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ENEC20005 - Water Engineering

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Water Engineering will introduce you to those components of the hydrologic cycle that are essential for designing complex water infrastructures. In this unit, you will discuss concepts of probability and uncertainty governing water resources projects. You will estimate design rainfall and losses, and peak flows and volumes for engineering design. Other techniques you will be introduced to include, estimation of groundwater resources, estimation of gradually varying water surface profiles in open channels and performing river and reservoir routing, design of the pipe network and hydraulic structures necessary to control urban storm water. In completing these tasks, you must use appropriate technical language in written communication and work in teams to solve problems.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Anti-Requisite: ENEC14017 Water Resources Engineering

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2018

Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Melbourne
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Perth
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 15%
3. Written Assessment 25%
4. Examination 30%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 69.23% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50.00% response rate.

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.

Source: Moodle
Feedback
More support to struggling students
Recommendation
Identification of students requiring additional assistance early on in the term and offering additional support as appropriate.
Action Taken
Students were offered regular support. No additional support requests or needs were identified during the term.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Assessments should be redesigned to incorporate additional industry-specific methods and practices.
Recommendation
The assessments should be revamped to incorporate additional industry-specific methods and practices into the projects.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of available resources.
Recommendation
The learning resources currently lack cohesion, and an excess of resources overwhelms students. The resources should be closely aligned with the content and categorised into essential and reference groups.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Formulate, plan, manage and complete projects individually or in teams in an ethical and professional manner considering stakeholder requirements and principals of sustainable development
  2. Assess the hydrology of a catchment
  3. Estimate design rainfall and floods for a given annual exceedance probability
  4. Design urban storm water collection and treatment systems
  5. Evaluate groundwater resources
  6. Demonstrate a professional level of communication and leadership.

The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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