Monash University Engineering handbook 1995

Subject and entry codes

At Monash all subjects are identified by a seven-character alphanumeric code, of which the first three characters are alphabetic and the last four characters are numeric. At Caulfield and Clayton, the alphabetic characters represent the department or teaching unit offering the subject; for engineering their significance is as follows:

Teaching unit Clayton Caulfield

Chemical Engineering CHE

Civil Engineering CIV CVE

Electrical and Computer

Systems Engineering ECS ELE

Industrial Engineering IND

Materials Engineering MTE

Mechanical Engineering MEC MEE

Technology TEC

Faculty/School ENG ENC

Chemistry CHM

Physics PHS PHS

Mathematics MAT MAC

At Gippsland, the alphabetic characters represent the school offering the subject. The engineering school at Gippsland is represented by the characters `GEG.' The significance of the numeric characters, or digits, is:

Digit    Subjec  Significance                   
level    t                                      
of       number                                 
course                                          
         (*B**)  Department teaching the        
                 subject(Clayton only)          
3rd &    (**CD)  Subject number within          
4th              subjectstaught in that level   
                 of course by that department   
                 (Clayton only)                 
4th      (***D)  Caulfield only: semester in    
                 whichthe subject is taught

The digits representing the departments are:

Department            Clayto  Caulfie  Gippsla  
                      n       ld       nd       
Chemical Engineering  1                         
Civil Engineering     2       1        3        
Electrical                             5        
Engineering                                     
Electrical and                                  
Computer                                        
Systems Engineering   3       2                 
Mechanical            4       3        7        
Engineering                                     
Materials             5                         
Engineering                                     
Faculty School        6       4                 
Chemistry             7                         
Physics               8       6                 
Mathematics           9       9                 
Business                      7

At the Clayton and Caulfield schools two digits are added after a decimal point to indicate the value of the subject in credit points. For example, MEC3402.04 (Systems and control) means: level 3, taught by Mechanical Engineering, second of a sequence, 4 credit points.

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