Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of first-year Bachelor of Engineering.
Part I - Bachelor of Commerce
Listed below are the subjects available for credit towards the BCom together with details of degree structure. From this list sixteen subjects (each worth six credit points) totalling ninety-six credit points must be completed. Candidates should consult the Faculty of Business and Economics handbook for information about prerequisites, corequisites and other subject details.
First year
All subjects must be taken (not all in first year)
AAF1022 Accounting sequence 2
AAF1032 Accounting sequence 2
ECM1020 Business and economic statistics sequence 1
ECM1031 Business and economic statistics sequence 1
ECO1020 Economics
ECO1030 Macroeconomics
MGC1020 Introduction to management
MGC1030 Organisational behaviour
Second year
One discipline must be selected as an area of specialisation which will be carried through to the third year. Three second-year subjects (eighteen credit points) must be taken in the area of specialisation. Two second-year subjects (twelve credit points) must be taken from any of the four disciplines other than the area of specialisation. Second-year subjects available are:
AAF2110 Business law
AAF2120 Financial accounting
AAF2130 Management accounting
AAF2140 Business finance
AAF2160 Computers and accounting
AAF2170 Capital markets and financial institutions
ECM2400 Econometrics
ECM2410 Practical econometrics
ECM2420 Survey methods and managerial statistics
ECM2450 Applied forecasting for business and economics
ECM2480 Decision models for managers
ECM2490 Business simulation
ECO2020 Intermediate microeconomics
ECO2030 Intermediate macroeconomics
ECO2360 Environmental economics
ECO2720 Income distribution
ECO2810 Comparative economic systems
ECO2820 Capitalism: contrasting views
ECO2830 Industrial organisation in australia
ECO2880 Economic and social issues
MGC2200 Principles of marketing
MGC2210 Marketing management
MGC2240 Organisation and management
MGC2310 Introduction to public management
MGC2410 Industrial relations
MGC2420 Employee relation
MGC2430 Human resource management
Third year
Three third-year subjects (eighteen credit points) must be taken in the area of specialisation. Third-year subjects available are:
AAF3120 Advanced accountng
AAF3130 Management accounting
AAF3110 Company law
AAF3140 Business finance
AAF3150 Income tax law
AAF3160 Auditing and systems
ECM3400 Econometric theory
ECM3410 Applied econometrics
ECM3430 Applied econometric modelling
ECM3440 Practical econometrics
ECM3450 Time series analysis for business and economics
ECM3460 Financial econometrics
ECM3470 Econometric statistics (pre-honours)
ECM3480 Decision analysis for managers
ECO3010 Current issues in economic policy
ECO3650 Applied general equilibrium analysis
ECO3660 Monetary economics
ECO3670 Economics of developing countries
ECO3680 Economic growth
ECO3690 International economics
ECO3710 Labour economics
ECO3730 Industrial arbitration
ECO3740 Agricultural policy
ECO3760 Transport economics
ECO3770 Regional and urban economics
ECO3790 Education and manpower
ECO3800 History of economic thought
ECO3810 Public finance
ECO3840 Mathematical economics
ECO3850 Economics (honours)
ECO3880 Social economics
ECO3890 Economic development of east asia
MGC3100 Management ethics
MGC3110 Strategic management
MGC3220 International marketing
MGC3230 Services marketing
MGC3260 Comparative industrial relations
MGC3270 Public administration
MGC3310 Public policy process
MGC3410 Employee relations practice: policy and skills
MGC3420 Human resource development
MGC3510 Technology, organisation and change
Part II - Bachelor of Engineering
Set out below are the subjects required in each engineering stream for the BE degree together with suggested ways of combining these with commerce subjects. For some candidates timetable constraints may necessitate some adjustment of the suggested combinations. In organising a program for each year candidates should aim not to exceed fifty-six credit points.
First year
All branches of study
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: none
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects: as for level one in subject list I.
Note 1: Chemical Engineering students take MTE1510.04 (Mechanical Properties of Materials) in the third year of candidature (not in semester 3 or 4).
Note 2: Students committed to a BE in civil engineering may substitute either an approved BE subject from a later level or an approved BCom subject for the level-one elective subjects listed.
Second year
Chemical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: first-year subjects in Economics (ECO) (12 c.p.), Econometrics (ECM) (12 c.p.) and either Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) or Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) (36 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CHE2110 Analysis of chemical processing systems I
CHE2111 Analysis of chemical processing systems II
CHE2140 Chemical engineering
MAT2910 Engineering mathematics III
MAT2920 Engineering mathematics IV
CHE2150 Chemical engineering practice
(18 c.p.) (Total: 54 c.p.)
Civil engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: first-year subjects in Economics (ECO) (12 c.p.), Econometrics (ECM) (12 c.p.) and either Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) or Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) (36 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV2221 Stress and structural analysis
MAT2910 Engineering mathematics III
MAT2920 Engineering mathematics IV
MAT2930 Numerical methods
(13 c.p.) (Total: 49 c.p.)
Materials engineering
Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: first-year subjects in Economics (ECO) (12 c.p.), Econometrics (ECM) (12 c.p.) and either Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) or Management Studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) (36 c.p.)
Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
MTE2511 Structure of engineering materials I
MTE2512 Structure of engineering materials II
MAT2910 Engineering mathematics III
MAT2920 Engineering mathematics IV
MAT2930 Numerical methods
(19 c.p.) (Total: 55 c.p.)
Mechanical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: first-year subjects in Economics (ECO) (12 c.p.), Econometrics (ECM) (12 c.p.) and either Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) or Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) (36 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects
MEC2440 Applied mechanics
MEC2490 Computer programming
MAT2910 Engineering mathematics III
MAT2920 Engineering mathematics IV
MAT2930 Numerical methods
(17 c.p) (Total: 53 c.p)
Third year
Chemical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: three second-year subjects (18 c.p.) from any one of Accounting (AAF), Econometrics (ECM) Economics (ECO), Management studies (MGC); first-year subjects in Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) or Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) (30 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
MTE1510 Mechanical properties of materials
CHE2100 Momentum transfer I
CHE2120 Thermodynamics I
MAT2930 Numerical methods
CHE2160 Chemical engineering practice II
CHM2711 Chemistry III
(24 c.p.) (Total: 54 c.p.)
Civil engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any one of Accounting (AAF), Econometrics (ECM), Economics (ECO), Management studies (MGC); first-year subjects in Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) or Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) (24 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects
CIV2201 Civil engineering practice 2
CIV2220 Surveying
CIV2250 Civil engineering computing
CIV2260 Design of structures
CIV2270 Introduction to soil mechanics
MEC2430 Fluid mechanics
MTE2540 Materials science and engineering
(29 c.p.) (Total: 53 c.p.)
Materials engineering
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects: two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any one of Accounting (AAF), Econometrics (ECM), Economics (ECO), Management studies (MGC); first-year subjects in Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.) or Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) (24 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV2221 Stress and structural analysis or CIV2230 Stress analysis I
MTE2520 Phase transformations
MTE2530 Polymer morphology and structure
MTE2580 Materials selection and manufacturing
MTE3507 Ceramics
MTE3510 Surfaces
(25 c.p.) (Total: 49 c.p.)
Mechanical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any one of Accounting (AAF), Econometrics (ECM), Economics (ECO), Management studies (MGC); first-year subjects in Management studies (MGC) (12 c.p.), or Accounting (AAF) (12 c.p.) (24 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV2221 Stress and structural analysis
ECS2300 Electrical engineering
MEC2410 Engineering practices: drafting (2-c.p. weight)
MEC2420 Engineering practices: design process
MEC2430 Fluid mechanics
MEC2450 Engineering practices: design of machine elements
MEC2480 Fundamentals of energy conversion
MTE2540 Materials science and engineering
(30 c.p.) (Total: 54 c.p.)
Fourth year
Chemical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: three third-year subjects (18 c.p.) in the area of specialisation
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CHE3101 Reaction engineering I
CHE3102 Heat and mass transfer I
CHE3103 Heat and mass transfer II
CHE3104 Momentum transfer II
CHE3107 Process control
CHE3108 Process design and operation I
CHE3109 Process design and operation II
CHE3111 Transport phenomena I
CHE3113 Thermodynamics II
CHE3118 Chemical engineering practice III
CHE3119 Chemical engineering practice IV
MAT3910 Integral transforms and calculus of variations
(37 c.p.) (Total: 55 c.p.)
Civil engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one second-year subject (6 c.p.) and two third-year subjects (12 c.p.) in the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV3227 Elastic stress analysis
CIV3228 Structural concrete design
CIV3225 Steel structures
CIV3229 Analysis of structures
CIV3230 Inelastic structures
CIV3241 Geomechanics: seepage and settlement
CIV3243 Geomechanics: stability of soil structures
CIV3261 Hydraulics
CIV3262 Public health engineering
CIV3263 Hydrology
CIV3281 Transport and traffic engineering
CIV3641 Introductory geology
(37 c.p.) (Total: 55 c.p.)
Materials engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one second-year subject (6 c.p.) and two third-year subjects (12 c.p.) in the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
MTE3502 Physical metallurgy
MTE3503 Engineering practice I
MTE3504 Mechanical properties of polymers
MTE3505 Fracture and fracture mechanics
MTE3506 Plasticity and metal shaping
MTE3509 Polymer rheology and processing
MTE4521 Engineering practice
MTE3511 Mechanical behaviour of metals and alloys
(32 c.p.) (Total: 50 c.p.)
