ENG5100 · Professional engineer in organisation and society

Overview

This unit will prepare you to move into organisations and society more broadly as a professional engineer. It will provide insights and strategies that will enable a successful transition from academic studies through an understanding and application of business and industry practices, in an engineering context. You will gain an understanding of the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability as a driver for management, utilising tools including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Relevant legal issues will be covered. This will be drawn together in discussing the role of the professional engineer, including risk management, safety, ethical behaviour and decision-making.

Areas of study: E6011 Master of Professional Engineering E6014 Master of Engineering E6017 Master of Advanced Engineering

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Continuous assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically: analyse a complex problem, decide the required outcomes, identify, analyse and evaluate alternative courses of action, and devise a plan to achieve the required outcomes.
2. Analyse an engineering project by applying the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability, utilising tools including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
3. Function effectively and professionally within a peer team environment.
4. Communicate technical and non-technical information effectively with external associates, including contractors, consultants and regulators.
5. Value and apply the principles of human decision-making in negotiating acceptable outcomes to address conflicting stakeholder perspectives.
6. Engage effectively with external community stakeholders to inform engineering decision-making.
7. Value and apply the professional, legal, ethical and risk management standards required of a professional engineer.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.