CHE4161 Engineer in society
Faculty of Engineering
CHE4161 Engineer in society is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- Exam 55%
- and 2 other tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for CHE4161. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before CHE4161
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After CHE4161
1 unit list CHE4161 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Completion of 18 credit points of Level 3, 4 or 5 engineering study.
Overview
An introduction to the role of engineers in the context of their employment in industry and their interaction with the wider community. You will obtain an understanding of triple-bottom-line reporting as a driver for management, involving financial, environmental and the social impact of business. Financial management will include project management, project risk, market analysis, project costing and finance and financial indicators. Environmental management will look at the approval process for new projects and ongoing environmental improvement strategies. Social management will look at company organisation, the role of unions, occupational health and safety law and safety management.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for CHE4161.
Assessment
- AssignmentsWrittenThreshold hurdle30%
- Team assignmentWrittenThreshold hurdle15%
- Flux quiz/Workshop assessmentExaminationThreshold hurdle15%
- Final assessmentExaminationThreshold hurdle40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appraise the role of a professional engineer, Code of Conduct and Ethics.
- 2
Deliberate the factors affecting the market for specific products and an understanding of market risks to industries involved in manufacturing businesses.
- 3
Demonstrate teamwork skills for working in group projects.
- 4
Design the normal project timeline using a GANNT chart, including the hurdles required for financing a new project.
- 5
Appraise the approval process for government jurisdiction for environmental assessment and a plant safety case and have some understanding of the key points of environmental law, and occupational health and safety legislation.
- 6
Demonstrate the ability to carry out the risk assessment and formulate the risk management for a process plant.
- 7
Demonstrate the ability to produce an environmental improvement plan for a process and carry out a HAZOP of a part of a process and draw a fault-tree diagram.
- 8
Demonstrate the ability to estimate the equipment costs for a process, the plant capital and operating costs, including a cash flow analysis and calculate the net present value of a project using discounted cash flow and determine its financial viability.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
You will be working in a team with 5 to 6 members. Your group will be given several case studies (simplified problem scenarios derived from the real world) throughout the semester so that you can get the opportunity to practice how to make appropriate engineering decisions in the given problem scenarios. These case studies aim to help you to make better decisions in the future based on the engineering knowledge you have learnt.
You will apply the theory and concepts covered in recorded videos to practical problems presented during the workshop sessions. This will give you better comprehension and insight into the subject matters.
The 2-hours weekly workshops will be conducted in-class.
Learning resources
Required resources
In addition to the scheduled 1-hour lecture and 2 hours of workshop each week, there will be 2 to 3 hours of additional learning/teaching material provided as either notes or recorded videos that you will be expected to review and study.
Recommended resources
- Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach; 2nd ed.; by Center for Chemical Process Safety, 2009, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
- David Brennan, Process Industry Economics – Principles, Concepts and Applications, 2nd ed; Elsevier Inc.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CHE4161?
CHE4161 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after CHE4161?
CHE4161 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including CHE4170.
When is CHE4161 offered?
CHE4161 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is CHE4161?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does CHE4161 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 55% of the final mark, alongside 3 other tasks.