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ENGGEN 303
: Managing Projects and Innovation2024 Semester One (1243)
Introduction to theory and practice of managing projects, innovation, product development and service delivery. Students work in interdisciplinary teams to complete a project based on a complex real-world systems scenario. Project management and innovation topics are integrated with design studies covered in previous courses, and extended to wider business issues of risk and opportunities, entrepreneurship, financial management, and regulatory issues.
Prerequisite: ENGGEN 199, 204
502
503
ENGGEN 730
: Management Skills for Project Professionals2024 Semester One (1243)
Core theories and their implications for the art and practice of project management in organisations.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
504
ENGGEN 731
: Agile and Lean Project Management2024 Semester One (1243)
The culture, structures, roles, tools and techniques required for effective management of projects in uncertain, volatile and ambiguous environments where the project scope evolves or the timescale is the primary driver. Students will learn advanced techniques and apply them to reinforce their learning.
Restriction: ENGGEN 740
505
ENGGEN 732
: Systems Thinking and Project Business Case2024 Semester One (1243)
The business case as the tool of choice for many businesses for turning strategy into projects and the subsequent investment appraisals. Topics include systems thinking, the theory of constraints, value, cost/benefit analysis, quadruple bottom line, sensitivity analysis, risk analysis, investment appraisal, performance measurement and benefit realisation.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
506
ENGGEN 734
: Engineering Contracts for Project Managers2024 Semester One (1243)
Theoretical concepts in engineering commercial contracts, how those concepts apply to the work environment and manifest in the contracts in use in the project environment. Students will study relevant case law, NZS3910, NEC3 and FIDIC.
Restriction: CIVIL 790
507
ENGGEN 735
: Project Management Case Studies2024 Semester One (1243)
Examination of examples from industry to show how theoretical concepts relate to the success or failure of projects. Students will study a range of projects from across the world that highlight critical success factors.
Restriction: ENGGEN 741
508
ENGGEN 736
: Research Implementation and Dissemination2024 Semester One (1243)
Critical reflections on undertaking a research project focussing on elements of project implementation and dissemination of research findings and outcomes. Leverage the benefits of the research project by focussing on the communicating the findings of the project to appropriate audiences and maximising the impact of the project for key stakeholders. Critically evaluate own performance in undertaking a project and adoption of a philosophy of continuous improvement during implementation stage of a project. Identification of lessons learned in order to inform future research.
Corequisite: ENGGEN 792 or 794 (ENGGEN 736 must be taken in the same semester as ENGGEN 792 or 792B or 794 or 794B)
509
ENGGEN 740
: Project Management Bodies of Knowledge2024 Semester One (1243)
A comprehensive and critical review of existing and emerging project management bodies of knowledge including Waterfall, Agile, Lean and Extreme Project Management approaches. Comparison of a range of project management frameworks and methodologies for management of risk, including the applied application of a range of tools, techniques and knowledge to open-ended project scenarios.
Restriction: CIVIL 703, ENGGEN 731, 742
510
ENGGEN 741
: Project, Programme and Portfolio Management2024 Semester One (1243)
Critical elements of project delivery including leadership, organisation, owner profile and participation, project objectives, investment decisions and change management. Project, Programme and Portfolio Management frameworks and their practical application to organisations in managing strategy implementation. Examples from industry show how theoretical concepts relate to the success or failure of projects, programmes and portfolios under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity.
Restriction: ENGGEN 733, 735
511
ENGGEN 742
: Project Management2024 Semester One (1243)
Planning, organisation and control of projects in ordered environments. Application of project management principles, concepts, disciplines, tools, techniques and processes to the typical project lifecycle. Studies in the knowledge areas/domains defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Development of a range of skills, tools and techniques to become an effective project manager.
Restriction: CIVIL 703, ENGGEN 740
512
ENGGEN 743
: Applied Creative Thinking2024 Semester One (1243)
Application of inventive problem solving and creative thinking to formulate novel engineering solutions. Theories, tools and techniques to assist with generating innovative ideas. Techniques for improving the creativity of teams. Develops skills in the facilitation of workshops to help teams solve complex problems. Practical application of the concepts are synthesised to solve case study industry problems, and students’ individual scenarios.
