Course Details
Diploma seminar (K-PKO)
Academic Year 2023/24
NMB012 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-SIK Winter Semester 2nd year
Seminar is oriented on preparation of diploma work as a feasibility study or roads, streets and motorways design or on solution of a practical problem in road laboratory or pavement diagnostics. Each student independently prepares and presents specific problems following different problems of diploma works that are discussed in seminar. During the seminar the student collects all data and requirements needed for preparation of diploma work.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Understanding of necessary data regulations and elaboration of diploma work. Preparation of methodology and time schedule of diploma work.
Knowledge
Students get familiarized with special issues concerning their diploma work. According to the topic of their work they deal with laboratory methods, standard tests, used software, regulations and standards, practical examples.
Prerequisites
Highway design, route design, road dimensioning and design, road building technologies, road network capacity.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Seminar
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Selected issues of highway design.2. Selected issues of road laboratory.
3. Selected issues of traffic engineering.
4. Assignment of seminar work and its goals – individual consultation.
5. Official assignement of diploma work and literature – individual consultation.
6. Data and documents collection for diploma work.
7. Introduction of seminar works, discussion.
8. Introduction of seminar works, discussion.
9. Individual work on diploma work.
10. Up-to-date information on diploma work and public discussion about diploma work and its progression.