COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Qualified students, who complete this diploma, prepare themselves for a career as engineering technicians or technologists in the big world of the construction industry.  Three basic activities are dealt with, namely planning and design, construction and maintenance. The work of the diplomat will vary, depending on the area in which he/she may be working, but in all the areas he/she will be required to assist professional engineers.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Applied mathematics


• Computer skills


• Construction materials


• Drawings


• Mathematics


• Civil management


• Communication skills


• Surveying


• Theory of structures


• Construction methods

Second year subjects:

• Civil engineering practice

Third year subjects:

• Surveying


• Geotechnical engineering


• Structural analysis


• Structural steel and timber design


• Transportation engineering


• Water engineering


• Documentation


• Reinforced concrete and masonry design

Careers: civil engineers, consulting engineers.

Source: www.cut.ac.za

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