ØABED3700 Valuation - Equity Research Emneplan

After completing this course, the student has the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

Students have in-depth knowledge of:

• Earth pressure theory
• Types of retaining walls and design (serviceability and ultimate limit state)
• Excavation support systems including tunnels in soft ground and soil stabilisation
• Ground movements due to excavation works and effects on the built environment
• Basics of parametric 3D modelling

Skills

Students can:

• calculate the lateral earth pressure
• select and design retaining walls and excavation support systems
• analyse the behaviour of tunnels in soft ground
• quantify the effect of ground movements on structures
• formulate a geotechnical report

General competence

Students:

• can understand the principles of soil strength, stress history and critical state soil mechanics
• can apply plasticity and limit equilibrium methods to analyse earth support systems
• are familiar with excavation-induced ground movements and their impacts on close by structures
• have the writing skills to formulate a geotechnical report or a small research publication

Lectures, exercises and projects

Grade scale A-F

Advanced soil mechanics

Geotechnical Site Investigation and Ground Modelling

The following coursework requirements must have been approved for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: Buy-side analysis
  • Consists of an individual online quiz, and a written report (6 pages) and oral presentation (10 min + 10 min feedback) carried out in groups
• Coursework 2: Analyzing Performance
  • Consists of an individual online quiz, and a written hand-in (spreadsheet/slides with analysis + log) and oral presentation (10 min + 10 min feedback) carried out in groups
• Coursework 3: Forecasting Performance
  • Consists of an individual online quiz, and a written hand-in (spreadsheet/slides with analysis + log) and oral presentation (10 min + 10 min feedback) carried out in groups

Each group is assigned a separate publicly listed case company within a common industry for 3-5 other groups in the class. The case company assigned to a group is analyzed throughout all coursework and is the subject of the final report and presentation for that group.

The coursework requirements will be carried out in groups of 3 students, except for one or two groups of 2 if the number of students is indivisible by 3. These group stay the same throughout the coursework and exam. Changes will be done in agreement with the lecturer on a case-by-case bases.

The aim of the coursework requirements is to work systematically towards producing the content necessary for a good final report and presentation.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit an improved version by the given deadline.

The exam in the course consists of two parts:

1) A portfolio containing a reworked 10-page (excluding appendices) Sell-side report based on the three written assignments carried out in groups during the coursework requirements. The assignments must be delivered in revised form.

Font and font size: Arial / Calibri / Verdana 12 points. Line spacing 1,5.

2) An oral exam carried out in groups (10 minutes).

The final grade will be based on two equally weighted parts.

All parts of the exam must be passed in order to pass the course.

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

No aids are permitted for the oral exam.

Grade scale A - F

Both the portfolio and the oral exam are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.