Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2014-15

La asignatura está ubicada en el segundo cuatrimestre. La asignatura se plantea con un carácter totalmente práctico. El alumno trabajará sobre un proyecto real pasando por todas las fases del cálculo estructural: concepción y diseño, valoración de la solución estructural y los materiales más adecuados, modelización, estimación de acciones, predimensionamiento, cálculo, análisis de resultados, recálculo, dimensionamiento y optimización, definición gráfica y elaboración de la documentación del proyecto de estructura.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

Inherent transversal competences:>>Cognitive Instrumental

  • CG17 : Ability to apply knowledge to practice. Ability to technify any conceptual discourse with processes that can be applied to reality.

 

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CGUA10 : Capacity to deal with real situations in architecture. Capacity to face, plan and resolve real problems required by society in the field of architecture.
  • CGUA11 : Capacity to adapt to new concepts and methods. Capacity to learn and apply new concepts and methods in a self-sufficient and interdisciplinary manner.
  • CGUA12 : Capacity to adapt to new professional technological models. Capacity to assimilate and adapt to the permanent evolution of technology during professional career.
  • CGUA13 : Capacity to adopt the scientific method. Capacity to use the scientific method when considering and carrying out different tasks, in both one's academic and professional life.
  • CGUA14 : Capacity for self-criticism. Be self-critical enough to analyse and improve the quality of projects.
  • CGUA6 : Ability to use a second language. Capacity to use the English language fluently to access technical information, respond to the needs of society and be self-sufficient when preparing for one's professional career.
  • CGUA8 : Capacity for scheduling and setting deadlines. Capacity to plan tasks and commit to fulfilling goals and deadlines.
  • CGUA9 : Capacity for group work. Capacity to perform well in collective and group work, sharing tasks and taking on roles.

 

Inherent transversal competences:>>Methodological Instrumental

  • CG23 : Ability to solve problems. Capacity to focus information and instruments for action on resolving previously diagnosed conflicts.
  • CG24 : Ability to make decisions. Capacity to understand the complexity of contexts where we make transformations and take a corresponding creative decision in a responsible manner.
  • CG25 : Ability to locate and set targets. Ability to select analysis procedures, detect peculiarities and identify critical situations.

 

Inherent transversal competences:>>Technological Instrumental

  • CG28 : Ability for spatial vision. Ability to understand and assimilate an object, process or space independently of prior visualisations as well as the capacity to generate new ones.
  • CG29 : Capacity for numerical comprehension and mechanical intuition. Ability to understand numerical processes in mechanical and technological systems, arranging one's time between theoretical studies and practical development of the models.

 

Inherent transversal Competences:>>Social Interpersonal

  • CG39 : Motivation for teamwork with shared responsibilities. Capacity to participate in collective work where one undertakes tasks and roles involving leadership, research, description and communication.
  • CG40 : Motivation for working in international, interdisciplinary teams. Capacity to understand different ways of approaching problems, both in other disciplines and areas, as opportunities for learning and growth.

 

Inherent transversal Competences:>>Entrepreneurship Capability System

  • CG49 : Ability to find solutions to difficult tasks. Capacity to define the right analysis strategies to deal with complex problems.

 

Specific Competences:>>Technical Block

  • CE12 : Ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate in buildings and urban units and execute building structures.
  • CE15 : Ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate in buildings and urban units and execute foundation solutions.
  • CE17 : Ability to apply technical and building regulations.
  • CE18 : Ability to preserve building, foundation and civil works structures.
  • CE20 : Ability to value works.
  • CE24 : Suitable understanding of the mechanics of solids, continuous media and soil, as well as the plastic, elastic and resistance qualities of the materials used in heavy work.
  • CE27 : Suitable understanding of industrialised building systems.

 

Basic Transversal Competences

  • CB1 : Habilidad para comprender. Que los estudiantes hayan demostrado poseer y comprender conocimientos en un área de estudio que parte de la base de la educación secundaria general, y se suele encontrar a un nivel que, si bien se apoya en libros de texto avanzados, incluye también algunos aspectos que implican conocimientos procedentes de la vanguardia de su campo de estudio.
  • CB2 : Habilidad para aplicar. Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar sus conocimientos a su trabajo o vocación de una forma profesional y posean las competencias que suelen demostrarse por medio de la elaboración y defensa de argumentos y la resolución de problemas dentro de su área de estudio.
  • CB3 : Habilidad para interpretar y emitir juicios. Que los estudiantes tengan la capacidad de reunir e interpretar datos relevantes (normalmente dentro de su área de estudio) para emitir juicios que incluyan una reflexión sobre temas relevantes de índole social, científica o ética.
  • CB4 : Habilidad para transmitir. Que los estudiantes puedan transmitir información, ideas, problemas y soluciones a un público tanto especializado como no especializado.
  • CB5 : De autonomía para aprendizajes futuros. Que los estudiantes hayan desarrollado aquellas habilidades de aprendizaje necesarias para emprender estudios posteriores con un alto grado de autonomía.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2014-15

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General

Code: 20553
Lecturer responsible:
ESTEVAN GARCIA, LUIS
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,00
Practical credits: 2,40
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: CIVIL ENGINEERING
    Area: CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND STRUCTURE THEORY
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 2,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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