Civil Engineering

Major code: 081001 Duration: 4 years

Cultivation Goals:

Oriented to the national One Belt, OneRoad strategy and the Dual carbon goal, this major relies onthe emerging development and urban renewal needs of the Guangdong-HongKong-Macao Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration, cultivating both family andcountry feelings and global vision, solid engineeringfoundation, and mastery of emerging cutting-edge technologies, Threeforces (learning, thinking, action) excellent, all-round development ofthe Three innovation (innovation, creation, entrepreneurship)talents. Specifically, it includes the following three objectives:

(1) Cultivation Goal 1: Practice the core values ofsocialism, uphold the spirit of craftsmen, have a sound personality and noblehumanistic feelings, resilience and confidence to overcome difficulties, alifelong learning mentality, and obtain a strong sense of professional honorand pride;

(2) Cultivation Goal 2: Master the basic concepts,knowledge system and common tools of civil engineering, understand the newneeds and new formats of industries and disciplines, and have a certaininterdisciplinary knowledge reserve, especially digital and informationtechnology in the future development of low-carbon construction and resilientcities;

(3)Cultivation Goal 3: Have the comprehensive abilityto think independently, find problems, analyze problems, and solve complexcivil engineering problems, and have good self-management skills, communicationand teamwork skills, leadership, and the ability to adapt tointernationalization and cross-cultural communication.

Through four years of study, graduates can beengaged in survey, design, construction, project management, education,scientific research and other work in the field of infrastructure such asconstruction, bridges, highways, tunnels and new infrastructure, and reach thesame level as the professional qualification of civil engineers in about fiveyears after graduation, become the technical backbone or senior managementpersonnel in civil engineering and related fields, or obtain a master's degreeor above from a first-class university.

Graduation Requirements:

№1.Moralcultivation: Moral cultivation understands and masters the worldview andmethodology of learning, has good ideological character and social morality,has a sense of family and country and social responsibility, and can practicethe core values of socialism.

No1.1 Understand and master the scientific world view andmethodology, and have good ideological character and social morality

No1.2 Have a sense of family and country and socialresponsibility, and be able to practice the core values of socialism.

№2.EngineeringKnowledge: Ability to apply mathematics, natural sciences, engineeringfundamentals, and expertise to solve complex engineering problems in the fieldof civil engineering.

No2.1 Be able to apply mathematics, natural sciences,engineering foundations and professional knowledge to establish correctmathematical and mechanical models and express complex engineering problems incivil engineering.

No2.2 Be able to apply engineering foundation andprofessional knowledge to deduce and solve the correctness of the model.

No2.3 Be able to apply engineering foundation andprofessional knowledge to propose several solutions to complex engineeringproblems in civil engineering, and analyze, compare and optimize.

№3.ProblemAnalysis: Able to apply the basic principles of mathematics, natural sciencesand engineering sciences to identify, express, and analyze complex engineeringproblems in civil engineering through literature research to obtain effectiveconclusions.

No3.1 Be able to apply the basic principles ofmathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences to identify and judgethe key links in complex engineering problems in civil engineering.

No3.2 Be able to apply the basic principles ofmathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences, and use drawings andwords to effectively express complex engineering problems in civil engineering.

No3.3 Be able to apply the basic principles ofmathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences, and use domestic andforeign literature, norms, standards, etc. to systematically analyze complexengineering problems in civil engineering, and seek alternative solutions toobtain effective conclusions.

№4.Design/DevelopSolutions: Design creative solutions to complex engineering problems and designsystems, components, or processes to meet identified needs, with dueconsideration for public health and safety, costs throughout the life cycle,net-zero carbon, and resource, cultural, social, and environmental factors.

No4.1 Be able to design (develop) systems, structures,components (nodes) and construction plans that meet the specific needs of civilengineering.

No4.2 can consider the influence of social, health,safety, legal, cultural and environmental factors in engineering design andconstruction plans according to the specific needs of civil engineering.

No4.3 Be able to optimize engineering design andconstruction schemes, and have a sense of overall and innovation when proposingsolutions to complex engineering problems.

№5.Research: Beable to conduct research on complex engineering problems in civil engineeringbased on scientific principles and using scientific methods, includingdesigning experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, synthesizinginformation, etc., to obtain reasonable and effective conclusions, and applythem to engineering practice.

No5.1 Use the basic principles and operational skills ofcivil engineering related experiments, have the ability to scientificallydesign and implement experiments for complex engineering problems in civilengineering, and correctly collect experimental data and information, and haveexperimental safety awareness.

No5.2 Be able to analyze and interpret experimentalresults based on scientific principles and scientific methods, obtainreasonable and effective conclusions through information synthesis and applythem to engineering practice, and investigate and analyze solutions to complexprocess problems through literature research or related methods.

