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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

ENGG1111: INTEGRATED ENGINEERING 1 Semester 1, 2019 | 6 Credit Points | Mode: Normal-Day Sessions Valid: Semester 1, Semester 2 Coordinator(s): Rod Fiford WARNING: This unit version is currently under review and is subject to change! 1. INTRODUCTION Integrated Engineering 1 is an introductory Unit of Study within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies. It aims to provide commencing undergraduate engineering students with an understanding of the nature and diversity of engineering practice and begin the development of a set of intellectual tools for integrating their ongoing personal, academic, and professional development. Through an open-ended design project, the unit highlights foundational engineering and professional practice skills, and the application of these skills to real world projects and workplace practice. It demonstrates the role that various professional and academic competencies play in the ability to manage contemporary professional engineering issues. Students are also introduced to the Engineers Australia (EA) Stage 1 Competency Standards as one framework for monitoring their professional development, and complete a professional development reflective task which includes a self-assessment of their current understanding and capabilities against this framework. This process of open-ended projects and professional development will then be advanced throughout the integrated engineering program to develop skills in demonstrating competencies, planning future development, and lifelong learning. This reflective practice, combined with authentic project based learning and assessment supports student understanding of the way in which the diverse elements of their degree integrate together synergistically to establish emergent professional capabilities. In developing knowledge of the engineering discipline, students enhance their capacity for lifelong learning through critical reflection and selfassessment, creating and monitoring career goals as well as building a sense of responsibility for their learning. Through case studies, design projects and challenges, students expand their communication skills, develop competency in team-based problem solving and in creating innovative solutions, as well as apply critical thinking and inquiry. The activities encourage the development of research skills, experience of the engineering design process, leading and managing projects, and the significance of ethics, safety and sustainability.

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. See assessment summary table below for details of which outcomes are assessed where. Outcomes are listed according to the course goals that they support. Unassigned Outcomes 1. Understand the responsibilities and issues of professional engineering practice. 2. Critically reflect on personal professional development in relation to learning outcomes and expected competencies developing the capacity to self and peer assess. 3. Demonstrate knowledge in using and managing appropriate resources and communication technologies. 4. Demonstrate written, oral and graphical communication skills at academic standard. 5. Explain the nature and challenges of interdisciplinary engineering design and processes. 6. Contribute productively to a design and build project as part of a team. 7. Show commitment to work effectively as part of a team being constructive, contributing ideas and completing tasks on time. 8. Indicate progress in understanding diverse ways of knowing and doing across different engineering disciplines. 9. Indicate progress in advancing capability. For further details of course goals related to these learning outcomes, see online unit outline at http://cusp.eng.usyd.edu.au/students/view-unitpage/alpha/ENGG1111 .

3. ASSESSMENT TASKS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Assessment name Academic Honesty Education module* Research brief and team contribution plan* Peer review of research brief/team contribution Design Project - Requirements brief* Design Project - Design proposal* Design Project - Presentation and video* Design Project - Self and Peer Assessment* Threshold exam* (during lecture time) Professional contribution and reflection*

Team-based? No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No

Weight Due 0% Week 4 (Thursday, 11 pm) 15% Week 4 (Thursday, 11 pm) 5% Week 6 (Thursday, 11 pm) 10% Week 7 (Thursday, 11 pm) 20% Week 9 (Thursday, 11 pm) 20% Week 11 (During your timetabled class) 0% Multiple Weeks 20% Week 12 (Monday) 10% Week 13 (Thursday, 11 pm)

Outcomes Assessed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 4, 6, 7 1, 4, 6, 7 2, 4, 7, 8 1, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 9

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION * indicates an assessment task which must be repeated if a student misses it due to special consideration

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Academic Honesty Education Module - The Academic Honesty Education Module is a required assessment component of your whole degree. I is suggested that you complete this module within the first 4 weeks of your academic year. Design Project - this has four assessment components: 1) Requirements brief - a written document describing detailed design requirements developed from the design scenario brief and independent research and ideation. 2) Design proposal - a written document describing the proposed design and it`s justification and a proof of concept in the form of a prototype, system model, and/or design drawings as appropriate for the design. 3) Presentation and Video - an oral presentation to be delivered in class by the group and a short video that sells the key features and strengths of the design. 4) Self and peer assessment - SPARKPLUS self and peer reviews of team process and performance in each of the design project assessments. Results from these reviews may be used to adjust individual group member marks to reflect individual contributions to the assessment task. Threshold Exam: The threshold exam is designed to assess the minimum required level of knowledge and understanding in the unit. Students must achieve at least 75% in the threshold exam to pass the assessment and the unit overall. For those students who fail the threshold exam on the first attempt, a supplementary threshold exam will be held in week 14. Students who fail to achieve 75% in either the original or supplementary threshold exam will receive a maximum unit grade of 45F. 75% in the exam equates to 12.5 marks, 100% equals 25 marks; Grade Calculation: If result ≥ 75%, (%Result - 75%) * 0.5 +12.5. If result < 75%, (%Result) * 0.167. Research brief/team contribution plan and peer review: The research brief and team contribution plan is a written submission outlining research findings of relevance to the major design project and student plan for future team contribution (for the design project). This is an individual task. All students will also peer review other research briefs and provide detailed feedback. Professional self reflection: This is a written reflective assessment task focusing on students` development with supporting evidence and reference to their team contribution plan submitted in week 4. Late penalties: Written work submitted after the due date/time will be considered to have been submitted late. For every calendar day up to and including ten calendar days after the due date, a penalty of 5% of the maximum awardable marks will be applied to late work. The penalty will be calculated by first marking the work, and then subtracting 5% of the maximum awardable mark for each calendar day after the due date. For work submitted more than ten calendar days after the due date a mark of zero will be awarded. There will be no late submissions allowed for SPARKPLUS assessments (self and peer review of team contribution and peer review of the technical research brief) or in class presentations. To pass this unit, students must complete all assessment tasks or will receive a 45 FA final grade. All group project assessments require you to review your performance and that of your team members using SPARKPLUS, marks may be adjusted based on these peer reviews.

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK Students are encouraged to use feedback on assessments to improve on subsequent assessment tasks.

ASSESSMENT GRADING Final grades in this unit are awarded at levels of HD for High Distinction, DI (previously D) for Distinction, CR for Credit, PS (previously P) for Pass and FA (previously F) for Fail as defined by University of Sydney Assessment Policy. Details of the Assessment Policy are available on the Policies website at http://sydney.edu.au/policies . Standards for grades in individual assessment tasks and the summative method for obtaining a final mark in the unit will be set out in a marking guide supplied by the unit coordinator.

4. STUDY COMMITMENT The teaching component is designed to engage students productively in learning and working with others as well as contribute to the development of independent learning. The learning activities support students being able to achieve the intended learning outcomes of the unit. Lectures consist of a combination of standard face-to-face session and online sessions in which students complete activities. Tutorials expand on the concepts introduced in lecture material and involve students in small and large project work or challenges. Students will need to work independently on aspects of their project and professional development planning and review, completing a number of activities as part of their self development and on enhancing their knowledge of engineering professional practice.

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Activity Lecture Tutorial Independent Study

Hours per Week 1.00 3.00 4.00

Sessions per Week 1 2

Weeks per Semester 13 13 13

Standard unit of study workload at this university should be from 1.5 to 2 hours per credit point which means 9-12 hours for a normal 6 credit point unit of study. For units that are based on research or practical experience, hours may vary. For lecture and tutorial timetable, see University timetable site at: web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

5. TEACHING STAFF AND CONTACT DETAILS COORDINATOR(S) Name Dr Fiford, Rod

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Phone

Email [email protected]

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6. RESOURCES COURSE WEBSITE(S) All readings for the unit are on Canvas which is the Learning Management System (LMS) for this unit of study.

NOTE ON RESOURCES Students are encouraged to find appropriate career-related and self development courses provided by the University. They are also encouraged to find suitable resources that support their learning goals.

7. ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE None.

PREREQUISITES None.

PROHIBITIONS ENGG1803 OR ENGG1061.

