Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)/Bachelor of Arts

Course code: 1211 + Course abbreviation: BE(Mech)/BA+ Total credit points required: 250 or 254, depending on VCE subjects completed (48 or 52 credit points at Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts at level 1, plus the remaining credit points for this engineering branch)+ 5 years full-time, 8 years part-time (including 1 year full-time Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts level 1) + Managing faculty: Engineering

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

For details of this branch of engineering refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering in this handbook. For information on Arts majors and minors, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course structure

Students enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common first year (refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts earlier in this section).

Course requirements

Students require a total of 250 credit points (or 254 depending on prerequisites) including level 1, of which not less than 154 credit points (or 158 depending on prerequisites) must be obtained from the engineering units listed below.
The arts component requires 96 credit points, consisting of a major (48 points), a minor (24 points), an additional first-year sequence (12 points) and a further 12 points of arts units.

Engineering units

Year 2

• ECE2002 Electrical engineering
• MEC2414 Engineering practices: drafting
• MEC2420 Engineering practices: design process
• MEC2430 Fluid mechanics
• MEC2440 Applied mechanics
• MEC2450 Engineering practices: design of machine elements
• MEC2460 Mechanical design: materials selection
• MEC2470 Mechanics of solids
• MEC2480 Thermodynamics
• MEC2490 Computer programming
• MAT2901 Multivariable calculus for engineering
• MAT2902 Linear algebra and differential equations for engineering

It is recommended to take the level 2 engineering units over two years of study with appropriate arts units.
Eng: 48 credit points

Year 3

• MEC3401 Fundamentals of heat transfer
• MEC3403 Engineering practices: machine design
• MEC3406 Mechanical vibrations
• MEC3408 Deformation of solids
• MEC3421 Engineering thermodynamics
• MEC3462 Systems and control
• MEC3465 Fluid mechanics
• MEC3469 Computer-assisted engineering
• MEC3494 Statistical analysis of mechanical systems

Eng: 44 credit points

Year 4

Core units

• MEC4401 Engineering practices: project thesis A
• MEC4402 Engineering practices: project thesis B
• MEC4424 Engineering practices: industrial innovation

Elective units
Two final-year approved electives from course list 1 for the BE(Mech) are to be taken. The unit ENG4614/ENG4616 (Schools technology studies project) may not be included as one of the electives.
Eng: 26 credit points

Year 5 - remaining arts and engineering units

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