University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

48141 Engineering Practice Preview 2

3cp

Requisite(s): 48122c Engineering Practice Review 1 OR 48120c Review of Engineering Practice 1

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.


Undergraduate
Subject coordinator: Anne Gardner

This subject helps students to develop as professional engineers by refining employment-related processes, developing the communication and documentation skills appropriate to professional engineering practice, exploring issues of organisational management and commercial practice, examining ethical and social issues, applying theory in practice and developing strategies for continuing professional development.

Students negotiate their learning options from a range of compulsory and optional topics including the nature and culture of professional engineering, the professional employment process, engineering in a global social context, organisational behaviour, management and commercial practice, industrial relations and human resource issues, communication and documentation, leadership and teamwork, occupational health and safety, ethics and social responsibility, experiential learning and knowledge creation, and personal and professional development. In addition they consider the development of professional competencies as required by the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Assessment: Assessment tasks are negotiated from a variety of compulsory and optional assignments, many of which can be incorporated into the student's portfolio. Some tasks include professional résumé, employment and assessment interviewing, learning contracts, ethics case study, industrial relations case study, and occupational health and safety case study. Assessment is formative to assist students in achieving an acceptable level. However, students are not able to undertake their second internship until they have passed all the compulsory components of this subject.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $444.88
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $1,230.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.063
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.