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CIV4908 Civil Design Practice

Semester 2, 2020 External
Short Description: Civil Design Practice
Units : 0
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
Student contribution band : Band 2
ASCED code : 030903 - Structural Engineering
Grading basis : Pass/Not Pass

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Co-requisite: CIV4508 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR or MENS

Rationale

This course is core for students enrolled in the BEng Hons (Civ), MEPR and MENS.
This course looks at engineering design in a broad sense. This requires consideration of human, societal and environmental issues to prompt a different understanding of the nature of engineering problems. New approaches to solving problems also requires consideration, with the emphasis on people and society being at least equal to that on technology.
This course requires students to apply knowledge, skills and competencies to demonstrate the integration of prior learning into an optimised engineering solution.

Synopsis

In this course students will work in groups, each group constituting an engineering design team.

The design teams will work on a multi-faceted design brief which describes client requirements and design objectives. The brief will require all students to draw on, use and integrate the skills, knowledge and competencies gained during their study programs.

Design teams will present optimised design outcomes to the client team and other design groups in a short presentation, and will submit a written design report to the client prior to presentation.

This course contains a mandatory residential school.

Objectives

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Work effectively as a member and/or leader of a design team, participating in defining, scheduling and completing tasks, and supporting others in achievement of team goals;
  2. Independently research to analyse and interpret the design brief, identifying the required design parameters, Australian Standards, Codes and Guides, as appropriate to investigation of design solutions;
  3. Identify and design viable engineering solutions to the project brief in a multi-disciplinary environment, evaluate alternatives, and select an optimum solution;
  4. Examine and recognise the welfare, health and safety of all members of society with due regard to the environment in which they live and the sustainability (social, environmental and economic) of the resources employed;
  5. Effectively convey the design solutions to a diverse audience using a range of communication tools including presentations, drawings and reports.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Teamwork 20.00
2. Questions 10.00
3. Scheduling 10.00
4. Design development and analysis 40.00
5. Presentation 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=CIV4908)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
Students should have access to the texts and study books supporting the
pre-requisite courses.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Report Writing 10.00
Residential Schools 40.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Notes
Group Presentation 1 60 06 Nov 2020 (see note 1)
Group Written Report 1 30 06 Nov 2020
Individual Written Report 1 9 06 Nov 2020 (see note 2)
Res School Attend & Particip 1 1 06 Nov 2020 (see note 3)

Notes
  1. Students will be advised of the due date dates for each assessment item.
  3. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/resschoolsched.html).

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    Students must attend the mandatory residential school. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for that assessment item.

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade students must attend and participate in the mandatory residential school and achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for each assessment item.

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    As P is the only passing grade available for this course, all students who are qualified for a passing grade will be given a grade of P. Other students will be given either a Failing grade or an Incomplete grade.

  6. Examination information:
    There is no examination in this course.

  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    Not applicable.

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Assessment notes

  1. Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.

  2. Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide.

  3. As part of the mandatory residential school, students may be expected to undertake a combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratories, practical classes and assessment as advised by the course examiner.

Date printed 6 November 2020