Lecture 1 General Introduction

CEW 613
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 Today’s Program
Course Outline (COPO)
Entry Test
Diagnostic Test
Administrative Overview
GIS Overview

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 Outline

• Personal Introductions
• Technology used in this course
• Syllabus and Schedule (refer lesson plan)

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 GIS for Engineer
CEW 613
Your Lecturer:

Assoc Prof Dr. Shanker Kumar Sinnakaudan

email: drsshan@yahoo.com
ceshan@ppinang.uitm.edu.my

Phone: 3823432 /012-5821710

Office: 5.22
Discussion : Monday 9.00 am – 12.00 pm (Room 5.29)
Rest of the time : Strictly on appointment

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 Text Book

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 Outcome Based Education
(OBE) in CEW 613
OBE focus on achieving the outcomes
To produce better quality graduates.

The cognitive
(thinking skills)

ability of the
student to be and solve
able to apply geotechnical
fundamental engineering
knowledge of problems.
soil mechanic

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 NEW PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES (PEO) EC221

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 GIS for Engineer
CEW 613
Grading the Course
Continuous Assessment
- Test = 30 %
- Final Exam = 60 %
Assignments (5) = 10 %

Group Project/ASSIGNMENT (max 3 members/group)

100 %
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 Structure of the Course
This is an moderate course in GIS used in
engineering, in connection with design and
management of Infrastructures.

• In Class
– Lecture (mostly) and ArcGIS 10.1 practice
– Group activities
• Outside of Class
– Tutorial Homework
– ? groups (each has 2-3 members)

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 Plagiarism

• Copied assignment/s (without proper

citation) will be given “0’” marks

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