University Handbook
2025 unit information
Available in Trimester 1 and Trimester 3 from 2026
Students enrolled in S460, S461, S462, S463, S465, S466, S467: must pass 18 credit points or Unit chair approval.Students enrolled in S517, S617, S716, S717, S751, S752, S756, S757,S758, S759: Nil.Students enrolled in courses outside of the School of Engineering: Unit Chair approval.
1 x 1 hour practical experience (studio) per week.
Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 1 hour practical experience (studio) per week.
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Sustainable engineering is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary branch of engineering that promotes a need for understanding trends, future perspectives, limits, boundaries, risks, resilience and long-term future thinking. Using holistic and multi-disciplinary approaches, students will evaluate infrastructure, and develop an integrated knowledge of key aspects of infrastructure systems including water, energy, transportation and communication which deliver sustainable outcomes. They will be able to critically analyse the sustainability of current and future manufacturing processes and materials resources and devise, implement and manage solutions involved with the natural and built environment.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Analyse major sustainability issues in terms of social economic, and environmental perspectives.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Recognise, analyse, and assess the engineering and technical issues typically involved in developing solutions for sustainability issues relating to infrastructure manufacturing, materials and the environment.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
ULO3
Analyse, contemplate and quantify leading manufacturing processes and materials resources and their potential to meet the demands of global production in a sustainable manner.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
ULO4
Incorporate sustainability objectives into the wider context of global trends.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-managementGLO7: TeamworkGLO8: Global citizenship
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for SET721 can be found via the University Library. Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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