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Unit of Study ENG61004 - Construction Materials - Soils (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 2 day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Introduces students to the geotechnical properties and behaviour of soils and their significance in civil and construction engineering.

Unit content

Soil types and classification

Phase (weight-volume) relationships

Soil stabilisation techniques

Subsoil exploration

Principles of earthworks construction

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
Study Period2
Study Period2
Online
Study Period2,6
Study Period6

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe the basic physical and mechanical properties of wet and dry soil and determine these properties using standard laboratory methods
2 apply the principles of soil stabilisation
3 apply the principles of earthworks construction.
4 describe the fundamentals of subsurface exploration

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the basic physical and mechanical properties of wet and dry soil and determine these properties using standard laboratory methods
    • GA4:
  2. apply the principles of soil stabilisation
    • GA4:
  3. apply the principles of earthworks construction.
    • GA4:
  4. describe the fundamentals of subsurface exploration
    • GA4:

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