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TBA5200

Front-end of Projects

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course is about the front-end of projects. The participants learn about methods for analysis of sustainability and economy. Core topics are concept development, project evaluation, project sustainability, uncertainty analyses, cost estimation, profitability analyses, cost development, project governance and early warning signs. The course content is based on research.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate has basic knowledge about how decisions in the front-end impact sustainability and economy of projects.

Skills:

The candidate can use methods for analysing projects in the front end and understands how the analyses should impact decisions.

General competence:

The candidate understands how decisions in the front-end impact sustainability and economy for projects.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and compulsory exercises. The final grade will be given as a grade by letter, based on a written final exam (100%).

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises, Semester paper

Further on evaluation

10 out of 10 exercises must be approved before the candidates can take the exam.

If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Selected material.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TBA4155 7.5 sp Autumn 2022
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Date 2025-11-25 Time 15:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL510
34 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.