WTRENG 100 : Waipapa Taumata Rau

Engineering

2025 Semester One (1253) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Ko Waipapa Taumata Rau tātou. Welcome to your study in Architecture, Design, Engineering or Urban Planning. This core course considers how knowledge of place enhances your learning, the significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and how knowledge systems frame understanding. It provides foundational essential skills to support you in your first year and future studies.

Course Overview

WTRENG 100 provides students with a foundation in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, knowledge systems (across indigenous, scientific and creative knowledge systems) and knowledge of place (importance of place in relation to people, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and knowledge systems). These three key areas will be taught in the context of engineering, planning, design, and architecture to highlight the relevant skills and information that will be useful to you now as a student and in the future as an engineer or built environment professional.

The learning content in the course will be delivered online, through a series a self-paced learning activities within canvas including lectures, videos, readings, and quizzes. This online content will be reinforced and built upon during weekly in-person studio and workshop sessions, where students will be able to discuss and interact with academic staff, graduate teaching assistants and fellow classmates.

Course Requirements

Restriction: ARTSGEN 103, 103G, SCIGEN 102, 102G, WTR 100, 101, WTRBUS 100, WTRMHS 100, WTRSCI 100

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 2: Sustainability
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate how place, and an understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, are significant to your field of study. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1 and 8.1)
  2. Critically and constructively engage with knowledge systems, practices and positionality . (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2 and 5.1)
  3. Employ a reciprocal, values-based approach to collaborating. (Capability 6.1 and 7.1)
  4. Communicate ideas clearly, effectively and respectfully. (Capability 4.2, 6.1 and 7.1)
  5. Reflexively engage with the question of ethics in academic practice. (Capability 1.1, 8.1 and 8.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Project 30% Group & Individual Coursework
Reflection 30% Individual Coursework
Assignments 40% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5
Project
Reflection
Assignments

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

Each week you can expect 1-2 hours of lecture material, a 1 hour studio, a 1 hour workshop, 2 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 4 hours of work on assignments.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience or Online

This course is offered across two delivery modes:

Campus Experience (studios and workshops)

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including studios and workshops to complete components of the course.
Other learning activities including studios and workshops will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery.

Online (lecture and study material)

Study material will be released progressively throughout the course on canvas. This includes online lecture recordings, readings, and any other study related material.
This course runs to the University semester/quarter timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Health & Safety

Students are expected to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Health and Safety section of the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.