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8551

CHINESE 100G

: Beginning Modern Chinese 1
2025 Semester One (1253)
Introduces students to modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin, Putonghua ) through exercises and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
Subject: Chinese
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
8552

CHINESE 100G

: Beginning Modern Chinese 1
2024 Semester One (1243)
Introduces students to modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin, <i>Putonghua</i>) through exercises and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
Subject: Chinese
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
8553

CHINESE 100G

: Beginning Modern Chinese 1
2023 Semester One (1233)
Introduces students to modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin, <i>Putonghua</i>) through exercises and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
Subject: Chinese
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
8554

CHINESE 100G

: Beginning Modern Chinese 1
2022 Semester One (1223)
Introduces students to modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin, <i>Putonghua</i>) through exercises and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
Subject: Chinese
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
8555

CHINESE 100G

: Beginning Modern Chinese 1
2021 Semester One (1213)
Introduces students to modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin, <i>Putonghua</i>) through exercises and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Also introduces the social and cultural background of the language.
Subject: Chinese
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed

Outline is not available yet

8556

CHINESE 729A

: Special Topic
2021 Semester One (1213)
Subject: Chinese
To complete this course students must enrol in CHINESE 729 A and B

Outline is not available yet

8557

CIVIL 201

: Land Information Systems
2021 Semester One (1213)
Aspects of elementary engineering surveying as used for gathering site information for the design and setting out of works. Land information systems, modern methods of gathering, processing and presenting information for engineering purposes.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8558

CIVIL 703

: Project Management
2022 Semester One (1223)
Planning, organisation and control of engineering projects. Application and integration of project management processes to the typical project lifecycle (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing). Studies in the nine knowledge areas defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI): Project Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk and Procurement Management. Development of a range of skills, tools and techniques to become an effective project manager.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Restriction: ENGGEN 740

Outline is not available yet

8559

CIVIL 707

: Construction Supply Chain Management
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced topics in construction supply chain management such as construction logistics, buffer management, relational contracts and behavioural dimensions, analytical models for construction, information technologies and sustainable supply chains. Independent research is undertaken by developing individual research projects in which students study logistics and supply chain problems by analysing real production scenarios or the current literature available in this topic.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8560

CIVIL 717

: Advanced Structural Timber
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced topics in timber design such as: shearwalls, diaphragms, special glulam beams, bolted connections, new fasteners, engineered wood products, laminated bridges, inspection of timber structures. Emphasis will be placed on latest international developments. The core skills are taught and accompanied by an individual project in which independent research is undertaken to solve a challenging timber connection problem.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 451 or 750 or equivalent

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8561

CIVIL 717

: Advanced Structural Timber
2020 Semester One (1203)
Advanced topics in timber design such as: shearwalls, diaphragms, special glulam beams, bolted connections, new fasteners, engineered wood products, laminated bridges, inspection of timber structures. Emphasis will be placed on latest international developments. The core skills are taught and accompanied by an individual project in which independent research is undertaken to solve a challenging timber connection problem.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 451 or 750 or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

8562

CIVIL 720

: Earthquake Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Earthquakes and the effects on civil infrastructure. The passage of seismic waves from inception, propagation, arrival at site bedrock, site specific response, infrastructure response. Including engineering seismology, seismo-tectonic setting of NZ, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, NZS 1170.5, infrastructure dynamics, base isolation, effects of site geology, geophysical and geotechnical site characterisation, concepts of soil-structure interaction, the Canterbury series of earthquakes.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 313 and ENGSCI 311 or equivalent

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8563

CIVIL 720

: Earthquake Engineering
2020 Semester One (1203)
Earthquakes and the effects on civil infrastructure. The passage of seismic waves from inception, propagation, arrival at site bedrock, site specific response, infrastructure response. Including engineering seismology, seismo-tectonic setting of NZ, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, NZS 1170.5, infrastructure dynamics, base isolation, effects of site geology, geophysical and geotechnical site characterisation, concepts of soil-structure interaction, the Canterbury series of earthquakes.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 313 and ENGSCI 311 or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

