Basics of Building Technology (6cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Object of the course:
The knowledge and skills you get on this course you will need in the future in order to
Tämän opintojakson tietoja ja taitoja tarvitset, jotta saat riittävät perustiedot ja -taidot rakennustekniikan jatko-opiskeluun.
Course competences:
- Technological competence
The learning objectives of the course:
You can tell the main principles of building legislation. You know the parties of building project and you can describe the essential steps of building process. You know the most common building materials. You know the structural choices for regular building target when built in situ or built of elements and you can express them in drawings. You know the nomenclature of building parts and you know the most common building machine types. You know the essential issues for safety on site. These are also the basic tasks of the course.

Content

Building legislation, implementation methods and parties of building process, description of building process, building materials, structures of an ordinary building such as row houses, building in-situ, prefabricated construction, recognition of building machines, safety card, e-orientation.

Location and time

Contact lessons according to Time Table on the Main Campus.
Exercises in the Laboratory.

Materials

Material shared on the course’s online platform

Teaching methods

The course uses the following teaching methods:
- Lectures / Online lectures,
- Exercises / Learning tasks,

Exam schedules

Timing of Exams and re-Exams will be agreed on the first contact lesson of the course.
The course entrance exam must be taken within three ( 3 ) weeks of the course start date in order to maintain the right to study.

Completion alternatives

Certification or accreditation is possible as described in the Jamkin Peppi guidelines.

Student workload

One credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work. The workload may vary depending on the implementation method of the course.
In this course, time allocation and workload are distributed as follows:
Total workload: 162 hours
Contact lectures: 42 hours
Homework assignments supporting learning: 93 + 27 hours
Reserve approximately 6–8 hours per week of your own time for studying this course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Passable (1): The student recognizes all of the learning objectives, understands the meaning of them and is able to perform the basic tasks described in the learning objectives of the course.

Satisfying (2): In addition to previous skills, the student can systematically describe the issues of the course.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): In addition to previous skills, the student can describe the influences of various solutions and can make reasoned choices between alternatives.

Laudable (4): In addition to previous skills, the student can apply the learned issues independently and is able to evaluate done solutions.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent ( 5 ): In addition to previous skills, the student shows deep knowledge of course contents as well as ability to parse and wider analyze the influences of solutions.

Qualifications

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Further information

Grading methods
- Test,
- Learning assignments,

See also Grading