Transportation Engineering

Any student who has been impaired by significant exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances that have
prevented them from completing any major assessment items, or that have impaired their performance such
that the results are not representative of their true level of mastery of the course material, may apply for special
consideration through the formal university process. The applicability and academic remedy/action associated
with the special consideration process are listed for each assessment item below. Please refer to the University
Special Consideration Regulations and Special Consideration Policies and Procedures documents for more
information on the acceptable grounds for special consideration and the application process.

https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/study-support-info/study-topics/special-consideration

Special Consideration for Assignments
An extension will be granted for evidence-supported requests. Extensions will typically be for up to one week,
but the duration will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students seeking an extension must contact the
course coordinator/lecturer as soon as possible with evidence of their situation, and preferably before the due
date.

Special Consideration for Midterm Tests
Moderate/Serious/Severe Impact: Students will be offered an equivalent in-person alternative test that will
replace their original test mark. The original test mark will not be revealed to the student prior to taking the
resit. The alternative assessments will be held on a date early in Term 2. It is the students’ responsibility
to ensure that they are available for these dates.

Special Consideration for Final Exam
Serious/Severe Impact: Students will be offered an equivalent alternative in-person exam that will replace their
original exam mark. The original exam mark will not be revealed to the student prior to taking the resit. The
alternative assessments will be held on campus in the week of 7 July. It is the students’ responsibility to ensure that they are available for these dates.

Note: All communication associated with the arrangements of these equivalent alternative assessments will be
conducted using official UC email accounts. The offer to sit an alternative assessment will come with a
date/time during the resit week. Students will have a clearly specified amount of time to respond to the offer.

Failure to respond will be interpreted as a declined offer. If the offer is declined or no response is received in the specified time frame, the original assessment mark will be used to compute the course grade. If a student has applied for special consideration but the application has not yet been approved when arrangements are being made for the alternative sitting, they may be permitted to sit the alternative assessment, but the mark will only be applied if the application is approved by the special consideration committee at an appropriate severity level.

Code of Behaviour and Academic Integrity
All students are expected to be familiar with the University’s codes, policies, and procedures including but not
limited to the Student Code of Conduct, Campus Drug and Alcohol Policy, Copyright Policy, Disability and
Impairment Policy, and Equity and Diversity Policy. It is the responsibility of each student to be familiar with
the definitions, policies and procedures concerning academic misconduct/dishonest behaviour. More
information on UC’s policies and academic integrity can be found in the undergraduate handbook as well as at: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/corporate-information/policies
https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/what-we-do/teaching/academic-integrity

Generative AI use in this course
Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is a new technology with clear implications for civil and natural resource
engineering practice. In this course, the use of generative AI is permitted providing it adheres to the guidelines
of responsible practice described below.

Generative AI can be used to improve to your writing and provide editing feedback. When using AI to alter your
writing, it is important to check that the substantive message of the text has not been altered. It is recommended
that your prompt end with “…and explain the changes that you made” so that you can gain feedback to improve
your own writing. It is not recommended to use AI to generate original text. Rather, it is safer to place yourself
in the role of author, and AI in the role of editor, so that it is only improving the communication of your original
ideas.

AI can be used to find, gather and summarize knowledge on a subject that is outside your expertise. However,
it is important that you verify any information produced by AI. AI output can be convincingly wrong on
technical matters. AI output can be incomplete, potentially omitting alternative hypotheses or views. AI output
can be contradictory, offering concluding statements that are incoherent with arguments given earlier. Thus, it
is important to verify AI-generated output. This includes checking source material, asking or reprompting an
AI for alternative views, and challenging it to justify its statements. Verification may only possible when you
are a subject matter expert, i.e., a competent engineer.

An AI is not a substitute for a creative, problem-solving engineer. It cannot match the complex reasoning or
emotional intelligence of a human. Relying on an AI to solve problems for you may prevent you from achieving
course Learning Outcomes. Being unable to demonstrate your mastery of Learning Outcomes during an
invigilated assessment (test or exam) when AI is unavailable could lead to you failing the course.