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Death comes to us all, yet we have become reluctant to address it. The Victorians of nineteenth-century Britain very different, with an elaborate set of rituals and conventions, referred to as Christian "art of death". Today we tend to find this unsettling, evidence of a morbid fascination, even as we admire the carefully-designed "garden cemeteries" or cities of the dead that the Victorians left behind. In this module we will explore how the Victorians understood the concept of a "good death", and how that model came under pressure around 1900 and collapsed in the wake of the First World War. In order to do this we will employ approaches taken from architectural history, gender/social history and the history of material culture. In addition to hands-on sessions in Hartley Library Special Collections handling condolence letters and mourning jewellery we will undertake site visits to a cemetery, crematorium and war shrine in Southampton. Assessments will include writing a museum label and an information board.

This module challenges you to develop an engineering project that contributes to a long-term vision for Southampton's future. You will take your proposal from initial concept through design development to the preparation of a practical implementation plan.

Working on one of three ambitious, high-impact infrastructure concepts—an interchange bus station, a foot bridge, or a waterfront leisure hub—you will address a complex, multidisciplinary design challenge. Throughout the module, you will integrate principles of sustainability, structural engineering, and project management while balancing the needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders.

The module provides valuable experience that reflects the challenges faced by practising civil engineers. You will strengthen your design, communication, teamwork, and project planning skills while applying knowledge gained in structural analysis, soil mechanics, and engineering design. Building on the foundations established in the Liveable Cities module, it prepares you for more advanced engineering design projects and equips you with skills that are directly relevant to your future professional career.

The City Infrastructure Design Project module builds on what you have learned from the Liveable Cities module and focuses on developing an engineering project within the city that contributes towards a specific vision (accessibility to water, waterfront development, city gateway). Three big, bold, and high impact physical engineering intervention ideas are already pre-defined throughout the city of Southampton, an interchange station, a bridge, and a waterfront leisure hub. You will work towards the development of one of these interventions by envisioning a concept, design it and generating a deployment plan. This will integrate aspects of sustainability, structural design, and project management.

This module challenges you to develop an engineering project that contributes to a long-term vision for Southampton's future. You will take your proposal from initial concept through design development to the preparation of a practical implementation plan.

Working on one of three ambitious, high-impact infrastructure concepts—an interchange bus station, a foot bridge, or a waterfront leisure hub—you will address a complex, multidisciplinary design challenge. Throughout the module, you will integrate principles of sustainability, structural engineering, and project management while balancing the needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders.

The module provides valuable experience that reflects the challenges faced by practising civil engineers. You will strengthen your design, communication, teamwork, and project planning skills while applying knowledge gained in structural analysis, soil mechanics, and engineering design. Building on the foundations established in the Liveable Cities module, it prepares you for more advanced engineering design projects and equips you with skills that are directly relevant to your future professional career.

This module presents knowledge and skills specific to civil/environmental engineering, in three areas: Environmental Sustainability and Geology for Geomechanics and in Construction. It complements the more general engineering science knowledge and understanding covered in the modules FEEG1002 and FEEG1003, and the civil engineering specific skills and knowledge with focus on design in the module CENV1026 in the first year of the civil and environmental engineering degree programmes.

The skills and knowledge gained in this module are applicable across many areas of the programme, in modules involving design/manufacture and in individual and group research and development projects.

In construction, students are first introduced to surveying, becoming conversant with modern surveying and construction techniques and develop surveying and setting out skills based on practical tasks undertaken around the campus. These skills will then be applied as a very important element of the construction of structures during the Constructionarium, which is a week-long residential field course activity in the final teaching week of semester 2. This tests awareness and knowledge of engineering processes in solving a series of practical construction tasks using the common civil engineering materials, steel, timber and reinforced concrete. Preparing for the Constructionarium is a major activity in semester 2, in which students work in groups to develop project plans, method statements and formwork/temporary works designs. A parallel activity in Semester 2 uses knowledge gained in the Mechanics, Structures and Materials module on the theoretical behaviour of structures to undertake numerical calculations to assess the performance of the Constructionarium structures, through a structural design exercise that includes sketching of load paths and structural form and understanding of loading, structural stability and structural element behaviour.

Learn to design and construct structures, classify soil engineering properties, assess construction environmental impacts, and develop surveying skills. Apply this knowledge through hands-on team projects at the Constructionarium building real structures.

Civil engineering requires practical skills to design sustainable, resilient infrastructure and cities, tackle climate change, and prepare for diverse careers across the civil engineering sector. Civil Engineering Fundamentals introduces students to the world of civil engineering, equipping them with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to shape the built environment. You will explore how structures carry loads, learn to interpret engineering drawings, and gain experience in project planning, costing, surveying, construction safety, quality management, and engineering materials. Sustainability is embedded throughout the module, you will learn why and how to assess and reduce the carbon impact of construction and contribute to a more resilient future. You will also investigate the geology beneath our infrastructure, developing the skills to classify soils and rocks and understand their engineering behaviour. Through lectures, workshops, geomechanics laboratories and surveying practicals, you will apply theory to real engineering challenges.

The module culminates in the Constructionarium, an intense week-long residential field course where teams construct a real structure using reinforced concrete, timber and steel. Taking on professional roles such as Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Health and Safety Coordinator, you will experience the challenges and rewards of delivering engineering projects while developing leadership, communication and teamwork skills.

Employers highly value the knowledge and experience gained in this module and often applied directly in summer placements and early career opportunities. As the foundation of the degree, this module provides the skills and confidence needed for advanced study in structural, geotechnical and design engineering, as well as future individual and team projects.

Learn to design and construct structures, classify soil engineering properties, assess construction environmental impacts, and develop surveying skills. Apply this knowledge through hands-on team projects at the Constructionarium building real structures.

Civil engineering requires practical skills to design sustainable, resilient infrastructure and cities, tackle climate change, and prepare for diverse careers across the civil engineering sector. Civil Engineering Fundamentals introduces students to the world of civil engineering, equipping them with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to shape the built environment. You will explore how structures carry loads, learn to interpret engineering drawings, and gain experience in project planning, costing, surveying, construction safety, quality management, and engineering materials. Sustainability is embedded throughout the module, you will learn why and how to assess and reduce the carbon impact of construction and contribute to a more resilient future. You will also investigate the geology beneath our infrastructure, developing the skills to classify soils and rocks and understand their engineering behaviour. Through lectures, workshops, geomechanics laboratories and surveying practicals, you will apply theory to real engineering challenges.

The module culminates in the Constructionarium, an intense week-long residential field course where teams construct a real structure using reinforced concrete, timber and steel. Taking on professional roles such as Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Health and Safety Coordinator, you will experience the challenges and rewards of delivering engineering projects while developing leadership, communication and teamwork skills.

Employers highly value the knowledge and experience gained in this module and often applied directly in summer placements and early career opportunities. As the foundation of the degree, this module provides the skills and confidence needed for advanced study in structural, geotechnical and design engineering, as well as future individual and team projects.

Political and military tumult would not seem an ideal backdrop for contemplation, but out of China’s Warring States period emerged a rich variety of philosophical thought; indeed, this period became affiliated with the ‘Hundred Schools of Thought’. Some of these traditions, like the Confucian and Daoist traditions, would go on to shape China and indeed East Asia in ways that can still be felt today, not only intellectually but also culturally. Other traditions, like that of the Mohists, would not retain direct influence beyond the classical period, but can be said to have played a crucial role in shaping the overall trajectory of Chinese and East Asian thought. This module surveys some of these traditions not only to illuminate the history of the intellectual development of a large portion of the world, but also to assess to what extent these ancient traditions provide solutions to current problems.

Political and military tumult would not seem an ideal backdrop for contemplation, but out of China’s Warring States period emerged a rich variety of philosophical thought; indeed, this period became affiliated with the ‘Hundred Schools of Thought’. Some of these traditions, like the Confucian and Daoist traditions, would go on to shape China and indeed East Asia in ways that can still be felt today, not only intellectually but also culturally. Other traditions, like that of the Mohists, would not retain direct influence beyond the classical period, but can be said to have played a crucial role in shaping the overall trajectory of Chinese and East Asian thought. This module surveys some of these traditions not only to illuminate the history of the intellectual development of a large portion of the world, but also to assess to what extent these ancient traditions provide solutions to current problems.

Political and military tumult would not seem an ideal backdrop for contemplation, but out of China’s Warring States period emerged a rich variety of philosophical thought; indeed, this period became affiliated with the ‘Hundred Schools of Thought’. Some of these traditions, like the Confucian and Daoist traditions, would go on to shape China and indeed East Asia in ways that can still be felt today, not only intellectually but also culturally. Other traditions, like that of the Mohists, would not retain direct influence beyond the classical period, but can be said to have played a crucial role in shaping the overall trajectory of Chinese and East Asian thought. This module surveys some of these traditions not only to illuminate the history of the intellectual development of a large portion of the world, but also to assess to what extent these ancient traditions provide solutions to current problems.