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Much of the detailed information set out below in relation to the Bachelor of Engineering applies also to the BE when it is part of the BSc/ BE consecutive degree program or the BE/BA, BE/BCom, BE/LLB and BE/BTech(IndDesign) double degree programs.
Candidates
for the BE degree at Clayton may choose to specialise in one of the following
branches of engineering offered on this campus: chemical engineering, civil
engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials
engineering, and mechanical engineering. The common first level of the course
enables students to keep open all options of entering any of the eight
engineering branches available at Monash. Students are assisted in making a
choice of branch by their experience of the various first-level engineering
subjects and by a series of career lectures which are offered early in second
semester and which review the eight branches of engineering available.
All subjects at level-one are offered in both semesters at Clayton, with the
exception of some of the elective subjects which are only offered in one
semester. Once level-one students have chosen their subjects, the semester in
which a student takes a particular subject is determined by a computerised
timetabling procedure. Alteration of subject enrolment without penalty is
permitted for two weeks at the beginning of each semester, subject to class
size limitations.
Students who entered first year of the Bachelor of Engineering from 1998
onwards should note that they will be transferred to the new BE course in 1999.
As
described above, at the beginning of level two students may enrol at Clayton in
chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems
engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering. As a result of
limitations on teaching resources, there are limits placed on the numbers of
students who may enrol in some of these engineering branches. These quotas are
determined annually by Council. When there are more applications for a
particular branch than there are places, admission to the branch is on the
basis of academic merit. In recent years, these quota restrictions have had to
be applied to places in electrical and computer systems engineering, including
places for BSc/BE candidates, and mechanical engineering. Students who are not
successful in enrolling in the engineering branch of their first choice will be
offered a place in one of their lower preferences.
If a student wishes to change the selected branch of engineering at a later
stage of the course, some additional subjects may be required in order to make
the transition. This could extend the duration of the course beyond four years
full-time.
In the following section the nature and content of the BE courses in each
engineering branch on the Clayton campus at second, third and fourth levels is
briefly outlined. Information about the Bachelor of Computer Systems
Engineering, the Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, the Bachelor of
Software Engineering and consecutive and double degree programs involving the
Bachelor of Engineering is then provided.
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed skills in:
The student is expected to have developed professional skills in:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
Chemical
engineering is concerned with the economic design, operation and management of
process systems in which materials are changed in composition or physical
state. Chemical engineering has its foundation in chemistry, physics and
mathematics; its operations are developed from knowledge provided by these
disciplines and by other branches of engineering, applied sciences, biological
sciences and economics.
Historically, chemical engineering has been closely associated with the
development of the chemical and process industries. Today, many chemical
engineers find employment in the fine and heavy chemical, the petroleum and
petrochemical, the mineral and metallurgical, pulp and paper, and the food and
biochemical industries. Chemical engineers are becoming increasingly involved
with pollution control, the protection of the environment and with energy
conservation and conversion.
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a four-year (eight-semester)
course which is sufficiently general to enable graduates to enter any of these
fields. The aim of the first four semesters is to provide a necessary
background in mathematics, physics and chemistry and such engineering subjects
as electrical engineering, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, materials science
and an introduction to chemical engineering.
The final four semesters of the course are taken almost entirely within the
department; the course is designed around the core topics of mass, heat and
momentum transfer, kinetics, thermodynamics, process control, environmental
engineering and process design.
Management studies are introduced and a greater emphasis is placed on synthesis
and design culminating in each student completing a plant design project.
Technical electives also form part of the final two semesters.
Practical work forms an essential part of all subjects administered by the
department and considerable emphasis is placed on this aspect of the program.
Problem solving using computers is an integral part of this course.
At the completion of a bachelor degree course in civil engineering, a student should have acquired a sound knowledge and understanding of:
The student should have acquired technical skills in the application of knowledge to the analysis and design of civil engineering tasks across the fields of structural, geotechnical, water and transportation engineering.
