Other Transport-Relevant Courses
The following courses are relevant to parts of transportation engineering and may be of interest to students taking MET/MEngSt/PGCertEng programmes. Other courses in these areas may also be suitable.
Notes:
- Consult the University Calendar for specific Regulations regarding allowable courses; course programmes should be discussed with the MET Programme Director before to completing enrolment.
- It is up to the students to satisfy the course co-ordinators of any pre-requisites or required experience.
- Most courses are taught throughout the semester and so may not be suitable for part-time or distance-based students.
- The EFTS weightings of these courses may vary.
Department |
Course |
Description |
| Civil Eng | ENCI403 Management of Engineering Systems |
Systems concepts and the context of engineering decisions. Engineering ethics. Mangement of people, projects and organisations in the construction industry. |
| Civil Eng | ENCI601 Risk Management |
Intro to Risk Concepts; Risk Assessment; Risk Evaluation and Management; Risk communication |
| Civil Eng (Construct'n Mgmt) |
ENCM610
Construction Management |
Organisational roles, organisational influences, human resource systems and strategies, analysis of trends in construction management. |
| Civil Eng (Construct'n Mgmt) |
ENCM620
Construction Procurement and Contract Administration |
Construction procurement processes, contract fundamentals and responsibilities, contract administration, integrated project delivery, analysis of trends in procurement and contract administration. |
| Civil Eng (Construct'n Mgmt) |
ENCM630
Project Management, Planning and Control Techniques |
Project management techniques, managing project resources, controlling the project, analysis of trends in project management. |
| Civil Eng (Construct'n Mgmt) |
ENCM640
Strategic Management in Construction |
Concepts of strategic planning and internal analysis, market-based view, corporate and international influences, analysis of trends in the construction industry. |
| Civil Eng | ENCI635 Ecological Engineering |
Major environmental issues; Natural environment; Social environment: Complex system behaviour (not offered 2011) |
| Economics | ECON655 Environmental Economics |
Applying microeconomic theory and welfare economics to the management and stewardship of the environment |
| Forest Eng | FORE423 Forest Transportation and Road Design |
Options for transport of forest products. Soil engineering characteristics. Vehicle/road interaction. Legal regulations for heavy vehicles on NZ public roads. Forestry truck and trailer designs. Road design for forest roads, water crossings and drainage structures. Cost estimation and contract management for road construction. |
| Forestry | FORE606 Forest Transport |
Modes of forestry transportation around the world. Truck and rail transport of forestry produce. Pavement thickness design. Culverts and bridges in forestry. Vehicle specification and trucking costs. Calculations of maximum payload, axle weightings, gradeability. Inventory control, wood flow planning and control. |
Geography |
GEOG402 Sustainable Urban Development |
Geographical issues related to urban planning for resource use and infrastructure development, including energy use, transport networks and housing development. |
| Geography | GEOG404 Resource and Environmental Mgmt in New Zealand |
Provides a deep and yet practical understanding of the processes involved in resource and environmental management in NZ, including principles of kaitiakitanga. |
| Geological Sciences | ENGE472 Engineering Construction Practice |
Nature and properties of construction materials for civil projects, general design principles and construction practices in rock and soil, selected case studies |
| Management Science | MSCI602 Advanced Stochastic Models |
The use of stochastic models in operations research modelling, multivariate statistics, time-series analysis and forecasting, advanced topics in queuing theory |
| Mathematics and Statistics | STAT446 Generalised Linear Models |
ANOVA regression, multi-variate techniques, general framework for GLMs |
| Psychology | PSYC416 Cognitive Psychology |
Content, theory and methods; classic work; application of cognitive psychology to topical community issues |
| Psychology | PSYC601 Research Methods in Psychology |
t-tests, chi square, regression/ correlation, factorial ANOVA, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), multiple regression, logistic regression, general linear model |
| Sociology | SOCI418 Social Impact Assessment |
Approaches and trends in S.I.A., cultural-ecological background to development and change, legislative frameworks, effects on tangata whenua and minority groups |