ENG5100 Professional engineer in organisation and society
Faculty of Engineering
ENG5100 Professional engineer in organisation and society is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
This unit will prepare you to move into organisations and society more broadly as a professional engineer. It will provide insights and strategies that will enable a successful transition from academic studies through an understanding and application of business and industry practices, in an engineering context. You will gain an understanding of the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability as a driver for management, utilising tools including Triple Bottom Line reporting. Relevant legal issues will be covered. This will be drawn together in discussing the role of the professional engineer, including risk management, safety, ethical behaviour and decision-making.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate the ability to think and act strategically: analyse a complex problem, decide the required outcomes, identify, analyse and evaluate alternative courses of action, and devise a plan to achieve the required outcomes.
- 2
Analyse an engineering project by applying the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability, utilising tools including Triple Bottom Line reporting.
- 3
Function effectively and professionally within a peer team environment.
- 4
Communicate technical and non-technical information effectively with external associates, including contractors, consultants and regulators.
- 5
Value and apply the principles of human decision-making in negotiating acceptable outcomes to address conflicting stakeholder perspectives.
- 6
Engage effectively with external community stakeholders to inform engineering decision-making.
- 7
Value and apply the professional, legal, ethical and risk management standards required of a professional engineer.
Workload and teaching
3 hours of workshop classes and 9 hours of private study per week.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Jeffrey Walker
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Michael Kennedy
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ENG5100?
ENG5100 has no prerequisites.
When is ENG5100 offered?
In 2020, ENG5100 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.