The student should have acquired professional skills in the areas of:
The student should have developed appropriate attitudes in relation to:
Civil
engineers work in branches such as structural engineering, soil engineering,
rock engineering, dam engineering, hydraulic engineering, engineering
management, highway engineering, traffic engineering, sanitary engineering,
water resources engineering, town planning, and coastal engineering. In any of
these branches, a civil engineer may work in the functional areas of research,
investigation, design, construction or operation; and the undergraduate course
in the Department of Civil Engineering prepares a student accordingly. The
areas of structures, geomechanics, water, management and transport are the
major areas of civil engineering activity and form the basis of the
department's organisation and teaching.
The intention of level two is to develop 'sub-professional' skills, ie the
ability to design commonplace engineering artefacts, in the context of suitable
theoretical treatment. At the same time, students gain some appreciation for
the breadth of civil engineering. Theory is developed in parallel with the
applications (problems). The theoretical insights are further developed in
levels three and four, as more complex scenarios are considered.
Level three is designed to develop 'core professional' skills. It includes two
management subjects, statistics, road engineering, three structural subjects,
two water subjects and two geomechanics subjects. The water and geomechanics
groups share a groundwater subject.
The level-four year is seen as a year of specialisation. Each student must take
both a project and an interfaculty subject (six credit points each) and four
civil engineering electives (4 x 6 = 24 credit points) The remaining twelve
credit points may be taken anywhere within the university, as long as it does
not substantially duplicate a subject already studied. Some of the electives
are multidisciplinary.
The overall aim of the course is to prepare a well-rounded professional poised
for employment in any of a wide range of civil engineering occupations and
eager for continuing education to remain abreast of latest developments in his
or her discipline.
Generic
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical and computer systems
engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and
understanding of:
Discipline-specific
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical and computer systems
engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and
understanding of:
General
skills
Students will be expected to develop professional skills which enable them
to:
Students will be expected to be able to:
Continuing
professional approach to work
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
Community responsibilities
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
Personal development
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
The
undergraduate course has been planned to provide students with a broad
scientific training in fundamental studies which are related to various
branches of electrical and computer systems engineering.
Electrical and computer systems engineering is a profound, diverse and complex
profession, closely linked with the pure and the applied sciences, with an
ever-increasing emphasis on scientific ability.
The title of the course reflects the increasing importance of computers in many
branches of engineering and in society at large. Furthermore, employment
prospects for engineers with computer expertise continue to grow.
The electrical and computer systems engineering course up to the end of the
fourth semester is similar to the other courses at Clayton. The aim of the
first four semesters of the course is to provide a fundamental training in the
basic sciences of physics, mathematics and chemistry, and in electrical and
computer systems engineering, applied mechanics and materials science or
thermodynamics. The first of a sequence of three management subjects is taken
in the third semester.
The lectures in the fifth and sixth semesters cover such basic subjects of
electrical and computer systems engineering as circuit theory, electromagnetic
theory, control systems, electronics, computer systems engineering and
mathematics. Students must elect to join one of the three streams which have
their own core and elective subjects. The three streams commencing at level
three are (1) computer systems, (2) electrical and electronic
systems, and (3) telecommunications. These streams carry into level
four.
In the seventh and eighth semesters students must undertake level-four studies
within the stream commenced at level three. Each student must complete a number
of stream-dependent core subjects and is able to select further stream elective
and free elective subjects. Each student must undertake a thesis project. The
course structure acknowledges the breadth encompassed by electrical and
computer systems and offers subjects covering a wide range of topics.
The selection of elective subjects should be made in consultation with staff of
the department and must be approved by the head of the department.
Where possible, thesis projects are related to the research work of the staff
of the department, so that students learn how to work at the 'frontiers of
knowledge'. Under special circumstances an honours student may be invited to
undertake an enhanced thesis project worth fifteen credit points in which case
one stream elective subject or one free elective subject would then be
waived.
Considerable emphasis throughout the course is placed on laboratory work in the
well-equipped departmental laboratories.
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in materials engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed professional skills sufficient to:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
The
dominant role which materials have played throughout history is evidenced by
the designation of eras such as the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. In the
future, materials will continue to play a dominant role in developments both in
technology and in society itself. This arises because of the critical
importance of energy on the one hand and the need to conserve materials on the
other. The fact that most methods of producing energy economically are
materials-limited will mean that increasing attention must be given to
developing new materials with improved properties. So far as conservation is
concerned, more emphasis must be given to materials selection, corrosion and
protection, as well as to the expanding field of recycling of materials.
