Course abbreviation: BE/BA
The faculties of Engineering and Arts offer a double-degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts. This double-degree program is available to students in the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, and the School of Physics and Materials Engineering. The course was originally established to enable students to pursue interests in engineering and languages concurrently, but now students may complete any arts major sequence and any arts minor sequence for the BA degree as taught by the Faculty of Arts.
The language programs for which the double degree was established are aimed
particularly at engineers who wish to position themselves to take advantage of
opportunities in industry and government requiring multilingual skills. There
are obvious advantages also in the combination of visual arts and civil
engineering, which enables engineers to enhance their ability to cooperate with
architects in the design of building structures. The course also provides for
students who, while completing engineering studies in one of the five
participating departments, wish to pursue an interest in sociology, history,
philosophy, Asian studies or any other discipline taught by the Faculty of
Arts.
The BE/BA double-degree program commences at level 1 and is of five years
duration, if taken full-time with some overloading of units throughout the
course. Entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
(VTAC). Applications to transfer to the double-degree program from engineering
students who have completed two (or more) semesters of study are considered on
an individual basis. The course structure is set out in the course list
following this section.
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