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Undergraduate Course: Research Method and Application in Civil & Environmental Engineering 5 (CIVE11032)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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)
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).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering) (CIVE11031)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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%);
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:
  1. gain further report writing skills
  2. gain skills in the organisation of an individual research programme
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
KeywordsResearch Methods,Research Projects,Honours Thesis
Contacts
Course organiserDr Grunde Jomaas
Tel: (0131 6)50 7209
Email: Grunde.Jomaas@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Margaret Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5565
Email: margaret.robertson@ed.ac.uk
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