Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 99 70051 S12 D ENGINEERING PRACTICE 1
This unit is the first of several that are intended to enable students to acquire engineering and professional practice skills. Engineering practice skills, such as the ability to perform practical and project work, innovation, problem identification and solution, and engineering judgement, will be developed as students progress through their courses through activities such as laboratory and field work, engineering design and project work. Students will generally work in teams to assist with the building of group interaction skills such as negotiation and interactive thinking. The development of other professional practice skills, such as written and oral communication, is also encouraged in the engineering practice units. In this introductory unit, distance education students will undertake practical work primarily in the areas of instrumentation and measurement, engineering materials, and drafting and design; and will be required to prepare a comprehensive report and to present a seminar on one aspect of this work. Students will be introduced to the library and computing facilities of the University and are expected to utilise these resources in the compilation of their reports and seminars. A series of keynote addresses will be staged to assist students with their task. Topics will include the "Presentation and Analysis of Test Data", "Materials - An Overview", "Errors and Uncertainty", "Effective Communication - Report Writing and Seminar Presentation" and "Using a Computer to Compile Reports". On campus students will also undertake practical work in the areas of instrumentation and measurement, engineering materials, and drafting and design, and will be required to prepare practical work reports and to present seminars. For these students, the practical work will be performed throughout the semester.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able
to:
Description Weighting(%)
- Measurement and instrumentation 20.00
- Engineering materials 20.00
- Drafting and design 20.00
- Analysis of data 15.00
- Library resources 10.00
- Computing 15.00
65901 Physics and Instrumentation, "Study Book", USQ Publication.
70210 Engineering Communication and Case Studies, "Study Book", USQ
Publication.
70245 Engineering Materials, "Study Book 1 and 2", USQ Publication.
E0001 Computers in Engineering, "Study Book", USQ Publication.
E0006 Engineering Design and Drafting, "Study Book", USQ
Publication.
ACTIVITY HOURS Lectures 6 Seminars 2 Laboratory or Practical Classes 24 Report Writing 8 Private Study 8 Supervisor Consultation 2
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL WWW 1 S 05/11/99 SUBMISSION OF PROJECT REPORT 80.00 N N 2 S 05/11/99 PRESENTATION OF SEMINAR 20.00 N N
1 Attendance at a minimum of 80% of the practical sessions is
compulsory for a passing grade to be awarded in this unit.
2 Students will be assigned to a team at the start of the year.
Each team will be assigned a project based on the work performed
at one or more practical sessions. One project report will be
submitted per team; the team will present one seminar. Details of
the project report and the seminar are provided in the Practice
Book for the unit. As part of the report, team members are
required to certify whether or not each member made an
appropriate contribution to the work of the group.
3 The only final grades awarded in this unit are Pass (P) or Fail
(F) grades.
4 If students submit assignments after the due date without prior
approval then a penalty of up to 20% of the assignment total
marks will apply for each working day late.
5 A minimum standard of communication skills must be demonstrated
in order for a passing grade to be achieved.