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Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Civil Engineering course at City College Norwich.
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Course summary
What this course is about
Here's what City College Norwich says about its Civil Engineering course.
The purpose of Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Civil Engineering is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals able to meet the demands of employers in the construction sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.
Objectives include providing the core skills required for a range of careers in construction. A balance of employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic ambitions will be offered.
The programme incorporates a combination of traditional classroom teaching, open learning and research based experiential learning, laboratory experiments and demonstrations, use of surveying equipment, industry standard IT applications and group activities. Many assignments are based around students' own work experiences.
If you have any specific questions about this course, please contact Anna Hare - Course Leader, email: [email protected]
Source: City College Norwich
Course details
Qualification
Higher National Certificate - HNC
Department
School of Higher Education
Location
Main Campus (Ipswich Road) | Norwich
Duration
1.5 Years
Study mode
Part-time day
Subjects
• Civil engineering
Start date
September 2026
Application deadline
Unknown
The modules you will study
The course requires 120 credits , comprising 8 x 15 credit units at Level 4 as follows:
Unit 1: Construction Design Project; Unit 3: Science & Materials; Unit 4: The Construction Environment; Unit 8: Mathematics for Construction; Unit 17: Civil Engineering Technology; Unit 19: Principles of Structural Design; Plus 2 additional optional units. Unit descriptors can be found in the document "Unit Descriptors for the Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals Construction Suite", which can be found at: http://qualifications.pearson.com/
City College Norwich student reviews
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores at City College Norwich
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from City College Norwich students who took the Civil Engineering course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
85%
med
Teaching on my course
85%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
73%
low
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
91%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
100%
high
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
73%
low
Learning opportunities
89%
high
Learning opportunities
89%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
79%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
94%
high
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
92%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
80%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
96%
high
Assessment and feedback
55%
low
Assessment and feedback
55%
low
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
67%
low
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
43%
low
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
63%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
61%
low
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
41%
low
Academic support
91%
high
Academic support
91%
high
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
93%
high
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
88%
med
Organisation and management
76%
med
Organisation and management
76%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
83%
high
How well organised is your course?
67%
med
Learning resources
64%
low
Learning resources
64%
low
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
71%
low
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
65%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
58%
low
Student voice
54%
low
Student voice
54%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
37%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
65%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
59%
low
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
38%
low
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
93%
high
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
57%
low
Student information
We're still busy gathering student information for Civil Engineering at City College Norwich. Look out for more info soon.
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Civil Engineering at City College Norwich.
Earnings after graduation
We have no information about future earnings from students that studied this course.
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