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Risk concepts; context and perceptions; risk identification, analysis, evaluation and treatment; quantitative and qualitative risk analysis; ethical issues and risk communication; applications and case studies.
This postgraduate course will cover:• Risk management concepts and processes;• Risk assessment and evaluation;• Risk communication.No pre-requisite knowledge in these areas is necessary, although some previous background in probability and statistics (e.g. completion of ENCI303: Engineering Decision Making) will be useful.
This course is expected to develop student skills to the level where the student:has a solid grounding in the basic concepts and processes of risk managementhas some practical skills in risk assessment and evaluationunderstands principles and practice of risk communication
Subject to approval of the Director of Studies
The course will comprise 30 hours of lectures and other sessions, presented in two 3-day blocks:• Monday 11 March – Wednesday 13 March• Monday 6 May – Wednesday 8 MayAway from these blocks, you will be expected to study the material provided and other references, and work on your assignments.
Alan Nicholson
Sonia Giovinazzi , Michael Spearpoint and David Elms
Dr Erica Seville , Dr Tom Wilson and David Brunsdon
The three-hour final exam will be in mid June (date to be confirmed). While a minimum 50% overall grade for the year is the usual benchmark for passing, to guarantee a pass you must also achieve at least 40% of the available marks in both the coursework and the examination (i.e. at least 20% for the coursework and at least 20% for the examination).
Course Notes, References and Other ResourcesDetailed handouts will generally be provided covering the topics discussed. Students are also expected to annotate this material or make their own notes.There is no prescribed text, but many useful relevant documents are available in the Engineering Library and will be referenced where appropriate. Similarly, many useful websites and online documents will also be referred to in the course material (including ISO 31000).Some course material and web-links will be provided on Moodle/Learn, the university’s online teaching system, and students will be expected to use this to supplement any handouts and notes taken in class. Students will also be expected to monitor the Moodle/Learn system for notices about the course and its assessment, and to use it to send back any queries – course emails will generally not be sent to work or student addresses.
Domestic fee $914.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .