Unit Outline
ENG337
Environmental Engineering
Semester 2, 2025
Anna Wrobel-Tobiszewska
School of Engineering
College of Sciences and Engineering
CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B

Unit Coordinator
Anna Wrobel-Tobiszewska
Email: Anna.WrobelTobiszewska@utas.edu.au
What is the Unit About?
Unit Description
 

The units overlays a formal environmental engineering framework to environmental and sustainability topics and shows how the traditional design process can be extended to include these issues. The aim is for students to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to identify potential environmental risks and opportunities associated with projects, undertake the basic design of environmental engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness. This unit covers principal environmental engineering design areas, including air quality, geo-environmental, solid waste management, recycling, LCA and environmental risk assessment
Intended Learning Outcomes
As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.
On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1
Evaluate environmental testing results in the context of proposing mitigation strategies
2
Make sound decisions about application procedures behind the environmental engineering techniques and governing concepts
3
Design elements of geo-environmental, air pollution control, solid waste management systems with a focus on system feasibility and sustainability.
4
Evaluate the effectiveness of Environmental Engineering solutions in the context of design, sustainability, monitoring, control and remediation
Requisites
REQUISITE TYPE
REQUISITES
Pre-requisite
ENG221, ENG223
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)
ENG437
Alterations as a result of student feedback
No alterations as unit delivered for the first time
 
 

Teaching arrangements
ATTENDANCE MODE
TEACHING TYPE
LEARNING ACTIVITY
CONTACT HOURS
FREQUENCY
Attendance / engagement expectations
If your unit is offered On campus, it is expected that you will attend all on-campus and onsite learning activities. This is to support your own learning and the development of a learning community within the unit. If you are unable to attend regularly, please discuss the situation with your course coordinator and/or our UConnect support team.

If your unit is offered Online or includes online activities, it is expected you will engage in all those activities as indicated in the Unit Outline or MyLO, including any self-directed learning.

If you miss a learning activity for a legitimate reason (e.g., illness, carer responsibilities) teaching staff will attempt to provide alternative activities (e.g., make up readings) where it is possible.
 
 
 
 

How will I be Assessed?
 
For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.
Assessment schedule
ASSESSMENT TASK #
ASSESSMENT TASK NAME
DATE DUE
WEIGHT
LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:
Environmental Monitoring
Week 5
25 %
LO1, LO2, LO4
Assessment Task 2:
Geoenvironmental Engineering Project
Week 9
25 %
LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:
Environmental Impact Assessment
Week 12
25 %
LO1, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 4:
Module quizzes
Refer to Assessment Description
25 %
LO2
 
Assessment details
Assessment Task 1: Environmental Monitoring
Task Description:
Students will develop and conduct a monitoring program to measure environmental features (sound level, air quality) in the field. Following data collection, students will prepare a professional report outlining their findings.
Task Length:
10 A4 Pages
Due Date:
Week 5
Weight:
25 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Analyse the existing environmental context for projects.
LO1, LO2
2
Perform field sampling
LO1, LO2
3
Present the findings of collecting and analysing environmental samples
LO2, LO4
 
Assessment Task 2: Geoenvironmental Engineering Project
Task Description:
Students will work together in groups to conduct a small research project in the area of geoenvironmental engineering. The project should concern the application, design or maintenance of geothermal or geosynthetic systems. Once the project is complete, each group will demonstrate the findings through a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint and submit an electronic report on their research in the form of the submitted slides.
Task Length:
Set of submitted PowerPoint slides and 10 min presentation on research project
Due Date:
Week 9
Weight:
25 %
 
 

CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Identify environmental engineering solutions for a specific problem considering both feasibility and sustainability.
LO2
2
Determine key design parameters.
LO2
3
Identify aspects of Environmental Engineering solutions that impact on performance and sustainability.
LO3
4
Assess the performance of Environmental Engineering solutions with regards to emission control/remediation and sustainability.
LO3
 
Assessment Task 3: Environmental Impact Assessment
Task Description:
Students will prepare an environmental impact assessment for a project at a specific site in Tasmania. Students will need to understand the project and apply their knowledge gained during the unit to identify the potential project environment interactions, assess the impacts, and identify mitigation. Each student will get a different project.
Task Length:
up to 12 A4 pages
Due Date:
Week 12
Weight:
25 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Identify project environment interactions.
LO1
2
Evaluate environmental risks using accepted methodologies.
LO1
3
Propose environmental engineering solutions to mitigate environmental risks associated with projects.
LO1
4
Propose monitoring to assess the effectiveness of Environmental Engineering solutions.
LO3, LO4
5
Assess the performance of Environmental Engineering solutions with regards to emission control/remediation and sustainability.
LO3, LO4
 
Assessment Task 4: Module quizzes
Task Description:
A short online open-book quiz related to each of the five block topics covered in the unit will be held at regular intervals of 2-3 weeks.
Task Length:
5 x 15 min quiz
Due Date:
Refer to Assessment Description
Weight:
25 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Identify environmental engineering solutions for a specific problem considering both feasibility and sustainability.
LO2
2
Determine key design parameters.
LO2
 
 
 

How your final result is determined
To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.
Specifically, to demonstrate attainment of the ILOs, you must achieve
  • an average of 50% on the aggregate of the project assessment criteria aligned with ILO1 and test questions aligned with ILO1 to demonstrate attainment of ILO1.
  • an average of 50% on the aggregate of the project assessment criteria aligned with ILO2 and test questions aligned with ILO2 to demonstrate attainment of ILO2.
  • an average of 50% on the aggregate of the project assessment criteria aligned with ILO3 and test questions aligned with ILO3 to demonstrate attainment of ILO3.
Academic progress review
The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.
Submission of assignments
Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.
Academic integrity
Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see
Important Guidelines & Support.
Requests for extensions
If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.
 
A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.
 
The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.
Late penalties
Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.
 

Review of results and appeals
You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.