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Professional issues in Civil and Natural Resources Engineering. Society and environment, ethics, communication skills, historical developments, future engineering issues, and system thinking.
At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to: Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues. Understand the role of systems thinking in complex engineering, and apply to a specific context. Understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development. Apply ethical principles, and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms in engineering practice. Prepare to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Improve communication skills, with an emphasis on development of an argument and conveying complexconcepts.The course builds upon the material in ENCN313 (Design Studio 2) and ENCN371 (Infrastructure Management), as well as your communication skills developed in earlier courses (and now formally assessed at 1st/2nd Pro level via the Communications Portfolio).
ENCN301 (in 2014 and beyond)
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Head of Department
AIMThis course aims to further develop and refine students’ professional engineering skills, using Civil and Natural Resources Engineering projects and issues for context. This course will also help to develop students’ general engineering synthesis and analysis skills.BACKGROUNDMuch of a professional engineer’s work relies less on the “technical” skills and knowledge developed at university and more on the “professional” competencies in which that technical knowledge is applied. This is reflected in the Competency Profiles developed by IPENZ for graduate engineers; it includes the following items: Investigation and Research: Able to recognise when further information is needed and be able to find it by identifying, evaluating and drawing conclusions from all pertinent sources of information. Risk Management: Understands the accepted methods of dealing with uncertainty (such as safety factors) and the limitations of applicability of methods of design and analysis by being able to identify, evaluate and manage physical risks in complex engineering problems. Teamwork: Function effectively in a team by being able to work cooperatively with the capacity to lead or manage a team. Communication: Communicate clearly by being able to Comprehend and produce effective reports and design documentation, summarise information, make effective oral presentations and to give and receive clear oral instructions. The Engineer and Society: Be aware of the role of engineers and their responsibility to society by demonstrating understanding of the general responsibilities of a professional engineer. Management and Financial: Understands, selects and applies appropriate project and business management principles and tools to complex engineering problems.Some of these skills have been touched on in other courses, but usually as peripheral issues to particular technical tasks. However, this course will focus on the development of these skills specifically, using some projects past, present and future from Civil/Natural Resources Engineering to provide suitable context.
Domestic fee $841.00
International fee $4,638.00
* 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.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 15 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .