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Assessment

The assessment for this course includes a report and a presentation.

Campus

Frenchay

Careers/further study

This module can be taken as a stand-alone CPD course, or used to build up credits towards the following named postgraduate qualification by completing the module assessment:

- PG Diploma or Masters in Transport Engineering and Planning

Content

On completion of this module, students are able to:

1. Use economic principles to evaluate transport markets, travel behaviour and policy interventions like congestion pricing.  
2. Explain and critique the relationship between economics and concepts of sustainability.
3. Critically evaluate the principles of welfare economics that underpin cost benefit analysis and the economic appraisal of transport investments.           
4. Apply the principles of UK transport appraisal to assess proposed interventions.

Course Director

Ben Clark

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Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements if you wish to undertake this course as a stand-alone short course without the optional course assessment.

If you wish to complete the course assessment you are expected to have a first degree at 2.2 level or above (or equivalent) or alternatively have industrial experience.

We strongly recommend that you speak to the Programme Leader prior to the course if you are unsure about your suitability to complete the assessment.

If you are a non-UK student you will need to show your passport on entry to the UK. Please check your eligibility to visit and study in the UK here. If you are a non-Irish EU national currently resident in Ireland please contact us directly for further advice.

If English is not your country's first language, you will be required to provide evidence to show you meet the UK Border Agency and the University's minimum English Language requirements. Further details are available on our English Language Requirements webpage

Introduction

Much of our economic activity and output relies on the efficient movement of people and goods. In this module you will be engaged with debates over the relationship between transport, the economy and sustainability and examine how foundational economic principles apply to the transport sector. For example, you will explore the relationship between transport supply and travel demand, the nature of different types of transport market and economic models of how people make transport choices. This will equip you with the ability to critique economic arguments for policy levers such as road pricing as a means of addressing issues like congestion.

The second part of the module examines economic appraisal as a method to support decision making. You will learn how to apply economic appraisal methods to assess the costs and benefits of transport interventions and think critically about the strengths and limitations of this technique.

Key Facts

This course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning

Learning and Teaching

The course will be delivered through a series of lectures and workshops. The interactive lectures will seek to explain the economic and appraisal concepts and these will be supported by practical exercise in the workshops. The lectures will prepare participants for a culminating session in which they are requested to present and critique the results of an economic appraisal for a proposed transport scheme.

Study facilities

UWE Bristol is superbly equipped with libraries and computer labs, and an excellent campus environment.

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Telephone

+44 (0)117 32 81043 (option 1, then option 3)