Engineering Project

DE6102

In this online course you will learn to apply knowledge and problem-solving skills to plan and complete an engineering project relevant to the discipline strand studied to accepted practice and standards from a given specification.

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    Level
    6
  •  
    Credits
    15
  •  
    Cost
    $849 NZ Domestic
  •  
    EFTS
    0.125
  • Delivery type
    Online only
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 10 hours per week
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    Prerequisites

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us

Engineering Project is one of two capstone courses for the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering and must be completed at the end of your study journey.

On successful completion of this online course, you will be able to

  • Develop preliminary design(s), based on a given specification, for an engineering project relevant to your discipline strand
  • Develop a plan or design parameters considering functionality, safety, environmental, cultural and ethical issues
  • Undertake well-defined planning and produce as project output
  • Produce supporting documentation relevant to project output
  • Evaluate compliance of the project output against specification
  • Present findings to an audience in a professional manner

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

To complete this course you will need access to a laptop or desktop computer, reliable broadband internet connection and a data plan able to support online learning such as streaming of videos (including YouTube), downloading content, and writing and submitting online assessments. If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access allows you to complete your online learning with us, please contact us before applying to enrol.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

Work towards

You can do this course as part of these qualifications:

Diploma

Course availability over the next 12 months

Nov
Dec
2025
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul

July enrolment dates

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  •  
    Level
    6
  •  
    Credits
    15
  •  
    Cost
    $849 NZ Domestic
  •  
    EFTS
    0.125
  • Delivery type
    Online only
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 10 hours per week
  •  
    Prerequisites

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us