№6.Use of tools:Ability to select, use and develop appropriate technologies, resources, modernengineering tools (equipment) and information technology to solve complexengineering problems, including simulation, analysis and prediction of complexengineering problems, and to understand their limitations.

No6.1 Grasp the technologies, resources, modernengineering tools and information technology tools commonly used in the fieldof civil engineering and understand their limitations.

No6.2 Be able to reasonably select, use or developappropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and informationtechnology tools for analysis, calculation and design for complex engineeringproblems.

No6.3 Ability to correctly simulate and predict complexengineering problems using modern engineering tools and information technologytools, and be able to understand their limitations and reasonably evaluate thevalidity of analysis results.

№7.Engineers and the World:Aware of and understanding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal(SDG17) and able to analyse and evaluate the design, construction and operationof civil engineering projects and solutions to complex engineering problems,including social, economic, sustainability, health, legal and environmentalimpacts, based on relevant background knowledge and standards of civilengineering. and understand the responsibilities expected of a civil engineer.

No7.1 Be able to reasonably analyze and evaluate thedesign, construction and operation of civil engineering projects and solutionsto complex engineering problems based on civil engineering laws, regulationsand technical standards.

No7.2 Be able to understand and evaluate the social,health, safety, legal, cultural, environmental, and sustainable developmentimpacts of engineering practices on complex engineering problems in civilengineering, as well as understand the constraints of the environment onengineering.

No7.3 Understand new materials, new processes and newmethods of civil engineering, pay attention to energy conservation and emissionreduction, and pay attention to the use of energy conservation andenvironmental protection technical solutions; Understand the new requirementsof social development for civil engineers.

№8.Ethics: Applyethical principles and devote ourselves to the practice and norms ofprofessional ethical engineering; and comply with relevant national andinternational laws. Demonstrate an understanding of the need for diversity andinclusion.

No8.1 Possess the necessary knowledge and literacy ofhumanities and social sciences, correct values and a sense of socialresponsibility, and a healthy body and a sound personality.

No8.2 Be able to understand and abide by the professionalethics and norms of the project in the practice of civil engineering projects,have legal awareness, and be responsible, contribute to the country and servethe society.

No8.3 Understand the responsibilities of civil engineersin relation to public health, public safety, society and culture, and the law.

№9.Individualand collaborative team work: Ability to take on the roles of individual, teammember, and leader in a diverse and inclusive team when solving complexengineering problems in the civil engineering profession.

No9.1 Ability to actively cooperate and cooperate withothers in a multidisciplinary environment, and be able to independentlycomplete tasks assigned by a team.

No9.2 Ability to take on the role of team member orleader in a multidisciplinary context, with organizational and coordinationskills.

№10.Communication:Ability to effectively communicate and communicate with industry peers and thepublic on complex engineering issues in the civil engineering profession,including writing reports and design manuscripts, making statements, andarticulating or responding to instructions; Have an international perspectiveand be able to communicate and exchange in a cross-cultural context.

No10.1 Have good writing and language skills, and be ableto effectively communicate and exchange with industry peers and the public oncomplex engineering issues in civil engineering through written and oral means.

No10.2 Have a certain international vision, understandthe international development trend of civil engineering related industries,have the language and written communication skills of cross-culturalcommunication, and be able to effectively communicate and exchange onprofessional issues in a cross-cultural context.

№11.ProjectManagement and Finance: Apply knowledge and understanding of engineeringmanagement principles and economic decision-making in relation to the civilengineering profession and apply it to your own work as a member and leader ofa team managing projects and multidisciplinary environments.

No11.1 Understand and master the principles ofengineering management and economic decision-making methods, and understand theengineering management and economic decision-making issues in the full-cycledesign of engineering projects.

No11.2 Ability to apply engineering management principlesand economic decision-making methods in the design and development of solutionsin a multidisciplinary environment to make sound leadership, organization andmanagement decisions in civil engineering projects.

№12.Continuouslifelong learning: the ability to learn independently and for lifelong learningaccording to the needs of personal and professional development, with theawareness of self-directed learning and lifelong learning, and the ability toadapt to new developments in civil engineering.

No12.1 Aiming at personal and professional developmentneeds, have the ability to learn independently, and have a sense of lifelonglearning.

No12.2 Ability to understand and track trends in civilengineering disciplines, and have the ability to adapt to emerging technologiesand think critically.

Matrix of the relationship between training objectives and graduationrequirements:

Major Introduction:

  The Department of Civil Engineering, where the civilengineering major is located, is one of the six departments at the beginning ofthe establishment of South China University of Technology (formerly South ChinaInstitute of Technology), and its history can be traced back to the Departmentof Architectural Engineering of Guangdong Xiangqin University of Engineering in1933. Facing the major needs of national civil engineering and infrastructureconstruction, this major has successively trained more than 10,000 seniortechnical talents in engineering design, construction and management in thedirection of building structure, underground structure, road and bridgeengineering for the country, and has an important influence and good reputationin China's mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and Southeast Asiancountries. In 2003, the civil engineering major was rated as a famous brandmajor in Guangdong Province. In 2010, it became a characteristic major inGuangdong Province and was listed as the first batch of OutstandingEngineer Education and Training Program implementation majors of theMinistry of Education. In 2018, it passed the national evaluation(certification) of civil engineering majors in colleges and universities forthe fifth time. And in 2019, it became the first batch of national first-classprofessional construction sites.

The civil engineering discipline supported by thismajor is the first discipline in South China to have a first-level disciplinedoctoral program and a postdoctoral research station, and has formed a completebachelor's-master's- The doctoral talent training system has high-leveldiscipline platforms such as the National Key Laboratory of SubtropicalArchitecture and Urban Science and the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory ofModern Civil Engineering Technology, which fully guarantees the effective developmentof experimental teaching and scientific research. There are nearly 70 full-timeteachers in this major, as well as a number of honorary professors, part-timeprofessors and consulting professors, forming a stable teaching team withreasonable knowledge, professional titles and age structure. At present, themajor has established 3 on-campus college students' innovation ability trainingbases and more than 40 off-campus industry-university-research practiceteaching and practice bases. It has established short-term exchange programswith many well-known universities at home and abroad, and signed multi-leveljoint training programs with many famous universities in North America, Europe,Australia and other countries such as undergraduate, master's and doctoraldegrees.

This major follows the trainingconcept of solid foundation, wide caliber, and specializedfrontier, relies on high-level discipline platforms such as the NationalKey Laboratory of Subtropical Architecture and Urban Science, and the unique industrialadvantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, combined withworld-class super-large engineering projects, to provide students withproduction, teaching, research, learning, innovation, andcompetition An integrated and diverse training environment.

Major Features:

1.    Based on the seriesof mechanics theories and engineering structure theories, the curriculum systemdesign is interdisciplinary and empowered by artificial intelligence generaltechnology to improve students' civil, mechanical, computer and automation andother professional adaptability;

2.    Relying on theuniversity's high-level discipline platform and the Greater Bay Area JointInternship Base, it integrates classroom teaching and large-scale projectpractice to cultivate students' ability to solve complex engineering problems.

3.    Aiming at thefrontier of disciplines and industries, we carry out modular whole-processcustomized training to enhance students' long-term competitiveness and industryleadership ability.

DegreeAwarded: Bachelor ofEngineering

CoreCourses (10):

Theoretical Mechanics III.,Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Surveying and Mapping and DigitalArchitecture, Structural Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Geology andEngineering Materials, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Theory of ConcreteStructures, Theory of Steel Structures, Principles of Engineering Constructionand Cost Management

FeaturedCourses:

Freshman Seminar (6courses):

Intelligent Transportation andSustainable Development, Digital Design and Intelligent Construction,Engineering Management in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, Digital TwinWatershed and Future Water Conservancy, Future Urban Science: Intelligent Designand Sustainable Systems, New Materials, New Structures, and New Engineering:Application of Mechanical Thinking

Frontier Courses (30courses):

6 cutting-edgemodules with 5 courses each.

Module 1:High-performance building structure and low-carbon construction (green buildingmaterials and low-carbon construction, green and intelligent design of humansettlements, high-performance materials and engineering applications,prefabricated modular construction and engineering applications, intelligentoptimization design of high-rise building structures).

Module 2:Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of the Whole Life Cycle of EngineeringStructures (Wind and Vibration Effect and Control of Mega Structures,Monitoring Technology of Construction Process of Large and Complex Structures,Analysis and Emergency Response of Engineering Safety Accidents, EarthquakeDisaster Prevention and Mitigation of Engineering Structures, Fire Effect andPrevention of Building Structures).

Module 3:Intelligent Construction and Digital Operation and Maintenance of EngineeringStructures (Frontier and Practice of New Complex Structure ConstructionTechnology, Structural Health Monitoring Internet of Things and Data Science,Structural Intelligent Perception and Engineering Diagnosis, High-performanceStructure Optimization and Algorithm Design, Urban Digital Operation andManagement).

Module 4:Urban Marine Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Space Development(Environmental Geotechnical Engineering, Smart Underground Space andEngineering, Coastal Soft Foundation Treatment and Underground Space ExcavationSupport, Intelligent Diagnosis and Repair of Service Performance of UndergroundStructures, Intelligent Rock Mass Analysis and Green Underground StructureDesign).

