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Code
CE-SEP2
Version
5.0
Offered by
Civil Engineering
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
Main purpose
Professional purpose
The purpose is planning and design of road constructions in rural areas and demonstrate an acquisition of process skills and interpersonal competences.
Process purpose
Demonstrate an acquisition of process skills and interpersonal competences.
Knowledge
Academic/technical knowledge learning aims
Obtain knowledge to plan and design a road construction in rural areas.
Effective teams
Refer to knowledge about own strengths and weaknesses in connection with group work, refer to theories on personal profiles and personal and interpersonal competences as well as cultural differences.
Project management
Can identify reviewed analysis methods, methodologies and structures within project management.
Skills
Academic/technical skills learning aims
Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity in a civil works project.
Effective teams
Identify and describe the group’s development.
Apply theories on personal profiles and cross-cultural aspects in the group work in order to describe potential conflicts in the group and suggest solutions.
Own learning process
Describe own needs in connection with motivation for learning and act accordingly.
Identify and apply preferred study techniques.
List and reflect on own learning goals from the previous and current semester in the process report concerning future improvement.
Project framework
Communicate the project work’s results and the project group’s learning process in a structured manner using technical terms both in writing, graphically and orally.
Apply knowledge on reference and source management.
Describe the project execution in a process report.
Problem Based Learning
Describe which factors that may influence the individual and group-based learning in a PBL course.
Can work based on the project group's own problem formulation.
Project management
Can use profession-related methods and tools in project work. Can use digital tools such as office tools, digital project management as well as digital knowledge acquisition tools and portals.
Competences
Academic/technical Competence learning aims
Apply knowledge, skills and competences achieved during the semester to plan and design a road construction in rural areas.
Plan a process by using the planning tool MS Project.
Plan earth works by using mass curves and haul distances.
Effective teams
Take responsibility for the group cooperation and actively enforce and develop the group contract.
List and select between steps for development and action of the group.
Own learning process
Give and receive constructive feedback in connection with own and other’s learning process.
Adjust own learning process based on experience and knowledge of own preferences.
Project Framework
Take responsibility for the work process of report writing and presenting in cooperation with the group.
Apply oral, digital and graphic project presentation skills.
Problem Based Learning
Follow a methodology and work in a structured way on the semester project.
Project management
Take responsibility for the management of the project work with a continuous adjustment between tasks and resources.
Topics
Teaching methods and study activities
Group work on project tasks supported by process and technical supervision
Online, video and class modules on key aspects followed by activities and exercises on class.
Programme specific product
Design working drawings.
Resources
Evaluation
Examination
Criteria to register for the exam
Project report and process report must be submitted before the deadline and in accordance with formality requirements.
Students must have minimum 75% attendance to be registered for the exam.
Type of exam
Group exam with individual assessment.
Group presentation approx. 20 minutes followed by a joint examination with a joint discussion and individual question rounds for approx. 20 minutes per student including voting.
Individual grades are given on the basis of an overall assessment of the submitted work as well as the individual´s performance during the examination.
External examiner.
Allowed tools
All
Re-exams
Students who failed a semester project will be informed by the process supervisor, who in consultation with the internal censor decides, if the student(s) must prepare a new project, or if the failed project must be improved.
The students(s) will be informed about the specific deadlines and the further course for the project work. New project groups will be formed, where possible in relation to the number of failed students at the individual semester. There will be no guidance during the period up to hand in of the project.
A grade will be given directly on the basis of the quality of the improved or new submitted project. There will be no oral defense.
Grading criteria
Grade according to the 7-point scale.
Additional information
Responsible
Lotte Lassen
Valid from
01-02-2022 00:00:00
Course type
Keywords
<div class="ExternalClassB29B586D32544ED981431BF5A73B65CA">Analysis, planning, design, documentation, project method.<br><br>Process <br>Interpersonal competences, conflict resolution, cultural awareness, personal profiles, communication, group work.</div>