Undergraduate Course: Environmental Engineering Design Project 5 (CIVE11041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Civil | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This project is intended to focus students on holistic design of water, groundwater, wastewater, or pollution control / mitigation works against time and cost constraints. The project should develop creative thinking as well as team skills. Detailed and iterative calculation abilities will be observed. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
13/01/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
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 Lecture Hours 20,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
This course is intended to: 
 
- encourage questioning and creative thinking; 
- develop skills in problem identification and solution development; 
- provide a realistic team working environment; 
- develop skills of completing work on time and target. 
 
By the end of the project the student should have: 
 
- improved design skills; 
- improved communication skills; 
- a better appreciation of project planning issues; 
- an appetite for innovative engineering and planning. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Project report 100% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Crapper 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5727 
Email: Martin.Crapper@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell 
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080 
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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