP) corresponds to 2-3 contact hours to
provide sufficient practical training for the students. As a result, the total contact
hours of the STE program are 299 real hours, which are divided to 110 contact
hours for lectures (36.8% of total 299 real hours), and 189 contact hours for
tutorial sessions (63.2% of total 299 real hours). The STE program offers 72
courses which include 62 compulsory courses (86.1%), which cover 153 credits,
and 10 electives (13.9%), which cover 27 credits.
Sophomore
Freshman
Senior-1
Senior-2
Credits
Junior
Total
%
Category
Humanities and Social Sciences 4 9 7 3 4 27 15.0
Basic Sciences 24 9 9 0 0 42 23.3
Engineering Sciences 8 15 16 12 6 57 31.7
Applied Engineering Sciences 0 2 4 22 26 54 30.0
Total 36 35 36 37 36 180 100
STE students will be trained on teamwork and will be exposed to large structural
engineering projects during their practical training and graduation projects.
CHEN001 Chemistry 3
GENN001 Humanities and Engineering 2
GENN003 Basic Engineering Design 2
MDPN002 Fundamentals of Manufacturing Engineering 3
MECN002 Mechanics-2 (Dynamics) 2
MTHN003 Calculus II 3
PHYN002 Electricity and Magnetism 3
Program Electives
E-1. University Electives, 6 Credits (2 credits per course)
Student should select only three (3) courses equivalent to 6 credits, such
that one of the selected courses must be GENN301.
Code Course Title Credits
1 GENN301 Ethics and Legislation 2
2 GENN311 Technical Writing in Arabic 2
3 GENN321 Foreign Language 2
4 GENN326 Marketing 2
5 GENN327 Selections of Life-long Skills 2
6 GENN332 Service Management 2
7. COURSE CONTENTS
7.1 UNIVERSITY CORE COURSES
GENN001 Humanities and Engineering
Compulsory, Credits: 2 (2+0+0)
Prerequisite(s):
History of Technology: Engineering and technology in a cultural,
social, and historical context. Development of technology, as a key to
history of civilization in a comparative perspective - Exploring the
Humanities: Introduction to modes of thought found within humanities
and social sciences. Humanities for Engineers: Humanities themes of
increased complexity - Different work methodologies - Critical
analysis of information and choice of argumentation - Work
methodologies and pedagogical interest.
GENN002 English Language
Compulsory, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s):
Discovering personal opinion, composing essay and thesis
statements, importance of figurative language, typical English writing
errors and pitfalls, effective reading skills, organizing written material,
skills for implementing transitions and enhancing introductions,
control of sentence and paragraph length, peer evaluation, final
essay revision.
GENN004 Computers for Engineers
Compulsory, Credits: 2 (1+0+2)
Prerequisite(s):
Basic concepts of data representation, storage, processing and
reasoning, introduction to computer logic, programming techniques
and development of automated applications, introduction to different
technologies of computer interfaces. Hands on using mimic
examples and a general purpose software package.
GENN101 Technical Writing
Compulsory, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s): GENN002
Discovering Ideas. Outlining Ideas and Organizing Outlines. Ways
To Begin. The Three Parts of Technical Texts. Writing Abstracts,
Summaries, and Conclusions of Long Reports. The Thesis
Statement. Forms: Letters, Memos, Reports, Scientific Articles, Job
Description, CV. Writing References and Footnotes. Selection of Key
Words, Titles, and Subtitles. Editing, Revising and Proofreading
Techniques. Electronic Word Processing and Technical Writing,
Vocabulary Building, Basic Types and Patterns of Argument:
Terminology, Building Sub-Arguments of Fact and Policy.
األخطاء الشااععة ىاا اساامدامات- مراجعة أسس القىاعد النحىية و ميكانيكيات اللغة العربية
خلا األىكااا- كااباة جلااف وىقارات ةاحيحة وىعالاة باسااامداا اللغاة العربياة- اللغاة العربياة
أشااكاا الكاابااة- كاابااة األبحااا- كاابااة مقاادماتخ ملموااات و خاللااات الاقااا ير- )(الافاااكر
الرساااعفخ اللااتكراتخ الاقااا يرخ اللقااايت العلليااةخ الىةاات الااى يف خ كاابااة:باللغ اة العربيااة
اخاياااا الكللاااات اللفااكياااة و كاااتلل العنااااوي الرعيساااية- السااايرل التالياااة ولىمياا اللراجاا
إمكانياة معالةاة- الاعرف علا لقنيات الاحرير و اللراجعاة و القاراءل ايكاراىياة- والفرعية
الرسىا و الةداوا و اللمططاات الييانياة ىا الىمااع الفنياة- النوىص والكاابة اإلليكارونية
لعلا اينلااو و األسااليأل األساساية والليدعياة- بناء كويلة لغىية م الكللاات و اللفارتات-
.للنقاش م كيث اللنهةية واليناء
GENN321 Foreign Language
Elective, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s): GENN101
Emphasizing the development of student’s communicative skills to
speak, listen, read and write in languages other than Arabic and
English, such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese,
Chinese, etc, and to study cultural characteristics of such foreign
languages from historical, geographical, literature, economic, and
social viewpoints. Topics include, but not limited to, the basics of
language grammar and mechanics, writing effective sentences and
paragraphs, vocabulary building, writing technical engineering
documents and writing technical forms: letters, memos, reports,
scientific articles, job description, resumes and curriculum vitas.
GENN326 Marketing
Elective, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s): GENN102
Introduction. The Field of Sales; Strategic Sales Force Management.
The Personal Selling Process and Sales Force Organization.
Profiling and Recruiting Salespeople; Selecting and Hiring
Applicants, Developing the Sales Program, Sales Force Motivation,
Sales Force Compensation, Expenses and Transportation;
Leadership of a Sales Force, Forecasting Sales and Developing
Budgets; Sales Territories, Analysis of Sales Volume, Marketing Cost
and Profitability Analysis, Performance Evaluation; Ethical and Legal
Responsibilities tender writing.
GENN327 Selections of Life-long Skills
Elective, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s): GENN102
Communicating Clearly - Managing Time and Resources - Making
Decisions - Delegating Successfully - Motivating People - Managing
Teams - Negotiating Successfully - Minimizing Stress - Getting
Organized - Managing Changes - Interviewing People - Managing
Your Career - Balancing Work and Life - Thinking Creativity and
Innovation - Influencing People – Systems Thinking – Interpersonal
Management Skills – Entrepreneurial Skills.
GENN332 Service Management
Elective, Credits: 2 (1+1+0)
Prerequisite(s): GENN102
Role of services in the economy, The nature of services, Service
quality, Service Strategy, Developing new services, The role of
technology in supporting service delivery, Design of services,
Capacity planning and managing queues, Quantitative methods for
service management.