Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000 - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering (BSc/BE)

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering (BSc/BE)

From 1999, the faculties of Engineering and Science offer a new five-year double-degree course replacing the existing consecutive degree course. The new course qualifies students for the degree of Bachelor of Science degree after four years of successful study of an approved combination of science and engineering subjects, and for the Bachelor of Engineering degree after a further year of study of engineering subjects only. Admission to this course is subject to the approval of both faculties. In the double-degree course structure, restrictions have been imposed in terms of prescribed subjects to ensure that students pursue studies which suitably equip them for the subsequent years in science and 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), atmospheric science, biochemistry, earth sciences, chemistry, 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.
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 double-degree program, to ensure that the program they wish to follow will satisfy prerequisites necessary for higher years. Students should consider enrolling in the subjects ENG1401, CHM1011, MTH1030 (or MTH1020) and PHS1011 in first semester if they are unsure which branch of study they wish to pursue. All branches can be taken with this first-semester enrolment, but it may be necessary to submit a change of enrolment before second semester if the branch of study is to be changed.
The new course will be fully phased in over the existing consecutive Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering degree course by the year 2003. Until then, students enrolled prior to 1999in the existing consecutive degree course will follow the old course structure.
The requirements for the first year of the new double-degree course may be found in the subject list after this section of the handbook. The course requirements for students commencing the second year of the course in 2000 will be set out in a faculty enrolment guide which will be provided to all students prior to re-enrolment in late 1999.
For students who first enrolled prior to 1999 and are in the fourth or fifth year of the course, the requirements for the last two years in engineering may be found in the subject lists following this section. Details of the permitted subject combinations for each branch of study in engineering will be set out in a faculty enrolment guide which will be provided to all students prior to re-enrolment in late 1999.