Back to Find Units Page

Unit of Study ENG93000 - Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future (2020)

Show me unit information for year

Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    There will be 3 by 2 day compulsory onsite workshop for all students that will be held on the Gold Coat campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

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

  • Introduction:
    • What is wrong with our current lifestyles and business paradigms; and
    • Why embedding sustainability in engineering practice is essential;
  • A history of the evolution of sustainability thinking;
  • Why engineers must embrace the delivery of sustainability outcomes - visioning a safe future;
  • A cultural change in Engineering Philosophy - from compliance, through “green”, to “blue";
  • A critical analysis of the interdependence of earth systems with technical, economic, and social systems;
  • Tools and mechanisms for the analysis and delivery of Sustainability Outcomes; and
  • Case studies in the delivery of regenerative outcomes for nature and society.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session1,2
Session1,2
Online
Session2
Session2

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:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.