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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312695 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 367

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.

Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 3 x 2 Hours Quarterly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308864 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 268 or any previous version
AND
308866 (v.1) Civil Engineering Materials 267 or any previous version
Syllabus: Soil Compaction and field compaction techniques, shear strength of soils and laboratory determination of shear strength parameters and failure criteria, bearing capacity of soils for shallow foundations.
Field of Education: 030911 Geotechnical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External