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EG3599: PROJECT AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:36


Course Overview

To course aims to provide students with an awareness of purpose, principals, fundamental concepts and strategies of safety and project management.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 10 credits (5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr John Cavanagh

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Engineering (EG) (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Safety Management

  • Learning from Failure
  • Hazards & risks
  • Environmental, Health and Safety Legislation
  • LOPA, Inherent Safety, ALARP
  • Improving safety performance  

Project management

  • The Project process
  • Framing a project
  • Options generation and selection
  • Project appraisal & scheduling
  • Estimating and estimates
  • Risk Management

Further Information & Notes

Available only to candidates following an Engineering degree programme.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (80%); continuous assessment (20%). Resit: 1 two-hour written examination

Formative Assessment

Written assignment in small teams

Feedback

Feedback will be provided to students in written and/or verbal format as follows
  • In response to questions and issues raised by students during lectures
  • As part of group activities which take place during lectures
  • During tutorials/Feedback sessions
  • Following submission of summative and formative coursework
Students requiring feedback on exam performance should make an appointment during the scheduled feedback session which will be announced within 4 weeks of the publication of the exam results In addition, any student or group of students may request feedback on any course related matter or assignment by arrangement with the course co-ordinator and/or individual contributors as appropriate.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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