Unit of Study ENGN6002 Engineering Management for a Sustainable Future (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Challenges students to engage in engineering management for a wide range of social, environmental and economic aspects of a sustainable future. Decision-making strategies for shaping sustainability outcomes from infrastructure and engineering technology and new Innovations are explored. A case study enables students to apply strategies for a sustainable future across the engineering system life cycle, from concept to implementation and operation.

Unit content

Social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable engineering projects
Life-cycle approaches and sustainability metrics
Sustainable technologies and innovations
Planning and decision making
Case studies

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Melbourne	N/A	Term4
Online	Term4	Term4
Perth	N/A	Term4
Sydney	N/A	Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically evaluate and reflect on social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable engineering projects

apply evaluation tools for sustainable engineering practice decisions

identify and critically evaluate a range of emerging sustainable technologies

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Discussion board	40%
Reflective writing	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Discussion board	40%
Reflective writing	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Discussion board	40%
Reflective writing	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Discussion board	40%
Reflective writing	40%

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Fee information

Domestic

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