Overview
This unit provides students with an overview of business and commercial aspects of professional engineering and assists them to develop a specific skill relevant to their intended career. Students will be able to evaluate workplace experiences in terms of the Engineers Australia, Stage 2 Competencies for Professional Engineers.
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 - 2017
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 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 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 Moodle - Formal Feedback
Some training videos prepared by the returning co-op students were mediocre.
Selected videos will be provided to improve the student satisfaction.
Feedback from Moodle - Formal Feedback
Focused on useful long term knowledge related to the Business Plan, Communicating with stakeholders and Engineers Australia Chartered Process were well received by the students.
The practice of providing practical information related to the business plan and Engineers Australia Chartered Process will be continued in the future offering.
Feedback from Moodle - Formal Feedback
Maintain well-structured, supportive and engaging delivery similar to 2016.
The practice of providing students with support will continue in the future offering.
- Describe and reflect on commercial and business aspects of professional engineering practice.
- Generate professional business documentation suitable for engineering enterprises.
- Provide evidence of the continuing development of skills relevant to professional engineering career.
- Map and self-evaluate workplace activities in terms of the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competencies for Professional Engineers.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 100% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - 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 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 100% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.chowdhury@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction and Co-Op Process
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Business Plan
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Budgeting and Commercial Justification
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Market Research and Strategic Planning
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Business Finance and Raising Capital
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Entrepreneurship
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Contract Management / Tender Process
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Engineers Australia Chartered Process
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Graduate Development and Job Applications
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Submission of Draft Portfolio for feedback
Module/Topic
Selection Criteria and Interviews
Chapter
Training Videos from Supervisor Development course available on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Final Year Thesis Topics
Chapter
Training Videos from Supervisor Development course available on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Commercial Management
Personal Portfolio work - Developing Specific Workplace Skills
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Portfolio
The portfolio must include the following mandatory assessment items:
- A business plan covering the financial aspects of commencing a small business or a start-up company, including at least a chart of accounts, balance sheet, profit and loss statement and one year and 5-year forecast as suggested in the course. The business plan needs to be supported by a short audiovisual presentation (not more than five mins) highlighting the key facts of the plan. Consider that the presentation is important to convince the potential financier/investor in your business. The recorded presentation should be submitted via the link provided on Moodle (LO 1, 2).
- A structured reflective paper that highlights your understanding of the Contract Management Process (LO 2)
- A reflective paper that provides evidence that you have obtained a specific skill from the training videos provided by students from the Supervisor Development course, and demonstrates how you will use it in a work-placement. The reflective paper must contain references to at least 3 of the training videos and include reflection and discussion on the skills you select (LO 3).
- A paper that shows your understanding of Engineers Australia's application process for Chartered Status. The paper must include at least two engineering competency claims based on work experience in the suggested format (LO 4).
- An application for employment, including personal resume, cover letter and the addressing of relevant selection criteria of the position (LO 3).
Note: you will find further details and support material for these assessment tasks on Moodle.
Review/Exam Week Monday (5 June 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
It is expected that assessment item will be returned in 2 weeks after the due date.
An Assessment Criteria Sheet and information regarding requirements for each compulsory item is available on the Course Moodle site. The Assessment Criteria Sheet documents the level of achievement required to achieve "Acceptable", "Good" or "Excellent" ratings for each Learning Outcome. A rubric for awarding grades based on the levels of Acceptable, Good and Excellent is included in the Assessment Criteria sheet.
- Describe and reflect on commercial and business aspects of professional engineering practice.
- Generate professional business documentation suitable for engineering enterprises.
- Provide evidence of the continuing development of skills relevant to professional engineering career.
- Map and self-evaluate workplace activities in terms of the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competencies for Professional Engineers.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
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?
