Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Co-convenor Viken Kortian viken.kortian@mq.edu.au Contact via Private message on iLearn 50 Waterloo Road By Appointment Rex Di Bona rex.dibona@mq.edu.au
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites (ENGG1050 or ENGG100) and (COMP1000 or COMP115) and (MATH1010 or MATH1015 or MATH135 or MATH132 or MATH1007 or DMTH137)
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description The 3rd SPINE unit aimed to develop professional, transferable and employability skills. The unit deals with the design of complex systems from a top-down perspective. Students will be exposed to different engineering management approaches (waterfall and Agile) and other tools involved in the field of systems engineering. Students will be able to apply Design Thinking processes and apply problem-solving heuristics to solve complex engineering systems.

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: Evaluate a complex engineering problem from a range of perspectives, such as technological, social, environmental, financial, professional and ethical.
ULO2: Analyse and describe large engineering problems and related systems and subsystems.
ULO3: Apply appropriate engineering modelling and management tools in analysing a large engineering system.
ULO4: Apply design thinking and associated thinking techniques in generating a variety of solutions.
ULO5: Explain and integrate human and non-technical elements in an engineering project and its associated systems.

General Assessment Information

Grading and passing requirements for unit

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

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

Hurdle Requirements

Starting from 2nd year and onwards, all SPINE units will be applying a professional hurdle requirement widely known as “Fitness to Practice”. According to the policy, fitness to practice is deemed as exhibiting behaviours that demonstrate professional competence, acceptable professional behaviour, freedom from an impairment, and compliance with program-specific requirements needed for a student to practice properly and safely throughout their Practical, Clinical or Professional program or unit. Failure to demonstrate these qualities will result in students being at risk of not progressing in the professional engineering program regardless of their marks and grades within individual units. Please refer to the University policy for further details.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation 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. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern. You should contact your convenor for any anticipated issues that might prevent you from a timely submission of work.

Re-submission for any submitted and/or graded work will not be allowed.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted: Case Study 1, Case Study 2, Infographic, Video Submission

Assessments where Late Submissions will NOT be accepted: Online quizzes, in-class activities, or scheduled tests and exam must be undertaken at the time indicated in the unit guide. Should these activities be missed due to illness or misadventure, students may apply for Special Consideration.

All assessments are required to be submitted through the assessment submission portal on iLearn.

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Workshop participation	10%	No	Throughout Session
Online quizzes	40%	No	Wees 3-13, See iLearn
Case study 1	15%	No	Week 5
In class presentation	10%	No	Week 7
Case study 2	15%	No	Week 10
Infographic submission	10%	No	Week 13

Workshop participation

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 0 hours
Due: Throughout Session
Weighting: 10%

Weekly participation in workshop activities. Indicative hours spent on assessment excludes scheduled workshop hours.