Mechanical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one second-year subject (6 c.p.) and two third-year subjects (12 c.p.) in the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
MEC3402 Systems and control
MEC3403 Engineering practices: machine design
MEC3404 Engineering practices: design management
MEC3406 Mechanical vibrations
MEC3409 Computer-assisted engineering
MAT3910 Integral transforms and calculus of variations
MAT3932 Engineering statistics and probability
(32 c.p.) (Total: 50 c.p.)
Fifth Year
Chemical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any of the four disciplines other than the area of specialisation (12 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CHE4102 Reaction engineering II
CHE4112 Environmental engineering
CHE4114 Management I
CHE4109 Process design and operation III
CHE4110 Process simulation and control
CHE4115 Management II
CHE4117 Design project
(31 c.p.) (Total: 43 c.p.)
Civil engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one third-year subject (6 c.p.) in area of specialisation; two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any of the four disciplines other than the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV3226 Timber and masonry structures
CIV4210 Project A
CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4
CIV4227 Concrete and building technology
CIV4282 Highway engineering
Electives: At least fifteen credit points required
CIV4214 Civil engineering computing applications
CIV4230 Theory of structures 4A
CIV4231 Theory of structures 4B
CIV4244 Soil engineering
CIV4245 Rock engineering
CIV4265 Hydraulic engineering
CIV4266 Public health engineering
CIV4267 Hydrology and water resources
CIV4283 Transport planning
CIV4284 Transport systems
CME4617 Finite element method (civil engineering)
CES4641 Geophysics I
CES4642 Geophysics II
(39 c.p.) (Total: 57 c.p.)
Note: Civil engineering students are required also to complete the following two additional subjects unless exemptions from the subjects are earned by successful completion of appropriate commerce subjects:
CIV3202 Civil engineering practice 3
CIV3203 Civil engineering project management
Exemption from CIV3202 can be earned by successful completion of ECM2480 (Decision models for managers). Exemption from CIV3203 can be earned by successful completion of a three-year `area of specialisation' sequence in accounting, econometrics or management studies.
Materials engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one third-year subject (6 c.p.) in area of specialisation; two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any of the four disciplines other than the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
MTE4522 Engineering design
MTE4526 Project II
MTE4560 Polymer engineering
MTE4561 Metallurgical engineering
MTE4562 Ceramics engineering
Plus any two electives to a total of not less than six credit points chosen from the level-four elective subjects in subject list I (course in materials engineering) (31 c.p.) (Total: 49 c.p.)
Mechanical engineering
* Suggested Bachelor of Commerce subjects: one third-year subject (6 c.p.) in area of specialisation; two second-year subjects (12 c.p.) from any of the four disciplines other than the area of specialisation (18 c.p.)
* Bachelor of Engineering subjects:
CIV3223 Stress analysis II
MEC3401 Fundamentals of heat transfer
MEC3405 Fluid mechanics
MEC3408 Deformation of solids
MEC4401 Engineering practices: project thesis A
MEC4402 Engineering practices: project thesis B
MEC4422 Engineering practices: optimal design
MEC4424 Engineering practices: industrial innovation
One of the following subjects:
MEC4410 Control systems
MEC4412 Manufacturing methods
MEC4413 Heat and mass transfer
MEC4414 Energy systems
One of the following subjects:
MEC4430 Industrial noise and its control
MEC4431 Refrigeration and air conditioning
MEC4432 Environmental fluid mechanics
MEC4433 Computer integrated manufacturing
MEC4435 Energy management
MEC4436 Fracture and fatigue
MEC4437 Maintenance engineering
MEC4438 Dynamics of structures and machines
MEC4440 Composite structure: analysis and design
MEC4441 Turbulent flow
MEC4444 Aeronautical and industrial aerodynamics
MEC4453 Automation with fluid power
CME4616 Finite element method (mechanical engineering)
(38 c.p.) (Total: 56 c.p.)
Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering
The student requires 188 credit points for the Bachelor of Engineering degree, of which not less than 153 credit points must be obtained in subjects prescribed by this subject list which are also listed in the course in chemical engineering in subject list I.
Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in civil engineering
The student requires 188 credit points for the Bachelor of Engineering degree, of which not less than 155 credit points must be obtained in subjects prescribed by this subject list which are also listed in the course in civil engineering in subject list I.
Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in materials engineering
The student requires 188 credit points for the Bachelor of Engineering degree, of which not less than 153 credit points must be obtained in subjects prescribed by this subject list which are also listed in the course in materials engineering in subject list I.
Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering
The student requires 188 credit points for the Bachelor of Engineering degree, of which not less than 161 credit points must be obtained in subjects prescribed by this subject list which are also listed in the course in mechanical engineering in subject list I.
Part B - Branches of study for the combined degrees of BE and BEc
Students remaining in the course in 1995 should make inquiries at the faculty office regarding subject requirements for the degree.