Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate can:

□ Explain methods for risk and uncertainty analysis nalyse

□ Provide an account of environmental analysis tools

□ Explain quality control methods

□ Explain methods used in concept and design analysis

□ Provide an explanation of cost analysis methods

□ Provide an explanation of documentation management methods

□ Explain how HSE is organized and managed in an organization

□ Explain methods of calculation relating to social usefulness

Skills

The candidate can:

□ Solve interdisciplinary problems using their own discipline as a starting point

□ Prepare a project budget

□ Prepare steering and decision-making documents

□ Monitor the progress of a project with respect to time and cost

General competence

The candidate:

□ Has an understanding of an engineer’s social responsibility

□ Can acquire knowledge in, and respect the value of, other disciplines

Is able to contribute to HSE work in an organization

Course Description

The purpose of the course is to enable students to work with a holistic and interdisciplinary perspective in relation to engineering problems, experience group dynamics in a temporary project group, consisting of students from all programmes, and understand decision-making processes in business.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The learning outcomes will be ensured through a combination of lectures, seminars and interdisciplinary project work. The project is based on what is learned in project methodology and concludes with a written report.

Assessment Methods

Documents produced in an interdisciplinary project: Counts 40%.

Individual final examination in which the curriculum comprises subject material taught in class and exercises that have been carried out through participation in the project: Counts 60%.

Work requirement: Hand-in problem on ethics.

Students must earn a passing grade in the final examination and the project assignment and have the work requirement paper approved in order to be awarded a passing grade for the course.

Individual grade (A-F) will be given both for the final examination and contribution to the project.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean