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ENGP2000: Professional Engagement Program 2

Semester 2, 2020 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

The BEHonours degree (and all associated combined degrees) requires all students to develop a deep understanding of the professional and social contexts in which their engineering knowledge can be applied, and how this context shapes the application of their knowledge. This involves a strong engagement with the practice of their profession and ensuring that they are responsive to the needs and context of industry and community. This engagement is met through the completion of the PEP - Professional Engagement Program - a degree-long integrated program of professional development activities that involves students in contextualising their learning, progressively taking greater responsibility for their own development, and building the foundations of a strong professional engineering career. Once students have completed the requirements of the second stage of the Professional Engagement Program they will pass PEP2.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit Engineering
Credit points 0
Prerequisites
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ENGP1000 AND [24cp of ENGI units of study]
Corequisites
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None
Prohibitions
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ENGG4000 OR ENGG5217
Assumed knowledge
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None

Available to study abroad and exchange students

No

Teaching staff

Coordinator Anthony Kadi, anthony.kadi@sydney.edu.au
Type Description Weight Due Length
Assignment hurdle task Professional engagement portfolio
The portfolio has multiple elements described elsewhere in this document
100% Multiple weeks about 30-40 hours over 3 semesters
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7
hurdle task = hurdle task ?

Assessment summary

The Professional Engagement Portfolio consists of the following components:

  • Pre-work for each workshop class: completed online in Canvas and submitted online.
  • In-class activity: completed during workshop classes and submitted online in Canvas.
  • Online PEP activity claims: lodged in SONIA and peer-assessed by other students and/or staff. The minimum number of PEP hours to be completed each semester (PEP1+PEP2) is:
    • Semester 1: 110 hours
    • Semester 2: 140 hours
    • Semester 3: 190 hours
  • ENGP2000 can be completed in 2, 3 or 4 semesters. Once the following PEP hour requirements have been completed (PEP1+PEP2), students can register for an assessment workshop in Sonia:
    • 120 hours of approved engineering focused activities
    • 50 hours of approved non-engineering focused activities
    • 220 hours of approved PEP activities in total
  • Peer reviews of activity claims: you need to complete as many peer reviews as forms that you lodge.
  • A written offer of an internship job: you will need to achieve this before you can complete PEP2.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

This unit is assessed as pass/fail

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes
Week 01 SEM1: Pre-work for intro workshop (only required if you have received advanced standing for PEP1) - canvas modules 0, and 0.1.1 Independent study (4 hr) LO1 LO2
SEM1: Complete online pre-work for planning workshop in canvas - modules 0 and 1.1 Independent study (2 hr) LO1 LO3
Week 02 SEM1: Intro workshop class - only required if you have received advanced standing for PEP1). Choose one date/time during weeks 2, 3 or 4. Complete canvas module 0.1.2 Workshop (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO5
SEM1: Planning workshop class (choose one date/time in Sonia during weeks 2, 3 or 4). Complete canvas module 1.2 Workshop (2 hr) LO1 LO3
SEM2: Pre-work for review workshop 2 class - complete canvas module 3.1 before attending the review workshop 2 class. Independent study (2 hr) LO4
SEM3: Pre-work for review 3 workshop - complete canvas module 4.1 before attending your review workshop 3 class Independent study (2 hr) LO4 LO6
Week 05 SEM1: Pre-work for review workshop 1. Complete module 2.1 in canvas after your planning workshop class and before your review workshop 1 class. Independent study (2 hr) LO1 LO3 LO4
SEM2: Review workshop 2 class (choose ONE date/time in Sonia in weeks 5, 6 or 7). Complete canvas module 3.2 Workshop (2 hr) LO4
SEM3: Review workshop 3 class (choose ONE date/time in Sonia during weeks 5, 6 or 7). Complete canvas module 4.2 Workshop (2 hr) LO4 LO6
Week 08 SEM1: Review workshop 1 class (choose ONE date/time in Sonia during weeks 8, 9 or 10). Complete canvas module 2.2. Workshop (2 hr) LO1 LO3 LO4
SEM3 or 4: Pre-work for assessment workshop - complete module 5.1 in canvas) Independent study (2 hr)  
Week 11 Write activity claims in Sonia and complete peer reviews throughout each semester Independent study (4 hr) LO2 LO5
SEM3 or 4: Assessment workshop (choose ONE date/time in Sonia during weeks 10, 11 or 12 ONLY once you have 220 PEP hours approved and you have a written offer for an internship job). Complete module 5.2 in canvas Workshop (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO5 LO7
Week 12 Deadline to lodge claims for minimum hours for each semester is FRI Week 12 Independent study (2 hr) LO2

Attendance and class requirements

Note: This unit of study runs over 2, 3 or 4 semesters

Completion of online pre-work, attendance at workshop classes and satisfactory completion of class activities are a pass requirement of this unit:

  • Semester 1:
    • Complete canvas modules 0, 0.1 (if applicable*), 1.1 before attending the planning workshop class
    • Attend the planning workshop class and complete canvas module 1.2 during class
    • Complete canvas module 2.1 before attending the review workshop 1 class
    • Attend the review workshop 1 class and complete canvas module 2.2 during class
  • Semester 2:
    • Complete canvas module 3.1 before attending the review workshop 2 class
    • Attend the review workshop 2 class and complete canvas module 3.2 during class
  • Semester 3#:
    • Complete canvas module 4.1 before attending the review workshop 3 class
    • Attend the review workshop 3 class and complete canvas module 4.2
    • Complete canvas module 5.1 before attending the assessment workshop class
    • Complete canvas module 5.2 during the assessment workshop class

*Note: You only need to complete module 0.1 if you received advanced standing for PEP1. 

# Note: If you complete ENGP2000 in 2 semesters, you will need to complete items listed from semester 3 in your 2nd semester. If you complete ENGP2000 in 4 semesters, you will need to attend an additional review workshop in your 4th semester and also complete your assessment workshop in the 4th semester.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester.

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Continue setting short and medium term personal and professional development goals, tracking and meeting them
  • LO2. Document learning from professional development activities in a reflective manner and with appropriate evidence
  • LO3. Identify engineering intern employer needs, specific to your area of study, as well as contemporary hiring practices, and use this to inform personal and professional development
  • LO4. Build and articulate a strong value proposition to a potential engineering internship employer in both written and oral forms
  • LO5. Develop a growing portfolio of professional engagement activities linked to the Engineers Australia National Competency standard for Professional Engineers (stage 1), and use this as evidence to support your value proposition
  • LO6. Obtain a written offer of a faculty approved engineering internship job to be completed prior to undertaking PEP3
  • LO7. Understand your rights and responsibilities with regard to workplace health and safety as well as professional ethics

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

Only a small number of students have completed ENGP2000 to date, so there is insufficient data for this.

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