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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
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Course Title: Civil Engineering Research Project
Course Code: CIVE4009
Session: 2021–2022 Semester: Summer
Course Convener: Dr Alec Marshall
Other Staff: Academic staff in the Department of Civil Engineering
Introduction
This course forms the major research project element for all MSc courses in the Department
of Civil Engineering. It will normally take the form of a scientific investigation, whether it
involves experimentation or an extensive review and further analysis of work completed by
others.
Aims and objectives
This course provides students with the experience of carrying out a major research project in
a relevant field of civil engineering. The aspects to be covered include:
? Project definition and establishing aims and objectives
? Literature review (based on CIVE4102)*
? Practical or theoretical investigation, design and / or review
? Critical analysis of findings
? Conclusions
? Dissemination of the work in the form of a dissertation
* The literature review produced for CIVE4102 should be revised and extended following the
feedback received. This will then be assessed as part of the overall final dissertation.
Assessment will focus on how well the literature review supports the research project, rather
than how to write a literature review (which was the focus of CIVE4102).
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
? Implement a research project with agreed procedures and to specification
? Organise, analyse and evaluate the project outcomes
? Use appropriate project evaluation techniques
? Present the project outcomes in a dissertation
Outline
The detailed technical content of the course will depend on the theme and the specific area
under examination.
Teaching methods
Teaching and learning in this course is by means of self-directed study on the part of the
student together with tutorials when necessary throughout the period of the project. Typically
there will be 6 meetings (nominally one every 2 weeks) with a minimum of 3.
Make sure you take notes at meetings so you can refer to them at a later date.
Practical classes
There will be no formal practical classes but students may undertake laboratory or practical
experimental work as part of their project.
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Assessment
Dissertation (100%)
Typically 12,000 – 20,000 words but deviation from this word limit might be expected
depending on the nature of the project. The dissertation should follow the guidelines and
format provided.
Submission deadline – refer to Moodle page.
? An electronic copy is to be submitted via MOODLE.
? The submission should be one file and should be titled:
o Surname_Firstname_StudentIDNumber.
? Files should be submitted as a PDF (in Word: Save as, Save as type: PDF).
? The submissions will be passed through Turnitin.
? A late penalty of a 5% mark deduction per working day will be applied to this work
(except where approved extenuating circumstances are in place).
As this is the assessment for the entire course the results of the dissertation are not liable
to be available until after the exam board, as they have to be considered by the External
Examiner.
This is a non-compensatable module, meaning that all students must pass the module
(>50%) to be eligible to be awarded the accredited MSc.
Students that fail the module will be given one attempt at a reassessment for progression
purposes. The form of re-assessment will be the same as for the first attempt (i.e.
resubmission of a revised dissertation).
Analytic rubric
Submissions will be assessed using an analytic rubric that is available on the Moodle page.
The rubric provides a transparent and consistent means for assessment across all students,
with specific feedback provided based on the achieved selections. The rubric should be used
as a tool to guide the development of your report.
The report will be assessed by the supervisor and, independently, by a moderator. The
moderator will not complete categories C10-C13 of the analytic rubric. The final report mark
will be a weighted average of the supervisor’s and moderator’s marks (2:1).
Plagiarism
All students will have taken and passed the “Faculty Academic Misconduct” assessment on
ROGO (available on the “MSc Courses in Civil Engineering” Moodle page). You can retake this
ROGO assessment at any time if you would like to refresh your memories about plagiarism.
Further information relating to this can also be found in the University Quality Manual.