James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020
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CS3004 - Transportation Engineering
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
Subject offered in even years.
Subject Description
- Transportation Planning and Economics: Fundamentals of urban transportation planning; The four-step planning process; Transportation system evaluation, Transportation systems management.Geometric Design and Traffic Engineering: Geometric design of streets and highways, intersections and interchanges; Principles of bridge design; Road stream characteristics; Traffic control techniques.Pavement Technology: Evaluation of pavements and pavement materials; Design of flexible and rigid pavements; Airport pavements and off-shore pavements; Pavement construction; Pavement management systems.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate effectively through design and assignment reports and class participation
- learn and apply some basic science and engineering fundamentals to pavement design, geometric design and traffic engineering
- understand the principles of sustainable design and development (energy and environmental considerations)
- understand the professional and ethical responsibilities including road safety
- understand the social, economic, global and environmental elements of the multidisciplinary transportation problems
- undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
- utilise a systems approach to complex transportation problems
Subject Assessment
- On-Course assessment some of which may be invigilated - (30% - 50%)
- Invigilated > End of semester exam - (50% - 70%)
Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.
Availabilities
Townsville, Study Period 2, Internal Usually available in even-numbered years. | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 27 Jul 2020 to Friday, 20 Nov 2020 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Rabin Tuladhar |
| Lecturer(s): | MR Michael Matheson MS Nafisa Tamanna |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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