Module 5: Newtechnologies for major transportation infrastructure construction (digitalbridge engineering and AI design, digital construction technology for tunnelengineering, bridge structure evolution - innovative exploration of steel andconcrete combination, bridge intelligent detection technology and machinevision application, new generation bridge and tunnel maintenance technology)

Module 6:Green and resilient road construction and maintenance integration technology(road survey and design, green and resilient road construction and maintenancetechnology, future road structure and materials, modern transportationinfrastructure simulation technology, roadbed and slope design and safety).

School-EnterpriseCooperation Courses (6 courses):

Introduction to IntelligentTransportation and Digital Construction, Understanding Internship, ProfessionalInternship, Cutting-edge Engineering Design Workshop, Graduation Project

Competitive TeachingCombination Courses (3 courses):

Principles and Procedures ofStructural Analysis, Concepts and Experiments of Structural Models, ModularConstruction of Prefabricated Structures and Engineering Applications

Innovation PracticeCourses (4 courses):

Structural Model Concept andExperiment, Engineering Material Design Experiment, Civil Engineering FrontierTest, Structural Vibration Test Technology and Practice

All-English TaughtCourses (10 courses):

Theoretical Mechanics III.,Mechanics of Materials VI, Engineering Surveying and Mapping and DigitalArchitecture, Structural Mechanics, Theory of Concrete Structures, Theory ofSteel Structures, Elastic Mechanics I, Constructive Design and Construction ofMaterials, Principles and Basis of Structural Analysis Procedures, ElasticMechanics and Finite Element Method

Bachelor-Master SharedCourses (6 courses):

Elastic Mechanics and FiniteElement Method (All-English Taught), 3D Printing Materials and Structures,Intelligent Construction Theory and Methods, Structural Dynamics, HigherReinforced Concrete Structures, European and American Road Engineering Designand Analysis

1. Registration form for various coursecredits

(1) Credit StatisticsTable

Note: Students are required to complete the required creditsof the professional teaching plan upon graduation, and obtain 5 credits ofhumanities quality education and 4 credits of innovation ability training inthe second classroom.

(2) Category statistics table

Note:

1.    General education courses are counted as electives;

2.    The experimental teaching hours in thistable include experiments, internships and others in the professionalteaching plan;

3.    Innovation and entrepreneurship education credits:The courses in the training plan shall be recognized by the teaching steeringcommittee of each department, including the credits of the combination ofcompetition and education,innovation practice courses, and entrepreneurship education courses;

4.    Compulsory hours + elective hours = total number ofhours; Theoretical teaching hours + experimental teaching hours = totalteaching hours; Compulsory Credits + Elective Credits = Total Credits; Concentrated practice teaching link credits +theoretical teaching credits + experimental teaching credits = total credits.

2. Curriculum Schedule

Note: The rest of the class hours can be computer andpractical hours.

2. Curriculum Schedule (continued)

Note: The rest of the class hours can be computerand practical hours.

Students apply for conversion intocertain credits for professional elective courses (innovative researchtraining, innovative research practice) according to their own scientificresearch training projects, discipline competitions, published papers, patentsand independent entrepreneurship I, innovative research practice II, entrepreneurship practice and otherinnovation and entrepreneurship courses). The total number of credits for eachstudent's application for major electives shall not exceed 4 credits. Projects and competitions that have been approvedby the university as elective credits will no longer receive innovative creditscorresponding to the second classroom.

3. Concentrate on practical teaching

4. Course topology diagram

5.Matrix of the relationship between the curriculum system and graduationrequirements

6. The second class

The second classroom consists of twoparts: humanistic quality education and innovation ability training.

1. Basic requirements for humanisticquality education

Whileobtaining the credits specified in the professional teaching plan, studentsshould also appropriately participate in extracurricular humanistic qualityeducation activities based on their own interests, and the cumulative creditsof participating activities should not be less than 7 credits. Among them, 2credits of mental health education for college students, 1 credit of nationalsecurity education, and 2 credits of career planning for college students areoffered online and included in the second classroom humanistic qualityeducation credits.

2. Basic requirements for thecultivation of innovation ability

Inaddition to obtaining the credits specified in the teaching plan of the major,students must also participate in the National Innovation and EntrepreneurshipTraining Program, the Guangdong Innovation and Entrepreneurship TrainingProgram, the SRP (Student Research Program), the Hundred Step Ladder ClimbingProgram or various extracurricular innovation ability training activities (suchas discipline competitions, academic lectures, etc.) for a certain period oftime, and the cumulative credits of the activities shall not be less than 4credits.