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Professional Engineering Practice E
Undergraduate | USA-ENR301 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
View information for 2021 course intakeDevelop your expertise to prepare for your enterprising engineering career. Connect with practising engineers and prepare to work in the industry. Learn professional ethics, quality assurance, leadership and risk and project management skills
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Professional Engineering Practice E
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the roles and responsibilities of engineering practitioners, managers and leaders
- apply basic principles, techniques and practices of engineering project
- discuss the non-technical aspects of engineering management and practice, including human, social, ethical, environmental, legal, economic and cultural factors
- select information from a range of sources and critically review complex contemporary engineering issues
- communicate with greater effectiveness and confidence in meetings, presentations, professional networking, interviews and negotiations.
- Communication within organisations
- Management roles within engineering organisations
- Project management
- Safety and risk management
- Commercialisation
- Standards and quality assurance
- Engineering ethics
- Employability skills
The aim of the subject is to further prepare students for their roles as engineering practitioners. The degree will develop their understanding of professional engineering practice and management in relation to employers, employees, clients, professionals from other disciplines and society in general. Activities will connect students with practising engineers through specialist lectures, exercises to develop generic skills, networking, and participation in professional engineering activities. Aspects of professional engineering practice including communication skills, meeting procedures, chairmanship, professional ethics, risk management roles of managers in engineering enterprises, financial reports, preparation for work placement in industry.
Project management including project management - project definition, analysis, planning, decision-making, programming and scheduling. Lectures by engineering practitioners and managers on specialist topics selected from company structure and organisation, resource management, leadership, industrial relations, workplace health and safery, liability, IP and commercialisation, standards, documentation, quality assurance, roles of professional associations. Attendance at off-campus meetings of professional associations or technical societies; site visits.- Continuous Individual (50%)
- Group assessment (30%)
- Individual report (20%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio headset with microphone are required to access weekly consultation and help desk facilities.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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