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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

4170 (v.6) Civil Engineering Project 462

Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 4158 (v.6) Civil Engineering Project 461 or any previous version
AND
308886 (v.2) Geotechnical Engineering 368 or any previous version
AND
308887 (v.1) Transportation Engineering 366 or any previous version
Syllabus: Select a suitable topic and supervisor for a project (usually completed before the start of the year). Undertake some preliminary study of topic. Formulate a detailed scope for the project. Conduct a detailed experimental or developmental study of a selected process, device or structure. Satisfactorily report on progress to the School and supervisor at required times. Write a technical report for the project - consisting of an account of the work involved, together with results and conclusions of the analysis, experimental work and design as appropriate. Write a technical paper for the project summarising and presenting the key outcomes. Make a formal oral presentation in a conference style session at the end of the year. Attend the end of year conference and contribute as required – for example, assessment of presentations, asking questions or chairing a session.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 030901 Construction Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2013 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 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

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