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.

Assessment Tasks

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

All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .

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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.

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

1. Analyse two dimensional force systems to determine resultant forces
2. Calculate sectional properties such as centre of gravity, centroid and second moment of Inertia of simple structural forms
3. Apply static equilibrium concepts to bodies with external forces and moments, create Free-body diagrams and determine support reactions
4. Analyse statically determinate structures, including beams, frames and trusses, to calculate internal forces and create Shear-force and Bending-moment diagrams
5. Demonstrate a professional level of communication skills in written work.

The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:

Introductory 1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 3N 4N ) 1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 2N 3N 4N ) 2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem-solving. (LO: 2N 3N 4N ) 1.1 Comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 3N 4I ) 1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 3N 4I ) 3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 5I )
Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) which link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511

Intermediate

Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information

• Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
• Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes