Civil Engineering

Grading system

The Grading Scale and Letter Grade System is given in table below as per the academic policy.

Table 4 Grading system for undergraduate program

Raw Mark interval (100%)	Corresponding Letter Grade	Corresponding fixed number Grade	Status Description	Class Description
[90,100]	A+	4.0	Excellent	First Class with Great Distinction
[85,90)	A	4.0
[80,85)	A-	3.75
[75,80)	B+	3.5	Very Good	First Class with Distinction
[70,75)	B	3.0	Very Good	First Class with Distinction
[65,70)	B-	2.75	Good	First Class
[60,65)	C+	2.5	Good	Second Class
[50,60)	C	2.0	Satisfactory	Second Class
[45,50)	C-	1.75	Unsatisfactory	Lower Class
[40,45)	D	1.0	Very Poor	Lower Class
[0,40)	F	0	Fail	Lowest Class
To pass the course a student must achieve a minimum of 40% in the final exam.

Graduation Requirements

A student is required to take courses that will bring the total 190credit hours for graduation with the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Student must take and pass all the required courses to satisfy the requirement for graduation.

All the required courses and the minimum credit hours set in the program curriculum by the respective academic unit should be satisfied, except to phase in and phase out program.

A cumulative grade point average CGPA of 2.00 must be obtained.
A cumulative grade point average CGPA of 2.00 in major area courses.
No “F” grade in any course taken for undergraduate program.
Score pass mark for all courses which have Pass/Fail grade.
National exit exam score pass mark 50% and above.

Other requirements are same as those of the University graduation requirements.

Degree Nomenclature

Amharic: ”የሳይንስ ባችለር ዲግሪ በሲቪል ምህንድስና”

English: Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering

Course Coding

Each course will have a prefix; each prefix contains four letters without any space will be followed by four digits.

For example, in the Course code “CEng1001” (General Physics).

The first digit (1) represents the year (level) in which the course is given,
The second digit (0) indicates the category number (Common, Core, elective, stream focus)
The last two digits (01) indicate the semester in which the course is given.
All courses given in the first semester are represented by odd number (01, 03, 05, 07 …etc.)
All courses given in the second semester are represented by even number (02, 04, 06, 08…etc.)

To maintain the quality of the program it is important to keep the admission requirements up to the standard. This is achieved by strictly following the guideline for admission to the Civil Engineering department which is in line with the general university requirement and Senate Legislation.

Course Breakdown for Regular Programs

The BSc. Degree in Civil Engineering Course Listing which can be used as a checklist for graduation is shown below. And the Course breakdown for undergraduate Continuing Education Program is shown in Appendix-B

Table 5: Course Break Down per semester for Regular Civil Engineering Department

1^st Year, Semester I				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	Tu	LP
1	General Physics	Phys1001	None	3	2	3	0
2	Communicative English Language Skills I	FLEn1003	None	3	2	3	0
3	Geography of Ethiopia and the Horn	GeES1005	None	3	2	3	0
4	Mathematics for Natural Sciences	Math1007	None	3	2	3	0
5	Logic and Critical thinking	Phil1009	None	3	2	3	0
6	General psychology	Psyc1011	None	3	2	3	0
7	Physical Fitness	SpSc1013	None	P/F	1	0	3
Total Sum				18	13	18	3

1^stYear, Semester II				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Social Anthropology	Anth1002	None	2	2	0	0
2	Communicative English Language skills II	FLEn1004	FLEn1003	3	2	3	0
3	Entrepreneurship for Engineers	Entr1106	None	3	2	3	0
4	Emerging Technologies for Engineers	EmTe1108	None	3	2	0	3
5	Inclusiveness	Incl1010	None	2	2	0	0
6	Moral and Civic Education	MCiE1012	None	2	2	0	0
7	Applied Mathematics I for Engineering	Math1014	None	4	3	3	0
Total Sum				19	15	9	3

2^Nd Year, Semester I (Pre-Engineering)				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Engineering Drawing	MEng2001	None	3	1	1	5
2	Introduction to Computer Programming	Comp2003	None	3	2	0	3
3	Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)	CEng2005	Phys1001	3	2	3	0
4	Applied Mathematics II	Math2007	Math1014	4	3	3	0
5	Economics	Econ2009	None	3	2	3	0
6	Global Trend	GLTr2011	None	2	2	0	0
Total Sum				18	12	10	8

