Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
EEET2471 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
125H Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016 |
EEET2471 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
EEET2471 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
PGRDFlex21 (All) |
Course Coordinator: Dr Alberto Peruzzo
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1891
Course Coordinator Email: alberto.peruzzo@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: B014 F12 R015
Course Coordinator Availability: Please email to make an appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
You will work for at least 12 weeks full time (or 456 hours part time) in industry or in an R&D organisation, under the supervision of a qualified engineer, to develop the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies for Professional Engineers in the following areas:
- Knowledge and Skill Base,
- Engineering Application Ability,
- Professional and Personal Attributes.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Acquire new knowledge and skills whenever necessary,
- Apply engineering knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to professional engineering work,
- Effectively work in teams as leader or member,
- Effectively communicate across all modes: listen, speak, write and draw,
- Conduct yourself in a professional and ethical manner.
This course contributes to many or all of the following MC180 Program Learning Outcomes:
- Be able to apply problem solving approaches to work challenges and make decisions using sound engineering methodologies.
- Be able to apply a systematic design approach to engineering projects and have strong design and research skills in the chosen discipline specialisation.
- Communicate effectively across all modes: listen, speak, write and draw.
- Apply the principles of lifelong learning to any new challenge.
- Balance the technical, economic, social and ethical demands of a problem in sustainable and culturally sensitive ways.
You will develop many of the 16 competencies in Engineers Australia’s Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers as listed in full below:
- Knowledge and Skill Base:
- Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline.
- Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline.
- Engineering Application Ability:
- Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.
- Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects.
- Professional and Personal Attributes:
- Ethical conduct and professional accountability.
- Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
- Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour.
- Professional use and management of information.
- Orderly management of personal conduct and professional conduct.
Overview of Learning Activities
You are required to:
- Perform work related to an engineering field that is appropriate to your field of study
- Be supervised by a qualified engineer (i.e. with qualifications accredited by Engineers Australia, or by an equivalent national or international professional engineering accreditation body),
- Work over a minimum duration of 12 weeks full-time, or 456 hours total part-time,
- Be paid fairly for your work. Unpaid work is allowed only when there is a signed agreement between RMIT University and your employer.
Overview of Learning Resources
The learning resources available to you include:
- Your work supervisor,
- Co-workers at all levels,
- Facilities at work and RMIT,
- RMIT WIL online facilities,
- The Web,
- Libraries.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is based on:
- Engineering log book,
- Substantiation by your external supervisor,
- Reflective report