LEARNING OUTCOME

LEARNING OUTCOME:

The Program learning outcomes (PLOs) of the Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering programme align with the ABET accreditation requirements for architectural engineering, as well as the architectural engineer's Professional Engineer test requirements. The Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering includes 18 PLOs that target foundational, technical, and professional competencies that students will acquire upon completion of their degree.

Students should have gained the following information and abilities by the time they graduate:

General skills:

• Apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations to architectural engineering problems.

• Apply knowledge of physical sciences to architectural engineering problems.

• Recognize and incorporate cultural, historical, and social behaviour considerations, including human performance, as well as knowledge of contemporary issues, in the development, analysis, and evaluation of solutions to engineering and societal problems.

Analytical Skills:

• An understanding of the basic principles of Architecture Engineering. 

• Analyse and solve problems in engineering sciences, including mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and electricity.

• Select and conduct engineering laboratory and field experiments, and analyse and evaluate resulting data.

• Design a system or process in at least one of the design specialities to meet desired needs within realistic constraints, including building codes and regulations, sustainability, health and safety, comfort, ethical, environmental, constructability, economic, and social.

• Apply relevant knowledge, techniques, skills and modern engineering tools to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems, including problems in: a) designing, building, and operating mechanical systems; b) designing and building structural systems; d) designing, building and operating electrical power and lighting systems.

• Recognise and explain architectural design and history concepts, and incorporate considerations to solve architectural engineering problems. 

• Apply basic principles of project management and construction management to the design, construction and operation of building systems, according to building regulations and standards.

• Identify and articulate the importance of sustainability to architectural engineering and apply its principles, including those related to high-performance buildings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and embedded systems, to the design of building systems.

• Solve architectural engineering problems by integrating knowledge from at least two of the design specialities – mechanical, structural, or electrical – with knowledge of architectural design and/or construction management. 

Communication skills:

• Organize and deliver effective verbal, written, quantitative and graphical communications, including through architectural drawings.

• Function in interdisciplinary teams for the design and construction of buildings, and apply best practices of leadership to direct such teams to solve problems.

• Explain the need for continuous learning and demonstrate the ability for self-directed study without formal instructions.

• Explain the role of professional licenser, globalization, business and ethics, which govern engineering practice.

Reading and research skills:

• Sufficient experience in mathematical, English and logic languages and foundational material to be well-prepared to extend one’s engineering knowledge further through independent reading. 

• Exposure to the experience of carrying on a research project regarding a particular architecture engineering topic, implying what have been tough all over the four studying years.