Course Details
English for Municipal Engineers
Academic Year 2023/24
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.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Prerequisites
B1 level of English according to CEFR
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
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