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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply a structured design process to complete an assigned design task

2.

Apply ethics, safety and sustainability in product and experiment design

3.

Communicate to engineers and lay persons the purpose, processes and results of a design

4.

Apply the social, cultural, global, sustainability and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer in a design project

5.

Learn and apply creative thinking and open-ended problem-solving to design systems and/or processes to satisfy user requirements

6.

Apply the value of diversity in generating creative solutions to problems

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:
  • Introduction to the Engineering Design Process – Fact finding (defining objectives); Idea finding (defining functions);
  • Solution finding (evaluating alternatives)
  • Sustainability in Design
  • Project Planning and Project Management 
  • Engineering Economics
  • Engineering and social justice
  • Climate Change Mitigation
  • Technologies and policy for sustainable development
  • indigenous knowledge
  • Design Challenge from industry or community relevant projects.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

This curriculum aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 15: Life on land
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals