Designing Future Technologists | Bachelor of Technology (Computer Systems and Networking)

Your Bachelor of Technology (Computer Systems and Networking) course has been designed to ensure YOU are at the centre of the learning process. As a Learner at Curtin University, you will have teaching and learning opportunities through the curriculum, and responsibility to engage in seeking your own opportunities outside the curriculum, to meet completion requirements and become a Graduate.

Whilst as a learner you are probably most focussed on the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs). ULOs are the building blocks of a course. ULOs describe the expected achievement in every unit. Unit assessments and learning and teaching activities all align with ULOs. Your unit outline and My Course Map describe the activities and assessments for each unit and how they contribute to your development.

Completion requirements include demonstrating the learning outcomes in units and learning outcomes of engagement with professional practice. But learning doesn’t stop after you are a Graduate. For an engineering career you need to be a lifelong learner, developing knowledge and skills, to practice competently. Practicing competently, exercising leadership, demonstrating integrity and promoting sustainability are elements of the Engineering Code of Ethics and Guidelines of Practice This code is integral to the design of your course and your work in engineering industries.

Curtin’s engineering courses develop Curtin Graduate Capabilities (GCs) and globally transferrable Engineering Competencies. Curtin Graduate Capabilities are the defining characteristics of all Curtin graduates. Curtin graduates acquire discipline knowledge and professional capabilities that enable them to transform lives and communities for the better.

The transferable engineering competencies are Course Learning Outcomes that describe the attributes of graduates – what they will be able to do and be. They are the condensed program specification.

STAGE 1 COMPETENCY STANDARD FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST are the profession’s expression of the knowledge and skill base, engineering application abilities, and professional skills, values and attitudes that must be demonstrated at the point of entry to practice as an engineering technologist.

Bachelor of Technology (Computer Systems and Networking) course Learning Outcomes define the skills and knowledge of different industry areas of practice of engineering technologist . This information comes from engineering industries and Engineers Australia, and Curtin’s ongoing engagement with industry through Industry Advisory Groups, research and teaching, and academics’ links with industry.

Engineering technologist competencies

1. Knowledge and skill base

1.1: Systematic, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the technology domain.

GC1:Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC3:Effective communicators with digital competency

1.2: Conceptual understanding of the, mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the technology domain

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC3: Effective communicators with digital competency

1.3: In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the technology domain

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC3: Effective communicators with digital competency
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

1.4: Discernment of knowledge development within the technology domain

GC2: Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial
GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

1.5: Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the technology domain.

GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC5: Culturally competent to engage respectfully with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

1.6: Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the technology domain.

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

2. Engineering application ability

2.1: Application of established engineering methods to broadly-defined problem solving within the technology domain.

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC2: Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

2.2: Application of engineering techniques, tools and resources within the technology domain.

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC3: Effective communicators with digital competency
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

2.3: Application of systematic synthesis and design processes within the technology domain.

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC2: Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

2.4: Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of projects within the technology domain.

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

3. Professional and personal attributes

3.1: Ethical conduct and professional accountability

GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC5: Culturally competent to engage respectfully with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

3.2: Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.

GC3: Effective communicators with digital competency
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

3.3: Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour

GC2: Innovative, creative and entrepreneurial
GC4: Globally engaged and responsive

3.4: Professional use and management of information

GC3: Effective communicators with digital competency
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

3.5: Orderly management of self and professional conduct

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC4: Globally engaged and responsive
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

3.6: Effective team membership and team leadership

GC1: Apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts
GC5: Culturally competent to engage respectfully with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures
GC6: Industry connected and career capable

My Course Map is a tool to identify and track the development of competencies to support your reflective practice throughout your course. It presents the integrated and comprehensive mapping of Units to Course Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes (Curtin Graduate Capabilities) and Accreditation Standards (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies). My Course Map displays important themes threaded throughout your course such as integrated engagement with professional practice and, personal and professional skills.

Please consult the online courses handbook for updated information and course availability. The online handbook is the repository of Curtin University’s course information. For detailed course overviews and enrolment information please visit curtin.edu.au/study. Unit outlines for units you are enrolled in are displayed on OASIS under the My Studies tab one week before the study period commences. Please refer to your Unit Outlines and Curtin Handbook for current and official versions of course and units.