University of Technology Sydney

48142 Engineering Practice Review 2

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UTS: Engineering: Professional Practice and Leadership
Credit points: 3 cp

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 48130 Engineering Experience 2 AND 48141 Engineering Practice Preview 2
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Description

Engineering Practice Review 2 helps students to develop as professional engineers by reflecting on their workplace practice and documenting their learning for peer and professional review. Since each student's work experience is unique, all students benefit from sharing and discussing their experiences. However, this subject assists all students to appreciate the dimensions of professional engineering workplace practice, including: engineering in a global environment, organisational behaviour, commercial practice, industrial relations and human resource issues, ethics and social responsibility, communication and documentation, the extension and application of engineering knowledge, occupational health and safety, industrial relations, and personal and professional development and recognition.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. Reflect on professional experience and conduct critical self and peer review in order to plan for their own professional development.
2. Articulate in both written and verbal formats, the development of their professional identity to date.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

  • Collaborative and Communicative: FEIT graduates work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams, communicating effectively and operating within cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts in the workplace. (E.1)
  • Reflective: FEIT graduates critically self-review their performance to improve themselves, their teams, and the broader community and society. (F.1)

Teaching and learning strategies

The main components of the subject comprise:

  1. An online lecture to introduce the subject and to ensure understanding of key concepts and subject requirements;
  2. A comprehensive “Learning Guide” detailing the requirements for your report and presentation video;
  3. After submission of your Draft Internship Report, an online peer review process that allows you to receive feedback on some elements of your Internship Report before submitting your completed Internship Report for formal assessment;

The main component of assessment is student’s independent reflection and documentation of their experiential learning. The deliverables are a report and a video presentation.

You are expected to independently prepare, write and submit a report which reflects on your internship experience, and provides evidence to support your claimed competencies.

Your report is expected to demonstrate that you have supported your learning with research and reading and substantial reflection about your experience.

You are expected to independently prepare, record and submit a video presentation that pitches you for a target job of your choice by reflecting on your internship experience, and providing evidence to support your claimed competencies in relation to the target job.

You are expected to meet all deadlines and participate actively in the Peer Review session.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Draft Internship Report and Peer Review

Intent:

To provide an opportunity to have a sample of work from your Internship Report reviewed by a peer prior to submission of your completed Internship Report for formal assessment, in order to:

  • develop your capacity to both give and receive effective feedback, and to conduct critical self-review
  • get feedback about your interpretation of the report criteria
  • better develop your understanding of the report criteria by assessing a peer’s work against them
  • learn from the experiences of your peer
Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1 and 2

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

E.1 and F.1

Type: Report
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 10%

Assessment task 2: Internship Report

Intent: To reflect on experience, learn from this and prepare for subsequent experience
Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1 and 2

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

E.1 and F.1

Type: Report
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 50%
Length:

Approximately 5000 words

Criteria:

Assessment criteria are available in the assessment rubric attached to the task in UTSOnline. There is a video in UTSOnline that explains how to view this.

Assessment task 3: Video Presentation

Intent:

Prepare a presentation showcasing your experience and capabilities, pitching you for a target job of your selection.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1 and 2

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

E.1 and F.1

Type: Presentation
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 40%
Criteria:

An assessment rubric is attached to the task in UTSOnline. There is video available on UTSOnline that shows how this can be viewed.

Minimum requirements

In order to pass the subject, a student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.

Recommended texts

Dowling, D., Hadgraft, R., Carew, A., McCarthy, T., Hargreaves, D., Baillie, C., & Male. S. (2019). Engineering your future: An Australasian guide (4th ed.). Melbourne: Wiley.

References

Links are provided on UTSOnline

Johnston S., Gostelow, P., & Jones, E. (1999). Engineering and society: An Australian perspective (2nd ed.). South Melbourne: Addison Wesley.