Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Baccalaureus Technologiae: Engineering: Civil

Qualification stream: Structural
Qualification code: BTECV - STR
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 62320
APS/AS: 50
Rules:
A total of eight study units must be taken. All the study units for BTECV-STR are compulsory. For project and theory modules, the students must register for the project and the theory components simultaneously unless a credit for any component has been approved by Unisa. Both the project component and the theory component must be passed to obtain full credit for the study unit. For practical, project and theory modules, the student must register for the practical, project and theory components simultaneously unless a credit for any component has been approved by Unisa. All three components must be passed to obtain full credit for the study unit. Pipeline students repeating CMC4701& CMC4702 will have until end of 2017 to complete both modules. Students who will not complete both CMC4701 & CMC4702 by end of 2017,must change over to RDM4701 & RDM4702. Please note that all practical will be conducted at Unisa Science campus, in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. Further note that this is compulsory to all students and for all the engineering modules that require practical work in the laboratories.
Purpose statement:
To train civil engineering technologists for specialization in particular field of Civil Engineering, e.g. Water, Construction Management, Urban Planning, Environmental and Structural. A qualified person with sufficient experience will be able to register with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional Technologist in the field of Civil Engineering.
This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.
Qualification offered until 2022, and ONLY for students previously registered for this qualification.

Who can register?

  • Applicants may only register once they have received confirmation from Unisa that their application for admission has been accepted. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification. Admission to the alternative qualification is not automatic. It will depend on whether you comply with admission requirements and if space is available.
  • Re-registering students may register for the 2022 academic year once the registration period opens.


Please note:
Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.


How to choose your modules

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.

  • Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.
  • Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.

You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.

The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

Click here for more information on managing your studies.

Curriculum for this qualification

As you are deciding on the modules you will be registering for, remember to write down the module names and codes so that you have something that you can refer to when completing your registration.

Please click on the modules below to see further information

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
CNT4701 - Concrete Technology IV (Theory) Co-requisite:CNT4702 & CNTPRA4
CNT4702 - Concrete Technology IV (Project) Co-requisite:CNT4701& CNTPRA4
CNTPRA4 - Concrete Technology IV (Practical) Co-requisite:CNT4701 & CNT4702
FEN4701 - Foundation Engineering IV (Theory) Co-requisite:FEN4702
FEN4702 - Foundation Engineering IV (Project) Co-requisite:FEN4701
RCD4701 - Reinforced Concrete Design IV (Theory) Co-requisite:RCD4PJT & CNT4701 & CNT4702 & CNTPRA4
RCD4PJT - Reinforced Concrete Design IV (Project) Co-requisite:RCD4701 & CNT4701 & CNT4702 & CNTPRA4
RDM4701 - Reticulation Design and Management IV (Theory) Co-requisite:RDM4702
RDM4702 - Reticulation Design and Management IV (Project) Co-requisite:RDM4701
SAN4701 - Structural Analysis IV
SMD4701 - Structural Masonry Design IV (Theory) Co-requisite:SMD4702
SMD4702 - Structural Masonry Design IV (Project) Co-requisite:SMD4701
SSD4701 - Structural Steel Design IV (Theory) Co-requisite:SSD4702
SSD4702 - Structural Steel Design IV (Project) Co-requisite:SSD4701
TST401C - Theory of Structures IV