Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2025-26
This subject belongs to the minor in Civil Construction Technology, taught in the seventh semester (4th year) of the Civil Engineering undergraduate degree.
The course is divided into the following activities: lectures, recitations (design case studies), laboratory and computer practice sessions. These classroom activities aim to equip the future graduates with scientific and technical expertise in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways and their related infrastructure.
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND
While there are no strict prerequisites are required to take this course, students are encouraged to complete Course 33529 before enrolling.
ALIGNMENT WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs):
DIGITALIZATION:
Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26
UA Basic Transversal Competences
- CT10 : Capacity to confront, plan and solve real problems demanded by society in the field of engineering.
- CT12 : Capacity to assimilate and adapt to the permanent evolution of technology when developing one's professional career.
- CT13 : Capacity to adopt the scientific method when planning and carrying out different academic and professional tasks.
- CT7 : Capacity for oral and written exposition.
- CT8 : Capacity to plan tasks and commit oneself to satisfying goals and deadlines.
- CT9 : Capacity for group work.
Specific Competences (Specific Technology):>>Civil Construction
- CEC4 : Capacity to build and preserve roads, as well as the sizing, planning and building of the elements that make up highway equipment. Capacity to plan, build and preserve road transport infrastructures.
- CEC6 : Capacity to use building procedures, building machinery and works planning techniques.
Basic Transversal Competences
- CB2 : Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and should have those skills that are usually reflected when preparing and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.
- CB3 : That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
- CB5 : Students should have developed the necessary learning skills to undertake later studies with a high level of autonomy.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26
- Acquire specialized vocabulary and regulatory knowledge relevant to highway engineering.
- Understand and apply core concepts, principles, and terminology in highway design and construction.
- Develop technical skills to design urban/rural roads, including geometric layout, pavement design, drainage systems, signage, and road markings.
- Demonstrate ability to plan and optimize road junctions.
- Master modern construction techniques and state-of-the-art practices in highway engineering.
- Analyze planning, maintenance, and operational strategies for road infrastructure.
- Apply problem-solving skills and conceptual scalability to real-world civil engineering challenges.
General
Code:
33535
Lecturer responsible:
Bañón Blázquez, Luis
Credits ECTS:
6,00
Theoretical credits:
1,20
Practical credits:
1,20
Distance-base hours:
3,60
Departments involved
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Dept:
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Area: INFRAESTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT ENGINEERING
Theoretical credits: 1,2
Practical credits: 1,2
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record. -
Dept:
GRAPHIC EXPRESSION, COMPOSITION AND PROJECTS
Area: EXPRESSIO GRAFICA EN L'ENGINYERIA
Theoretical credits: 0
Practical credits: 0
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Course type: OPTIONAL (Year: 4)