Engineering Technology Sustainability Project
Overview
This unit of study is a project-based unit in which students work in teams and aims to provide you with the opportunity to design a solution to a an industry driven sustainability challenge within your chosen major. An Academic 'facilitator' will guide your learning towards achieving these outcomes.
Requisites
01-June-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of sustainability concepts to global engineering challenges (A1, K1, K3, S1)
- Explain organisational behaviour in technology engineering (A3, A5, K3, K6)
- Apply risk analysis in technology engineering (A6, K5, K6, S1)
- Apply PEST/SWOT analysis on technology engineering challenges (K3, K4, K6, S2, S3)
- Demonstrate awareness of Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability (A2, A4, K5, K6, S3)
- Communicate within teams and stakeholders using appropriate verbal, written and technological approaches (A2, A7, K6, S3, S4)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Workshop |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Group Meetings |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
8.50 | 12 weeks | 102 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual/Group | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
(i) achieve an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and(ii) complete the project to an acceptable standard. A rubric will be used to determine if students have met the acceptable standard. The rubric is available on Canvas. Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (i) and (ii) in full, will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Technical content in the selected major
- Global Environmental Challenges
- Organisational Behaviour
- PEST/SWOT Analysis
- Risk Analysis
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.