2^Nd Year, Semester II				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)	MEng2102	CEng2005	3	2	3	0
2	Strength of Materials	CEng2104	CEng2005	4	3	3	0
3	Hydraulics	CEng2106	CEng2005	4	2	3	3
4	Engineering Surveying I	CEng2108	Math1007	3	2	0	3
5	General Workshop Practice	CEng2110	None	1	1	0	2
6	Engineering Geology	CEng2112	None	2	1	1	2
7	History of Ethiopia and the Horn	Hist2002	None	3	2	3	0
Total Sum				20	13	13	10

3^rd Year, Semester I				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Transport Engineering	CEng3101	None	3	2	3	0
2	Soil Mechanics I	CEng3103	CEng 2104, CEng2106	3	2	2	1
3	Theory of Structures I	CEng3105	CEng 2104	3	2	3	0
4	Open Channel Hydraulics	CEng3107	CEng2106	3	2	2	1
5	Construction Materials	CEng3109	None	2	1	2	1
6	Engineering Surveying II	CEng3111	CEng2108	3	2	0	3
7	Probability and Statistics	Stat3027	None	3	2	3	0
Total Sum				20	13	15	6

3^rd Year, Semester II				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Highway Engineering I	CEng3102	CEng3101, CEng3111	3	2	3	0
2	Soil Mechanics II	CEng3104	CEng3103	3	2	2	1
3	Theory of Structures II	CEng3106	CEng3105	3	2	3	0
4	Engineering Hydrology	CEng3108	CEng3107	3	2	3	0
5	Building Construction	CEng3110	CEng3109	3	2	3	0
6	Numerical Methods	CEng3112	Math2007	2	1	3	0
7	Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)	CEng3114	MEng2001	2	1	0	3
Total Sum				19	12	17	4

4^rth Year, Semester I				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Highway Engineering II	CEng4103	CEng3102	3	2	2	1
2	Environmental Engineering	EnEng4105	None	2	2	0	2
3	Reinforced Concrete Structures I	CEng4107	CEng3106	3	2	3	0
4	Hydraulic Structures I	CEng4109	CEng3108, CEng3107	3	2	3	0
5	Specification and Quantity Surveying	CEng4111	CEng3110, CEng3114	3	2	3	0
6	Fundamental of Architecture	CEng4115	CEng3114	2	1	0	3
7	Integrated Engineering Team Project	IETP4115	None	3	1	0	5
Total Sum				19	12	11	11

4^rth Year, Semester II				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Construction Equipment	CEng4102	CEng3109	2	2	2	0
2	Technical Report Writing & Research Methodology	CEng4104	FLEn1004	1	1	2	0
3	Foundation Engineering I	CEng4106	CEng3104, CEng4107	3	2	3	0
4	Reinforced Concrete Structures II	CEng4108	CEng4107	3	2	3	0
5	Hydraulic Structures II	CEng4110	CEng4109	3	2	3	0
6	Water Supply and Urban Drainage	CEng4112	CEng3108	3	2	2	1
7	Procurement and Contract Administration	CEng4114	CEng4111	2	1	3	0
8	Engineering Economics	CEng4116	Econ2009	2	1	3	0
Total Sum				19	13	21	1

4^rth Year, Semester II & III (Summer)

Contact hours

S. No

Course Name

Code

Pre-Requisite

Internship Practice

CEng 4118

CEng4103, CEng4106, CEng4108, CEng4110, CEng4111

Total Sum

5^th Year, Semester I				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Final year project I	CEng5101	CEng4118	P/F	1	0	5
2	Integrated Civil Engineering Design	CEng5103	CEng4118	3	0	0	6
3	Railway Engineering	CEng5105	CEng3101	2	2	2	0
4	Foundation Engineering II	CEng5107	CEng4106	3	2	3	0
5	Structural Design	CEng5109	CEng4108	3	2	3	0
6	Steel and Timber Structures	CEng5111	CEng3106	3	2	2	1
7	Irrigation Engineering	CEng5113	CEng4110	2	2	2	0
Total Sum				16	11	12	12

5^th Year, Semester II				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Final Year Project II	CEng5102	CEng5101	6	0	6	6
2	Construction Management	CEng5106	CEng4116, CEng4102	2	2	2	0
3	Fundamental of Bridge Design	CEng5112	CEng4110, CEng4108	3	2	3	0
4	Waste Water and Solid Waste Treatment	CEng5114	CEng4112	3	2	2	1
5	Elective-I	CEngxxxx	CEngxxxx	2	2	2	0
Total Sum				16	8	15	7

