Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor Nicholas Tse nicholas.tse@mq.edu.au Contact via Appointment via Email 50 Waterloo Road Appointment via Email
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description The 1st SPINE unit aimed to develop professional, transferable and employability skills. The unit has two objectives; 1) to develop the required self-management skills to be successful in the field of engineering. this includes time management skills, professional behaviour, empathy and metacognitive skills. 2) to develop related and transferable hands-on prototyping skills through a serious of workshops. In the process, students will be able to contextualise their learning and develop basic fundamental prototyping skills required for them to be involved in a team-based project by the subsequent SPINE unit. The SPINE units are serious of scaffolded units across the engineering curriculum that aims to develop self-agency and self-efficacy that will help you transition into University study.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Demonstrate practical skills in prototyping engineering designs.
ULO2: Follow safe working procedures when working with others.
ULO3: Apply strategies and tools to organise and conduct knowledge discovery independently.
ULO4: Work and interact in accordance to the code of ethics and guidelines of engineering accreditation organisations.
ULO5: Articulate independent thinking and effectively communicate ideas and concepts.

General Assessment Information

Grading and passing requirement for unit

In order to pass this unit, a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more for the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/ CR/ D/ HD).

For further details about grading, please refer below in the policies and procedures section.

Hurdle Requirements

You must attend and participate in at least 8 of the 10 hands-on skills development workshop classes AND a majority of the online quizzes to pass this unit. This is a hurdle requirement.

Prototyping Skill Development

There are multiple options of the skills development activities, however once assigned, the student must remain with that activity and should not be changed to another midway through the 5-week block. A list of competencies checklist will be marked off either from ongoing weekly activities or via the submitted 'proof of work'. These submittable are due as per the skills activities and may slightly vary between each skills development activity. All details will be listed on iLearn.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Prototyping skill development 1	20%	No	Week 7
Prototyping skill development 2	20%	No	Week 13
Weekly Quiz	30%	No	refer to iLearn
Professional portfolio on professional development	20%	No	Week 13
Participation of scheduled activities	10%	Yes	Week 13

Prototyping skill development 1

Assessment Type ¹: Design Implementation
Indicative Time on Task ²: 5 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%

Developing the required hands-on competency relating to a chosen engineering field. The hands-on skill development will be translatable across other engineering domains. The skills will be chosen based on a preference selection during week 1. The availability of the skills will be dependent on whether students choose to engage in face-to-face mode or via online medium. Some skills are only available in face-to-face mode.

Example of cross-disciplinary hands-on skills: Technical drawing skill is an underpinning skill in both mechanical and civil engineering design communication.