Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6501CIVSL-APR-PAR
6501CIVSL-JAN-PAR
6501CIVSL-SEP-PAR
Aims
To develop understanding and knowledge of the role of infrastructure in supporting society, and the role of civil engineering in developing infrastructure. In particular students will develop further understanding of the design of roads and highway drainage.
The module will study recent developments within the field of infrastructure, and students will develop an understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship through consideration of case studies.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate sustainable highway design
2.
Identify the performance of infrastructure as a system, and use a systems approach to improvement of current infrastructure
3.
Design and evaluate effective highway drainage systems
4.
Critically evaluate the process of innovation
5.
Produce an innovative design and appraise both its design and its potential use within civil engineering
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Develop knowledge and understanding of highway design
Critical evaluation of case studies in highway design
Design of road drainage
Identification and classification of systems, and use of systems in understanding complex infrastructure.
The process of innovation, and case studies of innovation
Development of individual innovative ideas.
Entrepreneurship
Additional Information:The module develops the students’ understanding of highways and road drainage design, and develops a systems approach to infrastructure analysis. Recent developments in infrastructure design are considered and evaluated, developing students’ understanding of the process of innovation.