8. POLICIES ACADEMIC HONESTY While the University is aware that the vast majority of students and staff act ethically and honestly, it is opposed to and will not tolerate academic dishonesty or plagiarism and will treat all allegations of dishonesty seriously. All students are expected to be familiar and act in compliance with the relevant University policies, procedures and codes, which include: -

Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015

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Academic Honesty Procedures 2016

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Code of Conduct for Students

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Research Code of Conduct 2013 (for honours and postgraduate dissertation units)

They can be accessed via the University''s Policy Register: http://sydney.edu.au/policies (enter "Academic Honesty" in the search field). Students should never use document-sharing sites and should be extremely wary of using online “tutor” services. Further information on academic honesty and the resources available to all students can be found on the Academic Integrity page of the University website: http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/EI/index.shtml Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Academic dishonesty involves seeking unfair academic advantage or helping another student to do so. You may be found to have engaged in academic dishonesty if you: -

Resubmit (or “recycle”) work that you have already submitted for assessment in the same unit or in a different unit or previous attempt;

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Use assignment answers hosted on the internet, including those uploaded to document sharing websites by other students.

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Have someone else complete part or all of an assignment for you, or do this for another student.

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Except for legitimate group work purposes, providing assignment questions and answers to other students directly or through social media platforms

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or document (“notes”) sharing websites, including essays and written reports. -

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Engage in examination misconduct, including using cheat notes or unapproved electronic devices (e.g., smartphones), copying from other students, discussing an exam with another person while it is in progress, or removing confidential examination papers from the examination venue. Engage in dishonest plagiarism.

Plagiarism means presenting another person’s work as if it is your own without properly or adequately referencing the original source of the work. Plagiarism is using someone else’s ideas, words, formulas, methods, evidence, programming code, images, artworks, or musical creations without proper acknowledgement. If you use someone’s actual words you must use quotation marks as well as an appropriate reference. If you use someone’s ideas, formulas, methods, evidence, tables or images you must use a reference. You must not present someone’s artistic work, musical creation, programming code or any other form of intellectual property as your own. If referring to any of these, you must always present them as the work of their creator and reference in an appropriate way. Plagiarism is always unacceptable, regardless of whether it is done intentionally or not. It is considered dishonest if done knowingly, with intent to deceive or if a reasonable person can see that the assignment contains more work copied from other sources than the student’s original work. The University understands that not all plagiarism is dishonest and provides students with opportunities to improve their academic writing, including their understanding of scholarly citation and referencing practices. USE OF SIMILARITY DETECTION SOFTWARE All written assignments submitted in this unit of study will be submitted to the similarity detecting software program known as Turnitin. Turnitin searches for matches between text in your written assessment task and text sourced from the Internet, published works and assignments that have previously been submitted to Turnitin for analysis. There will always be some degree of text-matching when using Turnitin. Text-matching may occur in use of direct quotations, technical terms and phrases, or the listing of bibliographic material. This does not mean you will automatically be accused of academic dishonesty or plagiarism, although Turnitin reports may be used as evidence in academic dishonesty and plagiarism decision-making processes. Computer programming assignments may also be checked by specialist code similarity detection software. The Faculty of Engineering & IT currently uses the MOSS similarity detection engine (see http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/) . These programs work in a similar way to TII in that they check for similarity against a database of previously submitted assignments and code available on the internet, but they have added functionality to detect cases of similarity of holistic code structure in cases such as global search and replace of variable names, reordering of lines, changing of comment lines, and the use of white space.

Students need to familiarise themselves with the University and Faculty policies and specifically need to read the Student Code of Conduct and Academic Honesty, see http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/index.shtml.

9. WEEKLY SCHEDULE Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

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Week

Topics/Activities

Week 1

Introduction to Integrated Engineering, what do engineers do?

Week 2

Communication and basic project management

Week 3

Critical thinking and innovation

Week 4

Design principles/cycle, requirements, verification and testing Assessment Due: Academic Honesty Education module* Assessment Due: Research brief and team contribution plan*

Week 5

Human centred design, ethics

Week 6

Learning as a professional, professional development, critical self reflection Assessment Due: Peer review of research brief/team contribution

Week 7

Product life cycles, sustainability

Week 8

Risk and uncertainty, hierarchy of control in design context

Week 9

Engineering standards

Week 10

Engineering case studies

Week 11

Exam revision

Week 12

Threshold exam during lecture

Assessment Due: Design Project - Requirements brief*

Assessment Due: Design Project - Design proposal*

Assessment Due: Design Project - Presentation and video*

Assessment Due: Threshold exam* (during lecture time) Week 13

Subject review – best presentation video Assessment Due: Professional contribution and reflection*

Post-Semester

Week 14: Supplementary threshold exam (only for those students that failed the threshold exam in week 12 or have special consideration granted)

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