Elective Courses

2-Core Elective Courses				CH	Contact hours
S. No	Course Name	Code	Pre-Requisite	CH	L	TU	LP
1	Reinforced Concrete structures III	CEng5214	CEng4108	2	2	2	0
2	Highway Engineering III	CEng5206	CEng4103	2	2	2	0
3	Water Resource Development	CEng 5216	CEng3108, CEng4110	2	2	2	0
4	Tunneling	CEng 5208	CEng3104	2	2	2	0
5	Environmental Impact Assessment	CEng5218	EnEng4114	2	2	2	0
6	Geographic Information System (GIS)	CEng5210	CEng3111	2	2	0	2
7	Building Information Modelling (BIM)	CEng 5160	CEng4115, CEng4108	2	1	0	3

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering is going to develop the following outcomes after
four to five years of graduation from Civil Engineering department, Addis Ababa Science
and Technology University

Table 1: Program Educational Objectives of Civil Engineering

PEO	Statement
PEO-1	Within three to five years of graduation Program graduates will have become employed in engineering or a related profession or will have continued with graduate studies.
PEO-2	Within three to five years of graduation Program graduates will have been recognized by supervisors and colleagues as possessing the knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in engineering or related field and will be progressing toward the appropriate professional license or credentials.
PEO-3	Within five to ten years of graduation Program graduates will have demonstrated leadership and service within their profession and in their communities through participation in professional societies and charitable organizations and similar civic service activities.
PEO-4	Throughout their careers Program graduates will use educational opportunities to continue to expand their knowledge and skills in areas required for their career.

The practice of Civil Engineering includes the provision of professional services in
connection with identification of problems of existing infrastructure and elaboration of
technically and economically feasible concepts for their solution, construction supervision,
control and approval of contractors’ documents and settlement of claims and disputes.

Table 2 Students who graduate with a BS degree in Civil Engineering will have the ff SO’s.

SO’s	Statement
SO1	An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex Civil engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
SO2	An ability to apply Civil engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
SO3	An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
SO4	An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
SO5	An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
SO6	An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze, and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
SO7	An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Mapping SO to PEO	PEO-1	PEO-2	PEO-3	PEO-4
SO-1			√	√
SO-2	√			√
SO-3		√	√
SO-4	√		√	√
SO-5		√	√
SO-6		√	√
SO-7				√

GEOTECHNICAL LABORATORY

Other tests such as Classification and Index Property Tests (Water Content determination, Density-Void ratio determination, Atterberg Limits, Particle Size Distribution, Specific Gravity of soil solids, Proctor Compaction); Strength and Deformation Testing (Unconfined (Uniaxial) Compression, One-Dimensional Consolidation or Swell Test, Direct Shear Test, Triaxial Compression (UU, CU, CD) – Triaxial Extension test); Permeability Testing (Constant Head Testing Method – Mariotte Bottle, Falling Head Testing can be conducted in our geotechnical laboratory.

ROAD AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Other tests in particle size distribution test, specific gravity for aggregate, water absorption of coarse and fine aggregate, aggregate crushing, aggregate impact value, pavement coring, binder content determination, marshall stability, and flow including density and air void, marshall mix design, density, and degree of compaction (core sample), penetration test, retained penetration after thin film oven test, the specific gravity of bitumen, stripping test, rolling thin film oven, DSR test, mass loss after rolling thin film test, and pressure aging vessel residue test can be conducted in our road and transport engineering laboratory. Additional tests such as dynamic shear rheometer, rolling thin film oven (RTFO), bending beam rheometer, gyratory compactor, slab compactor, indirect tensile test, double wheel track test, fatigue and resilient modulus test for asphalt mix, pressure aging vessel (PAV), penetration test for bitumen, softening point test, flash and fire point test, ductility test for bitumen can also be conducted.

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Other tests such as standard flume test, fluid friction measurements, pipe surge and water hammer test apparatus, advanced environmental hydrology system for sand bed test, centrifugal pump test, series and parallel pumps test, hydrostatic pressure test, metacentric height experiment, Bernoulli’s theorem experiments, impact of water jet teas, orifice, and free water jet flow test; energy losses in bends and fittings test, free and forced vortices tests can also be conducted in our hydraulic engineering laboratory.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL LABORATORY

Additional tests that the construction material laboratory is capable of conducting such moisture content, sieve analysis (fineness modules for fine and coarse aggregate), unit weight (bulk density), specific gravity (for fine and coarse aggregate mix design), standard consistency for cement, setting time, soundness, flow table, compaction factor test, compressive strength, flexural strength, and split tensile strength, mortar flexural test, Schmidt Hammer Test, and Upv (Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity).