Professional Practice in Engineering
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 480 hours of Placement
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
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Prerequisites
Attendance at a Professional Experience in Engineering Introductory SeminarAims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Placement | 40 | 12 | 480 |
TOTAL | 480 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Reflective Journal | Individual | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Content
Students undertake a minimum of the equivalent of 12 weeks of approved relevant engineering-practice experience, which may include one or more of:
- Practical experience (paid or unpaid) in an engineering environment outside the teaching establishment
- Classes and activities on professional ethics and conduct
- Participation in classes conducted by guest presenters with industry experience
- Industry visits and inspections
- Industry based projects (including but not only final year projects)
- Industry research for feasibility studies
- Study of industry policies, processes, practices and benchmarks
- Interviewing engineering professionals
- Industry based investigatory assignments
- Direct industry input of data and advice to problem solving, projects and evaluation tasks
- Electronic links with practising professionals (eg guest presenters in online discussion forums)
- Case studies
- Venture Cup
- or other activities approved by the EAT80003 Unit Convenor
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.