WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING A

EMS5WLA

2020

Credit points: 30

Subject outline

Working on technical industry projects provides invaluable experience to you both at technical design level as well practising important skills in teamwork, stakeholder engagement, scoping and project management. In this subject you will either work externally in an engineering capacity in a technical work placement, or will work internally in project teams on a design project set by industry or a research laboratory. EMS5WLA is to be taken in conjunction with EMS5WLB, together forming a 60CP capstone experience.

School: Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 30

Subject Co-ordinator: Eddie Custovic

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in one of the following courses SMENC or SMENE or SMENM or SMTNE or SMCEM

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: EMS5WIL OR EMS4WIL

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: Students must have the approval of the subject coordinator to enrol.

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: Yes

Work-based learning: Yes

Self sourced or Uni sourced: Self Sourced
Uni Sourced

Entire subject or partial subject: Entire subject

Total hours/days required: 400 hours

Location of WBL activity (region): Flexible

WBL addtional requirements: Must be taken in last semester of masters degree.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply analysis and design skills to real-world engineering problems.

02. Scope out an engineering project considering key factors.

03. Professionally present both technical and non-technical information in written form for a non-expert audience.

04. Apply and evaluate project and time-management skills in the context of an industry project.

05. Critically evaluate, research and document design and management of the technical project.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Eddie Custovic

Class requirements

Supervisor ConsultationWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 day supervisor consultation per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Externally placed students will meet weekly with industry supervisors and several points through the semester with an academic supervisor. Internal project teams will meet weekly with an academic supervisor.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Written project plan (5000 Words)The project plan will involve scoping out the project and will consider key elements such as risks, scheduling and requirements analysis.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Written progress report (3000 Words)The written progress report will document students contribution to the project and the current state of the project.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Video based oral progress report (2000 Words)Students will submit a 10 minute video which documents their progress and individual contribution.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO3, SILO5

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 29-38, Blended