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Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will be introduced to the roles of professional engineers in the Australian context. You will explore the Engineers Australia Stage 1 competencies and the place of the professional engineer in the engineering team. You will see that the engineer's role is to facilitate the integration of technical, business, social, cultural, environmental, economic and political issues that arise within engineering projects and programs. You will apply information literacy skills and information technology skills to engineering projects and present project outcomes. You will work in teams and develop team skills, develop communication skills appropriate for the professional environment, apply risk assessment and workplace health and safety assessment to engineering activities and explore the complex nature of engineering activities and the need to deal with uncertainty and conflicting information. You will prepare a portfolio to demonstrate development of a professional attitude, problem-solving skills, technical knowledge and productive work practices, and provide evidence of a professional capacity to communicate, work and learn productively, both individually and in teams.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | HECS Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Portfolio | 100% |
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%).
Past Exams
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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.
Source: Students Feedback from evaluation team
Link content to real world applications
We appreciate the constructive feedback. The next offering will add more relevant materials for real-world applications linked to the content.
Several real-life projects in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering applications were discussed in the classes and workshops, and students were further advised to read the relevant articles in Moodle. Besides the articles, relevant chapters of a textbook were suggested for reading.
Source: Students Feedback from evaluation team
This unit is well designed for professional engineering skills in terms of speaking and writing.
This good practice will continue.
An industry expert was the lecturer in Term 2, 2023. Besides the experienced lecturer, A/P Fae Martin (DDLT) talked about academic integrity, and one academic from civil engineering talked about the real-life application of civil projects and engineering tools. The internship unit coordinator also discussed the CPD, WIL, and internship.
Source: T2, 2023 SUTE and Unit Coordinator’s reflection
Students need detailed assessment feedback
Students should receive comprehensive feedback on their assignments including a table summarising deductions for each question.
In Progress
Source: T2 2023 SUTE Unit Comments Report
A well-designed unit with excellent support from the unit coordinator.
This is positive feedback. The practice should continue moving forward.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the historical impact of engineering on society
- Explain engineering professionalism and ethics in the Australian context
- Discuss engineers' roles, responsibilities and the need to employ principles of sustainable development
- Manage information and documentation
- Communicate effectively across a range of contexts
- Lead or participate collaboratively in teams
- Demonstrate critical self-review, self-management and lifelong learning
The learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | ||||
| 4 - Research | • | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | • | ||||