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Area/Catalogue
EEET 3033

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
101800

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA STEM

Course aim

To further prepare students for their roles as engineering practitioners. The course will develop their understanding of professional engineering practice and management in relation to employers, employees, clients, professionals from other disciplines and society in general. Activities will connect students with practising engineers through specialist lectures, exercises to develop generic skills, networking, and participation in professional engineering activities.

Course content

Aspects of professional engineering practice including communication skills, meeting procedures, chairmanship, professional ethics, risk management roles of managers in engineering enterprises, financial reports, preparation for work placement in industry.
Project management including project management - project definition, analysis, planning, decision-making, programming and scheduling.
Lectures by engineering practitioners and managers on specialist topics selected from company structure and organisation, resource management, leadership, industrial relations, workplace health and safery, liability, IP and commercialisation, standards, documentation, quality assurance, roles of professional associations.
Attendance at off-campus meetings of professional associations or technical societies; site visits. 

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 12 weeks
Directed Study (Professional Engineering Society Meetings and Site Visits) N/A x 3
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Offshore 24 hours x 4hrs x 6 days
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study (Professional Engineering Society Meetings and Site Visits) N/A x 3
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Group assessment, Individual continuous assessment, Individual report, Module 1 tasks: Quizzes, resume and report, Module 2 tasks: Project documentation and reflection, Module 3 task: Critical review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Prof Krasi Vasilev
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Ms Sue Lefebvre
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Mr Matt Purdy
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Dr Jeni Ayres
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Ms Roopa Howard
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