Materials engineering is concerned with the extraction, manufacture,
fabrication, and economic utilisation of materials for use in a wide range of
technologies. Materials engineering enhances traditional fields such as
metallurgy, corrosion engineering, ceramic engineering, and polymer (plastics
and rubber) technology. The work of the materials engineer follows on from that
of the mining engineer and chemical engineer with respect to the utilisation of
metals, ceramics, and polymers. Since materials are of basic importance in all
other branches of engineering, materials engineers are required to collaborate
with engineers in other disciplines. They may also be involved with chemists,
physicists, and economists. Their general awareness of the broad spectrum of
engineering often leads to managerial responsibilities.
A materials engineer may become involved in the investigation of the structure
of a material by techniques such as electron microscopy or X-ray diffraction,
the development and evaluation of new materials for new processes or
applications, the investigation of methods for shaping and fabrication, or
materials selection and evaluation of service performance. Trained materials
engineers participate in all stages of development of a new product or process,
from the original basic research in the laboratory, through the development,
pilot plant or prototype stages to full-scale production. It is for this reason
that the subject is equally attractive to both men and women.
Following completion of the common first level, students are introduced at
level two to fundamental aspects of the structure of materials and its
relationship to engineering properties, along with further training in
mathematics and other essential skills.
In the third and fourth levels, the subjects involve aspects of both materials
science and materials engineering in which a wide treatment is given to the
properties of metals, plastics, rubber and ceramics. Mathematics is taught
during the first four semesters of the course. In the final two semesters,
special attention is given to topics such as materials design and selection,
optimisation of properties, mechanical behaviour including shaping and
fabrication, and the performance of materials in service. Practical work forms
an essential part of most subjects and a substantial research project in a
field of materials (metals, plastics, rubber or ceramics) of their own choosing
is carried out by students in their final two semesters.
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed skills in:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
Mechanical
engineering is the practice that has arisen from the need to generate, transmit
and control mechanical energy. This practice brings with it the need to study
methods of design generation, transmission, and control, and increasingly to
employ scientifically and technologically based tools. Today, mechanical
engineering has as its core the interaction of people and machines and the
control of that interaction. Mechanical engineers will be found designing,
manufacturing and commissioning mobile and fixed machinery, controlling
physical environments, dominating aerospace development, exploring forms of
transportation, devising new machines and ways of controlling new machines, and
concerning themselves with all aspects of mechanical handling systems and
methods of production of anything to be manufactured. They will be found not
only in factories, research establishments, or in consulting practices, but
also in the mineral resource, chemical process and agricultural industries.
They will regard their function as one of design, production, operation,
consulting, technical management, general management, research and/or
development.
The undergraduate course is designed to provide a fundamental and broad
training to allow a graduate to steer a course into any of these areas as they
now exist or as they might develop in future. The course offers a sound
training in engineering design and in the physical and engineering sciences.
Comprehensive studies in engineering practices are provided in which the
analytical tools are brought to bear in a synthesis which accounts
satisfactorily for economic, organisational, managerial and human factors. A
mentor program is available to selected students to work with companies on real
mechanical design projects in hierarchical teams of postgraduate, fourth, third
and second-year students in master-apprentice relationships. The use of
computers in data reduction and in system modelling is studied. During the
final year either a major experimental project or substantial participation
with a design team actively engaged with practising engineers is arranged. The
results are presented by thesis and orally.
The design of the course attempts also to acknowledge the interdisciplinary
nature of modern engineering and to provide the graduate with a facility for
expanding his or her own development into related fields. It provides a working
knowledge of the elements of controls, stress systems, electronic
instrumentation, microcomputers and managerial procedures.
Following on from completion of the common first level, the second year focuses
more directly on subjects dealing with the practice of engineering and on the
engineering sciences. While the course is identified at this stage as a
mechanical engineering one there is a good deal of overlap with the courses of
the other streams of engineering.
In the third year, some subjects probe more deeply than others and encourage
more independent learning. Contact hours are reduced in these subjects, and
greater use is made of learning resources.
