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