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SMUA5010 Urban Mobility Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Urban Mobility
Study programme
Master's Degree Programme in Transport and Urban Planning
Weight
20.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Knowledge

The candidate should have knowledge of:

  • asset management and how it is currently applied within infrastructure systems
  • impacts of digitization on operations and maintenance of infrastructure systems, including the use of Big Data
  • smart infrastructure system components

Skills

The candidate is able to:

  • understand a simplified asset management plan, including risk assessment
  • describe technological solutions for smart operations/management and maintenance of road and rail infrastructure, and how they can be applied to improve the sustainability and resiliency of infrastructure
  • use and manage simple datasets within infrastructure operations/management and maintenance

Competencies

The candidate can:

  • consider a holistic view of the life-cycle of infrastructure and the role of asset management within it
  • understand the potential and challenges when transitioning to smart operations of management systems
  • work within a team to develop and define a project objective and scope, apply critical thinking skills within an open-ended task, manage workload over the course of the project, and present results in a professional environment.

Recommended preliminary courses

None.

Required preliminary courses

The exam in the course is an individual school exam over a period of 4 hours.

The exam must be written in English.

Learning outcomes

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved to sit for the exam:

1 written group exercise with 2-4 student in a group

1 written individual exercise

all proposed excercises must be delivered.

Teaching and learning methods

The exam consists of two parts:

1) 3-hour written individual exam under supervison, weighted 70 %,

2) 15-20 minutes individual oral presentation of a topic followed by Q&A, weighted 30 %.

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

Assessment part 1) can be appealed. Assessment part 2) cannot be appealed.

Course requirements

Graded scale A-F

Assessment

Diego Praino

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Luca Piciullo

Grading scale

MABY5410-Advanced soil mechanics

Examiners

BYVE3610 Jernbaneteknikk

BYVE3620 Vei- og jernbaneteknikk

Course contact person

Daniel Piatkowski