ENCI601-15A (C) Approved Start 2015

Risk Management

15 points

Details:
Start/End Date: The start and end dates are specific to each student. For further information please contact one of the following (as appropriate):
  • For Masters theses please contact the relevant Faculty Office.
  • For Doctoral degrees (PhD) please contact the Graduate School.
  • For other types of approved start courses (i.e. generally courses worth 60 points or less) please contact the Course Coordinator.
Withdrawal Dates
The withdrawal dates for this course (both with and without fee refund) will be confirmed once a) the course start date and b) course length is confirmed. Students are advised to consult the department for further information.

Description

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.

Learning Outcomes

  • 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 management
  • can apply their knowledge of risk assessment and evaluation
  • understands principles and practice of risk communication

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

Timetable Note

The course will comprise 32 hours of lectures and other sessions, presented in two 3-day blocks:

Monday 13 July–Wednesday 15 July and
Monday 21 September–Wednesday 23 September.

The venue for both blocks will be Dovedale DA03.

In addition to participating in the blocks, you will be expected to study the material provided and other references, and work on the items for assessment

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
@RISK exercise #2 5%
Fault and event tree assignment 5%
final exam 50%
@RISK exercise #1 5%
Critical review of selected reading 5%
Risk management progress report presentation 10%
risk management final project report 20%


The three-hour final exam will be in mid October (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).

Textbooks / Resources

Course Notes, References and Other Resources

There is no prescribed text, but many useful and relevant documents (e.g. ISO 31000) are available in the Engineering Library and/or will be provided on Moodle/Learn, the university’s on-line teaching system. Many useful web-links and on-line documents will also be referenced where appropriate. Students will be expected to use the above-mentioned sources to supplement ‘handouts’ distributed in class for annotation during classes.

Course emails will generally not be sent to work or student addresses, and students will be expected to monitor the Moodle/Learn system for notices about the course and its assessment. Queries to staff can be sent via Moodle/Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $988.00

* 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.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Civil and Environmental Engineering .

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