Postgraduate - UnitCIV5310 - Infrastructure project and policy evaluation

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Synopsis

This unit is an introduction to the principles and methods of triple-bottom-line evaluation of projects and policies in the area of civil engineering. As triple-bottom-line stands for economic, environmental and social requirements of sustainable development, this unit explicitly incorporates all three domains.

Outcomes

The objectives of the unit are to:

• familiarise the students with the principles of sustainability;
• give the students an opportunity to experience the application of an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating natural, social and engineering sciences; and
• give students an opportunity to learn about the theory and application of well approved 'classical' approaches that have to be adapted to new situations

Assessment

Assignments: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%.
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeffrey Walker

Off-campus attendance requirements

150 hours study