Civil & Environmental Engineering


 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 

(B.Sc. in CE for Diploma Holders) 

 Objectives and Goal

The increasing needs for civil engineers in worldwide job markets need not to be overemphasized. To keep pace with the advancement in Civil engineering and provide emphasis in fulfilling the needs, it is essential that efforts are made both in the public and private sectors to develop human resources in this particular field in Bangladesh.

  •  The prime objective in establishing the Civil Engineering Department at the AMBAN is to make a concerted effort towards achieving the goal to provide quality education of 4 years duration at the undergraduate level.
  • To give undergraduate programs’ students a rigorous and comprehensive academic training on both the fundamental and advanced aspects of Civil Engineering.
  •  To make provisions for research and development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Civil Engineering.

 

A student in CE must not only have a sound basis in the fundamental of Engineering but also should be aware of socio-economic problems of the country. Therefore, courses in Science, humanities, economics and management are also included in the curricula. The last two semesters will offer the students a number of alternatives to choose from and to specialize in a particular field. Theory and sessional work shall be supplemented by Project/Thesis work, seminars and visits to relevant research and construction projects.


Semesters 

There will be three semesters in an academic year, which are namely:

  • Spring Semester; (Duration: January to April)
  • Summer Semester; (Duration: May to August)
  • Fall Semester; (Duration: September to December)

 

Each semester will be of 16 weeks duration with 12 weeks for class teaching, 1 (One) week break for examination preparation; 2(three) weeks for examinations and the remaining one week will cover government and other holidays.

  Duration of the Program:The duration for B.Sc. in Civil Engineering program will be three years divided into 10 semesters.

Credit-hour 
For one credit hour of theory course there will be a 60 minutes lecture class. For 1.5 credits of a Sessional / Lab course there will be three lecture hours or demonstration class of 150 minutes/week.

 

7. Degree Requirements 
a) Completion of minimum 140 credit hours.
(b) Passing of all courses individually and maintaining a minimum CGPA of 2.50.


Grading System
Letter grading will be made to assess students’ performance. The grade will be assigned on the overall evaluation of a student’s performance on the basis of semester final examination, midterm exam. case studies, tutorial test, term papers, assignment and class attendance in aggregate and whatever is applicable for an individual program. The teachers responsible for the course will determine Grades/GPA. The final result will be prepared by cumulating the grade point average over the courses. The UGC approved common grading system is adopted for assigning a letter grade and grade point. This is given in the following table:

 

Numerical Grade 

Letter Grade 

Grade Point 

80% and above

A +

4.00

75% to less than 79%

A

3.75

70% to less than 74%

A-

3.50

65% to less than 69%

B+

3.25

60% to less than 64%

B

3.00

55% to less than 59%

B-

2.75

50% to less than 54%

C+

2.50

45% to less than 49%

C

2.25

40% to less than 44%

D

2.00

Less than 40%

F

0.00

F *Failure; I ** Incomplete;


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marking System in the Individual Courses

 Theory Courses:

Continuous Assessment (Attendance, Quizzes, Assignment, Class tests, etc)
Midterm examination ( 1 hour duration)
Final Examination ( 3 hour duration)
   

30%
30%
40%

 

 

Sessional and Lab Courses :

 The assessment in sessional/field work courses is made by observing the student in the respective lab classes and also by taking viva-voce, written Tests and practical tests. Distribution of Marks

Twenty percent (20%) of marks of a theoretical course shall be allotted for continuous assessment, i.e. attendance quizzes, home assignments, class tests and class participation. The rest of the marks will be allotted to Midterm and Term Final examinations. Distribution of marks for a given course is as follows:

Attendance and Observation

10%

Homework, assignment/quizzes

20%

Mid-term Examination ( 1 hr. duration)

30%

Final Examination ( 3 hrs. duration)

40%

Total

100%

Basis for awarding marks for class attendance and observation will be as follows:

Class attendance and Class Observation

Marks%

90% and above

100

85% to less than 90%

90

80% to less than 85%

80

75% to less than 80%

70

70% to less than 75%

60

65% to less than 70%

50

60% to less than 65%

40

Below 60%

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