The course provides an advanced knowledge and understanding of:
- soils and rocks and their engineering properties
- site investigation, testing, interpretation and reporting
- construction practice and awareness of safe operation
- key aspects of geotechnical design, such as foundations and slopes
- application of mathematical methods and computational tools
Once you have graduated will be able to:
- identify, generate and interpret data relevant to an engineering scenario
- employ numerical methods for modelling and analysing problems
- select and apply ideas, concepts and data to generate innovative designs
- evaluate the quality of data through testing and measurement equipment in field and lab
- present and summarise data and critically appraise its significance, using numerical techniques
- formulate and test key hypotheses using logical and consistent quantitative or qualitative arguments
