Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management)


Course information

Course code: 1829
Gippsland campus
HECS fees applicable
Overseas student fee: course fee $27,000
Attendance is compulsory

Aims

The Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management) is a two-year equivalent full-time course by distance education providing training and education in basic business and industrial management procedures. It also gives the option of studies in basic engineering subjects. The course provides good supervision/management education for people working in such positions as technical officers, engineering assistants, and engineering and industrial supervisors. It is a very useful course for people wanting to advance into supervisory or management positions.
The course is designed for part-time study, causing minimum interference to employment by use of distance education options with weekend schools.

Entry requirements

(a) Mature-age entry: People with an appropriate employment background who are over twenty-three years of age may gain entry as mature age students under the alternative category entry outlined in the admission section.
(b) Year 12 entry: The normal academic requirement for entry is successful completion of a Year 12 course of study, preferably including a pass in English. (Students wanting to do the technical module preferably should have passed mathematics and a science subject at Year 11.)
(c) Satisfy tertiary entry requirements as outlined in the book under 'Entry requirements'.
(d) Applicants will not normally be accepted directly from Year 12 studies unless they are employed in industry.

Special requirements

PC requirement

Students will need access to an IBM-compatible computer.

Attendance

One weekend school per semester for engineering subjects. Subjects offered by other schools may require more. (Please refer to the 'Table of subjects' for details.)

Course structure

The course

The course consists of five modules from which a student must pass modules one, two and five and either module three or four. Students should normally complete modules one and two before doing the other modules. Subjects from several modules may be studied at the same time. Not all subjects are offered each year.
Well motivated students can reasonably undertake twenty-four credit points per year, thus permitting completion of the course by four years distance education study.

Module 1: Introduction to management

Total twenty-four credit points

Module 2: Industrial management

Total twenty-four credit points

Module 3: Maintenance management

Total twenty-four credit points
or

Module 4: Technical

Total twenty-four credit points

Module 5: Industrial experience

Total twenty-four credit points
Course total ninety-six credit points

Note

1 Students seeking articulation to the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering Studies are advised to take module four.
2 GEG5012 is a prerequisite for GEG5004, and GCO1831 is a prerequisite for GEG6004.

Electives

Management

and other business subjects approved by the head of the Gippsland School of Engineering for use as electives.

Technical

Approved subjects from level one or level two of the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering Studies courses if prerequisites are met.

Assessment

This varies from subject to subject but is usually a combination of assignments and examinations.

Credits/exemptions

Applicants with appropriate engineering or industrial qualifications may obtain up to a maximum credit of forty-eight credit points. Also, applicants who have undergone formal employer conducted industrial training may be eligible for credit of up to thirty-six credit points. Application for credits/exemptions should be made on the application for credit transfer form and forwarded with the application for admission form at the time of application, along with legally certified copies of qualifications and statements of results.

Further information

For more detailed information on the Diploma of Engineering, contact Mr Kevin Cale, Gippsland School of Engineering, telephone (03) 5122 6495 or (03) 9902 6495, or fax (03) 5122 6500 or (03) 9902 6500, or email ex.apps@eng.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the administrative officer, Gippsland School of Engineering, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.

Details of subjects

  • GEG5004: Industrial management
  • GEG5012: Human communications
  • GEG6114: Safety management
  • GBU1302J: Management theory and functions
  • GCO1831: Introduction to computers