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Water supply and sanitation (solid and liquid waste management) issues in developing communities, agricultural issues and impacts of land-use changes, sustainable rural and city transportation, shelter and housing construction in rural communities, engineering in a cultural and sustainable context using appropriate technology.
To increase the students' understanding of social issues associated with the design of water, sanitation, and land-based engineering projects faced by developing communities; to educate globally responsible students who can offer sustainable and appropriate technological solutions to the problems faced by developing communities; to provide an introduction to humanitarian work in developing communities during disaster relief.Course Objectives: To allow students to Become familiar with a suite of tools relevant to the application of water, sanitation, and irrigation technologies in developing communities; Understand the issues associated with the design and implementation of engineering infrastructure in developing communities; Increase their awareness of the role engineers have in addressing poverty and developmental issues through engineering; Understand the multidisciplinary nature of engineering projects in the developing world and the interaction between technical and non-technical disciplines, particularly as they relate to engineering in a culturally relevant and sustainable manner; Demonstrate application of a basic design thinking process towards the use of an engineering or technology-based solution that can address a community-based problem To provide an introduction to the range of issues associated with humanitarian aid during natural disaster relief.
ENNR313 or ENCI313 or subject to approval of the Director of Studies
ENNR451
Ricardo Bello Mendoza
Tonny de Vries , Matthew Hughes and Frances Charters
Test (20 %) (1 hour duration): Closed book but relevant formulae given. The test will cover material given in lectures 2-21. Any approved calculator allowed. It can include a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and longer exercises, mathematical and written questions.Test Date and Venue: See lecture schedule and Course Information System (CIS)Exam (20 %) (1 hour duration): Closed book but relevant formulae given. The exam will cover material given in lectures 22-36. Any approved calculator allowed. It can include a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and longer exercises, mathematical and written questions. Course GradesYou cannot pass this course unless you achieve a mark of at least 40% in both the term test as well as the final exam. A student who narrowly fails to achieve 40% in either of the test/exam, but who performs very well in the other, may be eligible for a pass in the course at the discretion of the course co-ordinator.Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control. Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Examinations Office website http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/ within five days of the assessment. Special consideration will not be considered for the design project milestones, although students may discuss late submittals of these with the course co-ordinator. Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the course co-ordinator and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required. In evaluating grades involving special consideration, the tests are considered separately from other assessment.Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.
Required Course Text: The notes for Drs Bello-Mendoza’s, de Vries’s and Hughes’s lectures will be either handed out in class or posted on Learn and the later should be downloaded before each lecture. Note that some required readings will be available on Learn. You are expected to read these articles as they form part of the examinable component of the course.
Domestic fee $1,038.00
International fee $5,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .