Victoria University offers engineering education that is second to none. You will acquire a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience that will give you the cutting edge. These innovative courses are structured using the Problem/Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology that is being adopted by forward thinking universities both – more... in Australia and overseas to produce engineering graduates that are 'industry ready'. Victoria University is the only university in Victoria to offer a PBL course in your specialised area of Engineering. Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a learning approach that is most commonly constructed around a series of problems selected by a teacher. We believe that it is particularly beneficial to the engineering discipline as it will produce engineers that are technically sound and as importantly, engineers that have the following generic competencies:
Communication in all forms
Mathematical and numerical ability
Use of Information Communication Technology
Creativity
Interpersonal and team working skills
Improving own performance and self learning skills
Problem solving
Business skills
Project management skills
Information literacy skills
In these courses, the problems are industry related in an effort to emulate the work force. The PBL approach to teaching in the engineering discipline exhibits, but is not limited to, the following characteristics:
Using stimulus material to help students discuss an important engineering problem, design task or issue,
Presenting the problem as a simulation of professional industry practice or a real life workplace situation,
Guiding engineering students to utilise critical thinking and direct and/or providing limited resources to help them solve the problem,
Getting students to cooperatively work in a team to complement each others work, not compete with one another, in an environment where they have access to a teacher who facilitates the groups learning process,
Getting students to identify their own learning needs and developing their information literacy skills to locate, evaluate and manage resources that are useful to help them solve engineering problems,
Self-assessment to evaluate their learning process.
Using PBL, you will not only develop your engineering skills by being exposed to industry relevant projects from day 1, you will also develop the generic or 'soft skills' skills which industry requires.
The School of Electrical Engineering offers an electrical & electronic engineering course with the choice of specialisation whether it is communications, computer or software engineering, microelectronics, photonics, control or power engineering. For further information download the course brochure.
The School of Architectural, Civil and Mechanical Engineering offers courses in architectural or building engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and robotic engineering. For further information please download the course brochures.
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