Academic and Resource Planning Division

To: Dean, ARP Division Date:04.05.2017

Through: _____________________

Form for changing the description of a course

1. Name of Department and campus proposing the change: Civil Engineering, Hyderabad, Pilani, and
Dubai

2. Details of the course for which change in description (s) is (are) being sought:

S.NO. Course No. Name of Course L P U

CE F311 Design of Concrete Structures 3 1 4

Modified Units 3 0 3

3. Existing course description(write topics only):

Engineering properties of different concreting materials; Design Philosophies; Concepts of Limit State Method;
Limit State Design for flexure of Singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and flanged section beams, one-way
and two-way slabs; Design for Bond, anchorage and development length; Design of beams with rectangular and
Flanged sections for Shear; Limit state of serviceability for beams and slabs; Limit State Design for collapse of
columns subjected to axial, axial plus uni-axial bending and axial and bi-axial bending; Design of Footings; Design
of Stair Cases.

4. Proposed course description:

Design Philosophies: Concepts of Working Stress in comparison with Limit State Method; Limit State Design for
flexure of Singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and flanged section beams; one-way and two-way slabs;
Design for Bond, anchorage and development length; Design of beams for Shear; Limit state of serviceability for
beams and slabs; Limit State Design for collapse of columns subjected to axial, uni-axial and bi-axial bending;
Design of simple Footings; Design of simple Stair Cases.

5. Justification for the change in course description:

Curriculum review experts and CCDCA observed that the existing course content is too large to be
effectively taught over 41-42 lectures, with adequate importance to the critical topics. Design of
combined footings and complex stair cases can be taught in Advanced Concrete Design (CE F430). The
lab for this course is more relevant in the course Construction Materials (CE F214) and it is proposed
to move the unit along with the lab to that course.

6. Have the proposed changes been discussed in Departmental committee on academics (DCA ) and the
cross campus Departmental Committee on Academics (CCDCA)?
Yes. And Yes. Consensus reached.

Signature of Head of the department

[A signed hard copy of this form is to be submitted to campus Associate Dean, ARP for record. A
softcopy in MS word with file name as Department Name_Campus (eg. EEE_Pilani) to be sent to
arp@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in]