Undergraduate Course: Research Method and Application in Civil & Environmental Engineering 5 (CIVE11032)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course allows students to gain knowledge of and experience with research methodology within the civil, structural, construction & environmental engineering.
The course must be taken in conjunction with CIVE11031: MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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| Course description |
Students are briefed on the general requirements and specifically on the poster at the start of the course. Further lectures introduce research methods, literature search techniques and reference tools. In addition, technical writing skills and organisation of a large document is introduced in detail. Work is then done on a self-study basis with the supervision of an academic member of staff. Further details are given in the "Thesis Project Handbook" that accompanies both this and the MEng Thesis course (CIVE11031).
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 12,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 16,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
144 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
By continuous assessment, the components of which are:
- a web poster, accompanied by a brief report, in semester 1 which will disseminate initial research findings and plans (40% - assessment by second reader);
- an interim project submission at the start of semester 2 detailing the literature review as conducted so far (60%);
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| Feedback |
Interactions with project supervisors and course instructor, as well assessment and feedback of course deliverables. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- gain further report writing skills
- gain skills in the organisation of an individual research programme
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Reading List
| Fellows, R and Liu, A (2003). "Research Methods for Construction, Second Edition", Blackwell, Oxford, UK. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Presentation, communication in engineering context |
| Keywords | Research Methods,Research Projects,Honours Thesis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Grunde Jomaas
Tel: (0131 6)50 7209
Email: Grunde.Jomaas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Margaret Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5565
Email: margaret.robertson@ed.ac.uk |
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