Course detail
Diploma seminar (K-ZEL)
FAST-CN052Acad. year: 2018/2019
Preliminary work and completion of diploma thesis. Seminars for topical issues of railway structures and construction technology.
Completion and defense seminar thesis with the same theme as diploma thesis.
Supervisor
Department
Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
A student acquires a preliminary thesis on diploma thesis, is introduced in recent technical development of railway constructions and structures.
Prerequisites
Railway structures and constructions, railway stations and junctions, urban railway transport, transportation systems
Co-requisites
Dynamical analysis of rail track constructions, measuring technique and modelling and stability of rail track, legislation in railway transport, components of railway junctions for passenger and goods traffic.
Recommended optional programme components
A student can attend conferences, workshops or excursions focused on railway structures. The student can also take a part in solving of research and development projects.
Recommended or required reading
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching is kept in a form seminars and individual consultations. The students' work is completed by specified individual work, work assigned for individual study with the active participation of students. Excursions to the construction sites or to manufacturers are organized.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The course is completed with a credit, whose acquisition is conditional on attendance on presentations of student projects and a presentation of development of the diploma thesis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The objective of the subject is preliminary work on diploma thesis.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N-P-C-SI (N) Master's
branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, 2 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme N-P-E-SI (N) Master's
branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, 2 credits, compulsory-optional
- Programme N-K-C-SI (N) Master's
branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, 2 credits, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.-3. Preliminary work on diploma thesis.
3.-8. Seminars for topical issues of railway structures and construction technology.
9.-10. Completion and defence seminar thesis with the same theme as diploma thesis.