2022/3, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Jonathan Cowie |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
The LTA approach is based around a series of lectures that are designed to introduce you to the main issues concerning each topic (LO1). Activities are then designed to develop these ideas where you are encouraged to work in small informal groups on a particular aspect of the topic and then participate in a class wide discussion on your findings (LO2, LO4 - 6). The final aspect of the LTA is workshop based, where small group tutorials are designed around problem identification and problem solving activities (LO3). The module offers the possibility to specialise in public transport issues, and these can be built on and further developed in the dissertation module. The transportation consultative industries (i.e. transport planners, consultancies, central and local government bodies) are increasingly focusing on mass movement transport, however there is a distinct skills shortage in this area. The module is designed to encourage critical thinking. Many of the issues examined are discursive in nature, and hence students are actively encouraged to think about the material that is being examined. Public transport is a constantly changing area of study, what was relevant ten years ago is now largely irrelevant today. The course needs continual updating and revising and research outputs and the results of continuous scholarly activity are constantly incorporated into the course.
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Regular feedback is provided through group work and tutorials.
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The assessment for this module is in two parts, a formative course work (LO4) and a summative exam (LOs1 to 6). The coursework surrounds practical aspects of public transport, where you are asked to put forward a proposal for a new public transport scheme, either infrastructure related or service related. This is designed to not only examine your knowledge of public transport but is also used to develop and refine research skills. The final three hour exam is aimed at assessing the depth of knowledge rather than the volume of it i.e. is not designed to be a speed writing test. For that reason it will also usually contain a compulsory question that will directly assess LO3.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 18 |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 18 |
Face To Face | Groupwork (Scheduled) | 30 |
Independent Learning | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 90 |
Face To Face | Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 3 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 41 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Report | 40 | 4-6 | 8 | HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 3000 |
Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 60 | 1-3 | 14/15 | HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |