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BSc Architecture (12132002)

Duration of study 3 years
Total credits 414
Contact Mr RJ van Rensburg rudolf.vanrensburg@up.ac.za +27 (0)124203081
Dr N Botes nico.botes@up.ac.za +27 (0)124204600

Programme information
Architecture entails the design of buildings and the spaces between those buildings. It is the art and science that
is employed in order to create a liveable environment, thus contributing towards the spiritual and material
prosperity of the country. Architects are often independent thinkers, individualists and innovators. Although they
are employed by organisations involved with development, investment, research, marketing, the industry or
even education, many architects prefer to be independent consultants and entrepreneurs.
BScArch is regarded as an exit level that enables the graduate to register as a candidate architectural
technologist, and BArchHons as candidate senior architectural technologist, at the South African Council for the
Architectural Profession. A architectural technologist is a professional person registered by the SACAP in terms of
the Act on the Architectural Profession (Act 44 of 2000). Such practitioners provide assistance in the practices of
the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture and urban design where their
responsibilities would be the documentation of projects, project administration and site management.
Students are advised to work in the offices of an architect or a landscape architect to gain practical experience
during the university recesses.
A graduate wishing to become a professional architect must apply for and pursue a further two years of full-time
studies in the professional degree programme. The Master of Architecture (Professional) degree is recognised by
the South African Council for the Architectural Profession as qualifying the graduate to register as a candidate
professional architect in terms of the Act on the Architectural Profession (Act 44 of 2000).

Admission requirements
● In order to register NSC/IEB/Cambridge candidates must comply with the minimum requirements for degree
studies as well as with the minimum requirements for the relevant study programme.
● Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
● Grade 11 results are used in the provisional admission of prospective students.
● A valid National Senior Certificate (NSC) with admission to degree studies is required.
● Minimum subject and achievement requirements as set out below are required. On first-year level a student
has a choice between Afrikaans and English as language medium. In certain cases tuition may be presented in
English only for example in electives where the lecturer may not speak Afrikaans or in cases where it is not
economically or practically viable.
● Provisional admission to the four-year programme in the School of Engineering is only guaranteed if a
prospective student complies with ALL the requirements below.

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Note

Candidates who do not comply with the minimum requirements, set out above, but who have obtained
a minimum APS of 30, an achievement level of 5 for English or Afrikaans, 6 for Mathematics and 5 for
Physical Science, will be considered for provisional admission to either the four-year programme or the
ENGAGE programme based on the results of the compulsory NBT.

Admission to ENGAGE in the School of Engineering will be determined by the results of the NBT, NSC
results, an achievement level of 5 in Mathematics and 4 in Physical Science, as well as an achievement
level of 4 in Afrikaans or English, together with an APS of 25.

Students may apply directly to be considered for the ENGAGE programme.

Minimum requirements for 2016

Achievement level
Afrikaans or English Mathematics Physical Sciences
APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level
27
5 3 C C 4 3 D D 4 3 D D

Will only be considered as first study choice

Selection programme: Selection includes an interview.

Practical requirement

At least one year of work or travel recommended.

Applicants who matriculated before, or in 2007

The following minimum requirements for admission apply: A Grade 12 certificate with university
endorsement and at least 40% (E symbol) in Mathematics and Physical Science on higher Grade, or at
least 50% (D symbol) for the same subjects at standard Grade. A minimum M Score of 18 is required for
Grade 12.

Applicants who matriculated in 2008 or thereafter

The following minimum requirements for admission apply: A National Senior Certificate with access to
degree studies and a minimum Admission Point Score (APS) of 27; a minimum achievement level of 4
(at least 50%) for Mathematics and Physical Science; a minimum achievement level of 5 (at least 60%)
for Afrikaans or English (as home language or first additional language) and an achievement level of at
least 4 (minimum 50%) for Life Orientation, although this subject is not used in the calculation of the
APS. The APS is calculated using two language subjects, Mathematics, Physical Science and any two
other subjects excluding Life Orientation.

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Please note: For the BScLArch study programme, Physical Science or Life Science or Geography will be
accepted; the minimum achievement level remains a 4.

