Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics, Specialization Course

For students planning to take Specialization project in Engineering geology of rocks, Engineering geology of soil and Environmental geology/Hydrogeology, the following 7,5 sp topic is to be selected:

Engineering geological field and laboratory methods (professor Bjørge Brattli, professor Bjørn Nilsen, assoc.prof. Krishna Panthi)

This topic includes field course at Snåsa in August and laboratory work.

For students not planning Specialization project and master thesis in Engineering geology of rocks, Engineering geology of soil and Environmental/Hydrogeology, and as temporary solution for Autumn 2013, topics of 3,75 may be selected from the following list:

Applied rock mechanics,
Rock mechanics related to coal mining,
Applied engineering geology,
Applied engineering geology,
Engineering geological laboratorory methods,
Hydrogeology, Geochemistry,
Engineering geology soil,
Climatic related landslide processes

Ingress:
- This course will provide in-depth knowledge in the field.

Knowledge:
- The student will acquire specialized knowledge in support of project completion in the field.

Skills:
- The student will be able to find scientific literature and draw out the main elements that are relevant to the project.

General competence:
- Increased understanding of the field.

Field- and laboratory assignments,and/or guided self study, in some cases supplemented by exercises, seminars and individual lectures. The course will be held in English if international students attend.