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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P1 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | part 1 Master of Transportation Sciences (by distance learning) | Compulsory | 108 | 4,0 | 108 | 4,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| EC2: The holder of the degree has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the concepts, methods, and (research) techniques of transportation sciences. He/she is able to apply the concepts, methods and (research) techniques in the field of transportation sciences adequately and autonomously. | | | - DC
| DC3: The student can autonomously select and justify appropriate concepts, methods or techniques for scientific research based on a given context. | | | - DC
| DC4: The student autonomously applies the selected concepts, methods or techniques for scientific research and interprets them adequately. | - EC
| EC4: The holder of the degree considers the society as a whole as an important stakeholder and reflects on the social relevance and consequences of recommendations/solutions and projects/assignments in a critical manner. In doing so, the holder of the degree strives, among other things, to have a sustainable impact on the region. | | | - DC
| DC1: The student is able to identify key stakeholders other than society and demonstrate their relevance. | | | - DC
| DC2: The student is able to empathise with and take into account the views of different stakeholders when assessing and developing different solution options. | - EC
| EC5: The holder of the degree is made aware of and has insight into the regional and international policy framework, similarities and differences with respect to transport policies. The holder of the degree is encouraged to get in touch with various (inter)national stakeholders active in the field of transportation. | | | - DC
| DC1: The student can evaluate how policy framework(s) are established and can propose alternatives. | | | - DC
| DC2: The student investigates which parts of an (inter)national policy framework are applicable to various regions and determines the critical success factors and the system in which it should function. |
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There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
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This course covers two crucial aspects of transport infrastructure: the design and project management of infrastructure projects for the transportation of people and goods.
The infrastructure design segment introduces students to the key elements involved in transport infrastructure design. This includes understanding the individual components of the infrastructure and the processes and tools that integrate these parts. Students will gain insights into the following topics:
- Introduction to road infrastructure design
- Road categorization
- Road section design: sight, horizontal and vertical alignments
- Cross-sections
- Discontinuities
- Intersections and interchanges
The project management segment focuses on the various aspects of managing transport mega-projects. These projects are complex, costly, and large-scale, significantly impacting entire countries or regions. The course covers project management from front-end planning to actual project delivery, addressing stakeholder management, risk, finance, complexity, innovation, governance, and ethics. It also examines common mistakes and risks in preparing and delivering mega-projects—such as underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts, and overvalued economic development effects—and offers practical solutions to manage these risks.
The majority of your learning will be done through self-study, based on the course material that is made available online. You will have access to a range of useful online learning materials such as online lectures, reading materials, as well as access to thousands of e-books, online journals and other resources via our online university library. Approximately mid-semester, an online interactive Question and Answer session will be organised, where students can meet the course lecturer and fellow students online and have the opportunity to go deeper into the course material.
All evaluations will be done online, whether by submission of assignments or by taking written or oral exams online, or a combination of assignments and exams. Written exams will be done with online proctoring (exam supervision) to retain the integrity of a supervised exam, while providing the flexibility of an online platform. For the online exams, distance learning students should ensure to have a laptop/pc with a working webcam and microphone, a charged mobile device (phone/tablet) and a stable internet connection (minimum upload speed of 1.5 MB/second), as well as a quiet, secluded room to take the exam in.
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Distance learning ✔
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Response lecture ✔
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Period 1 Credits 4,00
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| Written exam | 100 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | If the student does not pass the course (i.e., combined result < 10/20 or a score below the tolerable grade (8/20) for one of the two course topics), the following conditions apply: if the student passes (≥ 10/20) one course topic (Infrastructure design or Project management) during the first examination opportunity, the student will carry over the result for the part for which he/she passed to the second examination opportunity. |
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| Multiple-choice questions | ✔ |
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| Use of study material during evaluation | ✔ |
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| Explanation (English) | During the written closed book exam, the student may only use writing materials and a simple calculator. |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | A student passes the Transport Infrastructure course if the combined score (Infrastructure design and Project management) is ≥10/20 AND the student obtains a "tolerable" exam result (≥8/20) for both course topics (Infrastructure design and Project management). |
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| Consequences | A student who obtains a non-tolerable score on a course topic and obtains an arithmetic weighted average ≥ 10/20 will receive a 9/20 as the final grade in his/her student file, regardless of the arithmetic weighted average. |
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Second examination period
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| Explanation (English) | In re-sit, there is a written closed-book exam. In re-sit, a student keeps the mark on the exam part (project management or infrastructure design) for which he/she passed in the first examination period. The student needs to contact the coordinating lecturer to ask which part(s) of the exam (s)he needs to redo during resit. |
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| Compulsory course material |
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International handbook on mega-projects. van Wee, B., & Priemus, H., Edgar Elgar Publishing Limited, e-book accessible for students through the website of the UHasselt library: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.bib proxy.uhasselt.be/lib/ubhasselt/detail.action?docID=1569405
Slides and additional course materials will be provided via Blackboard. |
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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