Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate

Credit Points: 12.00

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

Course Coordinator: Dr Eva Cheng

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2976

Course Coordinator Email: eva.cheng@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 10.08.07

Course Coordinator Availability: Please email to make an appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Only MC180 M Eng (Electrical and Electronic Eng.) students are eligible to enrol in this course, as they are deemed to have the pre-requisite knowledge and capabilities.

Course Description

You will work for at least 12 weeks full time (or 432 hours part time) in industry or in a 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:

1. 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.
2. Engineering Application Ability:
• Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.
• Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects.
3. 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:

1. Perform work related to any of the following fields: electrical, electronic, communication, computer, and network engineering,
2. 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),
3. Work over a minimum duration of 12 weeks full-time, or 456 hours total part-time,
4. 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