Undergraduate Degrees

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Law) [BEng(CivE-Law)]

Programme Structure and Requirements

A BEng(CivE-Law) student is normally required to complete 195 credits of courses within a period of 3 academic years, which comprise 24 credits of law courses, 138 credits of civil engineering courses, 18 credits of elective courses from a list culled from both discipline, 3 credits comprised of an industrial training programme and 12 credits of language and broadening courses. There is also an IT requirement. The programme is structured as follows:

Year One (69 credits)

Civil Engineering courses (48 credits):
  • Computer application in civil engineering (6 credits)
  • Construction materials (6 credits)
  • Engineering drawing (6 credits)
  • Engineering mathematics I (6 credits)
  • Environmental engineering (6 credits)
  • Fluid mechanics (6 credits)
  • Structural mechanics (6 credits)
  • Theory and design of structures I (6 credits)
  • Law courses (12 credits):
  • Legal research and writing I and II (6 credits)
  • The legal system (6 credits)
Broadening courses (9 credits):
  • Practical Chinese language course for civil engineering (law) students (3 credits)
  • A Broadening course(6 credits)
  • Year One Summer (3 credits)
  • Industrial training (3 credits)

Year Two (72 credits)

Civil Engineering courses (42 credits):
  • Engineering geology and rock mechanics (6 credits)
  • Engineering mathematics II (6 credits)
  • Hydraulics and hydrology (6 credits)
  • Principles of civil engineering management (6 credits)
  • Soil mechanics (6 credits)
  • Surveying (6 credits)
  • Theory and design of structures II (6 credits)
Law courses (21 credits):
  • Law and society (6 credits)
  • Law of tort I (6 credits)
  • Law of tort II (6 credits)
  • Legal research and writing III (3 credits)
  • Broadening course (3 credits):
  • Writing solutions to legal problems (3 credits)
Other course (6 credits):
  • Critical thinking and logic (6 credits)
  • Year Two Summer (18 credits)
  • Engineering design and communication (6 credits)
  • Project (12 credits)

Year Three (72 credits)

Civil Engineering courses (30 credits):
  • Construction project management (6 credits)
  • Engineering hydraulics (6 credits)
  • Foundation engineering (6 credits)
  • Inter-disciplinary design project (6 credits)
  • Theory and design of structures III (6 credits)
Law courses (24 credits):
  • Law of contract I (6 credits)
  • Law of contract II (6 credits)
  • Land law I (6 credits)
  • Land law II (6 credits)
Electives (18 credits):
  • Civil engineering (law) electives (18 credits)
  • Year Four (60 credits)
Law courses (60 credits):
  • Business associations (6 credits)
  • Constitutional law (6 credits)
  • Commercial law (6 credits)
  • Criminal law I (6 credits)
  • Criminal law II (6 credits)
  • Introduction to Chinese law (6 credits)
  • Legal research and writing IV and V (6 credits)
  • Law electives (18 credits)
  • Year Five (63 credits)
Law courses (63 credits):
  • Administrative law (6 credits)
  • Equity and trusts I (6 credits)
  • Equity and trusts II (6 credits)
  • Introduction to legal theory (6 credits)
  • Mooting (3 credits)
  • Law electives (36 credits)

Detailed description of each course and the list of elective courses available can be found in the BEng(CivE-Law) degree regulations and syllabus.