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Unit Synopsis
Advanced Transportation Engineering Design will prepare you to analyse and solve complex transportation problems. You will develop strategies for managing and controlling traffic, identifying safety issues and recommending solutions. You will also analyse and design intersections using the appropriate software. In this unit, you will apply design codes to solve common design problems involving intersection design and pavement design in an ethical and professional manner by considering stakeholders and sustainability requirements. You are required to work, learn and communicate effectively in a professional manner, independently and in project teams. If you are enrolled in distance mode, you will be required to attend a compulsory residential school during the term.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Anti-Requisite: ENEC14016 Traffic and Transportation Engineering Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
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| Residential School |
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Portfolio | 30% |
| 2. Portfolio | 30% |
| 3. Practical Assessment | 10% |
| 4. Examination | 30% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation
Students commended on well-organised learning materials and timely feedback on assessments.
The learning materials should be continuously updated, and feedback should be provided for assessments within two weeks.
Unit learning materials were updated by incorporating new literature to make them contemporary and clear.
Source: Student evaluation
Students had concerns regarding 'Clear Unit Requirements', 'Useful Feedback' and 'Unit Relevant to Degree' as they scored lower in these evaluation categories.
Unit requirements should be stated clearly, detailed feedback should be provided, and the unit's importance for traffic and transportation engineers should be elaborated upon.
Unit requirements were re-stated clearly, detailed feedback was provided, and the importance of the unit for the traffic and transportation engineering profession was discussed.
Source: Student evaluation
Students commended on the quality of learning materials and their relevance to the industry.
The learning materials should be continuously updated to make them industry-relevant.
In Progress
Source: In-class discussions
Students had concerns regarding the workload required for Assessment 1 and Assessment 2.
Project-based assessments 1 and 2 should be redesigned to reduce the workload without compromising learning outcomes.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyse traffic flows and describe the effects of key traffic flow parameters and their inter-relationships
- Apply systematic approaches to conduct capacity analysis and level of service of roadways and intersections
- Evaluate the pavement sublayer materials properties using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Design structural road pavements using appropriate Australian guidelines
- Formulate, plan, manage and complete projects individually or in teams in an ethical and professional manner considering stakeholder requirements and principals of sustainable development
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and leadership.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers.
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| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • |
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| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | ||||
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