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CIVL9320: Engineering for Sustainable Development
2025 unit information
This unit introduces students to the principles of designing and implementing engineering projects to address global sustainable development challenges. Students will learn about sustainable development theories, frameworks, and debates positioned against the history and legacy of engineering in international development and humanitarian practice. Modules will equip students to apply participatory tools in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of inclusive engineering projects, while reflecting on the ethical dilemmas that surface in cross-cultural engineering work with marginalised communities. The unit provides a survey of design solutions to address basic needs and presents contemporary issues in global development. Students will explore these topics through an immersive real-world design project to understand the landscape of international development and humanitarian work.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Civil Engineering |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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CIVL5320 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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CIVL3310 or CIVL9310 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Converse in, and critically examine sustainable development theories, frameworks, and debates.
- LO2. Understand the history and legacy of engineering in development and humanitarian practice
- LO3. Apply engineering tool-sets to needs assessment, project planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) in developing community contexts
- LO4. Develop sustainable engineering solutions using incomplete or limited data from multiple sources to address complex social, economic, and environmental challenges facing developing communities
- LO5. Choose participative approaches and tools in project planning, implementation, and evaluation to inform more inclusive engineering designs
- LO6. Convey engineering analysis to multi-cultural audiences to inform effective technical solutions and policy recommendations
- LO7. Apply ethical and appropriate judgement in development practice while introspectively examining positionality
- LO8. Employ appropriate teamwork skills across project phases to address development challenges
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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