Engineering Project

DE6102

Level 6
15 Credits
0.125 EFTS
Delivery type:

Online only
Course duration: 16 weeks
Course Duration
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Course cost:

$899 NZ Domestic

Course Cost

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Workload - Approximately 10 hours per week
Prerequisites
- 45 Credits or more at Level 5 and Above in NZDip Engineering.
- DE4103 Technical Literacy12
- DE4301 Engineering CAD
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Availability

Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
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In this online course you will learn to apply knowledge and problem-solving skills to plan and complete an engineering project relevant to the discipline strand studied to accepted practice and standards from a given specification.

Engineering Project is one of two capstone courses for the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering and must be completed at the end of your study journey.

On successful completion of this online course, you will be able to

Develop preliminary design(s), based on a given specification, for an engineering project relevant to your discipline strand
Develop a plan or design parameters considering functionality, safety, environmental, cultural and ethical issues
Undertake well-defined planning and produce as project output
Produce supporting documentation relevant to project output
Evaluate compliance of the project output against specification
Present findings to an audience in a professional manner

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

Access to a laptop or desktop computer
Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.

How to apply

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You can study this course as part of any of the programmes listed below.

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From there you click 'Apply now' and start your study journey.

Diploma

New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) (Fire Engineering) NZ261205 New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) (Mechanical Engineering) NZ261204

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