Restriction: ENGGEN 722
513
ENGGEN 769
: Research Methods for Engineers2024 Semester One (1243)
Development of research methods knowledge and skills including research philosophy and design, research ethics, data collection and analysis techniques, identification of limitations, and writing up and reporting. Qualitative and quantitative research methods are addressed.
Restriction: CHEMMAT 751, CIVIL 705, COMPSYS 700, ELECTENG 700, ENGGEN 721, ENGSCI 700, MECHENG 700, SOFTENG 700
514
ENGGEN 770
: Medical Device and Technology Development2024 Semester One (1243)
Clinical and technical aspects of medical device development. Identification and definition of a medical device, examples and case studies. Evidence based technology, justification and motivation for developing medical devices. Techniques and issues concerning medical device research and design processes. Includes individual research related to medical device and technology development.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
515
ENGGEN 784A
: Capstone Project2024 Semester One (1243)
An extensive team-based project within a virtual or real-world organisation, where students will apply highly specialised theories, frameworks, and tools to analyse complex problems and develop practical solutions to industry standards. Students will formulate plans, reports, and deliver presentations that convey their findings and facilitate critical reflective analysis of their learning experiences throughout the project.
To complete this course students must enrol in ENGGEN 784 A and B, or ENGGEN 784
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ENGGEN 794A
: Research Project2024 Semester One (1243)
A research project which requires a student to undertake a practical application in a temporary endeavour to deliver a product, service or specified outcome. May take the form of action research, project implementation and evaluation of modern advances in project management practices, or a project management oriented case study. Project will be conducted by students working individually within an existing project orientated team.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval
To complete this course students must enrol in ENGGEN 794 A and B, or ENGGEN 794
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ENGLISH 101
: Literature and the Contemporary2024 Semester One (1243)
Constitutes a wide-ranging study of literatures in English in different forms and media in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Themes studied may include modernity/postmodernity, diaspora, gender relations, sexuality, cross-cultural contacts, memory, film adaptation, war and ecological crisis. Works will be examined in the context of key historical events and cultural movements.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
518
ENGLISH 121
: Reading/Writing/Text2024 Semester One (1243)
Develops University-wide skills of reading, writing and analysis. Addresses the needs of students in both English and other disciplines where both writing and reading have an important role in learning. The course fosters personal writing skills and also introduces writing as a subject of study in itself.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
519
ENGLISH 214
: Early Texts: Modern Inventions2024 Semester One (1243)
A study of key works and contexts of selected medieval and early modern writers, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Behn. Offers a compact history of literary engagements with important social issues that arose in a period notable for revolution and reform; also develops knowledge of literary forms and trends that are historically important, but, in this period, relatively new.
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 210, 330
Restriction: ENGLISH 210, 330
520
ENGLISH 219
: Nineteenth Century Literature2024 Semester One (1243)
Considers a range of literature from the nineteenth century – poetry, fiction and drama – as regards its treatment of growing up in the period. Issues covered include the recognition of childhood as a special state, the establishment of an individual's gender and sexual identity and the opportunities and constraints afforded by the changing social hierarchy and religious belief systems.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 104, 360
Restriction: ENGLISH 104, 360
521
ENGLISH 221
: New Zealand Literature2024 Semester One (1243)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 355
Restriction: ENGLISH 355
522
ENGLISH 223
: Modern Writing and Critical Thinking2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores theories and practices of writing and criticality in academic, civic, and artistic contexts. We consider some of the scripts that organise literate social practices and how to perceive and extrapolate their principles. We explore how we are affected by, how we navigate, and how we transform our immersive world of signs.
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 305
Restriction: ENGLISH 305
523
ENGLISH 305
: Modern Writing and Critical Thinking2024 Semester One (1243)
Reading modern works that overtly blend critical and creative styles, the course examines relations among discourses, criticality, and imagination.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English, Drama, and/or Writing Studies
Restriction: ENGLISH 223
Restriction: ENGLISH 223
524
ENGLISH 330
: Early Texts, Modern Inventions2024 Semester One (1243)
A study of key works and contexts of selected medieval and early modern writers, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Behn. Offers a compact history of literary engagements with important social issues that arose in a period notable for revolution and reform; also develops knowledge of literary forms and trends that are historically important, but, in this period, relatively new.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 214, 351
Restriction: ENGLISH 214, 351
525
ENGLISH 355
: New Zealand Literature2024 Semester One (1243)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 221
Restriction: ENGLISH 221