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Creating Innovative Professionals (ENGR90039)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Assessment
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Overview
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This subject aims to give participants theoretical frameworks, practical insights, and preliminary skills to work in their chosen profession in contexts where determining what problem to work on is an important complement to knowing how to solve that problem.
Participants will develop these understandings, insights and skills by working in teams on a strategically-important innovation challenge sponsored by an industry organisation. This subject is similar to Creating Innovative Engineering (ENGR90034), but is designed for students seeking a multi-disciplinary learning experience.
Participants will learn theories of human-centred innovation and apply them in their project. They will learn how to work in teams and use those skills to deliver the project. They will learn to conceptualise their career as an innovation project, and how to apply the innovation skills and theories presented in the subject to their own careers.
The subject is challenging, experiential and requires significant self-direction.
Creating Innovative Professionals (CIP) and its companion subject, Creating Innovative Engineering ENGR90034 (CIE), are delivered by the University's Innovation Practice Program. To learn more about the Program, including the range of organizations that have participated as sponsors, examples of past projects and to hear students talk about their experiences in taking CIE/CIP, please go to the Innovation Practice Program’s website.
All project sponsors will require students to maintain the confidentiality of their proprietary information. The University will require all students (except those working on projects sponsored by the University itself) to assign any Intellectual Property they create (other than Copyright in their Assessment Materials) to the sponsor of their project.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, students will have an ability to:
- ILO1. Conceptualise their career as series of innovation projects, recognise the importance of a growth mindset and entrepreneurial thinking for such a career, and know how to enact these ways of thinking;
- ILO2 - Know how to, and demonstrate the ability to listen, reflect and act on personal development, team operations, and team leadership challenges;
- ILO3 - Collaborate, create positive relationships and productively shape group dynamics in highly uncertain professional environments;
- ILO4 - Have understandings and skills to work empathically with colleagues and clients who see the world differently from them;
- ILO5 - Apply understanding of how value is created in a multi-disciplinary professional context, and the importance of value creation, rather than just technical problem-solving, to professional work.
Generic skills
- An advanced understanding of the changing knowledge base in their chosen profession;
- An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature;
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities, characterised by flexibility of approach;
- A capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations;
- An appreciation of the design, conduct and reporting of original research;
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work;
- An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership;
- The capacity to value and participate in projects which require team-work;
- An understanding of the significance and value of their knowledge to the wider community (including business and industry);
- A capacity to engage where appropriate with issues in contemporary society
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Option 1
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-BIOMENG Master of Biomedical Engineering
- MC-CHEMENG Master of Chemical Engineering
- MC-CIVENG Master of Civil Engineering
- MC-ELECENG Master of Electrical Engineering
- MC-ENVENG Master of Environmental Engineering
- MC-MECHENG Master of Mechanical Engineering
- MC-MTRNENG Master of Mechatronics Engineering
- MC-SOFTENG Master of Software Engineering
- MC-SPATENG Master of Spatial Engineering
- MC-IB Master of International Business
- MC-IT Master of Information Technology
- MC-IS Master of Information Systems
- MC-BMEDSC Master of Biomedical Science
- MC-DINFENG Master of Digital Infrastructure Engineering
Option 2
Admission into or selection of MC-ENG - Master of Engineering (All specialisations except “with Business”)
Option 3
Admission into or selection of approved programs within the Faculty of Business and Economics, including MC-IB Master of International Business and programs within the Master of Management suite of programs
Option 4
Admission into or selection of approved programs within the School of Design, including Master of Architecture, Master of Architectural Engineering, Master of Property, Master of Construction Management and Master of Landscape Architecture
ENROLLING IN CIP
Please note it is not possible to self-enrol in CIP. All enrolments are by application and are subject to a variable quota. University staff will enrol successful applicants on conclusion of the approval process.
Selection will be subject to the submission of an online application form, including a recorded video response to two interview questions and will be based upon the quality of the interview responses demonstrating the student's verbal communication skills and potential to:
• add value to the program through your commitment and professionalism; and
• benefit from the CIP experience.
Applications will be assessed and approved students will be enrolled by University staff until the quota has been filled. Students should note that this is likely to occur well in advance of the start of semester.
Approved applications submitted after the quota has been filled will be placed on a waitlist. Additional places will be allocated to waitlisted applicants as they become available up to Week One.
Please note that approved students who unenroll themselves will lose their place. Students who wish to be reinstated will be placed on a waitlist.
Students whose applications are not approved will be notified by email.
If you are applying from the Faculty of Business and Economics, you may only apply to take CIP as a general elective and not as a replacement for a discipline specific elective. Please refer to the subject options listed in the Handbook for your program. If you are unsure about whether you have space for CIP, please arrange an online appointment with a course advisor at:
Tools to help you prepare for the interview are accessible via the application form.
HOW TO APPLY
To complete an application form, you will need to have prepared one short video recording your responses to two interview style questions. The video should be no more than 2 minutes in length. You will need to include your name and student Id in the video file name and save it in one of these formats: .mp4, .mpeg or .mov. For this reason, it will be easier to produce on a laptop rather than a mobile phone.
To access the application form, please click the following link:
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENGR90021 | Critical Communication for Engineers |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INFO90009 | HCI Project (Advanced) |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
INFO90010 | Technology Innovation Project | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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8 x Weekly reflection journal on an element of the subject, 22.5% total. Due weeks 2 - 11. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 and 2 are addressed in this assessment
| Throughout the teaching period | 22.5% |
8 x Peer reflection response, 13.5% total . Due weeks 2 - 11. ILOs 2 - 4 are addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the teaching period | 13.5% |
Personal innovation plan in the form of a written report. ILOs 1, 2 and 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| Week 12 | 9% |
Three progress documents for project. Due in weeks 3, 5 and 9. ILOs 3 - 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Draft Team Project Report. ILOs 1, 3 - 5 are addressed.
| Week 12 | N/A |
Final Team Project Report. ILOS 1, 3 - 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| Week 14 | 35% |
Class attendance. ILOs 1 - 4 are addressed. Hurdle requirement: Must attend a minimum of 80% of classes | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Participation. ILOs 1 - 5 are addressed. | Throughout the semester | 10% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Peter Cebon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours; 1 x 3 hour class, weekly Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 - Semester 2
Coordinator Peter Cebon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours; 1 x 3 hour class, weekly Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023
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Quotas apply to this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
If you would like to know more about the opportunities offered by CIP, and other courses offered in the Innovative Practice Program, please go to the IPP website
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Engineering Specialisation (formal) Spatial Informal specialisation Professional specialisation Specialisation (formal) Computing Specialisation (formal) Human-Computer Interaction Specialisation (formal) Software Informal specialisation Research specialisation Specialisation (formal) Distributed Computing Specialisation (formal) Cyber Security Specialisation (formal) Mechanical with Aerospace Specialisation (formal) Materials Specialisation (formal) Mechanical Specialisation (formal) Mechatronics Specialisation (formal) Biomedical Specialisation (formal) Biochemical Specialisation (formal) Chemical Specialisation (formal) Civil Specialisation (formal) Electrical Specialisation (formal) Environmental Specialisation (formal) Structural - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024