The course is designed to meet the needs of people employed in technical, supervisory or management positions or people aspiring to such positions. The main aim of the course is to provide people employed in industry with the opportunity to obtain education and training in supervision and management supplemented, if desired, by the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in basic technical engineering topics.
The
Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management) is a two-year equivalent
full-time course offered by distance education that provides training and
education in industrial supervision and basic business and management
procedures. It also offers the option of studies in basic engineering subjects.
The course provides supervision and management training for people working in
industry in such positions as technical officers, engineering assistants,
engineering and industrial supervisors. These people often work in a supporting
role to professional engineers and other professionals, but can also work
independently in smaller organisations which do not employ professional
engineers. In other organisations employing professional engineers, they may
also work independently on reaching senior positions.
The course gives particular attention to the needs of small and medium-sized
industrial businesses. It is designed for part-time study, causing minimum
interference to employment by use of distance education study with weekend
schools. Well-motivated students can reasonably undertake four subjects each
year, thus permitting completion of the course by four years of distance
education study. The course is, however, designed to allow maximum flexibility
for each student to proceed through the course at a rate appropriate to his or
her particular circumstances.
(a) Mature-age
entry: People with an appropriate employment background who are over 23 years
of age may gain entry as mature-age students under alternative category
entry -- mature-age provisions.
(b) Year 12 entry: The normal academic requirement for entry is successful
completion of a Year 12 course of study, preferably including a pass in English
(students wanting to do the technical module preferably should have passed
mathematics and a science subject at Year 11).
(c) Successful completion of the first year of an associate diploma or
advanced certificate course at a Victorian TAFE college or similar
institution.
(d) Satisfaction of other categories of Monash's minimum tertiary entrance
requirements.
(e) Applicants will not normally be accepted directly from Year 12 studies
unless they are employed in industry.
An outline of the course structure and content of the diploma is set out in the
subject lists included following this section.
Applicants with appropriate engineering or industrial qualifications may obtain up to a maximum credit of 48 credit points. Applicants who have undergone formal employer-conducted industrial training may be eligible for credit up to 36 credit points.
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