Course Details
English for Municipal Engineers
Academic Year 2025/26
NYB003 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-MI Summer Semester 1st year
The course focuses on teaching vocabulary and conversation related to topics in the field of Municipal Engineering. It includes practice in presentation skills, listening, and reading comprehension using specialised resources relevant to the field.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Entry Knowledge
Level B1 according to the CEFR in English.
Basic Literature
Materiály zpracované vyučující kurzu. (en)
Prerequisites
Level B1 according to the CEFR in English.
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