Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor June Ho june.ho@mq.edu.au Contact via Via-email Arrange via email Co- Convenor Ray Eaton ray.eaton@mq.edu.au Lecturer Noushin Nasiri noushin.nasiri@mq.edu.au Lecturer Nicholas Tse nicholas.tse@mq.edu.au Nicholas Tse nicholas.tse@mq.edu.au
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 requirements 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 of P/ CR/ D/ HD).

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following university standard late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Participation of scheduled activities	10%	Yes	Week 13
Weekly Quiz	30%	No	Week 3,5,7,9,11,13
Reflective writing	10%	No	Week 4,6,8,10,12
Professional portfolio on professional development	10%	No	Week 13
Prototyping skill development 1	20%	No	Week 7
Prototyping skill development 2	20%	No	Week 13

Participation of scheduled activities

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 15 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 10%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)

Engagement in of a majority (>=80%) of the scheduled learning activities in this unit which includes SGTA workshops, Quizzes and assessment submissions. Null submissions will be counted as non-attendence.

More information will be provided on iLearn.