The predecessor of the Department of Civil Engineering is the former Department of Housing and Architecture of Xiaogan Teachers College, which was founded in 1996. In 2000, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Xiaogan Normal University as an undergraduate college. At the same time, the school upgraded the former Department of Housing and Construction Engineering of Xiaogan Teachers College to an undergraduate department, and enrolled students from the college that year. 200 1 The Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Traffic Engineering were merged, and a new department of civil engineering was established, with civil engineering undergraduate major 1 and construction engineering, road and bridge engineering major 1, that is, construction engineering technology. In 2002, the civil engineering major was awarded the right of bachelor degree.
There are currently 30 teachers in the Department of Civil Engineering, with more than 30 students 1 100 (65438+February 2008). Most of the graduates are engaged in civil engineering planning, survey, design, construction, management, scientific research and infrastructure management, engineering consulting and engineering supervision in design institutes, construction enterprises, supervision companies, real estate companies and government functional departments.
Second, the Ministry of Urban Planning.
In 2002, the original urban construction department applied, and the school agreed to apply. With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education, a five-year undergraduate major of "Urban Planning" was established, and a teaching and research section of urban planning was established, which was subordinate to the former Urban Construction Department. June 5438 +2006 10, urban construction department and civil engineering department merged to form urban construction college. On the basis of the original urban planning teaching and research section, the urban planning department was established, with urban planning as an undergraduate major, including urban planning and landscape architecture.
The Department of Urban Planning has 9 registered teachers and 226 students. Since the establishment of the Department of Urban Planning, all teachers and students have undertaken more than 30 scientific research projects on the construction planning of small towns and new countryside, including 3 provincial key projects.
The Department of Urban Planning attaches great importance to academic exchanges with foreign countries. In 2002, the Urban Planning Department of Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology established cooperative relations respectively, and * * * sent six teachers to the two universities for further study or scientific research cooperation. Since 2002, * * * has invited five experts to give guidance and academic reports.
Since 2000, the Department of Urban Planning has sent nearly 400 undergraduate and junior college graduates to the society. Graduates mainly work in developed coastal areas and big cities.
Third, the department of architecture
The Department of Architecture was established on the basis of the former Department of Urban Construction after the merger of the former Department of Urban Construction and the Department of Civil Engineering in June 5438+October 2006/KLOC-0. There are undergraduate courses in architecture and technical college of architectural design, among which the undergraduate course in architecture is a five-year undergraduate course applied for in 2004. At present, the Department of Architecture has registered staff 13, and there are 533 students, including 362 undergraduates and junior college students 17 1 person.
In recent years, teachers and students of this department have undertaken more than 20 scientific research projects such as the key project of the Provincial Education Department 1, published more than 50 papers, including more than 0 core journals1,and participated in the compilation of 3 textbooks. The Department of Architecture pays attention to academic exchanges with foreign countries, and has successively established cooperative relations with Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. * * * Four teachers were sent to Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology for further study, and five experts and professors from the two universities were invited to give lectures in the Department of Architecture. In the first multimedia courseware competition of our college in 2005, "Introduction and Preliminary of Architectural Design and Architectural History in China" won the first and third prizes, and "Introduction and Preliminary of Architectural Design" won the third prize of provincial multimedia courseware. In terms of teaching Excellence Award, four people won the teaching Excellence Award of our college five times.
Among the graduates of 20 10,1was admitted to Tongji University, Wuhan University, Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei University of Technology, shenyang jianzhu university, Huaqiao University, Nanjing University of Technology, Xinjiang University, Guangzhou University and Xi University of Architecture and Technology 10 Graduate School.
Fourth, the Department of Environmental Engineering.
The predecessor of the Department of Environmental Engineering is the Department of Water Supply and Drainage of the Department of Civil Engineering. In July, 2000, the former Xiaogan Teachers College merged with the Southern Urban and Rural Construction School to set up science and engineering majors according to the needs of professional development. In 2000, Hubei Provincial Department of Education approved the establishment of water supply and drainage engineering specialty. In 2004, I took the four-year undergraduate course of water supply and drainage engineering. In June 2006, the Department of Environmental Engineering was established. There are 8 registered faculty members in the Department of Environmental Engineering, including undergraduate *** 125.
V. Engineering Cost Department
The engineering cost department was established in May, 20 10. There are 8 teachers in the Department of Engineering Cost, including 3 teachers with the title of deputy high school or above and more than 200 students (May 20 10). After graduation, students can work in engineering (cost) consulting companies, construction enterprises (Party B), architectural decoration engineering companies, engineering construction supervision companies, real estate development enterprises, design institutes, accounting and auditing firms, infrastructure departments of government institutions (Party A) and other enterprises and institutions, such as bidding agency, investment and financing of construction projects and investment control, determination and control of engineering cost, bidding decision-making, contract management, and engineering budget (conclusion).
Six, professional basic course department
The Department of Professional and Technical Basis of Urban Construction College was established on June 5438+ 10, 2005, and it is mainly responsible for the teaching of basic professional courses such as theoretical mechanics, material mechanics, structural mechanics, elastic mechanics, engineering mechanics, building materials, descriptive geometry and engineering drawing, architectural architecture, engineering survey, architectural physics, surveying, cartography, etc. There are two teaching and research sections: engineering mechanics and engineering drawing. * * * Teachers 19, including 2 professors, 4 associate professors, 9 lecturers, 4 experimenters, 6 doctors 1 person and 6 masters.
Teachers of basic courses have been engaged in teaching related courses for a long time, and have rich teaching experience, and gradually formed their own teaching style, which has been widely praised by students. In recent years, six teachers have won the Xiaogan College Teaching Excellence Award. Teachers pay attention to knowledge updating and scientific research while engaging in teaching. In recent years, more than 65,438+000 scientific research papers have been published in various national journals. Completed 2 provincial scientific research achievements, 4 school-level scientific research achievements, and 4 people won the second prize of Xiaogan College's teaching and scientific research achievements. Textbooks such as Mechanics of Materials and Engineering Survey edited or edited by the Ministry of Education have been published by Higher Education Press and widely adopted by similar universities in China.
The basic course department of urban construction college attaches great importance to curriculum construction. The course "Mechanics of Materials" was rated as an excellent course of Xiaogan University in 2007. College-level excellent courses under construction include descriptive geometry, engineering survey, theoretical mechanics and so on. Extensive, in-depth and meticulous curriculum construction has greatly promoted the improvement of curriculum teaching level.
Practice teaching is an important part of professional basic course teaching. The major basic course department of Urban Construction College has four laboratories: materials mechanics, building materials, engineering measurement and theoretical mechanics. After the equipment upgrading in recent years, the experimental equipment of each laboratory is at a relatively advanced level in similar colleges in the province, which can fully meet the experimental requirements of urban construction college students for related courses. Teachers fully tap the potential of equipment and carry out design experiments of materials mechanics and building materials. Students can determine their own experimental purpose and design their own experimental process without being restricted by the experimental syllabus. This measure has greatly improved students' interest in learning and cultivated their innovative ability, which has been widely praised by students.