Field Data Collection (Further Instruments and Methods)

Course Code:

CES 2204

Course Credit Units:

2

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Diploma In Civil Engineering and Surveying

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

School of Engineering

Department:

civil engineering

Course Discipline:

physics

Course Description & Objectives:

The student is made familiar with the capabilities of more instruments and methods of measurement. He/she becomes aware of how to learn to manipulate unfamiliar instruments and how to realise methods of collecting field data in a new situation. This course is a continuation of the similar one in the previous semester. Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to present still more instruments and methods of measurement to increase the student’s repertoire of approaches to the field problems he/she may meet
Some of the older methods of measurement and their instrumentation are expounded.
The pitfalls associated with these methods are pointed out.
Flexibility is again stressed

Learning Outcomes:

On completion the student will:

Be competent in the use of less common methods of measurement which often ease difficult situations.
Be able to sound reservoirs, rivers and harbours
Reliable in photo identification, knowing the requirements of the photogrammetrist in point selection.
Able to navigate over large areas, with a sense of scale, using what detail maps, photographs, etc. have to offer.