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Unit of Study ENG40007 - Engineering Project Management and Professional Ethics (2015)

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Unit description

Introduces students to systematic project management, incorporating management principles, working as a team, leadership, and financial and economic aspects of project planning and control. The unit also introduces engineering ethics, focussing on the type of behaviour and professional practice expected of an engineer.

Unit content

Topic 1: Project Management of Engineering Projects
Topic 2: Civil Engineering Construction Process
Topic 3: Risk Management
Topic 4: Quality Management Systems in the Engineering Industry
Topic 5: Financial Feasibility and Construction Economics
Topic 6: Leadership and Team Management
Topic 7: Resource Management
Topic 8: Professional Ethics and Responsibilities of an Engineer

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Not currently available in 2015

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 understand basic engineering and project economic principles including project risk.
2 plan, schedule and manage typical engineering construction projects.
3 understand leadership techniques and be able to effectively manage teams in multi-disciplinary environments.
4 appreciate basic legal principles relating to contracts, industrial relations and human resources.
5 describe professional responsibilities and ethical conduct in a range of different scenarios.
6 identify, quantify, mitigate and manage risk associated with workplace health and safety issues.

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

  1. understand basic engineering and project economic principles including project risk.
    • GA4:
  2. plan, schedule and manage typical engineering construction projects.
    • GA4:
  3. understand leadership techniques and be able to effectively manage teams in multi-disciplinary environments.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. appreciate basic legal principles relating to contracts, industrial relations and human resources.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. describe professional responsibilities and ethical conduct in a range of different scenarios.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  6. identify, quantify, mitigate and manage risk associated with workplace health and safety issues.
    • GA3:
    • GA4: