Course overview
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the engineering profession through course and project work and interaction with industry. All are designed to help students to develop some of the essential personal and professional skills needed for sustainable professional practice. Course resources will introduce students to a variety of areas in sustainable and professional engineering, including the role of the professional engineer, graduate attributes of engineering professionals, career management skills, critical analysis and reflective practice, principles of sustainable engineering, professional ethics, intercultural issues including Indigenous protocols, basic project management principles, effective teamwork, team roles, evaluation of team performance, engineering report writing, effective presentations, locating and using information and referencing.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the role of the civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer in modern society.
- Reflect on and demonstrate self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses relative to the attributes of professional engineers.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the socio-cultural, safety, ethical, global and sustainable contexts in which engineering is practised.
- Develop a solution to an engineering problem using inclusive teamwork skills and applying basic project management principles.
- Demonstrate professional oral, written and visual communication skills appropriate for engineering practice.