The BE degrees taught entirely at the Caulfield school are of four years duration if taken full-time, or up to eight years if taken part-time. Each degree may be awarded either as a pass degree or as a degree with honours.
The degree courses place particular emphasis on the practice of engineering and each course provides for broad training in the chosen discipline.
Changes have been introduced to all of the Caulfield BE courses to incorporate the massive developments occurring because of the widespread use of computers. About 20 per cent of the course content directly relates to computers, computer application and computing skills. This means that students are awarded a degree of Bachelor of Engineering in one of four areas: civil and computing, electrical and computing, industrial and computing, or mechanical and computing.
Subject lists for the BE
(Civil and Computing); (Electrical and Computing); (Industrial and Computing); (Mechanical and Computing)
The core and elective subjects required at each level in the courses offered by each of the divisions are listed in full in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook. Students should become familiar with the requirements for completion of a particular degree set out in the subject lists.
First level
The first year is common to the courses in all disciplines. This means that students may delay the decision about choice of specialised discipline until the end of the first year. Students are assisted in making their choice of discipline by their experience of first-level engineering subjects and by a series of career lectures in second semester which review the particular disciplines offered.
Prerequisites within level one
The following second-semester subjects have first-semester prerequisites:
* ENC1102.04 Computer applications 2
* ENC1202.03 Electrical technology 2
* ENC1302.03 Applied mechanics 2
* ENC1402.03 Computer science 2
* MAC1912.04 Mathematics 2
* PHS1162.03 Physics 2
Second, third and fourth levels
At the beginning of second-level students enrol in one of the four degrees offered by the three divisions of the Caulfield School of Engineering. The courses are civil and computing, electrical and computing, industrial and computing, and mechanical and computing.
At all levels and in all disciplines many subjects have prerequisites. Students should ensure that all prerequisites have been met before enrolling in a subject. If a subject is failed which is a prerequisite it is the student's responsibility to withdraw from a subject which has the failed subject as a prerequisite.
In the following section the nature and content of the courses offered by the divisions is briefly explained.