SMUA5010 Urban Mobility Course description

Students with backgrounds from other bachelor's programs, such as those in construction or electrical engineering, are recommended to read 'Energy Efficiency in Buildings' book in advance, focusing particularly on Chapters 4, 5, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3.

None.

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

Upon completing the course, the student should have the following outcomes:

Knowledge:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student will achieve advanced knowledge about:

• the integration of land use and transportation planning
• theories of transportation, mode choice, and travel behavior
• multi-modal transportation planning
• planning for safe, efficient, equitable, and sustainable cities
• metrics for evaluating urban mobility
• new and emerging technologies in land use and transportation planning

Skills:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student is capable of:

• making use of travel behavior models
• applying metrics to evaluate transportation policy and planning
• applying appropriate methods and software (e.g., statistics and GIS) to evaluate transportation systems and gaps
• translating theory to practice in urban mobility

General competence:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student:

• has a broad overview of the current state of urban mobility, its challenges, and future trends
• is able to present academic results and evaluations both to specialists and to the general public

This course is a combination of lectures, seminars, and field-trips in the Oslo area (physically or digitally). The course features 5 weeks lectures, 2 software training sessions to provide theoretical content and preliminary hands-on experience.

4 individual assignments. Students who fail to meet the coursework requirements can be given up to one re-submission opportunity.

The exam consist of two parts:

1) Project report prepared in groups of 2 students (or more), approx. 15-20 pages (excl. appendices), weighted 80%.

2) Oral presentation and examination of the project report, weighted 20%

Grading is individual, which means that grades may differ within each group. Both oral and written examinations can be presented/written in teams. To ensure that individual grading should be possible, each group of students will provide a written and signed statement in where each individual's contribution is clearly stated and explained

All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) to pass the course.

Assessment parts: 1) can be appealed, 2) cannot be appealed

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None

Graded scale A-F.

1) Two internal examiners for the assignments and the report

2) Two internal examiners for oral presentation

External examiners are used regularly.

Daniel Piatkowski: danielpi@oslomet.no