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Learning Outcomes
1. | Articulate using appropriate language a range of key roles and features of engineering in the local and global communities as applied in practice; | ||
2. | Develop their own learning and career goals, and use self-management skills to plan and manage their work; | ||
3. | Work collaboratively to investigate/review the professional responsibilities of engineers in the community; | ||
4. | Work individually and as a team member to apply the engineering problem-solving method and its associated steps to an identified problem; | ||
5. | Discuss strategies for sustainable and ethical practices in developing solutions to engineering problems. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Assignment | Individual video responding to 3 posed questions, (2-3 mins) | 15% |
Report | Team PROJECT: Part A Draft technical team report on proposed solution | 25% |
Report | Team PROJECT: Part B Final technical Repot | 30% |
Presentation | Presentation - each group proposes 1 or 2 solutions and defends their solutions of defined criteria, audience judge better solution | 30% |
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