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Unit of Study ENG10759 - Processes and Philosophy of Engineering (2020)

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Unit description

Introduces concepts of the engineering design process and design philosophy through an authentic real world engineering problem. A core aspect of the unit is introducing students to the Engineers Australia stage 1 competencies and the use of reflective writing to demonstrate the development of these competencies over time. The use of statistical analysis in engineering will also be introduced.

Unit content

  • Introduction to engineering and its sub disciplines
  • Reflective practice and Engineers Australia stage 1 competencies
  • Introduction to design thinking and engineering processes
  • Engineering communication including technical drawing, report writing and presenting
  • Conceptual problem solving techniques
  • Statistical analysis in engineering

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Lismore
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 use reflective practice to analyse the engineering competencies you wish to develop
2 understand the fundamentals of engineering ethics and risk management
3 demonstrate engineering skills and design thinking and understand engineering processes
4 effectively operate as a member of an engineering team to solve engineering problems
5 apply basic statistical analysis to engineering applications.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. use reflective practice to analyse the engineering competencies you wish to develop
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  2. understand the fundamentals of engineering ethics and risk management
    • GA4:
  3. demonstrate engineering skills and design thinking and understand engineering processes
    • GA4:
  4. effectively operate as a member of an engineering team to solve engineering problems
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  5. apply basic statistical analysis to engineering applications.
    • GA4:

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