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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P2 SBU | P2 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | part 2 Master of Transportation Sciences (by distance learning) | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| The holder of the degree can function as a member of a (multidisciplinary) team and has a good assessment of his/her own role within the organisation and in a wider social and international context. | | | - DC
| The student can actively contribute to the group problem-solving process when finding a solution to the civic challenge, providing content, insight and argumentation for decisions. | | | - DC
| The student can manage him-/herself and his/her group efficiently and effectively throughout a multi-step project, including making agreements on the work to be done and sticking to these agreements. This includes time-, risk- and quality management. | | | - DC
| The student can negotiate and participate in conflict resolution when faced with difficult decisions in regards to the civic challenge. This includes fostering positive attitudes towards interaction and readiness to be critical at the right time and in the right way. | - EC
| The holder of the degree considers society as a whole as an important stakeholder and reflects on the social relevance and consequences of recommendations and assignments in a critical manner. In addition to society, the master can also identify and set to work with other stakeholders (interested parties) and their specific needs. | | | - DC
| The student can identify the most important stakeholders within the context of the civic challenge and to elucidate their relevance. | | | - DC
| The student can reflect on the interests of the various stakeholders and take these into account when finding and formulating a solution to the civic challenge. | - EC
| The holder of the degree is able to communicate and convince others (both in writing and orally) on his/her field of study (in the shape of scientific reports, presentations, case studies and the integrated project) with scientists of his/her own or similar fields of study and with wide social groups (e.g. residents, governments, shopkeepers). | | | - DC
| The student can demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to use effective and appropriate communication patterns, adapted to various contexts and people. These patterns include: discussions with peers on an online platform, presentation of information on an online platform, interaction with professionals and experts and presentation of a solution to stakeholders. | | | - DC
| The student can convince stakeholders of the usability and quality of the solution his/her group formulated. | - EC
| The holder of the degree shows initiative, creates opportunities by anticipating and is flexible. | | | - DC
| The student shows a motivated dedication, even when uncertainties or problems arise during the process of finding a solution to the civic challenge. | | | - DC
| The student is not afraid to think out-of-the-box to come up with original but realistic ideas and strategies to solve a civic challenge. | - EC
| The holder of the degree offers realistic solutions for complex traffic safety or transportation problems by using relevant theories and/or models from the field of study of transportation sciences or related domains. | | | - DC
| The student can investigate and solve a civic challenge over an extended period of time. This means analysing the data and synthesizing the significant information into an organized picture of the solution. |
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The students work online in small groups to solve a real-life transportation problem provided by an external stakeholder, a civic challenge. To do this successfully, they have to integrate knowledge and skills from previous courses as well as do their own research and problem-solving. Not only do they expand their knowledge in the field of transportation sciences, they will also be able to apply this knowledge in actual situations and present their ideas and solutions outside the walls of the university. Furthermore, this course heavily emphasises skills that will continue to serve the students long after their graduation, including efficient communication, working in a team, critical thinking and self-directed learning. Finally, we have to realise we live in a digital age, and because this entire course is facilitated by online platforms we hone the skills of the students in this domain as well, providing numerous means of distributing thoughts and information, using the world wide web and presenting information to people who might very well be at the other end of the world.
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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Period 2 Credits 6,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 80 % |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | In case of min 10/20 on the case study (evaluation during teaching period) this score will be retained in the academic year. In case of min 10/20 on the paper (evaluation during teaching period) this score will be retained in the academic year. In case of min 10/20 on the reflection assignment (evaluation during teaching period) this score will be retained in the academic year. The score on the group work will be retained in the academic year (regardless of the score that was obtained). |
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 20 % |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | In case of min 10/20 on the presentation (evaluation during teaching period) this score will be retained in the academic year. |
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| Conditions | Timely submission of the intermediate assignments and final paper (evaluation during teaching period) is mandatory. |
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| Consequences | Students who do not submit, or too late, 2 or more intermediate assignments later than the deadline will receive a final score of N for this course. Students who do not submit or submit the final paper later than the deadline will receive a final score of N for this course. |
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| Additional information | Students who failed the course in the first term are given a replacement assignment for the second examination period, depending on which part(s) of the course (s)he failed. They need to ask the members of the teaching team which part(s) (s)he needs to redo during resit (oral presentation, reflection, case study and/or paper). The 2nd exam chance does not apply to the group work. |
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| Explanation (English) | Students who failed the course in the first term are given a replacement assignment for the second examination period, depending on which part(s) of the course (s)he failed. They need to ask the members of the teaching team which part(s) (s)he needs to redo during resit (oral presentation, reflection, case study and/or paper). The 2nd exam chance does not apply to the group work. |
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Online information and communication platform (ICT) that enables synchronous and asynchronous communication for information delivery and group problem-solving (Blackboard Group Page with the compulsory/mandatory functionalities including File Exchange, Group Discussion).
Online collaboration and work management platform to enable the students to divide the project tasks, keep an overview on the project (timeline) and follow up the deadlines as set by the teaching staff (Smartsheet Group Sheet, mandatory use during various project phases).
Digital documents provided by the members of the teaching staff to guide project work and communicate vital information such as grading conditions and deadlines (Assignments and Reflection Assignments). |
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Semi-Structured Interview guide:
Adams, W.C. (2015) Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews. In: Wholey, J.S., Harty, H.P. and Newcomer, K.E., Eds., Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 492-505. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119171386.ch19
Strategy guide:
Grant RM. The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage: Implications for Strategy Formulation. California Management Review. 1991;33(3):114-135. doi:10.2307/41166664
Prototyping guide (as well as other project tools to support students in their challenge):
IDEO.org. Field Guide to Human Centered Design. 1st Edition. (2015). Retrieved from: http://d1r3w4d5z5a88i.cloudfront.net/assets/guide/Field%20Guide%20to%20HumanCentered%20Design_IDEOorg_English-ee47a1ed4b91f3252115b83152828d7e.pdf
Webinar on the use of SmartSheet
NetMap Toolbox – Manual |
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1 examination regulations art.1.3, section 4. |
| 2 examination regulations art.4.7, section 2. |
3 examination regulations art.2.2, section 3.
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| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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