ENRP20003 - Engineering Research Project Implementation

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

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
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

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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).

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

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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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.91% (`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: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Good support and guidance from the UC which helps students progress with their project submissions.
Recommendation
This practice will be continued in future offerings.
Action Taken
Continuous support was provided to students.
Source: Unit evaluation and reflection
Feedback
Students face difficulties in getting their experiments scheduled due to clashes with other laboratory activities.
Recommendation
Encourage project supervisors to collaborate with lab techs in a timely fashion and ensure all project experiments are confirmed well in advance.
Action Taken
Students are advised to prepare their design of the experiment and prepare the schedule in collaboration with lab techs and supervisors during the planning phase.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Some confusion prevails between the submission templates provided and the grading criteria
Recommendation
Investigate and ensure that all information is consistent.
Action Taken
The information provided was crossed checked to maintain consistency.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
It would be good to undertake more industry-based projects
Recommendation
Explore opportunities to develop more real world and industry based projects using the various industry networks.
Action Taken
More than fifty percent of industry-based projects were provided.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Very happy with the course overall. Improvement has been made for clear feedback marking criteria.
Recommendation
Will continue this practice in the next offering.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Some feedback did not help to improve.
Recommendation
Reviewers will be more preciously allocated based on the project scope and expertise.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
The gap between the presentation and the final thesis submission is one week.
Recommendation
The final thesis submission can be moved a few days into exam week to increase the gap.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes
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