MEC2408 Advanced engineering technologies
Faculty of Engineering
MEC2408 Advanced engineering technologies is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for MEC2408. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MEC2408
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MEC2408
No unit lists MEC2408 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The unit introduces a range of fundamental technologies, processes and manufacturing methods used in the creation of engineering artefacts, and explains their relative merits and limitations. 3D Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) tools are utilised to design and manufacture using advanced technologies.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for MEC2408.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify engineering technologies, processes, materials and artefacts;
- 2
Select and apply appropriate protocols to ensure safety and environmental protection.
- 3
Use a range of fundamental technologies to construct engineering artefacts.
- 4
Design and construct an engineering artefact using at least one advanced engineering technology and incorporating the use of computer aided design.
Workload and teaching
Clayton Campus:
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. A unit requires on average three to five hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Malaysia campus:
Two hours of lectures (or equivalent), 4 - 5 hours of other scheduled activities (1-2 hours of practicals and/or 3-4 hours of labs or practicals) and 7 - 8 hours of private study per week, for a total of 12 hours per week and 144 hours per semester not including the independent hours during mid-semester break, swot vac and exam periods. When the independent hours in these periods are included, the total workload is 204 hours per semester.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Scott Wordley
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Chris Davies
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MEC2408?
MEC2408 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MEC2408 offered?
MEC2408 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is MEC2408?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020