Undergraduate Course: Engineering Sustainability 3 (CIVE09030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The sustainability of the built environment is an increasingly important yet complex issue. The demand for sustainability is seen from clients, governments and the general population. The topic is inherently present in most other aspects of the delivery of the built environment such as design, materials and construction. This course will deliver an understanding of sustainability from what is known as the ¿Triple Bottom Line¿ that is from social, technical and environmental points of view. |
| Course description |
L1-L5 Sustainable theory and the triple bottom line
L6-L10 Stakeholder views of sustainability: client, designer, contractor and supplier
Students also undertake an intensive, group based case study analysis of a sustainability topic of their choosing. This is assessed first through an Annotated Bibliography (30%) then by a group presentation of their findings (70%)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 57 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 5,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
49 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework %: 100 |
| Feedback |
Mid-semester ¿Start, Stop, Continue¿
Detailed written feedback on Coursework
Oral feedback on presentations
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course students will be able to: ¿ Understand the history of sustainability and the fundamental theory of sustainable engineering; ¿ Appreciate the various aspects of sustainability, both from a theoretical perspective of social, technical and environmental and also from different stakeholders ¿ clients, designers, contractors; ¿ Deliver and disseminate their understanding of the theoretical material through intensive case study and conference presentation.
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Reading List
| The Ingenuity Gap, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Knopf Canada. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
None |
| Keywords | Sustainability,Sustainable development,Sustainable construction |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 7159
Email: Simon.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: eto@eng.ed.ac.uk |
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