ENEP20002 - Continuing Professional Development for Engineering Masters Students

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Continuing professional development (CPD) is an essential activity for any practicing engineer. Engineers and other professionals engage in CPD for a variety of reasons including staying up-to-date with current developments in their discipline, professional networking, and facilitating career progression. In this unit, you will demonstrate your commitment to CPD by undertaking and recording professional practice exposure. You will reflect on what you have learned from professional practice activities and you will develop a strategic approach to personal and professional growth in the workplace.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points
Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must have completed minimum 48uc in CV82 Master of Engineering before they 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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Melbourne
Rockhampton
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Melbourne
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

Assessment Tasks

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 45.45% 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: T1 2022 SUTE Unit Comment Report - Learning Analytics Team, CQUniversity.
Feedback
The UC provides excellent learning support with good explanations of relevant concepts.
Recommendation
The same practice as of T1, 2022 will be continued.
Action Taken
As per recommendation, the practice was conducted.
Source: T1 2022 SUTE Unit Comment Report - Learning Analytics Team, CQUniversity.
Feedback
Use more examples of CPD from individual disciplines.
Recommendation
This will be taken care of and more examples and elaboration will be provided in the next offering.
Action Taken
A dedicated 2-hour workshop was arranged for this unit, where all relevant queries and questions from students were discussed and explained. Besides, the workshop, students were advised and communicated to via emails and Moodle messages.
Source: T2 2023 SUTE Unit Comment Report - Learning Analytics Team, CQUniversity.
Feedback
Students requested more information about this unit and its relevance to the engineering degree.
Recommendation
This feedback should be implemented in the next offering. Relevant information should be provided in the workshop and Moodle.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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