Engineering in Developing Communities

EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, ENCN205

ENNR451

Course Coordinator

Ricardo Bello Mendoza

Lecturers

Matthew Hughes , Tonny de Vries , Andres Valencia , Bryann Avendano , Patrick Devlieger and Nordica MacCarly

Assessment

Test (35 %) (2 hours duration): Closed book but relevant supporting information given. The test will cover material given in lectures 2-21. Any approved calculator allowed. It can include a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and longer exercises, mathematical and written questions.
Test Date and Venue: See lecture schedule and Course Information System (CIS)

Final Community Engagement and progress reports (30 %) – see Learn page for details.

Exam (35 %) (2 hours duration): Closed book but relevant formulae given. The exam will cover material given in lectures 22-36. Any approved calculator allowed. It can include a mix of multiple choice, short answer, and longer exercises, mathematical and written questions.

Any student who has been impaired by significant exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances that have prevented them from completing any major assessment items or that have impaired their performance such that the results are not representative of their true level of mastery of the course material, may apply for special consideration through the formal university process. The applicability and academic remedy/action associated with the special consideration process are listed for each assessment item below. Please refer to the University Special Consideration Regulations and Special Consideration Policies and Procedures documents for more information on the acceptable grounds for special consideration and the application process.

Midterm Test - Serious/Severe Impact:  Students will be offered an equivalent alternative test that will replace their original test mark. This in-person test will be held during the Resit Week (8-12 July 2024).

Midterm Test - Moderate Impact:  Students will be offered an equivalent alternative test that will replace their original test mark. This in-person test will be held during the Resit Week (8-12 July 2024).

Community-Centred Design Assignment - Serious/Severe Impact/Moderate Impact:  If individual member(s) of project groups are unable to contribute to the collective milestone submissions, discussions will be had with the relevant group to identify make-up activities on the part of the missing member. These activities are to be completed by Teaching Week 12 of Semester 1.

Final Exam - Serious/Severe Impact ;  Students will be offered an equivalent alternative test that will replace their original exam mark. This test will be held during the Resit Week (8-12 July 2024).

Moderate Impact:  Students will be offered an equivalent alternative test that will replace their original exam mark. This test will be held during the Resit Week (8-12 July 2024).

• As noted above, the academic remedy for special consideration on the midterm test or the final exam will be an equivalent alternative assessment. These alternative assessments are only available to students who have approved special consideration applications for the assessments at an appropriate severity level.
• The mark on these alternative assessments will replace the original mark in the course grade calculation unless the student declines the offer or otherwise does not sit an alternative assessment, in which case the original mark will be used.
• The alternative assessments for this course will be held on-campus in the week of 8 July 2024. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are available for these dates if you want to benefit from the academic remedy for your special consideration.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Course Text: Lecture notes will be either handed out in class or posted on Learn and the latter should be downloaded before each lecture. Note that some required readings will be available on Learn. You are expected to read these articles as they form part of the examinable component of the course.

Notes

Important Survival Tips for ENCN401

Note: In addition to any handouts or those posted on Learn, students are expected to take their own notes during lectures which might be given via whiteboard, overhead projector or Power Point. In addition, some diagrams and charts may be supplied.

Note: You should date and make a photocopy of all items of assessment before you hand them in. This is because sometimes assignments get put in the wrong homework boxes, get inadvertently picked up by friends and never passed back to you and/or simply go missing. In addition, because we are reliant on markers who have their own personal schedules, many times assignments are not handed back in time for tests. Thus, it is best if you make a copy so you have something to study from.

Note: Always, always bring your course notes when seeking help from the lecturers. If something is not clear on an assignment, we can often point out where it is in your course notes and suddenly, something that you have glossed over and/or not fully understood, may fall into place and become clear.

Note: Further to this, do have a thorough and thoughtful read of the course notes before attempting any assignment or coming to see us. We give those lectures for a reason.

Indicative Fees

* 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.