CHE6885 Principles and practices for sustainable development
Faculty of Engineering
CHE6885 Principles and practices for sustainable development is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for CHE6885. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before CHE6885
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After CHE6885
No unit lists CHE6885 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in the Engineering PHD program or with permission from the Faculty of Engineering
Overview
This unit introduces the concept of sustainable development in engineering, involving environmental, economic and social considerations in the planning, development of a new product and implementation of a new or existing process.
This unit also ventures into systematic approaches to design sustainable processes and products by conducting life cycle assessment, risk assessments and cost analysis. These themes will be developed in lectures, problem-based sessions and supported by an individual project work related to selected industrial processes or products.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Written and/or group assessmentThreshold hurdle15%
- IGNITE assignmentThreshold hurdle25%
- Sustainability project assignmentThreshold hurdle30%
- Final assessmentThreshold hurdle30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply ethical standards and sustainability principles in solving engineering problems
- 2
Apply principles of sustainable development to develop sustainable designs of products or processes
- 3
Analyse local legislations and schemes related to sustainable development and implementation of these schemes in sustainable design of products and processes
- 4
Predict the environmental impacts involved in the lifecycle of a product or process using lifecycle assessment
- 5
Conduct risk assessments and cost analysis to evaluate the sustainability of a process
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 4-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-8 hours 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.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Chong Meng Nan
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Chong Meng Nan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CHE6885?
CHE6885 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is CHE6885 offered?
In 2021, CHE6885 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.
How much work is CHE6885?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does CHE6885 have an exam?
No. CHE6885 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 0
- Level
- 6
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Type
- HDR
- EFTSL
- 0
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021