During the fourth year the program allows for some choice in the subjects. Thus
the students pursue a set of core subjects but are able to select from a number
of streamed subjects. These streams, which permit some limited specialisation,
are available in the areas of fluids, energy, design, mechatronics and as a
general stream. At that stage there is also the opportunity to study a subject
from another faculty as well as to carry out a small independent investigation
in an area of interest to the student.
The course provides an excellent foundation for entry into the profession or
for further study towards a higher degree. Graduates are eligible for admission
to membership of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Students enrolled in the second, third or fourth levels of the course may be required to complete at least one elective subject in the humanities or social sciences. These so-called 'interfaculty subjects' are normally of approximately forty contact hours but under some circumstances a more able student may, with the approval of the faculty board, on the recommendation of the head of the engineering department concerned, be allowed to enrol for a more demanding subject. A list of approved interfaculty subjects is published in November each year.
The course leading to the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computing) has as its main objectives the development of the following attributes in its graduates.
A graduate will be expected to know and understand:
A graduate will be expected to be able to:
A graduate will be expected to display:
Most
high-technology plants and services are the result of achievements in
electrical engineering and its dynamic disciplines of electronics,
microelectronics and digital technology. The application of microelectronics
has resulted in the explosive development of computers, automation and
communications in recent years. These developments will continue into the
future.
Electrical engineering is an exciting and challenging area of study for women
and men, and graduates have excellent employment opportunities. Within the
branches of electrical, electronic and computer engineering there is a wide
range of choice to meet the interests and aspirations of each graduate.
The full-time, four-year degree course is strongly vocation-oriented in order
to train electrical, electronic and communications engineers who can quickly
assimilate into professional employment.
The course is structured to provide a thorough understanding of the principles
and applications of the various disciplines. In addition it is designed to
develop personal qualities that are essential for a professional engineer, such
as ethics, creativity and sound judgement to create systems for the benefit of
society.
The two years following completion of the common first level cover essential
studies which provide breadth and depth of understanding of electrical,
communication, power, automatic control and computing systems.
The final year is devoted to studies at a professional level, for which
elective subjects permit specialisation in automatic control, electronics,
communications, computer systems and electrical power. Third and fourth-level
projects permit students to complete substantial engineering tasks of their
choice. Computing and management subjects are included throughout the course.
Environmental
engineering is a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary branch of engineering,
concerned with the implementation and management of engineering solutions and
programs that accord with the principles of sustainable development. Thus while
the traditional engineering skills of design, construction and management
remain an essential component, the focus of this branch of engineering is to
ensure that such activities are carried out in a manner that minimises or
eliminates adverse impact on the environment, and are socially, economically
and ecologically sustainable.
Historically based in the still major areas of water resource management and
water and wastewater treatment, the scope of application of environmental
engineering principles now embraces all of the air, water and soil
environments, and the interactions between them. Environmental engineers work
closely together with a range of other environmental professionals, and the
community. Their professional skills might be used to ensure clean water
supplies, reduce catchment soil erosion and salinity, develop and implement
cleaner production technologies to minimise industrial pollution, recycle waste
materials into new products, develop or rehabilitate landfill sites, develop
building and transport systems in harmony with the environment and, very
importantly, to evaluate and minimise the environmental impact of engineering
projects both large and small.
Career paths for environmental engineers are diverse, expanding and
challenging, with the pressures of increasing population and desires for
improved standards of living providing local and international opportunities.
Such opportunities are readily identified in all areas of industry, in
government planning and regulatory control, with regional and municipal
authorities, consultants and contracting engineers, research and development
organisations, and in education and technology transfer.
The aim of the course is to develop the engineering skills necessary to address environmental problems. Such skills will allow for the practical implementation of engineering solutions that have a strong understanding of the underlying environmental, social and economic context. Specifically, the objectives of the course are to:
The
environmental engineering course has been designed to be multidisciplinary, to
provide broad-based capability for the solution, implementation and management
of engineering activities in an environmental context. Thus core engineering
knowledge and skills are complemented by subjects from science, economics, arts
and law. The selection of one major elective stream, or two minor elective
streams, provides for in depth treatment of one or more specific areas of
application of environmental engineering principles. The elective streams are:
water and land management; environmental process engineering; and transport and
the built environment.
Level one of the course provides a broad base of science, mathematics,
introductory engineering, and environment subjects designed to form the basis
of a multidisciplinary engineering education.
Level two increases the engineering content which is a mixture of core
engineering subjects and more environmentally directed subjects. Mathematics is
continued. Environmental policy and communications are introduced, the former
subject being used to begin to integrate the content gained from the other
units.
Level three introduces more environmentally focused engineering subjects. It
builds upon the core subjects of level two, provides subjects that address
environmental impact and management systems, and sees the commencement of the
selected elective stream(s).
Level four seeks to integrate and provide application for much of the earlier
knowledge and skills developed by way of substantial engineering design and
project work within the various specific elective streams. These subjects are
complemented by further in-depth elective subjects, and interdisciplinary
subjects from environmental law, economics and policy areas.
Generic
On completion of a Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering, students are
expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
Discipline-specific
On completion of a Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering, students are
expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
General
skills
Students will be expected to develop professional skills which enable them
to:
Discipline skills
Students will be expected to be able to:
Continuing
professional approach to work
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
Community responsibilities
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
Personal development
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in
relation to:
The
faculties of Engineering and Information Technology offer a four-year degree
course which qualifies students for the degree of Bachelor of Computer Systems
Engineering. The course is administered by the Faculty of Engineering on behalf
of the board of management which runs the course for the two faculties. The
BCSE has been deliberately designed to break down the conceptual barriers
between the hardware, software and application aspects of computing which have,
in the past, impeded high quality technical problem solving in the industry.
The aim of the course is to teach computer science and electrical engineering
in preparation for professional careers in computing. The emphasis of the
course is to produce tool builders rather than tool users. The course has been
recognised by the Australian Computer Society for admission to membership and
has also received full recognition by the IEAust.
There is a quota on the number of places available in this course.
Generic
On completion of a Bachelor of Software Engineering, students are expected to
have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
Discipline-specific
On completion of a Bachelor of Software Engineering, students are expected to
have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
General
skills
Students will be expected to develop professional skills which enable them
to:
Discipline skills
Students will be expected to be able to:
The faculties of Engineering and Information Technology offer a four-year degree course which qualifies students for the degree of Bachelor of Software Engineering. The course is managed by the Faculty of Engineering on behalf of the board of management which administers the course for the two faculties. The BSE has been deliberately designed to address the need for engineers specialising in the development of large scale software systems while retaining sound understanding of the physical world with which these systems interact. The BSE complements the Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering (BCSE). The BSE is expected to be recognised by the IEAust and Australian Computer Society for admission to membership.
The
faculties of Engineering and Science offer a five-year consecutive degree
course which qualifies students for the Bachelor of Science degree after three
years of successful study of an approved combination of science and engineering
subjects, and for the Bachelor of Engineering degree after two further years of
study of engineering subjects only. Admission to this course is subject to the
approval of both faculties.
In the first three years of study students are subject to Faculty of Science
regulations and policies as regards examinations etc, except that students
seeking eventually to qualify with a BE degree in electrical and computer
systems engineering combined with a BSc degree majoring in mathematics or
physics will be subject to the regulations of the Faculty of Engineering in
their second year and the regulations of the Faculty of Science in their third
year. The fourth and fifth years of the consecutive degree course are pursued
entirely within and under the regulations of the Faculty of Engineering.
In the course structure for the BSc degree, restrictions have been imposed in
terms of prescribed subjects to ensure that students pursue studies which
suitably equip them for the subsequent years in engineering. Current programs
permit a student to graduate with a BSc degree combined with a BE degree in
chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems
engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering.
Students in all engineering branches may pursue majors in astrophysics,
mathematics, physics or computer science. There are additional sequences of
science subjects offered in some streams, including physiology (leading to
biomedical engineering in the electrical and computer systems engineering
department, rehabilitation engineering in the mechanical engineering
department, and biomaterials engineering in the materials engineering
department), environmental science, chemistry, meteorology and oceanography,
materials science and chemistry and microbiology in chemical engineering. In
order to pursue a particular sequence, students must take the necessary
prerequisites in their first year of study.
Students should also note that some sequences may not be able to be completed
in minimum time. The first two semesters of the course are largely common to
all streams, with all students studying mathematics, some engineering subjects
and either chemistry or physics.
