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Unit of Study ENG40001 - Engineering Thesis I (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    240 credit points from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering OR Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Develops students’ ability to undertake an independent research project in their engineering discipline. Students are required to conduct a literature review on a specific topic within their discipline then plan and partially execute a research project that will make some original contribution to the engineering field. The full completion of the research project is undertaken in the unit ENG40004 - Engineering Thesis II .

Unit content

Topic 1: Conducting a literature review

Topic 2: Planning and executing a research project

Topic 3: Developing and presenting a research methodology

Topic 4: Writing a research paper

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

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 identify a potential research area, exploring existing knowledge and critically apprising current developments, technologies and emerging issues on the subject
2 critically review and evaluate the literature using a thematic approach to identify gaps and set the context for a subsequent research project
3 present findings of the literature review in a paper
4 define aims and objectives of the research project and develop a methodology that can be used to achieve the aims
5 present the aims, objectives and methodology in an outline of an original research paper
6 identify, report on and manage risks associated with undertaking a research project

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

  1. identify a potential research area, exploring existing knowledge and critically apprising current developments, technologies and emerging issues on the subject
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  2. critically review and evaluate the literature using a thematic approach to identify gaps and set the context for a subsequent research project
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  3. present findings of the literature review in a paper
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  4. define aims and objectives of the research project and develop a methodology that can be used to achieve the aims
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  5. present the aims, objectives and methodology in an outline of an original research paper
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  6. identify, report on and manage risks associated with undertaking a research project
    • GA1:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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