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ENG720 - Honours Thesis

2021

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Engineering

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

ENG401

Prerequisites

(Must have passed 1 units in {PMO201} -AND- (Must have passed 2 units in {HIT237, PRT451, PRT581} -OR- Must have passed 2 units in {ENG442, ENG443} -OR- Must have passed 2 units in {ENG462, ENG469, ENG515, ENG569} -OR- (Must have passed 1 units in {ENG471, ENG571} -AND- Must have passed 1 units in {ENG473, ENG474, ENG573, ENG574} ) -OR- (Must have passed 1 units in {ENG486, ENG586} -AND- Must have passed 1 units in {ENG481, ENG482, ENG581, ENG582} )))

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Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

The Engineering Thesis consists of two parts, completed by taking ENG720 twice - initially as the first part of the thesis and then as the second part of the thesis. The two parts of the engineering thesis bring together the knowledge and skills acquired in all aspects of the engineering program in the form of an individual research thesis which is undertaken by the student under the guidance of an academic supervisor.

The main features of the thesis are:

an individual research project which investigates an area of engineering relevant to the student's specialisation

application of technical, design, experimentation, analysis, management and communications learning from previous engineering units in the engineering course

The thesis can be carried out within a university, industry or government setting, but it must be completed under the guidance of an academic staff member. It can be commenced in either the first or the second semester.

This unit is reliant on on-line materials including the electronic submission of assessment items. Students must have access to a reliable high-speed broadband connection and a scanner.

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Develop a research proposal that articulates an appropriate strategy to investigate a selected topic area or research problem.
2.	Conduct a literature review and critique of previous research related to the research topic.
3.	Formulate and justify an appropriate methodology to investigate the research topic or problem.
4.	Implement planned research procedures, including the design and construction of equipment as relevant.
5.	Critically analyse and evaluate research findings.
6.	Disseminate research findings and recommendations through a well constructed thesis.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Part A - Research plan (indicative page number is 10)	5%	1
2.	Part A - Poster presentation	10%	1,2,3,4,5,6
3.	Part A - Interim report (indicative length is 15,000 words)	25%	1,2,3,4,5,6
4.	Part A - Weekly progress report forms (80% or more satisfactorily completed)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6
5.	Part A - Weekly research skills activities (80% or more satisfactorily completed)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6
6.	Part B - Oral presentation (indicative length 10 minutes)	10%	1,2,3,4,5,6
7.	Part B - Final thesis (indicative length is 20,000 words)	50%	1,2,3,4,5,6
8.	Part B - Weekly progress report forms (80% or more satisfactorily completed)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6
9.	Part B - Weekly research skills activities (80% or more satisfactorily completed)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6
10.	Part B - Submission of three hard bound copies of the corrected thesis	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2021	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2021	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2021	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2021	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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