Postgraduate courses and subjects 2000

Graduate diplomas

Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management
Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering
Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology

The following graduate diplomas in engineering are currently offered by the faculty:

· Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management
· Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering
· Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology

Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management

This part-time course is offered only by distance education by the Gippsland School of Engineering. It consists of eight two-semester subjects and normally takes two years of distance education study to complete. Attendance is required at a residential school in each year.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management are able to articulate to the Master of Engineering Maintenance Management provided they have maintained an average of 70 per cent or more. The maximum credit allowable for those transferring to the masters program is 36 credit points.
Engineering maintenance management and reliability engineering have tremendous scope for improving profitability. Since 1985, hundreds of engineers, managers and senior technical people have increased their capability by completing Monash University courses in maintenance management or reliability engineering. Organisations from many industries have gained by improved asset performance, and individuals have equipped themselves for career advancement.

Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering

The Department of Materials Engineering offers a Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering (GradDipMatEng) at Clayton. It is expected that most recruits to this course will be drawn from graduates in science, applied science, metallurgy, or in branches of engineering other than materials engineering who, having been in employment for some time, find themselves in need of further training in the materials area. Experience gained with overseas students suggests that the course may have particular appeal to graduates from developing countries. It is not expected, at this stage, that the graduate diploma will be taken as an immediate follow-up to a first degree, although applications from suitably qualified candidates will be considered. The graduate diploma will not be available to graduates in materials engineering from this department.
The department believes that there is a need for the course because of the fact that much of the current materials technology in Australia is of recent origin. Consequently, there has been little opportunity for those people who are currently employed in professional or middle management positions within materials technology to acquire training in the fundamentals of their subject. Moreover, there is little opportunity for such training elsewhere in Australia.
The course for the Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering will comprise subjects to the value of at least 48 credit points taken from the syllabus for level three and level four of the undergraduate course in materials engineering, with some suitable dispensation of prerequisites. MTE4525.04 (Project I) and MTE4526.06 (Project II) will normally be included among these choices. In addition, it is expected that some candidates may need to undertake preliminary subjects particularly relating to materials in which they may have had little previous experience.
A course prescription will be arranged in consultation with each candidate and must be approved by the head of the department. The selection of subjects will be such as to emphasise the interdisciplinary nature of materials engineering and to provide basic training in the three major classes of materials, that is, metals, polymers, and ceramics. Candidates will then be required to develop a major interest in a chosen class of material. Subject outlines for the subjects selected are to be found in the 'Subjects - all faculties' section of undergraduate handbook for 2000.

Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology (GradDipPPT) at Clayton. It is expected that most recruits to this course will be drawn from graduates of three-year science degrees who have been employed in the pulp and paper industry. The course may have particular appeal to graduates from developing countries.
The department believes that there is a need for the course because many of three-year science degree graduates are employed in the pulp and paper industry.
The course for the Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology will comprise a selection of subjects to the value of at least 48 credit points taken from subjects offered for the Master of Engineering Science program in pulp and paper technology. Some candidates may need to undertake preliminary studies in some areas.
The actual subject selection for each candidate for the diploma will be arranged in consultation with the academic staff of the department and must be approved by the head of the department. Subject outlines for the subjects selected may be found in the 'Subjects - all faculties' section of this publication in the range CHE5160 to CHE5168. Note that the entry codes for these subjects when taken for the GradDipPPT are CHE9160 to CHE9168.