Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| SCU Online |
Unit description
Challenges students to engage in a wide range of social, environmental and economic aspects for sustainable futures in engineering management. Innovations in sustainable technologies are introduced in addition to decision making strategies. A case study enables students to explore sustainable engineering strategies for the future.
Unit content
- Social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable engineering projects
- Life-cycle approaches and sustainability metrics
- Sustainable technologies and innovations
- Planning and decision making
- Case studies
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | critically evaluate and reflect on social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable engineering projects |
| 2 | apply evaluation tools for sustainable engineering practice decisions |
| 3 | identify and critically evaluate a range of emerging sustainable technologies |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically evaluate and reflect on social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable engineering projects
- apply evaluation tools for sustainable engineering practice decisions
- identify and critically evaluate a range of emerging sustainable technologies
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning |
| Assessment | |
| Report | 20% |
| Forum discussion | 40% |
| Reflective writing | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
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