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Level 6
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15 Credits
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0.125 EFTS
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Course duration: 17 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 9 hours per week
For engineers and surveyors to meet their responsibilities towards society they must be able to appreciate how politics, culture, economics and the law affect their work.
They must also understand how their work impacts on different sections of the community and the physical environment, and be prepared to deal with the issue of long-term sustainability.
The goal of this course is to provide you with the opportunity to develop skills and attitudes that will help you promote and defend your work within your profession and within society at large.
What you will learn
When you successfully complete this course you will be able to
- appreciate the history of technology, and assess the basis of common criticisms of modern technology and associated benefits to human society
- understand the basic concepts behind environmental sustainability
- justify the need to move towards more sustainable practices
- understand the concepts behind, and apply the principles of effective environmental impact assessment
- understand the role of politics, politicians, power and government and illustrate the political dimension of engineering and surveying activities
- acquire a basic knowledge of economics and profitability forecasting
- perform a simple Net Present Value (NPV) exercise using Excel spreadsheet
- assess the likely effects of economic policies on technological enterprises
- appreciate the relevance of social structures and cultural values, and deduce the causal factors behind technological developments during different periods of human history
- propose strategies for working effectively in a multicultural environments
- determine the relevance of social structure and cultural values to the engineering and surveying professions and demonstrate an awareness of the key factors that may influence the practice of engineering in an overseas country
- acquire a basic knowledge of the International and Australian the legal system
- identify ethical and legal constraints that are most likely to concern professional engineers or surveyors
- examine the basic philosophies behind modern technological management management
- identify and discuss conflicts between client and societal expectations and recognise the impacts of globalisation in engineering industries.
Assessment
Assessment for this course is:
- 30% internally assessed
- 70% exam.
For more information about exams, including a full list of exam times see our exam information.
Textbooks
No textbooks are needed 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.