Course specification for ENG8311

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ENG8311 Workplace Portfolio

Semester 1, 2020 Online
Short Description: Workplace Portfolio
Units : 2
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
Student contribution band : Band 2
ASCED code : 039999 - EnginTech not classified
Grading basis : Graded

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: ENG8300

Rationale

The Master of Engineering Practice program is designed to enable Engineering Technologists to draw on their industrial experience to demonstrate their achievement of many of the required graduate attributes and capabilities, both generic and technical. This course and the course ENG8308 Industrial Project are designed to enable students to use the knowledge and skills they have gained in the workplace to demonstrate (a) achievement of Engineers Australia's (EA) Stage 1 Competencies, and (b) the discipline specific competencies defined in their Self-assessment Portfolio in the course ENG8300. The competencies outlined in this course are mapped to Stage 2 competencies, and hence, could be used as preparation to submit Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs) to Engineers Australia’s eChartered upon graduating from the MEPR program. Students will demonstrate their competence by writing a number of Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs), each highlighting their achievement of one or more of the competencies or, as they are described in EA documents, "Elements".

Synopsis

Students satisfy the Workplace Portfolio requirements of the Master of Engineering Practice program by satisfactorily completing two courses: this course, and the subsequent course ENG8308 Industrial Project. Students may undertake the courses in any order but overall must demonstrate all of the competencies outlined in ENG8300 Self Assessment Portfolio. Together, these courses are designed to enable students to use the knowledge and skills they have gained in the workplace to demonstrate (a) compliance with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 competencies, and (b) compliance with the discipline specific competencies defined in their Self-assessment Portfolio in the course ENG8300. The competencies outlined in this course are mapped to Stage 2 competencies, and hence, could be used as preparation to submit Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs) to Engineers Australia's eChartered upon graduating from the MEPR program. During this course, students will prepare the ECCs that were defined in their Self-assessment Portfolio in the course ENG8300. In addition, students will start writing the literature review component of the ENG8308 industry project as proposed in ENG8300. In each ECC, students will demonstrate their achievement of one or more of the competencies, or, as they are described in EA documents, "Elements". The information in each ECC must be verified by a professional engineer or equivalent when the final version is submitted. When completed, the portfolio or claim should demonstrate that the student has achieved the required Elements that they indicated would be addressed in ENG8300 Self Assessment Portfolio.

Objectives

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

  1. address and comply with Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competencies by writing Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs);
  2. address the level of attainment of Engineers Australia's Stage 2 Competencies by writing Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs);
  3. address and comply with the defined discipline competencies by writing Engineering Competency Claims (ECCs);
  4. find and critically review the quality and value of information from published literature and other contextual sources, and write a literature review for an industry project;
  5. communicate effectively using written communication skills as per format requirements

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Preparation of the ECCs for the Workplace Portfolio 70.00
2. Preparation of critical literature review for an industry project 30.00

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=01&subject1=ENG8311)

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.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Private ¾«¶«´«Ã½app 30.00
Report Writing 280.00
Supervisor Consultation 20.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Objectives Assessed Notes
Draft ECCs and Lit Review 15 15 31 Mar 2020 1,2,3,4,5 (see note 1)
Final ECCs and Lit Review 85 85 04 Jun 2020 1,2,3,4,5 (see note 2)

Notes
  1. Draft ECCs' refers to approximately 50% of the ECCs listed in your approved Workplace Portfolio's Summary Sheet.
  2. Final ECCs' refers to the final version of all of the ECCs listed in your approved Workplace Portfolio's Summary Sheet.

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students' responsibility 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 assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks or a grade of at least C-. Students do not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to be awarded a passing grade in this course. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course.

  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 a passing grade a student must submit a complete Workplace Portfolio that contains verified ECCs that satisfactorily demonstrate achievement of the Elements defined in their Workplace Portfolio Summary Sheet, and must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the weighted aggregate of the marks (or grades) obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.

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

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

  8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
    Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .

Assessment notes

  1. SUPERVISION The student shall communicate with their supervisor at regular intervals.

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

  3. Referencing in Assignments must comply with the Harvard (AGPS) referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (APGS) style to be used is defined by the USQ library’s referencing guide. These policies can be found at

Other requirements

  1. Students will require access to e-mail and internet access to UConnect for this course.

Date printed 19 June 2020