Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Engineering Design 1
  • Unit Code

    DEN3101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Through practical workshop activities, students focus on virtual and 3D modeling of systems and structures, and on making design choices based on an understanding of materials, forces and structures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply design-appraising skills.
  2. Communicate and document ideas using graphical communication techniques.
  3. Demonstrate an awareness of and apply relevant design considerations to technological problems.
  4. Develop project management skills.
  5. Evidence and awareness of environmental considerations.
  6. Select and apply appropriate design methods for confronting technological problems.
  7. Select materials and appropriate processes for specific applications.

Unit Content

  1. Design processes.
  2. Development of documentation strategies.
  3. Elements of structures and designing structures.
  4. Modelling and prototype development.
  5. Problem investigation, definition and analysis strategies.
  6. Research in technology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, videos, workshop and practical assignments with design folios and student presentation of finished designs.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProject 140%
AssignmentProject 260%

Text References

  • ^ Norman, E., et al. (1995). Advanced design and technology. Singapore: Longman.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

DEN3101|1|1

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Engineering Design 1
  • Unit Code

    DEN3101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Through practical workshop activities, students focus on virtual and 3D modeling of systems and structures, and on making design choices based on an understanding of materials, forces and structures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply design-appraising skills.
  2. Communicate and document ideas using graphical communication techniques.
  3. Demonstrate an awareness of and apply relevant design considerations to technological problems.
  4. Develop project management skills.
  5. Evidence and awareness of environmental considerations.
  6. Select and apply appropriate design methods for confronting technological problems.
  7. Select materials and appropriate processes for specific applications.

Unit Content

  1. Design processes.
  2. Development of documentation strategies.
  3. Elements of structures and designing structures.
  4. Modelling and prototype development.
  5. Problem investigation, definition and analysis strategies.
  6. Research in technology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, videos, workshop and practical assignments with design folios and student presentation of finished designs.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProject 140%
AssignmentProject 260%

Text References

  • ^ Norman, E., et al. (1995). Advanced design and technology. Singapore: Longman.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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