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This skills-based course will introduce students to engineering concepts and design by designing and building creative solutions to problems. The central idea of engineering design as a fit-for-purpose solution will be introduced. The course will develop information literacy and communication skills for future engineering studies.
An understanding of the nature of engineering and its place in society.An introduction to life cycle analysis in engineering designDesign methods, illustrated by case studies; experience of the design process through individual and group design projects.Problem solving methods;Introductory project management;Basic engineering drawing and sketching skills.Numeracy skills, including units and dimensions, estimation, graphing and error handling;Spreadsheeting, technical communication and report writing;
Workshops/Tutorials:On enrolling for ENGR101, students will be automatically assigned a design studio session time. Students will not be allowed to change their session time unless it can be shown that there is an unavoidable timetable clash.Design Studios provide opportunities for students to learn and extend skills taught in lectures, and to work on the group-based Major Design Project.
For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering Head of Department
Academic Writing Assessment: The College of Engineering requires that ALL STUDENTS (including New Zealand-born students) who wish to enter the first professional year of engineering in 2014 must first pass an Academic Writing Assessment (AWA). A 20-30 minute written test will be sat in the firm term design studio. Each design studio will have a different topic to write about 200 words on. This test will be assessed to determine which students need help with their writing. Students who fail the AWA will be given a feedback form to indicate their area(s) of weakness. Students who narrowly fail the AWA may, at the sole discretion of the test markers, be offered the opportunity to gain a pass without requiring re-assessment, by attending up to two compulsory writing workshops during the second term or over the mid-term break. Students offered this opportunity, who do not attend the required workshops, will have their fail-grade confirmed and must then proceed as outlined below for failed students. Students who fail more significant aspects of the AWA will be required to attend a writing skills workshop for up to two days. A further assessment of writing ability will then be carried out in Week 12. (This writing skills assessment is independent of ENGR101 and will not affect the grades awarded for ENGR101 in any way.) At the discretion of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry, those who have shown significant improvement in their writing skills may be given a pass for the AWA. Test scripts will not be returned to students. Students who wish to appeal the outcome of any AWA must do so formally in writing, stating their reasons, to the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.
Access via http://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/engr101
ALL late work must be handed in directly to the Senior Tutor, Dr Richard Jordan (Room E543, Mech/Civil/Chemical building) as soon as possible and will be penalised 25% per day or part thereof (weekends will be counted as one day for this purpose). Late work will only escape penalty by provision of a relevant medical certificate or other sufficient documentation to the Senior Tutor, preferably before the due date but no later than 7 days after the due date. Missed work will receive no marks unless a relevant medical certificate or other sufficient documentation is provided to the Senior Tutor. Missed work for which a medical certificate or other sufficient documentation is provided will be awarded marks based upon the average marks of the class for the particular item of assessment and the relative performance of the student concerned in other items of assessment.
Students should contact the Senior Tutor for all matters pertaining to design studios, assignment submission and assessment issues, including late or missed work. Senior Tutor Dr Richard Jordan Chemical & Process Engineering, Rm E543, Mechanical/Civil/Chemical buildingPh 364 2217, engr101@canterbury.ac.nz Students are welcome to contact the Course Coordinator to discuss issues pertaining to workload or course content. For matters to do with specific lectures, please contact the lecturer concerned. Course Coordinator and Lecturer Associate Professor Ken Morison
All assignments must be stapled securely at the top left-hand corner and MUST have a completed cover sheet attached. Submissions without a completed cover sheet attached will not be marked. Assignments due on a given date above must be handed in to the boxes provided on level 2 of the Engineering Core block at the north (Creyke Rd) end near E11 by 5.00 pm on the due date. Please ensure that you hand in your assignment to the box corresponding to YOUR design studio stream. Assignments due in at a given design studio session must be handed in to the Design Studio tutor at the beginning of the session.
Domestic fee $808.00
International fee $4,550.00
* 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 Chemical and Process Engineering .