8564

CIVIL 721

: Foundation Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Foundation performance requirements. Foundation types. Foundation design loads. Limit state design. Design of shallow foundations. Design of deep foundation. Case histories illustrating construction, performance and failure of foundations. Design and performance of gravity retaining structures, embedded retaining walls and reinforced earth walls.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 312 or equivalent
Restriction: CIVIL 323, 421

Outline is not available yet

8565

CIVIL 722

: Slope Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
Slope failure mechanisms, geological controls and classification. Shear strength of rock and soil materials. Laboratory testing of earth materials for slope stability. Limit equilibrium techniques, including analytical, numerical and graphical methods. Effects of water and earthquake on slope stability. Slope monitoring, stabilisation and remediation. Landslide risk management.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 322 or equivalent
Restriction: ENVENG 324, CIVIL 422

Outline is not available yet

8566

CIVIL 731

: Water Resources Modelling
2021 Semester One (1213)
Risk and uncertainty in water resources systems; evaluation of alternatives in water resources; hydrologic modelling; hydraulic modelling; river basin modelling; water resources economics.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8567

CIVIL 744

: Special Study in Earthquake Engineering
2021 Semester One (1213)
An advanced course on topics in earthquake engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8568

CIVIL 746

: Nonlinear Structural Analysis
2021 Semester One (1213)
Nonlinear behaviour of structures and the formulation of elements to model such behaviour; solution strategies; nonlinear material and section response; nonlinear dynamic analysis; nonlinear geometry; application of nonlinear analysis in engineering practice. Research and critically compare modeling approaches used for real buildings. Includes an independent research project involving nonlinear analysis of a real structure as a ‘blind prediction’.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8569

CIVIL 746

: Nonlinear Structural Analysis
2020 Semester One (1203)
Nonlinear behaviour of structures and the formulation of elements to model such behaviour; solution strategies; nonlinear material and section response; nonlinear dynamic analysis; nonlinear geometry; application of nonlinear analysis in engineering practice. Research and critically compare modeling approaches used for real buildings. Includes an independent research project involving nonlinear analysis of a real structure as a ‘blind prediction’.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8570

CIVIL 758

: Traffic Systems Design
2021 Semester One (1213)
Traffic signal timing analysis. Gap acceptance parameters. Intersection analysis of performance (priority, roundabouts and signalised). Some human factors. Introduction to transportation planning modelling. Planning land transport in NZ under the Resource Management and other requirements. Computer modelling and simulation.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: CIVIL 361
Restriction: CIVIL 403, 460, 660

Outline is not available yet

8571

CIVIL 762

: Transportation Planning
2021 Semester One (1213)
Provides an in-depth exploration of various components of the urban transportation planning process, with emphasis on theories on modelling. The principle behind the conventional four-stage transport planning model, namely, trip generation, trip distribution, modal split and trip assignment, is covered in detail.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: 15 points from CIVIL 660, 758, or equivalent

Outline is not available yet

8572

CIVIL 765

: Infrastructure Asset Management
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced theories and techniques fundamental to the management of infrastructure assets, with a primary focus on Asset Management Plans. Covers the entire spectrum of infrastructure, including roads, water networks and buildings. A major independent project incorporates a literature review and selection, and then critical review, of an Asset Management Plan from industry.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8573

CIVIL 770

: Transport Systems Economics
2021 Semester One (1213)
Advanced specialist topics in transportation economics including economic analysis, the theory of demand and supply of transport, government intervention policies, and the theory of externalities and agglomeration. Students are required to undertake a major research project by analysing two major transportation infrastructure projects to determine the likely future social and real time benefits and dis-benefits which accrue to the wider community.
Subject: Civil Engineering
No pre-requisites or restrictions

Outline is not available yet

8574

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2021 Semester One (1213)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet

8575

CIVIL 787

: Project X
2020 Semester One (1203)
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Subject: Civil Engineering
Prerequisite: Departmental approval required

Outline is not available yet