Highway Engineering: Course Syllabus in

COURSE SYLLABUS IN
Highway Engineering
S.Y. 2018 – 2019
Course Title Highway and Railroad Engineering
Course Code PCE6-M
Credit Unit 3 units
Contact Hours/Week 3 hours (lecture)
Course Pre-requisite PCE2-M: Engineering Surveys, Lec / PCE2F-M: Engineering Surveys, Fld
Presents the methods and underlying principles for the design and control of the elements of
road and railroad infrastructure. Students also become familiar with transportation system
Course Description
terminology, flow analysis, driver, vehicle, and road characteristics, and aspects of road
geometrics, road construction, drainage, pavements, and maintenance.
Course Learning At the end of the course, the students must be able to develop basic traffic stream parameters
Outcomes and models, traffic flow models, and apply the queuing theory.
Course Content
CLO Teaching-
Intended Learning Assessment
Date Week Code Content / Topic Learning
Outcomes Methods/Tools
Link Activities
1 2 3
1 ● 1. Orientation Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, recitation,
1.1. Review of Surveying 2 to know: the Problem board work
2. Designing the Highway components of the solving
2.1. Components of the Road road and its function;
2.2. Definition of Terms the definition of terms
to be discussed during
the semester.
2. Designing the Highway Students will be Lecture, Recitation, board
2.1. Cross Sectional Area of Roads able to: solve for Problem work
● 2.2. Cut and Fill Method the cross sectional solving
area of the road
given the cross
2 section notes; learn
how to use the cut
and fill method in
designing a road or
highway.
3. Soil Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, Recitation,
3.1. Soil Properties to know the properties Problem board work
3 ● 3.2. Soil Test and Survey of soil and how it will solving
affect the design of
roads and highways.
4. Road Materials Students will be Lecture, Recitation, board
4.1. Aggregates able to identify Problem work
● 4.2. Bituminous Materials good quality solving
4 4.3. AASHTO Standards materials that are
essential for road
design.
5 5. Drainage and Slope Protection Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, Recitation,
5.1. Hydrology to: understand the Problem board work
5.2. Retaining Wall concept of Hydrology solving
and how it will affect
●
the design of highway;
analyze the forces
acting on retaining
wall that will serve as
support for road
stability.
6. Constructing the Roadbed Students will be Lecture Recitation, board
able to know the work
6 ● process of
constructing the
roadbed.
7. Concrete Pavement Students will be able Lecture, Recitation, board
7.1. Portland Pavement to learn how to design Problem work
7 ● 7.2. Control of Cracks road pavement and solving
7.3. Concrete Proportions road construction
joints.
8. Road Maintenance Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, Recitation,
to know the proper Problem board work
8 ●
maintenance of roads solving
and highways.
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
9
9. Geometric Design of Highway Students will be able Lecture, Recitation, board

Facilities to compute for the Problem work
9.1. Circular Curves necessary lengths and solving
10 ● 9.1.1. Simple Curve deflection angles
9.1.2. Compound Curve needed for the design
9.1.3. Reversed Curve of highways.
9.1.4. Turnouts
10. Geometric Design of Highway Students will be able Lecture, Recitation, board
Facilities to compute for the Problem work
● 10.1. Vertical Parabolic necessary lengths and solving
11 Curves deflection angles
10.1.1. Summit Curve needed for the design
10.1.2. Sag Curve of highways.
11. Geometric Design of Highway Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, recitation,
Facilities to compute for the Problem board work
● 11.1. Unsymmetrical Parabolic necessary lengths and solving
12 Curves deflection angles
11.2. Spiral Curves needed for the design
of highways.
12. Traffic Operations Students will be able Lecture, Recitation, board
12.1. Driver, Pedestrian, Vehicle, to define the Problem work
and Road Characteristics characteristics of solving
12.2. Perception-Reaction driver, pedestrian,
13 ● Process vehicle, and roads and
how they interacts with
the others and how it
will affect the traffic
operations.
13. Traffic Engineering Studies Students will be able Lecture, Quiz, recitation,
13.1. Spot Speed to estimate the Problem board work
13.2. Volume distribution of speeds solving
14 ● 13.3. Travel Time and Delay of vehicles in a stream
of traffic at a particular
location on a highway.
14. Highway Safety Students will be able Lecture, Recitation

to ensure that the Problem
street and highway solving
15 ● system is designed
and operated such
that highway crash
rates can be reduced.
FINAL EXAMINATION
16

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COURSE SYLLABUS IN

S.Y. 2018 – 2019

Course Title Highway and Railroad Engineering

Course Code PCE6-M

Credit Unit 3 units

Contact Hours/Week 3 hours (lecture)

9. Geometric Design of Highway Students will be able Lecture, Recitation, board

14. Highway Safety Students will be able Lecture, Recitation

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