Course Details
English for Municipal Engineers
Academic Year 2024/25
NYB003 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-MI Summer Semester 1st year
The aim of the course is to teach vocabulary and conversation on the topics in the Municipal Engineering field of study.
Presentation and listening skills and reading comprehension practice using professional sources within the particular field of study.
Presentation and listening skills and reading comprehension practice using professional sources within the particular field of study.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Entry Knowledge
B1 level of English according to CEFR
Basic Literature
Materiály zpracované vyučující kurzu. (en)
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. Studying at University; Civil Engineering Branches
- 2. Civil Engineering Terminology; Numbers and Shapes
- 3. Building Materials; Properties of Materials
- 4. Types of Buildings; Basic Structural Elements
- 5. Parts of a House; Exterior of a House
- 6. Giving a Presentation; Presentation Skills
- 7. Public Sector in Economics
- 8. Urban Planning; Public Spaces
- 9. Urbanism; Transportation
- 10. Public Utility Systems; Wastewater Treatment
- 11. Sustainable Living; Green Buildings
- 12. Town & Country Planning and Building Code
- 13. Building Permit; Revision