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ENGG4000: Practical Experience
2025 unit information
The BE requires students to obtain industrial work experience of twelve weeks duration (60 working days) or its equivalent towards satisfying the requirements for award of the degree. Students are recommended to undertake their work experience in the break between Year 3 and 4, however any engineering work taken after Year 2 may be accepted for the requirements of this unit. Students must be exposed to professional engineering practice to enable them to develop an engineering approach and ethos, and to gain an appreciation of engineering ethics. and to gain an appreciation of engineering ethics. The student is required to login to Sonia and start your Practical experience proposal applications. Assessment in this unit is by the submission portfolio containing written reports on the involvement of industry. Assessments is via Sonia. For details of the reporting requirements, go to the faculty's Practical Experience website http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/practical-experience/index.shtml. Students normally enrol in ENGG4000 after completing the practical work and will be assessed via written submission.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Engineering |
| Credit points | 0 |
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Prerequisites:
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24 credit points of 3000 or higher level ENGI units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ENGP1000 or ENGP2000 or ENGP3000 or ENGG5217 or CHNG4203 or AMME4010 or ELEC4714 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Propose an engineering intern job for faculty approval that meets the required criteria
- LO2. Experience a faculty approved engineering internship job for a total of 420 hours (12 weeks full-time)
- LO3. Document your engineering internship job using a logbook
- LO4. Analyse and evaluate your learning from your engineering internship job in a clearly written reflective report
- LO5. Relate knowledge and experience gained during formal study to engineering practice, assessing gaps and making recommendations for improvements
Unit availability
This section lists the session, attendance modes and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives you information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.
The outline is published 2 weeks before the first day of teaching. You can look at previous outlines for a guide to the details of a unit.
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Intensive April 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive February 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive January 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive June 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive March 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive May 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive August 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive December 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive July 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive November 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive October 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive September 2025
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Professional practice | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Modes of attendance (MoA)
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Important enrolment information
Additional advice
Students should have completed three years of their BE program before enrolling in this unit. Students who commenced their degree from 2018 onwards should complete the Professional Engagement Program. See Canvas [https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/2806/pages/professional-engagement-program-pep] for details.
