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This section concerns the Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and Minor
Thesis) - MEngSc(C'wk&MinThes).
For admission to full candidature for the degree of MEngSc(C'wk&MinThes) there must be clear and irrefutable evidence that a candidate has (a) a university honours degree in engineering or (b) a university pass degree in engineering or similar degree plus honours-equivalent experience appropriate to the field of study.
A candidate who seems to have the potential but is deemed to be inadequately prepared for MEngSc studies may be considered for preliminary candidature. Such a candidate would be required to pass a preliminary prescription recommended by the head of the department; this will normally consist of undergraduate units for which credit towards the MEngSc will not be allowed. Admission to full candidature will follow on receipt of an appropriate recommendation from the head of department certifying that the preliminary prescription has been passed.
Candidates
for MEngSc(C'wk&MinThes) are admitted without specifying full-time or
part-time status. The minimum period for duration of the course is eighteen
months with a maximum of fifty-four months. Intermissions are allowed which
would add to this time limit.
Level of enrolment is determined by central administration on the basis of the
actual subjects undertaken.
The work requirement of the coursework degree is specified in terms of credit
points. Two credit points require one contact hour per week for one semester,
ie thirteen contact hours. The number of credit points for the subject is
indicated by the figures appearing after the decimal point in the subject
classification number. A candidate must gain seventy-two credit points before
becoming eligible for award of the MEngSc(C'wk&MinThes) degree.
Any candidate who requests an intermission of candidature which during the
whole period of candidature leads to the total length of all such intermissions
exceeding twelve months, will be advised to seek 'withdrawal in good
standing.'
It is the faculty's policy to encourage candidates to complete in minimum time.
It should be noted that although regulations allow for the course to be
completed in one year in exceptional circumstances, any candidate attempting to
do so is required to complete the equivalent of eighteen months full-time study
(ie seventy-two credit points) during this period. International students
should particularly note that completion of the course in one year would still
attract a financial liability for eighteen months of study.
The coursework component is normally fifty-four credit points. The remaining
eighteen credit points are to be earned by a minor thesis. Enrolment in the
minor thesis is done on a percentage basis and candidates must enrol in at
least one-third of the value of the thesis in any semester in which the thesis
is undertaken.
Up to thirty-six credit points can be earned by satisfactorily completing
approved graduate-level coursework subjects offered outside the university and
up to eighteen credit points may be earned from approved graduate level
coursework subjects from other faculties at Monash. The minor thesis component
must be completed at Monash. Candidates for the degree with the departments of
Civil Engineering and Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering are expected
to take graduate subjects offered by the department to the value of at least
thirty credit points.
Each candidate will have a member of the faculty's academic staff as a
supervisor. The supervisor will advise the candidate in the selection of
coursework subjects and their sequence, help in the selection and specification
of a candidate's project, and supervise the project.
The Faculty of Engineering operates a two-semester system for its graduate
coursework program. Each semester is of thirteen effective teaching weeks. The
first semester commences in the first week of March and the second semester
commences in the third week of July.
As far as possible, coursework is held within the period 4 pm to 8 pm on
weekdays, except for level four undergraduate subjects approved for graduate
study. Each coursework subject is self-contained, including examination. There
are no supplementary examinations for candidates who fail a subject.
Graduate subjects are postgraduate in nature and are clearly advanced relative
to normal undergraduate subjects and to refresher-type extension courses.
Subjects normally require thirty-nine contact hours (six credit points). A
contact hour requires attendance of students and instructor. A thirty-nine
contact-hour subject normally contains no more than twenty-six hours of formal
lectures, the remaining time being spent in tutoring, laboratory, etc. A
similar ratio applies to smaller subjects.
Subject offerings may not be repeated every year and, whenever possible,
long-term notification will be given of subject offerings. Sufficient subjects
will be offered so that candidates may pursue reasonable specialisation. The
yearly course prescription of each candidate must be approved by the Head of
the department in which the candidate is enrolled.
Each
subject in a particular semester is completed and its candidates assessed or
examined before the next semester starts. Final examinations can, if required
by a department, be held after the completion of the semester, but before the
start of the next semester. In the case of second semester, the final
examination must be held within three weeks of completion of the thirteen-week
semester.
Candidature may be terminated if progress is regarded as unsatisfactory.
Performances will be reviewed at the end of each semester and if they do not
reach the required standard, students will not be permitted to continue with
the course. Students will be given their results by marks and grading of high
distinction (HD), distinction (D), credit (C), pass (P) or fail (NN) in each
subject.
Section
5 of the Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and Minor Thesis)
regulations reads as follows:
The faculty board may review the academic progress of a candidate and, after
taking into account any recommendation from the head of the department
concerned and the supervisor, and after giving the candidate an opportunity to
be heard, may terminate the candidature, on the grounds of unsatisfactory
performance.
All engineering higher-degree-by-coursework candidates are required, subsequent
to attempting subjects to the value of eighteen credit points, to pass at least
two-thirds (67 per cent) of all credit points attempted. Should a candidate not
achieve this level of academic performance, his or her academic progress should
be reviewed by the Graduate Affairs Committee who will decide whether or not
candidature should be terminated on the grounds of unsatisfactory progress.
The administrative officer (graduate studies) will be responsible for examining
results for higher-degree candidates at the end of each semester and
identifying those candidates who have not passed at least two-thirds of all
coursework attempted. This calculation will be made according to the weight of
each subject so that allowance is made for coursework subjects which are
allocated a non-standard weighting. Candidates identified according to this
procedure will then have their case referred to the Graduate Affairs Committee
who will review the academic progress of the candidate concerned.
Any student referred to the Graduate Affairs Committee for this purpose is
entitled to an opportunity to be heard, and in the event that the student is
excluded, provision exists for an appeal to the Exclusion Appeals Committee of
the Academic Board.
Departments offering coursework subjects at the Clayton campus reserve the right to withdraw an offered subject if an insufficient number of students choose it. If this occurs, there will be, generally, ample alternative subjects available. The subjects offered need not be the same each year, although repetitions of the more sought-after subjects can be expected. It is intended that a candidate can look ahead at least to the following year when selecting subjects.
Coursework candidates with interdisciplinary interests may include a selection of postgraduate subjects from other faculties within the university, eg Business and Economics. Credit for such subjects is limited to eighteen credit points. Initial inquiries should be directed to the faculty offering the subject(s) concerned, followed by consultation with the engineering department in which the student registers as a masters candidate.
Graduate coursework subjects are offered in the area of pulp and paper technology. The subjects available are listed below.
The
Department of Civil Engineering offers a transport and traffic engineering
stream to students commencing the Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and
Minor Thesis) degree.
In order to qualify for the degree a candidate must accrue a total of
seventy-two credit points of which, in this department, fifty-four are to be
obtained by an approved program of coursework subjects, and eighteen by
completing a minor thesis.
Candidates are advised that they should complete at least thirty credit points
and their thesis in the main area of study. Within these guidelines, candidates
are free to select their course of study from subjects offered by the
Department of Civil Engineering (if available), other engineering departments
and, where appropriate, other faculties within the university. However, the
availability of subjects is dependent upon the level of enrolments.
The following subjects are available in the general area of Civil
Engineering:
The program in
transport and traffic engineering is a response to the growing need for
engineers with broad awareness of the characteristics and significance of
transport, including its technological, economic and social impact.
At the same time, the program outlines the state of the art of transport
engineering, as it may be applied to the solution of real problems in the
planning, design, management and operation of transport facilities.
The course is aimed at giving the student a thorough understanding of the
nature of transport demand and the role of transport in the modern community, a
familiarity with the characteristics of modern transport technology, and an
ability to appraise and evaluate solutions to transport problems. To achieve
these aims, the development of appropriate analytical skills and practical
knowledge is stressed, together with a recognition of the role of other
disciplines in tackling transport-related issues.
For these reasons, the program will have particular appeal to people with a few
years postgraduate experience in transport who wish to have formal education in
this field. Engineers working with road, traffic, or public transport
authorities, or in local government, and people with an interest in transport
planning or research will find the course to be of benefit.
The Master of Engineering Science program in transport and traffic engineering
is designed and administered with the assistance of a Department of Civil
Engineering advisory committee on transport education. Through this committee,
which includes representatives of government departments, local government,
research institutions and private firms with an interest in transport, the
department is kept abreast of needs and opportunities related to transport
education.
The following subjects are available in transport and traffic engineering:
The
degree of Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and Minor Thesis) consists
of a coursework component worth between thirty-six and fifty-four credit points
and a project (minor thesis) component worth between eighteen and thirty-six
credit points, the total accumulating to seventy-two credit points. With the
approval of the head of the department, the project (minor thesis) component
may be increased up to a maximum of thirty-six credit points while the
coursework component is correspondingly decreased to make a total of
seventy-two credit points for the degree.
Current regulations allow for the degree to be completed in a minimum time of
eighteen months. However due to limited availability of graduate subjects each
year, candidates within the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems
Engineering will normally take between three and four years to complete the
course on a part-time basis. It should be noted that all candidates are
required to complete the equivalent of eighteen months full-time study (ie
seventy-two credit points) over any period of time and that completion of the
course would still attract a financial liability for eighteen months of
study.
Graduate coursework subjects are listed in the areas of bioengineering,
computer systems engineering, intelligent robotics, telecommunications, and
power engineering.
However, not all of the subjects will be offered in any one year, although most
combinations will be accommodated over a two-year cycle provided that
sufficient student interest exists.
Candidates are expected to take electrical and computer systems engineering
graduate subjects worth at least thirty credit points (excluding the project).
It is possible to take graduate subjects from other engineering departments or
other faculties worth up to eighteen credit points. Depending on their
background preparation, candidates may be required to take certain additional
subjects (eg a selection of topics in engineering mathematics) that are not
listed below and for which appropriate credit points will be given.
The project may involve an experimental or theoretical research problem, a
substantial design or computational exercise, an industrial problem, a field
study or the design and construction of an experimental facility within the
department.
A supervisor is appointed for each candidate and approval for a project topic
must be obtained from the head of department. Approval may be given for a
project to be undertaken at a candidate's place of employment, providing
satisfactory supervision arrangements can be made.
Most of these subjects consist of thirteen weeks of three contact hours per week and have a weight of six credit points.
The Department of Materials Engineering offers a part-time program of study leading to the degree of Master of Engineering Science in polymer engineering. In order to qualify for this degree, a candidate must obtain seventy-two credit points (forty-eight by coursework and twenty-four by a project leading to a minor thesis). This course is only provided if there is sufficient demand and will not be offered in 1999.
The Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and Minor Thesis) degree within the Department of Mechanical Engineering is suspended until further notice and will not be offered to new students in 1999.
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