You must be wondering, what all do we study in Civil Engineering. During the B.Tech program of 4 years what courses do we need to study; all about Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering is all about the basic needs of the Society.
It begins with the application of forces in nature , on various different shapes of structure , forces causing movement within the Earth , on surface of the Earth . Various different forces causing water to flow, causing wind to blow , snow to move and melt . Now the basic need of the society is movement of passengers and goods for which we need roads , basic need of the society is shelter to protect themselves from the vagaries of nature for which we need houses and homes .
With above basic concept of Civil Engineering in mind , you study all about forces on solid material and begin your journey with brushing your concept of Physics , Chemistry and Advanced Mathematics during your first year of joining B.Tech program, you study Solid Mechanics. Your are taught Surveying and Field Measurements through use of Theodolite and Total Station . During Second year , you happen to study Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Engineering where you study all about open channel flow, you study applied hydraulics and pipe flow,
water supply and sewage and sanitation. You are taught Engineering Drawing and Building Drawings along with the subject of Building Construction Technologies and Building Construction Materials and their properties.
Starting third year , you happen to study the Professional courses in Civil Engineering. It begins with Soil Mechanics , Transportation Engineering where you study roads and highways along with Railway Engineering and design of Airports , water resources engineering where you study design of Canal, Spillway, Dams and waterways. You happen to study Hydrology, where you are taught all about Rainfall and their Estimation. Most important of all , you study Reinforced Cement Concrete as a material and Design of RCC Structure built out of Cement Concrete and Reinforcement Steel Bars. During Final Year you also study Solid Waste Management ; Remote Sensing and GIS . Steel Structure and their design in the form of Trusses and Girder and Steel Plate design in the form of pressure vessels and Chimneys.
Apart from Core Civil Engineering Courses , you are given training and orientation courses in Personality development , nurturing of your hobbies and skills through Club activities , you are also given training on basic architectural design software like Autocad and Structural Design software like Staad Pro. At IIMT you are given training to write research papers, copyright and patent your research work , develop your own prototype in Engineering and even given a platform to go for startup, register your own Companies and begin your own business.
