Overview
This unit is specifically designed for you to apply the processes of research investigation by analysing, reflecting on, and critiquing an area of your professional practice. You will engage in a problem-based learning approach within an authentic workplace learning environment, ensuring that your investigation is relevant to industry needs. You’ll apply an appropriate research methodology that suits your research problem. By the end of this unit, you will have developed a project proposal to implement in the follow-on unit, Engineering Research Project Implementation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Students must have completed a minimum of 36 credit points before they can enrol in 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 2 - 2026
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).
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 SUTE
Assessment feedback could be more detailed by clearly specifying actions to improve and correct errors.
Students should receive feedback on specific actions to correct errors or improve performance for any assessment criteria not fully met.
Feedback from UC's observation
In-person presentations enabled students to showcase their projects, enhancing both their learning experience and skills.
This practice should be continued.
Feedback from UC's observation
Students face challenges balancing time between internships and research projects.
Students should be encouraged to discuss thesis requirements with internship providers to seek flexibility.