Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Students must have a bachelor degree in Surveying, Planning and Land Management or a bachelor degree with a similar content.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

To give the students the opportunity to work with problems related to collecting/processing spatial data.

Students who complete the project module must:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• be knowledgeable about technologies and theories/methods for collecting spatial data.
• be knowledgeable about theories/methods for processing spatial data.
• be knowledgeable about theories/methods for assessing the quality of spatial data
• be knowledgeable about the fundamental principles of Problem Based Learning (PBL) as implemented in the Aalborg PBL model at the Faculty of Engineering and Science (*)

Skills

• master theories/methods related to collecting/processing spatial data.
• be able to evaluate theories/methods related to collecting or processing spatial data.
• be able to identify problems related to collecting/processing spatial data.
• be able to assess/analyse problems related to collecting/processing spatial data.
• be able to suggest solutions to problems related to collecting/processing spatial data.
• be able to assess the quality of the suggested solutions.
• be able to assess the quality of spatial data coming from various sources.
• be able to communicate/discuss problems related to collecting/processing spatial data with both peers and non-specialists.
• be able to give advice regarding problems related to collecting/processing spatial data.
• be able to structure project management activities based on a well-formulated problem formulation (*)

Competences

• be able to master selected data collecting technologies.
• be able to master general skills required to solve typical data collecting/processing tasks.
• be able to reflect on, plan and manage a study project in a PBL learning environment (*)

(*)

To obtain the knowledge, skills and competence marked with (*) it is presupposed that students follow the course in Problem Based Learning and Project Management that the school offers all foreign students in the beginning of 1^st semester.

Type of instruction

Project work.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Positioning
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project
ECTS	20
Permitted aids
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures