C&ENVENG 1009 - Civil & Environmental Engineering I
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2016
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code C&ENVENG 1009 Course Civil & Environmental Engineering I Coordinating Unit School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Eng Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact 48 hours lectures, tutorials and design practicals Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Assumed Knowledge SACE Stage 2 Physics and Maths Studies Assessment 3 design projects Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Professor Alex Ching-Tai Ng
For each section of the course, there is an academic supervisor that specialises in that field.
* Course CoordinatorLecturer Email Course component Duration Bree Bennett bree.bennett@adelaide.edu.au Water Engineering Weeks 1-4 Ching-Tai Ng * alex.ng@adelaide.edu.au Structural Engineering Weeks 5-8 Brendan Scott brendan.scott@adelaide.edu.au Geotechnical Engineering Weeks 9-12
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the following learning objectives:
General1. Awareness of the role of Civil and Environmental engineering, the types of infrastructure projects Civil and Environmental engineers are involved with, the professional activities Civil and Environmental engineers are involved with and the skills and knowledge required to be a Civil and Environmental engineer.
2. Competence in Civil and Environmental engineering design (water, structural and geotechnical).
3. Demonstrated ability to present design calculations that can be readily checked for relevance and correctness.
4. Competence in using computers and information technology effectively.
5. Ability to prepare and interpret engineering sketches and drawings.
6. Competence in problem identification, formulation and solution.
7. Competence in creative and innovative thinking.
8. Ability to effectively synthesise information and ideas.
9. Ability to communicate effectively with others in the engineering profession and the community.
10. Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
11. Ability to manage effectively the allocation of time in performing tasks.University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1-11 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
2-7 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
1-3,9,10 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
1,7-11 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
1,9,10 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
There are no specified textbooks for this course. Lecture notes will be made available on MyUni.Recommended Resources
Lectures and tutorials will be conducted to provide you with the necessary design skills for the course. Drawing tutorials will be conducted to introduce a Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) package, which will be used to prepare the design drawings.Online Learning
Where necessary, outside of formal contact times, communication and distribution of materials will be via e-mail and/or MyUni. It is the student's responsibility to check these regularly. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The formal learning activities are lectures supported by tutorials developing material covered in lectures.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements:
- Lectures, tutorials and computer aided drawing classes: up to 4.0 hours / week
- Coursework submissions: 2.0 hours / week
- Self-study: 2.0 hours / week
Learning Activities Summary
The timing of the course allows four weeks for each engineering discipline, with full details of timing of learning activities and assessment tasks to be advised as the semester progresses. In general, the course material will be presented in an intensive format at the start of each discipline section. The remaining face-to-face sessions will be conducted as interactive consultation times where student design teams can receive formative feedback on their design work. CAD tutorials do not commence until Week 2, and run for four weeks (Weeks 2-5). -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
The timing of each assessment task will be provided in the relevant course section.
The assessment tasks reflect the "Course Learning Objectives" outlined previsouly. Students are expected to be familiar with relevant University policies related toassessment, particularly the Good Practice Guidelines on Assessment for Staff and Students (refer ).
For the assessment tasks require group work, the same mark will be allocated to all group members. In cases of unequal contributions to groupwork, students should complete a self-and-peer assessment form.
Component Assessment Tasks % Engineering Design: Water Report (including calculations and drawings) 28 Structural Report (including calculations and drawings) 32 Structural Verification and Truss Testing 4 Geotechnical Report (including calculations and drawings) 32 Quiz: Water Online quiz 4 TOTAL 100% Assessment Related Requirements
Requests for exemption from coursework components will only be considered when presented on an . All exemption requests must be made by the end of Week 3 of Semester.
This course includes peer assessment for the tasks undertaken within groups. Further detail of the peer assessment is contained on MyUni. To maintain the integrity of the assessment task(s) there is a requirement that all students within a group contribute to each assessment task. Where there is evidence that group members have not sufficiently contributed to a group assessment task, the policy may be applied.Assessment Detail
The engineering design component involves the design of a truss bridge spanning between piers to cross a modified waterway.
Calculations and drawings will be deliverables for each engineering component (you must keep copies for your reference).
- Water Engineering: The modified waterway will be designed based on the hydrology of the design region. This involves quantification of the design streamflow (using hydrology) and selection of the channel cross section (using hydraulics);
- Structural Engineering: The waterway will be spanned by three (3) identical truss bridges. The central span is to be designed using the truss analysis techniques introduced in ‘Engineering Mechanics: Statics’. A model truss will be designed, constructed and tested to demonstrate core engineering design principles; and,
- Geotechnical Engineering: The truss bridges must be supported at their ends by piles to resist the support reactions. Piled footings will be designed to resist the loads from the truss bridges. The engineering concepts of load path and bearing capacity will be essential.
Submission
Students are expected to be familiar with the University policy on plagiarism and collusion (). Anyone involved in cheating is liable to receive 0 marks for that assessment. This applies equally to those who copy other’s work and pass it off as their own, and to those whose work is copied. Students may be asked to demonstrate their CAD ability as part of the assessment.
Late submissions will only be accepted for the Design Projects. However, there will be a loss of 10% of the marks obtained if the submission is less than 24 hours late, 20% if the submission is between 24-48 hours late and so on. Extensions will only be granted under special circumstances (e.g. medical or compassionate grounds) and must be sought for each assessment task individually. Extensions will not be granted less than 24 hours before the deadline for a given task, with the exception of a medical certificate.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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