Course overview
Modern engineering tools and processes are developed using programming tools, including powerful frameworks for analysing and visualising data. This course will provide students with practical skills in the use of programming tools to execute engineering calculations, analyse data, and visualise results. The course will cover the use of both spreadsheet and code approaches, concluding with an open-ended project. The foundational skills taught in this course will be extended in future engineering modelling courses.
- Introduction to Data and Programming
- Data Analytics and Numerical Methods
- Professional Practice and Course Revision
Course learning outcomes
- Use spreadsheet and programming tools to read, process, visualise, and write data.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the professional and structured use of both spreadsheet and programming environments.
- Implement and evaluate different computational approaches using standard performance measures.
- Create dataset visualisations which are accessible and follow best practices in data presentation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of common programming principles and practices.
- Undertake self-guided analysis of an open-source dataset, including documentation of methods and code used.
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Mawson Lakes
Class number 30380
Section LE01
Size 200
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Class number 28592
Section PR01
Size 25
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Class number 28591
Section PR02
Size 25
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Class number 28590
Section PR03
Size 25
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Class number 28589
Section PR04
Size 25
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Class number 28588
Section PR05
Size 25
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Class number 28587
Section PR06
Size 25
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Class number 28598
Section WS01
Size 25
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Class number 28597
Section WS02
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Class number 28596
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Class number 28595
Section WS04
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Class number 28594
Section WS05
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Class number 28593
Section WS06
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Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 30379
Section LE01
Size 200
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Class number 28580
Section PR01
Size 32
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Class number 28579
Section PR02
Size 63
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Class number 28578
Section PR03
Size 32
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Class number 28577
Section PR04
Size 63
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Class number 28576
Section PR05
Size 68
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Class number 28575
Section PR06
Size 68
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Class number 24486
Section PR07
Size 68
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Class number 24485
Section PR08
Size 70
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Class number 28586
Section WS01
Size 46
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Class number 28585
Section WS02
Size 46
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Class number 28584
Section WS03
Size 68
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Class number 28583
Section WS04
Size 63
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Class number 28582
Section WS05
Size 44
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Class number 28581
Section WS06
Size 68
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Class number 24488
Section WS07
Size 70
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Class number 24487
Section WS08
Size 63
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Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 59984
Section LE01
Size 200
Available 200
Class number 51179
Section PR01
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 51180
Section PR02
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 51181
Section PR03
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 51182
Section PR04
Size 25
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Class number 51183
Section PR05
Size 25
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Class number 51184
Section PR06
Size 25
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Class number 51185
Section WS01
Size 25
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Class number 51186
Section WS02
Size 25
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Class number 51187
Section WS03
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Class number 51188
Section WS04
Size 25
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Class number 51189
Section WS05
Size 25
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Class number 51190
Section WS06
Size 25
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Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 59983
Section LE01
Size 200
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Class number 51191
Section PR01
Size 44
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Class number 51192
Section PR02
Size 44
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Class number 51193
Section PR03
Size 44
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Section PR04
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Class number 51195
Section PR05
Size 46
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Section PR06
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Section PR07
Size 46
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Class number 51198
Section PR08
Size 44
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Class number 54428
Section PR09
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Class number 51199
Section WS01
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Class number 51200
Section WS02
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Section WS05
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Section WS06
Size 46
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Class number 51205
Section WS07
Size 46
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Class number 54430
Section WS08
Size 30
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Class number 54429
Section WS09
Size 80
Available 80
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