Transfers

Students currently enrolled for other study programmes may apply for permission to transfer to the
Department of Architecture. For these applicants, round 1 of the selection process will be based on their
Grade 12 results (refer to requirements for admission), their academic record and a detailed written
motivation explaining reasons for wanting to transfer.

Students who are currently registered at UP should submit their applications directly to the Admissions
Officer, School forthe Built Environment. Students who are registered at othertertiary institutions must
apply through the Client Service Centre. Note the closing date. Applicants will not be permitted to
register for any modules in advance (prior to having been granted final admission).

Important dates

The academic year of the University of Pretoria starts in January and ends early in December. It is
divided into two semesters (or four quarter modules) with short recesses in April July and September. In
order to gain practical experience students are advised to work at a practice during the University
recesses. The University calendar is available online at www.up.ac.za/calendars.

1 March: Applications for admission open for the next academic year. Applications should be handed in
at the Client Service Centre or can be submitted electronically.

30 June: Last day to submit all undergraduate applications for admission to the Department of
Architecture for the following academic year. This closing date also applies to all transfer applications.

June/July/August/September: Departmental selection tests are written on scheduled Saturdays.

Dates are automatically allocated and cannot be rescheduled.

October recess: 4 October to 12 October 2015: Final selection interviews for applicants on the
shortlist.

31 October: Selection results are available. Applicants are notified of the outcome in writing.

30 November: Last day for selected students to acknowledge their selection and pay deposits or make
arrangements for payment.

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Additional requirements
Please Note: Students wishing to transfer to other programmes in the Department of Architecture must obtain
written consent from the admissions committee.

Other programme-specific information

Concurrent presentation
In the third year of study Design, Construction, Design communication, Environmental studies and Earth studies
must initially be examined in the same year.
The degree is awarded to those students obtaining all the prescribed credits for the programme modules.

Promotion to next study year

A student is promoted to a subsequent year of study after acquiring all the prerequisite module credits of
the preceding year of study.
A student is deemed to be in the year of study for which he or she is registered in Design.
If the student is not registered for Design the highest passed year of Design determines the year of study.
Please Note: Students not promoted to the next year of study must obtain the approval of the programme
coordinator and the Head of Department to register for modules in the subsequent year of study. Students
must re-apply for admission to the Department of Architecture in instances where:
(i) a student is not promoted to the second year of study;
(ii) a student after repeating any year of study, is not promoted to the following year of study.

Pass with distinction

The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who, at first registration, passes all modules of the final
year of study with a weighted average of 75%. The degree must have been completed within the minimum
prescribed time and no supplementary/special examinations may have been written.

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Curriculum: Year 1
Minimum credits: 116

Fundamental modules
Academic orientation 112 (UPO 112)
Module credits 0.00
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation EBIT Dean's Office
Period of presentation Year

Academic information management 102 (AIM 102)

Module credits 6.00
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Service modules
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Information Science
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate
technology. Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical
and fair use of information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic
information.

Core modules
Earth studies 110 (AAL 110)
Module credits 10.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1

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Module content
Introduction to the basic concepts of ecology, natural resources and stress on the environment; systems
thinking; earth as system; changing paradigms and values; ecological design principles; geo-referencing; geo-
mapping, basic site survey.

Construction 111 (KON 111)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
The context of architectural technology and the relationships between technology, theory, structure and
materials. Drawing conventions.The typical city site. The construction and materials of a single storey dwelling
with masonry walls and a pitched roof, from preparation for building work to substructure, retaining walls and
floors.

Construction 121 (KON 121)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites KON 111 GS
Contact time 3 lectures per week, 1 practical per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Continuation of the construction and materials of a single storey dwelling. Superstructure: walls, opening, roofs,
finishes and services.

Design communication 120 (OKU 120)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Quarter 3: Introduction to basic computer aided design. Quarter 4: Introduction to the theory of structures:
Forces, moments, stresses, strains, Young's Modulus, Structural components: beams, columns and trusses.