Students must contact their engineering course adviser before enrolling
in any stage of the consecutive degree program, to ensure that the program they
wish to follow will satisfy prerequisites necessary for higher years.
A full outline of the first three years of the BSc/BE may be found in the
Science handbook. An outline of the last two years may be found in the subject
lists included after this section of the handbook.
The
Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Business and Economics offer a double
degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of
Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce after five years of successful study. The
BE/BCom course is available to students in the departments of Chemical
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,
Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The course is intended for
potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social,
organisational and managerial aspects of the engineering profession.
Students may be admitted to the double degree from the start of first year, in
which case entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions
Centre (VTAC) and their course of study in level one is identical to first-year
engineering. Alternatively, they may apply to transfer at the end of the second
semester of study in either the Bachelor of Engineering course or the Bachelor
of Commerce course. Students seeking admission by transfer should note that,
since a very high standard is required for admission through VTAC, a very high
standard of performance in first-year studies will be required of them also.
After the first two semesters, students essentially complete all of the
chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems
engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering core subjects or
equivalent, together with the subjects required for the commerce degree.
The double degree with commerce usually takes two semesters longer than the
engineering degree. Advice on the double degree program may be obtained from
the departments involved. The course structure is set out in the subject lists
included after this section of the handbook.
The
Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Law offer a double degree course
which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and
Bachelor of Laws. The course is available through the departments of Chemical
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,
Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. It is intended to bridge the
gap between technological and legal studies and to meet the need to have
engineers who are knowledgeable in the legal, corporate and political
arenas.
The decision to take the double degree is normally made at the end of the first
year of study, ie the first two semesters of the double degree program are
identical to the Bachelor of Engineering program. After that, students
essentially complete all of the core subjects or equivalent in their chosen
engineering stream, together with the required law subjects. The course
structure is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the
handbook.
The
faculties of Engineering and Arts offer a double degree course which qualifies
students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts. This
double degree program is available to students in the departments of Chemical
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,
Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and was originally
established to enable students to pursue interests in engineering and languages
concurrently, but now students may complete any arts major sequence and any
arts minor sequence for the BA degree as taught by the Faculty of Arts. The
language programs for which the double degree was established are aimed
particularly at engineers who wish to position themselves to take advantage of
opportunities in industry and government requiring multilingual skills. There
are obvious advantages also in the combination of visual arts and civil
engineering, which enables engineers to enhance their ability to cooperate with
architects in the design of building structures. The course also provides for
students who, while completing engineering studies in one of the five
participating departments, wish to pursue an interest in sociology, history,
philosophy, Asian studies or any other discipline taught by the Faculty of
Arts.
The BA/BE double degree program commences at level one and is of five years
duration, if taken full-time. Entry to the course is through the Victorian
Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). Applications to transfer to the double
degree program from engineering students who have completed two (or more)
semesters of study are considered on an individual basis. The course structure
is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The
Faculty of Engineering and the Monash University College of Art and Design
offer a double degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of
Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design). This
program is only available to students in the department of Mechanical
Engineering, and was established to enable creative students to pursue their
interests in both engineering design and industrial design, with a focus on
high-technology consumer product design. With a continuing international trend
to accelerated product development, facilitated by new interdisciplinary group
techniques such as 'concurrent engineering', there is growing need for
graduates with multidisciplinary skills and an ability to communicate with
professionals from other disciplines: this course in intended to address that
need.
There is a common technological core for both the BE (four years) and the
BTech(IndDesign) (three years) courses offered at Monash University, and the
amalgamation of the common cores means that the five year double degree course
still achieves the full objectives of both courses. Consequently, graduates
will be able to synthesise advanced technology and consumer product design in
the creation of new manufactured artifacts and will be able to facilitate
cooperation in new product development teams by being sensitive to the
different professional viewpoints of the team members.
The BE/BTech(IndDesign) double degree program commences at level one and is of
five years' duration, if taken full time. Entry to the course in through the
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). The course operates on-campus at
Clayton (Engineering) and Caulfield (Industrial Design), but the timetable for
the program is arranged so that where possible students will spend whole
semesters, or at least whole days, at one or other campus. The course structure
is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
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