Research Method and Application in Civil & Environmental Engineering 5 (U03841)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-5-EEL

This course allows students to gain experience and practice and knowledge of research methodology within the civil, structural, construction & environmental engineering research fields.

The course must be taken in conjunction with U03840: MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering)

? Keywords : Research Methods, Research Projects, Honours Thesis

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : This course is only available to students registered on MEng programmes within the Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering

? Co-requisites : Must be taken with "U03840: MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering)"

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Civil, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course will:
• provide an opportunity to work on a professionally challenging project;
• skill in organisation of an individual research programme;
• develop further report writing skills;
• develop skills in the organisation of an individual research programme;
• provide an understanding of research methods in civil, structural, construction and environmental engineering;
• encourage teamwork organisation and cooperation in developing and executing a work plan;
• experience the techniques available for the identification of relevant literature in the field of study;
• enhance skills in research dissemination via the Web.

Assessment Information

By continuous assessment, the components of which are:

• a web poster in semester 1 which will disseminate initial research findings and plans (25% - joint assessment by supervisor & second reader);
• an interim project submission at the end of semester 1 detailing the literature review as conducted so far (25%);
• a log book which records all progress on the project and is presented and discussed with supervisors at all meetings (25% - assessment by supervisor(s)); and
• an overall assessment of performance by the supervisor(s) (25%).