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Technical engineering skills are the foundation of engineering solutions, but they are no use if they are not applied in efficient and effective ways. Successful engineering projects and ventures require management. This course identifies the different management activities involved and develops the skills necessary for managing technology projects. Professional engineers also need to be able to enhance their technical knowledge with essential workplace skills and a wider understanding of current societal issues if they are to be successful in the global workplace. This course aims to improve your understanding of what it means to be a professional engineer. It also aims to give you an introduction to the skills to evaluate technical solutions from ethical, sustainable and economic points of view.
Engineering is a socio-technical enterprise. The technical aspect of engineering focuses on the application scientific and mathematical principle, whilst the social aspect involves ensuring that engineers have a grounded understanding of people and society. Engineering projects and ventures also require management of resources (including time and money) whilst accounting for risk and uncertainty. In summary, engineers reliably conceive, develop, deliver and sustain the technologies that meet human needs, and in doing so, create confidence for people to invest sufficient resources for these endeavours (Trevelyan and Williams, 2018). This course has been designed for you to gain a broader range of skills and knowledge for you to create value in your engineering solutions, and for you to develop an understanding of the professional responsibilities and duties expected of you as an engineer.
At the conclusion of this course students should be able to:LO1: Apply ethical principles within engineering contexts, and recognise the social and cultural factors which affect ethics. (WA6, WA8)LO2: Apply individual management and inclusive teamwork practices in New Zealand and global engineering contexts. (WA9, WA10)LO3: Conduct financial analysis in engineering contexts, including estimation of cost, cash-flow, financial balances, and financial viability. (WA11)LO4: Evaluate the viability of engineering projects, considering social, ethical, national and international laws, environmental, and cultural factors. (WA6, WA7, WA8)LO5: Implement engineering project and risk management techniques, including identification of- and communication with-, diverse stakeholders (WA10, WA11)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
60 points of any second year Professional Engineering course and enrolled in the BE(Hons) degree.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Enda Crossin
Artificial Intelligence ToolsThe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for each of the assessments in ENEL301 is summarised in the Table below. No AI use is allowed in the tests and exam because these are closed-book invigilated assessments. Students are always responsible for the accuracy of the submitted works, regardless of which tools are used.Assessment Item Permitted use of AI Bicultural Workshop Not applicable – attendance only Pepeha Generative AI tools are not restricted for this assessment. Sustainability Assignment Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment Tests Generative AI tools cannot be used for this assessment. Exam Generative AI tools cannot be used for this assessment. Generative AI Tools Are Permitted for Certain Parts of This Assessment:In these assessments (Sustainability Assignment), you are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the purpose of proof reading and editing the document, and for gathering and summarising knowledge. No other use of generative AI is permitted. To assist with maintaining academic integrity, you must appropriately acknowledge any use of generative AI in your work. Please include a Statement of AI use (if no AI tool has been used, then this must also be stated) and a listing of all prompts provided to the AI tool, clearly indicating which AI tools were used and how they contributed to your assessment.
The examiners will award a failing grade to students who score less than 40% for the Tests and Exam combined. More formally, (TestPercent * 0.25 + ExamPercent * 0.5) / 0.75 must be greater than or equal to 40 for a pass mark to be awarded. This note is put in place to ensure that each student has adequately shown to the examiners they have gained some mastery of the topic.Scaling of marksIn order to maintain consistency across courses and fairness for students, scaling of raw marks occurs. In the Faculty of Engineering, target course GPAs are calculated based on the performance of the cohort of students in their courses in the previous year. Scaling of the raw total course marks is normally performed so that when converted to grades (using UC Grade Scale) the outgoing GPA is in line with the target GPA for a course. Scaling up or down can occur.The Grading Scale for the University: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/study-support-info/study-related-topics/grading-scale
The Bicultural Workshop attendance is compulsory; if you do not attend you will be marked zero. For the Pepeha and Sustainability Assignment, a lateness penalty of 10% (in absolute terms) per day or part day late will be deducted from the original mark. For example, an assignment with a nominal mark of 83% submitted 0-24 hours late will receive a mark of 73%, and submitted 24-48 hours late will receive 63%.
Contact HoursLectures: 24 hoursTutorials: 0 hoursWorkshops: 12 hoursLaboratories: 0 hours Independent studyReview of lectures: 24 hoursTest and exam preparation: 36 hoursAssignments: 54 hoursTotal 150 hours
Domestic fee $1,190.00
International fee $6,488.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .