ENRP20001 - Engineering Research Project Planning

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is specifically designed for you to apply the processes of research investigation by analysing, reflecting on, and critiquing an area of your professional practice. You will engage in a problem-based learning approach within an authentic workplace learning environment, ensuring that your investigation is relevant to industry needs. You’ll apply an appropriate research methodology that suits your research problem. By the end of this unit, you will have developed a project proposal to implement in the follow-on unit, Engineering Research Project Implementation.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must have completed a minimum of 36 credit points before they can enrol in this unit. 

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).

Class Timetable View Unit Timetable
Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Melbourne
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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This information will not be available until 8 weeks before term.
To see assessment details from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.

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%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

To view Past Exams,
please login
Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.1% 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: SUTE
Feedback
Class schedule clashes with internship hours
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator should collaborate with the administration team to schedule the classes after hours, taking into account the requirements of internship students and working professionals in the industry.
Action Taken
The Education Scheduling team was consulted to ensure future classes are scheduled on non-internship days.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The updated assessment criteria and templates
Recommendation
The Unit Coordinator should inform the supervisor and reviewers of the updated assessment criteria and templates to ensure consistency.
Action Taken
Assessment templates and rubrics were updated and reviewed for consistency.
Source: Class room feedback
Feedback
Students struggle to manage time for both internship and research projects
Recommendation
Students should be encouraged to discuss thesis requirements with internship providers to request flexibility.
Action Taken
Students were informed of unit expectations and advised to seek support from their internship provider.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students expressed that assessment criteria should be available on Moodle at least two weeks in advance.
Recommendation
Criteria should be available on Moodle at least two weeks before the assessment deadline.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Advisors should offer after-hours meetings for distance learners who work during the day.
Recommendation
The academic adviser should collaborate with students to determine the most suitable meeting time.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Assessment marking rubric should provide clear expectations for grading levels
Recommendation
The marking rubric should clearly indicate expectations for each grading level.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
This information will not be available until 8 weeks before term.
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.