Module manager: Dr Ryan Kromer
Email: r.a.kromer@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
SOEE5530 Advanced Engineering Geology
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module develops knowledge in the identification, monitoring and mitigation of engineering geological hazards which may result in impact on people or assets. The module provides an overview of several key engineering geological hazards from landslides to climate change and helps students develop an ability to interpret, analyse and assess hazards, resilience and sustainability in both the technical and economic terms that they will encounter as part of their studies and careers.
The main module objectives are to:
1. demonstrate techniques for the evaluation of hazards and mitigation of risks within a civil engineering environment.
2. To identify, on the basis of fully developed ground models, how geotechnical design can be made more resilient to natural hazards and to changing environmental factors.
3. To review the current state of knowledge about sustainable approaches in ground engineering and optimal risk management strategies.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Evaluating of key geological hazards affecting any given site;
2. Providing, based on an assessment of geological, geophysical and geomorphological processes, advice on increasing the resilience of geotechnical structures over their design life;
3. Consideration of state of the art and alternative design strategies to improve sustainable use of the ground.
4. Critically analyse and defend current issues in engineering geology to a professional or public audience 
Skills learning outcomes
5. Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders: oral, written, drawings, and presentations;
6. Use risk management techniques and manage risks associated with geotechnical engineering activities;
7. Interpret the ground investigation data and develop a ground model including the identification of geohazards, contaminated land and other risks to the project as appropriate.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| seminars | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Practicals | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Practicals | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Private study hours | 98 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 52 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Feedback on:
- Presentations related to group work;
- Formative risk assessment completed in practicals;
- Risk assessment exercise relevant to a multi-hazard scenario.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Debates | 25 |
| Coursework | Risk Assessment Report | 75 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 29/04/2025
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