Ever wanted to build something but didn’t know how? Thought you couldn’t master the skills needed? Want to take an idea or solution to a problem and bring it into reality? This course will give you the confidence to design, prototype, and build solutions to real world problems. You’ll have the opportunity to pick up new skills, or expand and grow existing ones in CAD, Digital Fabrication, Circuit Design and Fabrication, Programing, and even the good old hammer. You’ll begin the year with “deep-dives”, building simple projects that grow your confidence in a range of these skills. As the year progresses, you’ll have the opportunity in small teams to either propose your own projects/ideas, or service a client’s needs with an innovative solution. You’ll come out of this experience with transferable skills, and the tenacity to do anything from repairing a smartphone, through to designing your own sensor system to interface with it!
This course builds on the skills developed in PHYS6701.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Understand and gain experience with the process of prototyping--design, build, evaluate, iterate;
- Develop, analyse, and critically evaluate alternative options in order to justify and generate solutions in a real-world project;
- Demonstrate proficiency with a wide variety of key techniques in hands-on making, electronics, and systems integration;
- Effectively communicate decisions and solutions using appropriate media to professional and lay audiences;
- Apply project management and organisational skills to produce time-sensitive deliverables in a multidisciplinary team.
Indicative Assessment
- Individual Final Presentation (25) [LO 1,2,4]
- Final Report (25) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Regular oral and/or written progress reports (20) [LO 4,5]
- Meeting of agreed project schedule/milestones (30) [LO 1,2,3,5]
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Workload
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours per semester including:
• Face-to face component which may consist of 1 x 3 hour workshop per week.
• Approximately 94 hours of self directed study which will include mentor meetings, project proposals and reviews as well as preparation for other assessment tasks.
Inherent Requirements
to be determined
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
N/A
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $4440 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $6360 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8477 | 22 Jul 2024 | 29 Jul 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 25 Oct 2024 | In Person | N/A |
