Overview
This unit is designed so that students can complete an investigative study through the analysis of, reflection on and critique of, an area of their professional practice that was commenced in Engineering Research Project Planning. By completing this project, students will contribute to the body of knowledge for their discipline. Students will present their project in a thesis and a professional presentation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: ENRP20001 Engineering Research Project Planning
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 - 2022
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
Good support and guidance from the UC which helps students progress with their project submissions.
This practice will be continued in future offerings.
Feedback from Unit evaluation and reflection
Students face difficulties in getting their experiments scheduled due to clashes with other laboratory activities.
Encourage project supervisors to collaborate with lab techs in a timely fashion and ensure all project experiments are confirmed well in advance.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Some confusion prevails between the submission templates provided and the grading criteria
Investigate and ensure that all information is consistent.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
It would be good to undertake more industry-based projects
Explore opportunities to develop more real world and industry based projects using the various industry networks.
- Implement the project plan prepared in the planning unit with consultation and guidance from your project advisers and stakeholders
- Think critically, demonstrate sound analysis, and make rational, justifiable decisions in order to find the optimal, sustainable solution
- Demonstrate leadership by contributing to the body of knowledge related to the discipline area and participating in professional networks
- Communicate preliminary results to stakeholders through interim and regular progress reports to solicit timely and constructive feedback
- Communicate findings using written and oral methods to inform both internal and external workplace practising professionals
- Critically reflect on self-performance and develop a plan for lifelong and professional learning.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Report - 20% | ||||||
2 - Presentation - 20% | ||||||
3 - Portfolio - 60% |
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 | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Report - 20% | ||||||||
2 - Presentation - 20% | ||||||||
3 - Portfolio - 60% |
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.k.azad@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Organise a weekly meeting time and place/zoom with your advisor.
Discuss with your advisor on how to address the feedback, advice and guidance given on your planning report by reviewers.
Prepare a new project plan if required.
Commence implementation of your project plan.
Prepare project report layout.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Report: Work on introduction and objectives
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Report: Work on literature review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Report: Work on research methodology
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Start thinking on how your results can be presented and analysed to make it useful to stakeholders.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Keep working on your project
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Report: Prepare preliminary results document
Show a draft report to your project advisor for comments.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Preliminary Results Due: Week 6 Friday (22 Apr 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Submit the preliminary results document.
Report: Work on Results and discussion
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Prepare for the final project presentation. You should present to your supervisor during this week's meeting and seek their advice and guidance to improve.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Work on your thesis and presentation slides.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Work on your thesis and presentation slides.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Module/Topic
Work on your thesis and presentation slides.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Presentation Due: Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Present your project.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Meet with your advisor on a weekly basis and share your progress in the meeting. You are required to keep the meeting records and forward to your advisor after the meeting every week.
Thesis Due: Week 12 Friday (3 June 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Report
Prepare a document with your preliminary project results and discussion. Even though the result section carries higher marks, the document should include:
- Title page
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction and Background
- Objective/s of Research
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusion and Future Works
- List of References
- Appendix (if applicable)
- Responses to oral and written feedback, comments and advice given by reviewers in planning the term and by your advisor during this term.
Week 6 Friday (22 Apr 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (6 May 2022)
The extent to which:
- feedback, advice and comments are responded.
- project background and context are used to justify the project.
- literature is used to support the project.
- objectives are clearly outlined.
- appropriate methodology is used.
- preliminary results are correct and properly presented.
The focus of this report is on preliminary results so the results section carries higher marks. Detailed assessment criteria will be available on the course website.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Implement the project plan prepared in the planning unit with consultation and guidance from your project advisers and stakeholders
- Communicate preliminary results to stakeholders through interim and regular progress reports to solicit timely and constructive feedback
- Critically reflect on self-performance and develop a plan for lifelong and professional learning.
2 Presentation
Prepare a ten-minute presentation to show your project findings followed by 5 minutes of Q&A session. This assessment generally cannot be rescheduled as this has to be delivered on a fixed date and location.
Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Exact schedule of presentation will be available on the course website.
Review/Exam Week Friday (10 June 2022)
Feedback on the presentations will be provided immediately after the presentation. No written feedback will be given.
This assessment will be evaluated based on the following criteria
- Accuracy and clarity of presentation slides
- Technical knowledge
- Oral communication
- Answer to the questions
- Overall quality of the presentation
Detailed assessment criteria will be available on the course website.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
- Think critically, demonstrate sound analysis, and make rational, justifiable decisions in order to find the optimal, sustainable solution
- Demonstrate leadership by contributing to the body of knowledge related to the discipline area and participating in professional networks
- Communicate findings using written and oral methods to inform both internal and external workplace practising professionals
3 Portfolio
Submit the final thesis.The document should have the following sections:
- Title page
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction and Background
- Aim and Objective/s of Research
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix (if applicable)
Week 12 Friday (3 June 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Submission via Moodle site.
After the certification of grades.
Thesis will be evaluated based on the overall quality of the project, analysis of results and written report. Detail assessment criteria (performance standard) will be available on the unit website.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
- Implement the project plan prepared in the planning unit with consultation and guidance from your project advisers and stakeholders
- Think critically, demonstrate sound analysis, and make rational, justifiable decisions in order to find the optimal, sustainable solution
- Demonstrate leadership by contributing to the body of knowledge related to the discipline area and participating in professional networks
- Communicate preliminary results to stakeholders through interim and regular progress reports to solicit timely and constructive feedback
- Communicate findings using written and oral methods to inform both internal and external workplace practising professionals
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.