| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Research and Quantitative Methods |
| Unit ID: | ENGIN5001 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (ENGIN3001) |
| ASCED: | 030701 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
The course facilitates students to recognise knowledge gaps and identify research objectives, undertake effective literature reviews, determine appropriate methods and experimental design to collect, analyse and interpret information relevant to an area of engineering research. The course further develop students ability to critically and objectively reflect on knowledge and information of their own and others work. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | |  | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Relate the process of analysis, identification and selection of appropriate methods and techniques to carry out a research project. |
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| K2. | Explain the importance of a good methodology to approach and undertake a complex engineering research project. |
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| K3. | Understand the importance of experimental design, including the accounting for uncertainty, when undertaking research. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Critically analyse information and data from a range of sources and at an advanced level. |
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| S2. | Demonstrate an ability to manage time, and potentially a complex set of resources, for the successful completion of an engineering project. |
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| S3. | Appropriately construct research questions suitable for the desired research outcomes. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Critically and thoughtfully apply knowledge gained in a complex project environment. |
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| A2. | Development of research proposal. |
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| A3. | Apply developed oral and written communication skills in a complex project environment. |
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| Unit Content: |
•Research proposals: Research questions, aims, objectives, hypothesis.
•Information search: Process, sources, evaluation, references.
•Ethics: Informed consent, confidentiality, social and environmental factors.
•Quantitative data and qualitative data.
•Questionnaires, interviews, focus groups.
•Design of experiments.
•Statistical analysis of data.
•Critical analysis. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1 - K3, S1 - S3, A1 - A3 | A research proposal report and / or presentation to justify the choice of the selected project through a detailed description of the work being proposed and an outline of the proposed research methodology to adopt. | Report and / or presentation | 20% - 40% | | 2. | K1 - K3, S1 - S3, A1 - A3 | Undertake a literature review, develop a research methodology, and give a presentation and / or write a report examining a complex problem or concept in engineering. | Final project report and / or presentation | 60% - 80% |
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