Course syllabus

010813301-65 ธรณีวิศวกรรม (Engineering Geology)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Assoc.Prof. Dr.Naphol Yoobanpot
1. Course number and name

010813301-65 ธรณีวิศวกรรม (Engineering Geology)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Assoc.Prof. Dr.Naphol Yoobanpot

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. Stephen Marshak, 2019, Essentials of Geology, W. W. Norton & Company.
  2. Luis Gonzalez de Vallejo and Mercedes Ferrer, 2011, Geological Engineering, CRC Press.
  3. F. G. Bell, 2007, Engineering Geology (second edition), Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.
  4. เอกสารประกอบการสอนของผู้สอน

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Rock type, geological structures, Process of earth’s plate, properties and behavior of soil and rock, geological material for construction, site investigation, mineral process of weathering transportation and sediment, runoff and ground water, rock and soil for civil engineering, geologic maps, geology and construction
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    Required :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
    1. CLO1 1. Have basic knowledge of properties and behavior of soil and rock which applied to solve geotechnical problem using knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
    2. CLO2 2. Ability to communicate, explain, clarify geological engineering problems including various solutions in the classroom by studying relevant case studies.
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Course learning outcome (CLO)
    PO1 : ความรู้ทางด้านวิศวกรรม และพื้นฐานทางด้านคณิตศาสตร์ และวิทยาศาสตร์ ความรู้ทางด้านวิศวกรรม และพื้นฐานทางด้านคณิตศาสตร์ และวิทยาศาสตร์
    • CLO1 1. Have basic knowledge of properties and behavior of soil and rock which applied to solve geotechnical problem using knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
    PO2 : การวิเคราะห์ปัญหาทางวิศวกรรม การวิเคราะห์ปัญหาทางวิศวกรรม
    • CLO2 2. Ability to communicate, explain, clarify geological engineering problems including various solutions in the classroom by studying relevant case studies.

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
Week Topic Details Activities
1 Study plan and introduction
2 Rock and soil for civil engineering
3 Process of earth’s plate
4 Mineral process of weathering transportation and sediment
5 Rock type
6 Properties and behavior of soil and rock
7 Properties and behavior of soil and rock (Cont’d)
16 Reviews
9 Geological structures
10 Geologic maps
11 Runoff and ground water
12 Geological material for construction
13 Geology and construction
14 Geology and construction (Cont’d)
15 Site investigation
8 Reviews
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
midtern and final examination 100 midterm examination, final examination
The grading table
Grading Rank
>= 80% A
75% - 79.99% B+
70% - 74.99% B
65% - 69.99% C+
60% - 64.99% C
55% - 59.99% D+
50% - 54.99% D
0% - 49.99% F

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