Level

Subject

Credit points

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design)

Stage 1

ENG1201 Civil engineering

4

ENG1301 Electrical engineering

4

ENG1902

ENG1401 Mechanical engineering

4

ENG1501 Materials engineering

4

ENG1602 Engineering computing

4

Basic keyboard skills assumed

ENG1603 Engineering systems

4

VCE Specialist Mathematics or ENG1901

ENG1902

ENG1902 Engineering mathematics B

4

VCE Specialist Mathematics

MEC2410 Engineering practices: drafting, or MEC2414 Engineering practices: drafting, or MEC1414 Engineering practices: drafting**

3

DES1002 Product design I*

9

Subtotal: 40 cp

Two subjects (depending on prerequisites):

ENG1701 Chemistry A

4

ENG1801 Physics A

4

VCE Mathematical Methods

ENG1901 Engineering mathematics A

4

VCE Mathematical Methods

ENG1702 Chemistry B

4

VCE Chemistry or ENG1701

ENG1802 Physics B

4

VCE Physics or ENG1801

ENG1601 Engineering context

4

Total: 48 cp

Stage 2

MEC2420 Design process

4

ENG1201 or CIV1210, ENG1401 or MEC1410

MEC2410

MEC2440 Applied mechanics, or GSE2402 Applied mechanics

4

ENG1401 or MEC1410, ENG1902 or MAT1920

MEC2470 Mechanics of solids or GSE2201 Structural mechanics

4

ENG1201 or CIV1210

MEC2480 Thermodynamics, or CHE2120 Thermodynamics I

4

ENG1902 or MAT1920

MAT2901 Multivariable calculus for engineering

4

ENG1902 or MAT1920

MEC2460 Mechanical design: materials selection

4

ENG1501 or MTE1510

MEC2490 Computer programming

4

ENG1602 or ECS1610

DES1102 Product design 2*

9

DES1103 Technology 2 (ind des)*

8

DES2004 Product engineering 3 (CAD)*

4

Total: 49 cp

Stage 3

DES2002 Product design 3*

12

DES2003 Technology 3 (ind des)*

8

DES2104 Product engineering 4 (CAD)*

4

ECE2002 Electrical engineering

4

ENG1301 or ECS1310

MAT2902 Linear algebra and differential equations for engineering

4

ENG1902 or MAT1920

MEC2430 Fluid mechanics, or CHE2100 Momentum transfer I

4

VCE Specialist Mathematics or ENG1901

MEC2450 Design of machine elements

4

MEC2420

MEC3408 Mechanics and deformation of solids

4

MEC2470

MEC3469 Computer-assisted engineering

6

MEC2490

Total: 50 cp

Stage 4

MEC3403 Machine design

6

MEC2450

MEC2440

MEC3406 Mechanical vibrations

4

MEC2440, MAT2901, MAT2902

MEC3465 Fluid mechanics

6

MEC2430, MAT2901, MAT2902

MEC3421 Engineering thermodynamics

4

MEC3401

MEC3494 Statistical analysis of mechanical systems

4

MAT2901

MEC3462 Systems and control

6

MEC2440, ECS2300 (now ECE2002), MAT2901, MAT29021

MEC3404 Engineering practices: design management

4

MEC3403

DES3002 Product design 5*

13

Total: 47 cp

Note that at the completion of level 4, the mechanical engineering component of the double degree is divided into the following four streams: 1. Fluids/Energy; 2. Design; 3. Mechatronics; 4. General. This streaming continues to the completion of the degree. Students may select any of the four streams, but only the design stream will be timetabled to accommodate the subjects in the double-degree program. If another stream is selected, it will be the responsibility of the student to accommodate any consequent timetable clashes.

Stage 5

Core subjects

MEC4401 Engineering practices: project thesis A

4

MEC32404, MEC4400

MEC4424 Industrial innovation

2

MEC3403, MEC3404

DES3102 Product design 6*

13

MEC3401 Fundamentals of heat transfer

4

MEC2480, MEC2430, MAT2902

MEC4403 Technology and society

4

MEC4406 Engineering practices: project thesis C

6

MEC3404

MEC4401

Stream subjects

Select two elective subjects from the chosen stream. The subjects are shown in list 1 for the BE(Mechanical). The elective ENG4611 Schools technology project may not be included as one of the electives.

* See the Art and Design section for full details of design subjects. Students should note that prerequisites for these subjects will consist of a combination of engineering and design subjects. Contact your course adviser for further details before completing your enrolment in design subjects.

** The 4 cp drafting subjects may be substituted for the 3 cp drafting by students transferring to this program.

Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering
The student requires 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Engineering degree, of which not less than 160 credit points must be obtained in subjects prescribed by this subject list which are also listed in the course in mechanical engineering in subject list I. Where alternative subjects are offered, students are expected to enrol in the first-listed subject unless timetabling restrictions make this impractical.