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Unit of Study ENG93000 - Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future (2017)

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Unit description

Challenges students to engage in engineering management for a wide range of social, environmental and economic aspects of a sustainable future. Decision-making strategies for shaping sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology and new Innovations are explored. A case study enables students to apply strategies for a sustainable future across the engineering system life cycle, from concept to implementation and operation.

Unit content

Topic 1. Sustainability perspectives influencing sustainability expectations

Topic 2. Emerging sustainability frameworks and metrics

Topic 3. Planning and engineering management approaches for putting sustainability thinking into practice

Topic 4. Design approaches to shape sustainability outcomes from infrastructure, engineering technology and new innovations

Topic 5. Case studies

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 3 Session 3

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 Critically evaluate social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability when planning engineering projects
2 Apply engineering management and decision-making processes for managing sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology
3 Identify, evaluate and recommend emerging technology for improving sustainability outcomes of engineering systems
4 Formulate and integrate sustainability practices into engineering projects of today and the future
5 Apply analytical/software tools to support the management of sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology

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

  1. Critically evaluate social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability when planning engineering projects
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  2. Apply engineering management and decision-making processes for managing sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. Identify, evaluate and recommend emerging technology for improving sustainability outcomes of engineering systems
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. Formulate and integrate sustainability practices into engineering projects of today and the future
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. Apply analytical/software tools to support the management of sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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