Course director: Mr Keith Enders
The course
The course involves five years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education.
Objectives
On completion of this course students will:
* be qualified to work at a professional/managerial level in an engineering oriented environment in which modern business techniques are required, or in a business environment in which an engineering background is an advantage;
* have acquired the depth and breadth of skills to enable them to contribute significantly to Australia's technological advancement reflected in a more internationally competitive manufacturing and business sector.
Entrance requirements
The general entrance requirements for admission to degree courses will apply to this course.
Students normally complete first year of either a Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Business (Multidiscipline) degree before starting the combined studies. An average result of C (Credit) is required in the first year of study.
Students for this course will be selected taking into account their academic results at Year-12 level or equivalent, including a requirement for a high level of performance in English, Mathematics and Science, meeting Bachelor of Engineering requirements. A high level of motivation to undertake this combined course will also be a requirement. Mature-aged students who have demonstrated high academic ability and a strong desire to undertake this course may also be selected.
Students who have completed first year of the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Business or a similar course at another institution, and have demonstrated high academic ability and high motivation, may also be admitted to second-year programs of this combined course, generally with full credit for appropriate first-year studies.
Course structure
Students must complete subjects that achieve a minimum of 252 credit points. The subjects are chosen from a selected engineering discipline and business major and submajor studies with specified core subjects and approved electives.
The course structure will include the following:
(a) The common first-year engineering or first-year business followed by the selection of one of the engineering disciplines: civil, electro-mechanical, electronic and computer or mechanical.
(b) (i) Accounting, economics, management and marketing; or (ii) One major study sequence of six subjects of credit from strands in (b) (i) above, combined with two submajor study sequences each of four subjects or credit from strands in (b) (i) above or which form submajors in computing or business law.
(c) Completion of the seven compulsory business core subjects as specified for the Bachelor of Business (Multidiscipline) degree or appropriate substitution subjects as directed or approved by the head of the School of Business - Gippsland, such that a minimum of 252 credit points will comprise the double degree and meet the previously accredited requirements for each separate degree.
Completion of the program in the minimum time will require careful course planning. Course advisers in the School of Business - Gippsland and the Gippsland School of Engineering should be consulted for advice.