Environmental theory 110 (OML 110)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Introductory contextualisation of twentieth century artefacts within the framework of history from Antiquity to
Modernity. Building types as artefacts of material culture. Approaches and guidelines to the study of history of
the environment. Understanding of the process of endemic construction and its monumentalisation, settlement
and urbanisation of various ages and environments. An interdisciplinary investigation of living spaces as shapers
of social interaction. The history of the environment of the Mediterranean Antique, Bronze Age, Classical and
Biblical societies.

Environmental studies 120 (OML 120)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
The history of the environment of and the link between North-Europe and the Mediterranean area, the Arabic
peninsula and the Indies, from the fall of Jerusalem up until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. Tao, Shinto
and the landscape of the Far East.

Design 100 (ONT 100)

Module credits 60.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 17 studio hours per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Year

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Module content
Introduction to design and integration with supporting modules. Design principles, skills and techniques. Small-
scale design projects and environmental influences (physical, social, cultural, historical), space requirements and
creative interpretation. Acquisition of skills in design communication through imagination, intuition and
conceptual thinking. Relation of internal to external space. Anthropometry and ergonomics; visual literacy
(visual media, analysis and interpretation) and criticism. The designer as visual thinker. Perception; ideograms.
Development of a vocabulary to describe and illustrate the discipline of design. Pertinent theory that informs
and supports the design process.

Elective modules
Elective module 110 (ARC 110)
Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1

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Curriculum: Year 2
Minimum credits: 136

Core modules
Earth studies 210 (AAL 210)
Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Meso-environment:
Climate: atmospheric constituents and processes, weather systems, heat radiation and transfer, solar charts,
sun movement and heat gain control.
Air: airflow patterns around structures, natural ventilation.
Water vapour: diffusivity, transfer and condensation.
Heat: thermal comfort and comfort indices, thermal performance of materials and structures, time lag,
decrement and periodic heat transfer.

Earth studies 224 (AAL 224)

Module credits 4.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Quarter 4
Module content
Environmental filters and forecasting techniques:
Sound: the physical nature of sound, physiology of hearing, sound and noise sources, transfer, absorption and
isolation, noise control; measurement, levels, frequency analysis, A-loading, room acoustics, reverberation
periods.
Light: properties of natural light, design criteria, daylight factors, diffusion, quality, energy requirements and
saving.

Geomorphology of the built environment 265 (GGY 265)

Module credits 12.00
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology

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Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 4 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Geography, Geoinf + Meteor
Period of presentation Quarter 3
Module content
*This module is for Architecture and Landscape Architecture students only.
The theory component covers geomorphological aspects of the built environment including landscape
identification; weathering or deterioration of natural stone and application to design and preservation of
buildings and monuments; slope hydrology and stability conditions; soil erosion processes and construction
impacts; drainage modification in urban areas; wetland identification, human impacts and rehabilitation;
recreational impacts and management. In addition to the theory a field-based project is undertaken.

Community-based project 201 (JCP 201)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 other contact session per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Informatics
Period of presentation Year
Module content
This project-orientated module is a form of applied learning which is directed at specific community needs and is
integrated into all undergraduate academic programmes offered by the Faculty of Engineering, Built
Environment and Information Technology. The main objectives with the module are as follows:
(1) The execution of a community related project aimed at achieving a beneficial impact on a chosen section of
society, preferably but not exclusively, by engagement with a section of society which is different from the
student's own social background.
(2) The development of an awareness of personal, social and cultural values, an attitude to be of service, and an
understanding of social issues, for the purpose of being a responsible professional.
(3) The development of important multidisciplinary and life skills, such as communication, interpersonal and
leadership skills.
Assessment in the module will include all or most of the following components: evaluation and approval of
project proposal, assessment of oral and/or written progress reports, peer assessment in the event of team
projects, written reportback by those at which the project was aimed at, and final assessment on grounds of the
submission of a portfolio and a written report.

Construction 210 (KON 210)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites KON 111 and KON 121
Contact time 3 lectures per week

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Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Double-storeyed buildings: reinforced concrete, steel and timber-framed structures. Offshutter concrete. Load-
bearing masonry. Low-pitch roofs and waterproofing, other pitched-roof finishes. Lightweight partitioning. Glass.
Joinery. Small precast elements.

