ENEG12008 - Appropriate Technology for Humanitarian Projects

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will expand on your knowledge of humanitarian engineering by assessing and evaluating how using appropriate technologies can influence the success of humanitarian projects. You will work as an individual to research the real-world application of technologies and determine their effectiveness in a variety of cultural settings by creating an evaluation framework. In subsequent work as a team, you will further assess and review a complex humanitarian project regarding the adequacy of the adopted technologies. Following this analysis, you shall make recommendations for possible improvements. In addition to enhancing your technical knowledge related to the appropriate adoption of technologies, you should further develop skills in teamwork, creativity, cultural awareness, communication, problem-solving and critical thinking.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: SOCL11059 Introducing Social Change OR MGMT11167 Foundations of Social Innovation

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 100% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Improve clarity of unit requirements
Recommendation
Ensure time is taken in the first lecture to outline unit requirements.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Appreciation of project based work
Recommendation
Continue with assessments based on research into appropriate technology.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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