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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Engineering

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering

Course abbreviation: BCom/BE

The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Business and Economics offer a double-degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce after five years of successful study. To complete the course in five years may require some overloading of units throughout the course. The BCom/BE course 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 is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social, organisational and managerial aspects of the engineering profession.

Students may be admitted to the double degree from the start of first year, in which case entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). Alternatively, they may apply to transfer at the end of the second semester of study in either the Bachelor of Engineering course or the Bachelor of Commerce course. Students seeking admission by transfer should note that, since a very high standard is required for admission through VTAC, a very high standard of performance in first-year studies will be required of them also.
Students essentially complete all of the chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering core units or equivalent, together with the units required for the commerce degree.
The double degree with commerce usually takes two semesters longer than the engineering degree. Advice on the double-degree program may be obtained from the departments involved. The course structure is set out in the course list following this section.

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