Construction 220 (KON 220)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites KON 210 GS
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Soil mechanics: foundations, basement construction and waterproofing. Site structures: geotextiles and
geomembranes, stairs, walls, retaining walls, fences, ramps, gabions, prefabricated retaining blocks. Built
planters, lapas, braais, pavilions, decks.

Environmental theory 210 (OML 210)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
The history of the environment and the link between North-Europe and a newly discovered world from the time
of the circumnavigation of the southernmost Cape Point of Africa till the Industiral Revolution.

Environmental studies 220 (OML 220)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture

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Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
History of the environment of Western societies and their dominions from the Industrial Revolution up to the
intellectual questioning of Modernism. Southern African housing typologies and Western artefacts as
manifestation of socio-political realities since 1488 AD.

Design 200 (ONT 200)

Module credits 60.00
Prerequisites AAL 110, KON 111, KON 121, OML 110, OML 120 and ONT 100
Contact time 17 studio hours per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Year
Module content
The process and product of design through the integration of supporting modules. Spatial design as response to
tectonic and contextual influences. The production of space and the reading of place as central concerns in the
design disciplines. The design of residential and simple public spaces and buildings with the emphasis on
planning, plan-making, structure and economy as design determinants. Skills: programming, site analysis, time
management, advanced graphic and reprographic techniques.
Pertinent theory that informs and supports the design process in architecture.

Theory of structures 211 (STU 211)

Module credits 8.00
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Civil Eng
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Introduction to structural engineering concepts like design, analysis, sizing and planning of structures.
Introduction to Newton’s laws, equilibrium, free body diagrams. The application of equilibrium in solving
reactions of statically determinate structures. The principles of determinacy and stability of structures. The
application of Newton’s laws in determining the internal forces in common structural systems like cable
structures, trusses, frames and beams. The fundamental principles of weight and forces and how forces are
transmitted through structural members and load tracing.

Theory of structures 221 (STU 221)

Module credits 8.00

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Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites STU 211 GS
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Civil Eng
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Introduction to material science in structural engineering. Concepts like stress, strain, elasticity, stress-strain
diagrams, elasticity modules, strength and deformation as applied in structural engineering. Cross-sectional
properties of structural elements. Types of stresses, and their transmission in structural elements. Introduction
to the relationship between stress and strain (deflection) in beams by Coulomb's theory. Introduction to the
analysis of compressive structural elements by means of Euler’s theory.

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Curriculum: Final year
Minimum credits: 152

Core modules
Earth studies 320 (AAL 320)
Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites AAL 210
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Ecosystemic thinking for the designer in terms of culture, science and environment. The designer as critic;
analysis of precedents. Application of principles of sustainable development and ecological design including
energy demand and efficiency and energy dissipation.

Business law 310 (BER 310)

Module credits 16.00
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 4 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Mercantile Law
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Introduction to law. General principles of the law of contract. Specific contracts: purchase contracts; letting and
hiring of work; employment contracts. Agency. General aspects of entrepreneurial law. Dispute resolution –
mediation and arbitration.

Construction 310 (KON 310)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites KON 210 and KON 220
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1

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Module content
Roads: design and construction, materials and finishes, kerbing. Water features: design and construction. Street
furniture. Construction equipment. Site and building services: water lines, sanitary plumbing and pipe systems
above ground and indoors, underground sewer systems, electricity and gas. Electrical lighting: light, lamp types,
luminaires; lighting requirements. Design application.

Construction 320 (KON 320)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites KON 310 GS
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Integration of the foregoing coursework. Introduction to construction norms and standards, technical drawing
practice and specifications. Cost estimates, feasibility and payability. Advanced materials: ceramics, polymers,
adhesives, paint, metals, glass. Human transportation systems: types, applications. Design of a small
commercial building/landscape/interior space (in DESIGN) and the preparation of its construction drawings.

History of the environment 310 (OMG 310)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
History of the environment of African societies between the tropics within global context until the present.

History of the environment 320 (OMG 320)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
History of the environment of Southern African societies from the old Stone Age until the present.

