Semester 1, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus | |
Units : | 0 |
School or Department : | School of Engineering |
Grading basis : | Pass/Not Pass |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: ENG3902 and Students must be enrolled in: BCNH or BCON or BEBB or BEBC or BEHB or BEHI or BEHS or BENG or BENH or MENS. Students cannot enrol in ENG3902 & ENG4903 in the same semester.
Co-requisite: ENG4111 or ENG4112 or ENG8411 or ENG8412
Overview
This is the second of two courses which address the work undertaken, the performance required, and responsibilities borne by the practices of professional engineering and spatial science. As the final practice course in several programs, this course is particularly concerned with interaction with the professions at large. it is also concerned with developing an awareness of professional ethics.
The assessment in this course is competency-based. Students will achieve either a pass or fail for each assessment. Students need to pass all assessment items to successfully complete the course. These competency items form part of the UniSQ accreditation agreement with the accrediting organisation/s (where relevant).
A major part of all engineering and spatial science project work is the appropriate communication of the outcome. This course provides guidance and experience in both verbal (seminar) and written reporting skills and is undertaken to complement the final year project courses at of the degree. The presentation of a major seminar on the work undertaken during the final year project is a requirement for the completion of this course.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for both external and on-campus students. It also includes mandatory on-campus workshop sessions for on-campus students.
Course learning outcomes
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- prepare, to a professional standard, a technical written extended abstract, having good structure and format, high standards of spelling, grammar and punctuation, and appropriate and adequate technical content;
- plan, prepare and deliver a verbal presentation in English, to a professional standard, on their own academic work, making effective use of presentation aids, in a professional forum;
- present, defend and debate technical information, based on their own final year project;
- critique work and critically analyse the work of peers; provide constructive feedback;
- recognise and debate the strengths and limitations of the academic component of the education of a professional engineer/surveyor;
- reflect on the need for a period of professional formation.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Pre-residential school Activities including Extended Abstract | 10.00 |
2. | PROJECT COMMUNICATION - VERBAL seminar preparation; seminar experience and critique (small group); use of aids (PowerPoint, models, etc). | 20.00 |
3. | Supervisor Consultation - presentation | 10.00 |
4. | Workshops | 10.00 |
5. | ETHICS and PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Engineering/Spatial Science professionalism; BEng/BPSS program evaluation | 20.00 |
6. | PROJECT CONFERENCE Participation, presentation and evaluation. | 30.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Course learning outcomes |
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Portfolio | No | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |