The School of Physics and 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. At this stage, it is not expected 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 school.
The school believes there is a need for the course because 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 area. Moreover, there is little
opportunity for such training elsewhere in Australia.
The course for the Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering will comprise
units 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 units 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 school. The selection of units will be such
as to emphasise the interdisciplinary nature of materials engineering and to
provide basic training in the three major classes of materials, ie metals,
polymers, and ceramics. Candidates will then be required to develop a major
interest in a chosen class of material. Unit outlines for the units selected
are to be found in the `Units - all faculties' section of this handbook.
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