Environmental studies 310 (OML 310)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Normative positions: Normative positions that guide design thinking: Surface features, broad inclinations and
differentiating features. Problems of substantiation. Theory and practise.
Theory of design disciplines: A hermeneutic appraisal of contemporary philosophical directions defining the
current intellectual context in which the design disciplines are practised and appraised. Contextualising culture,
philosophy and science as the ecosystem of the designer.
Housing studies: Contemporary theory, approaches and projects in housing. Developing a personal approach.

Environmental studies 320 (OML 320)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites OML 310 GS
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
The relationship between global intellectual movements and the local debate. Appraising the state of current
design production and the establishment of identity through design. Presentation is programme specific.

Design 300 (ONT 300)

Module credits 60.00
Prerequisites KON 210, KON 220, OML 210, OML 220 and ONT 200
Contact time 17 studio hours per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Year

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Module content
Semester 1
The process of design through the integration of supporting modules. The design of spaces and buildings with
the emphasis on lateral thinking and ritual. Skills: technology-backed reprographic techniques, competitions and
exhibitions, decision making and time planning.
Semester 2
The product of design through the integration of supporting modules. The design of a mixed-use project in an
urban context with a complex program developed to construction drawings in KON 320. Statutory requirements,
feasibility and payability studies.

Theory of structures 311 (STU 311)

Module credits 8.00
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites STU 211 and STU 221
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Civil Eng
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
1. Concrete Structures.
• Loads on concrete structures, Limit-states design principles.
• Bending, shear and punching: Design of beams, slabs and footings.
• Compression members: Design of columns.
2. Load bearing brickwork.
• Limit-states design principles. Effective length and width of compression members.

Theory of structures 321 (STU 321)

Module credits 8.00
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites STU 311 GS
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Civil Eng
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
1. Timber structures
• Loads on typical timber structures, Limit-states design principles
• Bending, shear and deflection: Design of flexural members without and with axial loads
• Tension members: Tension members in roof trusses
• Compression members: Design of compression members in trusses and as support members for trusses
• Bracing systems
2. Steel Structures
• Loads on typical steel structures, Limit-states design principles
• Bending, shear and deflection: Design of flexural members without and with axial loads
• Tension members: Tension members in roof trusses
• Compression members: Design of compression members in trusses and as support members for trusses
• Bracing systems

Practice management 320 (PJS 320)

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Both Afr and Eng
Academic organisation Construction Economics
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
The structure of the built environment in South Africa; basic principles and techniques of project management
and financial management; methodology of measuring; building cost estimates; feasibility studies; economic
design; contract administration; valuation of buildings.

Elective modules
Introductory geographic information systems 283 (GGY 283)
Module credits 12.00
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Education
Faculty of Humanities
Only available to students studying the following:12132022, 12132002,
Prerequisites
12132004, 02133312, 02133383, 02133361, 02133385, 09133040 and 01130001
Contact time 2 lectures per week, 1 practical per week
Language of tuition English
Academic organisation Geography, Geoinf + Meteor
Period of presentation Semester 1

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Module content
*This is a closed module, only available to students studying [BTandRP] (12132022), [BSc(Arch)] (12132002),
[BSc(LArch)] (12132004), BSc Meteorology (02133312), BSc Geoinformatics (02133383), BSc Environmental
Science (02133361), BSc Geography (02133385), BEd Further Education and Training (General) (09133040), BA
(01130001) or as approved by the head of department. The content of this module is the same as GIS 221 and
students are not allowed to earn credits for both GGY 283 and GIS 221.
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), theoretical concepts and applications of GIS. The focus
will be on the GIS process of data input, data analysis, data output and associated technologies.

Design communication 313 (OKU 313)

Module credits 6.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 studio hours per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Double Medium
Academic organisation Architecture
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Advanced graphic and presentation techniques.

The information published here is subject to change and may be amended after the publication of this information. The
General Regulations (G Regulations) apply to all faculties of the University of Pretoria. It is expected of students to
familiarise themselves well with these regulations as well as with the information contained in the General Rules section.
Ignorance concerning these regulations and rules will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression.

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