2.  To enable the students to be highway designer.  How?? Lectures and practice on real project  Why?? To be employed as a designer in consulting firms, state authorities e.t.c  To develop and apply concepts of geometric design for rural and urban highways  Outcome: -Demonstrate ability to design and evaluate various types of rural and urban highways  Knowledge of geometric design of highways  Knowledge of criteria for determining highway alignment

3.  Introduction to Transportation Planning  Introduction to traffic engineering  Highway route surveys and location  Highway geometric design  Earthwork and Quantity  Comparison of hand calculation with software i.e. Eagle point

4. Literature  Highway engineering handbook 2 nd edition by Brockenbrough & Boedecker,2003  The hand book of highway engineering by Fwa,2006 Wright, P.H. and Karen, D. (2003), Highway Engineering, 7th edition, Wiley. Rogers, M. (2003), Highway Engineering, Blackwell Science Lt. ERA (Ethiopian Roads Authority) (2002), Geometric design manual.

5. Expect: succeed in exam Greater or Equal to 85% = A Less than 40%=F