Road Engineering

Code:

PRODEC074

Acronym:

ER

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Civil Eng. - Transport Infrastructures

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Transport Infrastructures Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEC	0	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To develop knowledge in Road Engineering particularly in Road Safety. The goals of the UC are:
- To develop a scientific search under a specific subject of the Road Engineering.
- To think and to develop a subject applying a scientific approach.
- To develop the capacity of conducting a scientific work considering a specific subject.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to:
- To develop scientific knowledgment under a subject of Road Engineering.
- To know how to do a systematic review on a subject. 
- To know different perspectives and approaches under the developed subject.
- To apply the knowledge in the development of a scientific writting work.

Working method

Presencial

Program

General concepts regarding Road Engineering with a particularly focus on Road Safety. Under this latter, the following subjects can be included: concepts and indicators of road safety; accident predicition models; analysis of safety data; analysis of surrogate safety measures; study of the human behaviour; new technologies and the road safety; automated vehicle and the safety.

Mandatory literature

Monografias fornecidas pelos docentes; .

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching sessions with theoretical presentations and discussions. The student grading will be based on a scientific work (e.g. scientific paper) and a written exam if necessary.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The report assignment and the discussion of the UC contents allows for an efficient learning experience at this education level.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	0,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,00
Trabalho escrito	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the FEUP rules

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is based on the evaluation of the scientific work.