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Overview

This is a foundational course designed to equip students with an introduction to concepts of engineering practice. The material addressed during this course will provide the foundations of later engineering courses.  Significant aspects of the course address social context, sustainability, ethics, safety, research methods, technical report writing, graphical communication using … For more content click the Read More button below. The workshop practice component of the course will provide engineering students with basic hand tool competencies and other familiarity that will be called upon in future courses. This course will be followed in Semester 2 by ZEIT1501 which will address further CAD modelling, provide an introduction to manufacturing and develop machine tool competency. These two courses then provide the foundation for the sequence of subsequent design courses beginning with ZEIT2501 which engages students in the International “Warman Design and Build Competition”.

Course Attributes

Introductory Course

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Course Outline

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ZEIT1504 Course Outline

Fees

TypeAmount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)$N/A
Domestic Students$6330
International Students$N/A

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