The Department of Civil Engineering is infamous for one thing - the size and number of its courses. Ever since 2-2, when the real engineering courses started, we have faced unreasonably long syllabi, a large number of subjects and, I must say, pretty poor teaching. Add to that was the fact that our schedule for any exam ran the longest, so that while the entire hostel would be celebrating, Civil would continue studying for one more exam.
But all that's changed now. We now have just five exams, our exams ended in two days and our professors taught us well. Such was the scenario for MTE-1. Here's where the subjects stand.
CE-332 is, by far, the most difficult subject of all. To some extent, it is difficult to understand and tends to be very empirical in nature, for such is the nature of Geotechnical Engineering. Add to the fact that the exam was very long, with just too many questions to solve successfully in an hour, and it seems that we are headed towards another subject where marks would depend not on how well you did but on how badly the others did. Not so with CE-352, a delightful course, our first in Structural Design. The subject is actually very easy but demands conceptual understanding, which is fine by me. Using the IS code is an eye-opened because it turns out it does not contain readymade designs but is just an aid! Nonetheless, this exam had several theoretical questions, which was no big deal.
CE-354 is like the poor cousin of CE-352. Also a structural design course, it is much simpler and you literally have to remember nothing as the Code contains every formula and safety factor that you'd need. So much so that many of us just remember some important page numbers in the code! The exam was, as expected, very simple, although we did land up with sections that do not exist. In one question, we were asked to design an equal angle section of 12mm thickness, which made it so large (ISA 80x80x12) that the who,e question became pointless - do what you may, you will still require the same angle section!
CE-362 is probably the king of pathetic subjects this semester. The exam was extremely easy, except for one question that would require a little more thought than usual. The logic behind the subject is very simple and although it is probably the most important part of Civil Engineering after Structural, Transportation is not living up to its expectations. What is living up to its expectations, however, is IAH-02, a course that I took with the soul desire to study very little. And with an extremely short question paper, not to mention a syllabus worthy of Class 7 science, it made my TS!
We do have CE-300 of course, but there's no exam for that. Ah, the wonders of 3-2!
CE-332 is, by far, the most difficult subject of all. To some extent, it is difficult to understand and tends to be very empirical in nature, for such is the nature of Geotechnical Engineering. Add to the fact that the exam was very long, with just too many questions to solve successfully in an hour, and it seems that we are headed towards another subject where marks would depend not on how well you did but on how badly the others did. Not so with CE-352, a delightful course, our first in Structural Design. The subject is actually very easy but demands conceptual understanding, which is fine by me. Using the IS code is an eye-opened because it turns out it does not contain readymade designs but is just an aid! Nonetheless, this exam had several theoretical questions, which was no big deal.
CE-354 is like the poor cousin of CE-352. Also a structural design course, it is much simpler and you literally have to remember nothing as the Code contains every formula and safety factor that you'd need. So much so that many of us just remember some important page numbers in the code! The exam was, as expected, very simple, although we did land up with sections that do not exist. In one question, we were asked to design an equal angle section of 12mm thickness, which made it so large (ISA 80x80x12) that the who,e question became pointless - do what you may, you will still require the same angle section!
CE-362 is probably the king of pathetic subjects this semester. The exam was extremely easy, except for one question that would require a little more thought than usual. The logic behind the subject is very simple and although it is probably the most important part of Civil Engineering after Structural, Transportation is not living up to its expectations. What is living up to its expectations, however, is IAH-02, a course that I took with the soul desire to study very little. And with an extremely short question paper, not to mention a syllabus worthy of Class 7 science, it made my TS!
We do have CE-300 of course, but there's no exam for that. Ah, the wonders of 3-2!
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