Overview
This unit introduces the context of Australian engineering practise, including the competency standards and codes of practice. You will study Australian engineering projects by summarising and reviewing the literature with emphasis on the technical methods and standards adopted, ethical practice and professional responsibility. This unit will develop your communication skills, including technical writing and presentations based on effective research, paraphrasing, referencing and reviewing published information. As a small team, you will also prepare a scope for an investigation to demonstrate an understanding of the tasks involved in an Australian engineering feasibility investigation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
The relevance to authentic engineering aspects was good and overall unit structure was great.
Will continue to maintain this level of satisfaction.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
The support was good and enjoyed studying it. The lecturer was well-organised.
The teaching team should be well communicated and instructed on all aspects of delivery, assessment, engagement, feedback, etc.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
All things are great in this unit. Still, some people hesitate to speak in front of all.
More motivation and openness will be created to make students feel free to ask a question without any hesitation.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Zoom lecture was found to be ineffective. Instead of Zoom classes, we need a real class.
Will be discussed with the management for better options for students.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Project supervision and guidance style should be improved and consistent across teaching team.
More thorough instruction and check list will be prepared to provide consistent guidance.
- Summarise technical publications using paraphrasing and references
- Deconstruct a project into Engineers Australia’s graduate competencies
- Review Australian practice in a specialised field of engineering
- Generate a scope for a feasibility study of an engineering project
- Work collaboratively based on critical self-review of graduate competencies
- Communicate effectively through technical writing and presentations.
The learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
Textbooks
The Making of an Expert Engineer
(2014)
Authors: James Trevalyan
CRC Press ( Taylor and Francis )
London London , UK
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
There is a Kindle edition of this book available on Amazon and this version is completely acceptable for this unit. If you already have a suitable device to read it on, it is slightly more affordable and saves some trees!!
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
No referencing style set.
h.panchasara@cqu.edu.au
e.palmer@cqu.edu.au
a.mazid@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
What is engineering and what does an engineer do? Engineering case studies
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Events and Submissions/Topic
View videos or texts related to famous engineering projects and discuss.
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Technical Writing and how it differs from other forms of writing, the elements of an engineering report, referencing
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Short writing exercises in tutorials
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Professional societies, codes of ethics, Engineers Australia units of competency
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Writing exercises in tutorials related to EA elements of competency and ethics
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Academic dishonesty, avoiding plagiarism, Harvard referencing style
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Referencing exercises, Assignment 1 due Friday of week 4
Individual annotative bibliography and competency deconstruction Due: Week 4 Friday (3 Apr 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
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Engineering in Australia, Case studies - Australian engineering projects, work performed by various engineering disciplines
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writing exercises based on selected discipline based case studies in teh Australian context
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Engineering software - Students to be introduced to commonly used engineering packages
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Scoping a project
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Risk Assessment and Health and Safety legislation
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Exercises on risk assessment, and the responsibilities of an engineer, review of code of ethics.
Assignment 2 due on Friday of week 8
Individual literature review and discipline summary Due: Week 8 Friday (8 May 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
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exercises in team formation, team charter, keeping minutes of meetings
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Reflective practice
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Exercises on planning and executing a project,
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Review of term
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Assignment 3 due Friday of week 12
Team feasibility study and competency evaluation Due: Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
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You need to regularly access moodle as well as attend all lectures and tutorials.
1 Written Assessment
This task consists of two parts. In Part A, you will choose one technical paper from a list of resources provided and summarise that paper by creating an annotated bibliography. To achieve this, you will need to demonstrated skills in reading, understanding and explaining the details of a technical paper; paraphrasing information to avoid plagiarism; and referencing to correctly acknowledge your sources of information.
In Part B, you will complete a table based on the 16 elements of the Engineers Australia’s Stage 1 Competencies. For each element, you will describe how this competency is demonstrated specifically through the engineering practice described in the technical paper you have chosen. If any elements are not directly addressed, you will articulate assumptions for how they could or should be demonstrated.
Week 4 Friday (3 Apr 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020)
Assessment criteria will be provided in Moodle.
- Summarise technical publications using paraphrasing and references
- Deconstruct a project into Engineers Australia’s graduate competencies
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
This task also consists of two parts. In Part A, you will expand your annotated bibliography produced in Assignment 1 by completing a small literature review which incorporates published results from at least three other technical papers based on Australian projects in this area of practice. To achieve this, you will need to demonstrate referencing skills and the ability to synthesise information into a convincing and factual review. Your review should articulate points of agreement and disagreement and any gaps in the knowledge which have potential for future projects.
In Part B, you will prepare a description of Australian engineering practice after watching lectures that introduce various disciplines of engineering. You will need to understand the main organisations and technical societies operating in this discipline, what software is frequently used and what are some of the major projects being undertaken.
Week 8 Friday (8 May 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020)
Assessment criteria will be provided in Moodle
- Summarise technical publications using paraphrasing and references
- Review Australian practice in a specialised field of engineering
- Communicate effectively through technical writing and presentations.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
3 Written Assessment
A also has two parts. In Part A, you will form a team with other students who completed A1 & A2 on similar topics. Your team will then combine your individual reviews to generate a comprehensive list of potential future projects. Your team will then choose one of these projects and develop a scope of investigation for a hypothetical feasibility study. To achieve this, your team will need to create a persuasive narrative based on background research that justifies why the project should proceed. You will also need to create a single aim statement which is dissolved into a series of objectives that describe the main aspects of the study and how they might be undertaken. Also, your team will need to list inclusions, exclusions, assumptions and limitations to further define the scope of the hypothetical investigation.
In Part B, your team will return to the stage 1 competencies and create a table that describes how each of the 16 elements are demonstrated through completing the feasibility study. Additionally, you will complete a self-review and allocate components of the study to team members based on their competencies.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
Assessment criteria will be provided via Moodle
- Deconstruct a project into Engineers Australia’s graduate competencies
- Generate a scope for a feasibility study of an engineering project
- Work collaboratively based on critical self-review of graduate competencies
- Communicate effectively through technical writing and presentations.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
