Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ARC 207 — Building Structures I

ARC department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify and explain basic structural concepts
• distinguish between the roles and relationship of the architect and the structural engineer
• distinguish between different types of loads
• identify different structural materials in construction and their properties; and
• describe the relationship between structure, form and aesthetics

Course contents

History of structures. Basic structural concepts. Fundamental structural theories. The roles and relationship between the architect and the engineer. Reasons for building failure. The purpose of structures. Loads in buildings. The relationship between loads and structural materials.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ARC 207.

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