Syllabus
To complete the MSc, all students must undertake all modules listed under their programme title. With the exception of those taking Business Management or Sustainable Development, where the student replaces core material with these modules, further information is listed below.
Soil Mechanics MSc Syllabus
Autumn & Spring Term
Core for all specialisations
- CI9-GEO-01 Consolidation and Seepage
- CI9-GEO-02 Strength and Deformation
- CI9-GEO-03 Embankments & Earthworks
- CI9-GEO-04 Stability of Soil Slopes
- CI9-GEO-05 Foundations
- CI9-GEO-06 Earth Pressures
- CI9-GEO-07 Analysis and Constitutive Modelling
- CI9-GEO-08 Laboratory and Field Techniques
- CI9-GEO-09 Site Investigation and Ground Models
- CI9-GEO-12 Geotechnical Processes
- CI9-GEO-15 Current Developments in Geotechnical Engineering
- CI9-GEO-19 Geotechnics Fieldwork
- CI9-GEO-21 Dissertation
- CI9-GEO-39 Laboratory Testing and Data Interpretation
Specialisation modules
Soil Mechanics specialisation modules
- CI9-GEO-10 Engineering Geomorphology
- CI9-GEO-11 Advanced Soil Behaviour
- CI9-GEO-16 Partly Saturated Soil Behaviour
- CI9-GEO-17 Advanced Constitutive Modelling
- CI9-GEO-37 Rock Engineering
Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology specialisation modules
- CI9-GEO-11 Advanced Soil Behaviour
- CI9-GEO-13 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- CI9-GEO-30 Geotechnical Hazards
- CI9-GEO-10 Engineering Geomorphology
Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics specialisation modules
Summer Term
This term you will commence your individual dissertation.
Modules which cannot be taken with Business Management or Sustainable Development
Add-on modules in Business Management and Sustainable Development
Each of these options comprise 120 hours of study and are taken as an alternative to the modules listed above.
| Business Management | Sustainable Development [The sustainable development modules are suspended for 2016/17 entry] |
|---|---|
These options also have some entry requirements, to find out more see the Business Management page. |
These options also have some entry requirements, to find out more see the Sustainable Development page. |
| Syllabus for Business Management and Sustainable Development | |