CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

CIV5CE

2015

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This unit, through a series of lead lectures, introduces the relevance of climate change to global, regional and local infrastructure existing and proposed. Climate global drivers, meteorology, data access and retrieval will be presented to the master students through LMS modules. This self-directed learning and testing is complemented with a field excursion to a weather station. The unit is concluded with a debate on "Global Warming" and an assignment on the implications of climate change on global, regional and local infrastructure.

School: School Engineering&Mathematical Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Hossam Abo El-Naga

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Only students enrolled in the Master of Civil Engineering (Sustainable Infrastructure) are permitted to enrol in this unit.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. TBA

Activities:: TBA

Bendigo, 2015, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Hossam Abo El-Naga

Class requirements

WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Three 4.0 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
"or one 5-hour excursion or two 3-hour LMS modules/fortnight over 13 weeks"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
Assignment	1500 words	20	01
Group Debate	500 words/ student (equivalent)	15
LMS module	2500 words equivalent	50
Site Visit Report	500 words	15