48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1
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Credit points: 3 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksRequisite(s): (48230c Engineering Communication AND (1 credit points of completed study in C10061 Bachelor of Engineering Diploma in Engineering Practice OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10062 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Diploma in Engineering Practice OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10063 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Arts in International Studies OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10065 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Business OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10067 Bachelor of Engineering OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10068 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Business Diploma in Engineering Practice OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10073 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10074 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science Diploma in Engineering Practice OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10075 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Medical Science OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10076 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Medical Science Diploma in Engineering Practice OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10078 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Biotechnology OR 1 credit points of completed study in C10079 Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Biotechnology Diploma in Engineering Practice))
The lower case 'c' after the subject code indicates that the subject is a corequisite. See definitions for details.
Description
This subject helps initiate students to the engineering workplace by guiding them through the employment process; developing the communication and documentation skills appropriate to engineering practice; showing them how to learn through experience; exploring the nature and culture of the workplace; introducing ethical and social issues; and helping them to plan for their own personal and professional development. Students negotiate their learning options from a range of compulsory and optional topics including ethics and social responsibility; industrial relations; workplace, health and safety; and the culture of engineering. Some tasks include preparing a personal résumé, job application letters, employment interviewing, learning style assessment, ethics case study, and industrial relations case study.
Assessment is essentially formative to assist students in achieving an acceptable level. However, students are not able to undertake the engineering experience first internship until they have passed all the compulsory components of this subject.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Prepare for workplace participation and identify possible learning outcomes |
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| 2. | Develop your process of obtaining employment |
| 3. | Develop a learning proposal as a tool to guide learning and to develop effective preparatory techniques |
| 4. | Develop awareness of workplace cultures and behaviours, and begin to develop a professional manner |
| 5. | Describe important aspects of engineering practice so that you can recognise and adopt appropriate and ethical behaviour |
| 6. | Develop and demonstrate effective communication and documentation skills appropriate to professional engineering |
| 7. | Develop your approach to experiential learning |
| 8. | Prepare to relate the theoretical knowledge you have gained in your studies to the workplace and vice-versa |
| 9. | Identify tensions between personal, organisational and wider social issues and discuss strategies to address these tensions |
| 10. | Identify the extension of your engineering knowledge that you expect to gain from your first internship |
| 11. | Awareness to possible contributions to social wellbeing and sustainability in your workplace |
| 12. | Develop the ability to review your own and your colleagues’ experience to determine how it contributed to your academic, professional and personal development and to devise strategies to maximise outcomes |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
- Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs and cultural perspectives, establish priorities and goals, and identify constraints, uncertainties and risks (social, ethical, cultural, legislative, environmental, economics etc.) to define the system requirements. (B.1)
- Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to develop components, systems and processes to meet specified requirements. (C.1)
- Collaborative and Communicative: FEIT graduates work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams, communicating effectively and operating within cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts in the workplace. (E.1)
- Reflective: FEIT graduates critically self-review their performance to improve themselves, their teams, and the broader community and society. (F.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
The subject consists of a mixture of online activities and a number of face-to-face classes.
Content (topics)
Topics that will be covered:
- Learning to learn from your internship experience.
- Preparing a competitive resume.
- Searching for your internship position.
- Your interview and the employment process.
- Workplace cultures, expectations and behaviour in the workplace.
- Ethical dimensions in the workplace.
- Your rights and responsibilities as an employee in your employment, including workplace health and safety (WHS)
Further, throughout this subject, you should be asking the following questions to help guide your learning and planning:
Learning by Experience
- What strategies will help me to learn the roles of engineers in the workplace?
- What is the most helpful way to document my experience?
- How can I be a more effective learner?
- How can I negotiate more interesting learning opportunities?
Ethics and Social Responsibility
- How do I know what is the ‘right’ or ethical thing to do?
- What are some of the workplace rules and customs that I need to learn?
Equal Opportunity and Cultural Diversity
- What can organisations do to value diversity?
- What can I do to value diversity?
Workplace, Health and Safety
- What are some of the safety rules I need to learn and observe?
- What responsibility do I have for a safe and healthy workplace?
Industrial Relations
- What are some of the practices that cause conflict in the workplace?
- How can I avoid unnecessary conflict in my practice?
Personal and Professional Development
- How will my engineering work relate to the rest of society and hopefully improve it?
- How will I be able to apply what I have learned in the classroom to this work experience?
- How can I use this experience to enhance my personal development as well as my academic studies?
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Preparation and Participation
| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1, 10, 12, 4, 6 and 7 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): C.1, E.1 and F.1 |
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| Weight: | 15% |
Assessment task 2: Applying for a Job
| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1 and 2 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): E.1 and F.1 |
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| Weight: | 40% |
Assessment task 3: Workplace Learning
| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1, C.1, E.1 and F.1 |
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| Weight: | 45% |
Minimum requirements
To pass Engineering Practice Preview 1, it is compulsory that you:
- Undertake all online learning activities and achieve the minimum mark specified in the online review quizzes (details on UTSOnline)
- arrive on-time or no more than 5 minutes late to all face-to-face classes and satisfactorily complete in-class exercises
- gain a total of at least 50% overall from the assessment items.
Any absences from classes must be documented with a doctor's certificate, statutory declaration or police report, provided to the subject coordinator within 3 days. This may be scanned and emailed.
You cannot proceed to 48110 Engineering Experience 1 until you have passed Engineering Practice Preview 1. Engineering Experience 1 is one of your workplace based subjects; it carries 0 credit points and consequently no HECS. Unguided work experience, while most certainly valuable, does not count towards the university’s required minimum of 48 weeks of Engineering Experience.
48110 Engineering Experience 1 is a time-based enrolment. The Faculty requires you to submit a START form on CareerHub within two weeks of commencing employment and to submit a FINISH form on CareerHub within two weeks of completing your employment. You cannot enrol in 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 until your Finish form has been submitted and processed. The submission of Start and Finish forms are discussed in the Industry Partnering Unit presentation in class.
Required texts
Textbook used for all subjects in the Engineering Practice Program:
Dowling, D., Carew, A., Hadgraft, R., 2013, Engineering your Future - An Australasian Guide, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Australia, Second Edition
The book is available as an e-book. The e-book version can be purchased through the Wiley website. Details are available on 48121 UTSOnline. Before purchasing the e-book, check how long you have access to this version.
Hardcopies of the book are in UTS Library and LDC2 for loan.