Course
code: 2965 + Course abbreviation: BE/BDes(IndDes) + Clayton/Caulfield
campus
The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Art and Design offer a
double-degree course which qualifies student for the degrees of Bachelor of
Engineering and Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design). The program was
established to enable creative students to pursue their interests in both
engineering design and industrial design, with a focus on high-technology
consumer product design. With a continuing international trend to accelerated
product development, facilitated by new interdisciplinary group techniques such
as 'concurrent engineering', there is a growing need for graduates with
multidisciplinary skills and an ability to communicate with professionals from
other disciplines: this course is intended to address that need.
There
is a common technological core for both the BE (four years) and the BDes
(Industrial Design) (three years) courses offered at Monash University.
The amalgamation of the common cores means that the five-year double-degree
course still achieves the principal objectives of both courses. Consequently,
graduates will be able to synthesise advanced technology and consumer product
design in the creation of new products and will be able to facilitate
cooperation in new product development teams by being sensitive to the
different professional viewpoints of the team members.
The
BE/BDes (IndDes) double-degree program commences at level 1 and is of five
years duration, if taken full-time. Entry is through the Victorian Tertiary
Admissions Centre (VTAC), although transfer applications after one year of BE
studies will be considered on their merits.
The course operates on-campus at Clayton (Engineering) and Caulfield
(Industrial Design), but is structured to allow whole days at one or the other
campus. The course structure is set out in the unit lists included after this
section of the handbook.
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