CONMGNT 2001 - Transport and Traffic Management

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2024

Elements of the road traffic system, road safety and management. Surveying topics include: setting out, linear measurement, leveling, theodolite and horizontal and vertical curves.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code CONMGNT 2001
    Course Transport and Traffic Management
    Coordinating Unit Construction Management
    Term Semester 2
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor Dmitri Kavetski

    Dmitri Kavetski - Transportation
    Brendan Scott - Pavement Design
    Chris Burton - Surveying

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. Apply fundamental principles to the design and management of transportation infrastructure
    2. Evaluate economic social and environmental impacts of transportation systems
    3. Operate basic surveying equipment to complete a levelling traverse
    4. Operate optical and advanced surveying equipment
    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)

    Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth

    Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.

    1,2,3

    Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving

    Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.

    2,3
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    Lecture slides and recordings are available to students via MyUni
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    Lectures content is provided in online modules.
    Tutorials are delivered face-to-face in the CATS computer suites.
    A surveying exercise is conducted outside, weather permitting.
    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    The workload in this course is based on the University of Adelaide guidelines http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/669.

    A student in a 3-unit course is generally expected to invest approximately 156 hours over 13 weeks (12 hours/week) of "total" work to achieve a “Credit”. Total work includes contact + non-contact time, and time invested into assessment tasks.

    The formal contact hours for the course include ~30 hours of tutorials and ~15 hours of outdoor practicals. Lecture content is available online and comprises approx 20 hours of content.

    The remaining ~90 hours of non-contact time is expected to be devoted to private study and  completion of assessment tasks.Higher marks, such as “Distinction” and “High Distinction”, will require substantially more quality time and effort.
    Learning Activities Summary

    No information currently available.

  • Assessment

    The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment Task Weighting (%) Individual/ Group Learning outcomes
    Tutorial questions 20 Individual 1
    Pavement design 15 Individual 1
    Surveying practical report 35 Group (data collection), individual writeup 4
    Exam (*min 40%) 30 Individual 1,2,3,4
    Total 100
    Due dates for the assessment tasks will be posted on MyUni.
        
    *This course has a hurdle requirement. Meeting the specified hurdle criteria is a requirement for passing the course.
    Assessment Detail
    The assessment tasks include.

    Tutorial questions

    Tutorials provide students with the opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of key concepts , principles and theory presented in the learning units.

    Design Project
    The project is relatively "open-ended" and seeks inspiration from practical engineering design problems.

    Practical
    The practical focuses on testing the practical knowledge of the surveying component of the course.

    Exam
    The exam tests overall student knowledge and is conducted after the end of the teaching period.


    Submission
    All submissions will be made electronically via MyUni.
    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 Access Adelaide.

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