Engineering Practice and Communication (ENGR90021)

Intended learning outcomes

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)

On completion of this subject the student is expected to:

• Describe the role of engineers in an engineering organisation
• Work effectively in a small team, including evaluating peer and team performance
• Identify and define a challenge in engineering
• Research solutions to an engineering problem
• Evaluate solutions against agreed criteria
• Present information orally and in writing.

Generic skills

• Ability to communicate effectively, with the engineering team and with the community at large
• Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, as a team leader or manager as well as an effective team member
• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
• Ability to utilise a systems approach to complex problems and to design and operational performance
• Understanding of social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities and the need to employ principles of sustainable development
• Ability to manage information and documentation
• Capacity for lifelong learning and professional development.