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Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering

Course code: 0548 (first year), 1204 (chemical), 1205 (civil), 1376 (electrical and computer systems), 3835 (industrial engineering and engineering management), 1206 (materials), 1207 (mechanical) or 3821 (mechatronics) + Course abbreviation: BCom/BE + 5 to 5.5 years full-time (depending on branch of engineering selected), 10 years part-time + Total credit points required: 240 to 258 (depending on branch of engineering selected) + Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree course is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social, organisational and managerial aspects of the engineering profession.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the following areas taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, Asian development and transition, business law and taxation, competition, regulation and public policy, econometrics and business statistics, economics, finance, human resource management, information, strategy and decision making, international commerce, labour and employment, management or marketing. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry.

Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in one branch of engineering selected from chemical, civil, electrical and computer systems, industrial engineering and engineering management, materials or mechanical engineering. For details of these branches of engineering, refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering section of this handbook.

All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Clayton or those listed in the relevant engineering entry below.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) Students must complete 17 units (102 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):

(ii) Completion of at least two units (12 points) from the following:

First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.

(iii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year level.

(iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points).

(v) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

(b) Students must complete between 138 and 156 points from the Faculty of Engineering as follows:

(i) First year - for all engineering branches of study, students complete six units (36 points) of engineering:

Completion of two compulsory core units:

Plus three or four electives units from:

Plus none or one (depending on VCE subjects completed) transition unit from:

(ii) Students are required to complete one of the engineering branches listed below:

Chemical engineering

This is a new course structure for students entering level 2 of the program from 2006 onwards. Level 2 units are being offered from 2006 onwards. Level 3 units will be offered from 2007, and level 4 units from 2008. Students who entered level 2 of the program prior to 2006 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.

Second year
  • CHE2162 Material and energy balances
  • CHE2163 Heat and mass transfer
  • CHE2164 Engineering thermodynamics
  • ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

(Eng 24 points)

Third year
  • CHE2161 Fluid mechanics
  • CHM2735 Chemistry - principles and practice
  • ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

(Eng 18 points)

Fourth year
  • CHE3161 Chemistry and chemical thermodynamics
  • CHE3162 Process control
  • CHE3163 Chemical engineering project
  • CHE3164 Reaction engineering
  • CHE3165 Separation processes
  • CHE3166 Process design

(Eng 36 points)

Fifth year
  • CHE4117 Design project
  • CHE4118 Research project
  • CHE4161 Engineering in society
  • CHE4162 Particle technology
  • CHE4163 Transport phenomena and numerical methods

(Eng 42 points)

Civil engineering

This is a new course structure for students entering level 2 of the program from 2006 onwards. All engineering units will be offered from 2006. Students who entered level 2 of the program prior to 2006 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.

Second year
  • CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
  • CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry structures
  • CIV2242 Introductory geoengineering
  • ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

(Eng 24 points)

Third year
  • CIV2207 Computing and water systems modelling
  • CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
  • CIV2263 Water systems
  • CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering

(Eng 24 points)

Fourth year
  • CIV3221 Building structures and technology
  • CIV3222 Bridge design and assessment
  • CIV3247 Geoengineering
  • CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental geoengineering
  • CIV3264 Urban water and wastewater systems
  • CIV3283 Road engineering

(Eng 36 points)

Fifth year

Plus 12 points of electives from the following:

  • CIV4211 Project B (enrolment in this unit is by departmental approval only)
  • CIV4234 Advanced structural analysis
  • CIV4235 Advanced structural design
  • CIV4248 Ground hazards and environmental geotechnics
  • CIV4249 Foundation engineering
  • CIV4268 Water resources management
  • CIV4283 Transport planning
  • CIV4284 Transport systems

(Eng 24 points)

Electrical and computer systems engineering

Students should also note that considering the high computing content in the engineering programs, the commerce unit AFC2160 (Computers and accounting) may not be taken by BCom/BE students.

This is a new course structure for students entering level 2 of the program from 2006 onwards. Level 2 units are being offered from 2006 onwards. Level 3 and 4 units will be offered from 2007. Students who entered level 2 of the program prior to 2006 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.

Second year

(Eng 24 points)

Third year

(Eng 24 points)

Fourth year
  • ECE3073 Computer systems
  • ECE3091 Engineering design
  • ECE3092 Design automation
  • MAT3904 Mathematics II
  • 12-point electives from the ECSE elective units coded ECExxxx

(Eng 36 points)

Fifth year
  • ECE3031 Control
  • ECE4094 and ECE4095 Major design project
  • 18 points of electives from the ECSE elective units coded ECExxxx

(Eng 36 points)

Industrial engineering and engineering management
Second year
  • ENG2091Advanced engineering mathematics A
  • IND2400 Industrial engineering

(Eng 12 points)

Third year

(Eng 18 points)

Fourth year

(Eng 36 points)

Fifth year
  • IND3317 Design for manufacture
  • IND3321 Engineering computations
  • IND4309 Engineering project: project thesis A
  • IND4310 Engineering project: project thesis B
  • Elective units totalling 12 points selected from level 4 industrial engineering and engineering management units not otherwise taken

(Eng 36 points)

Materials engineering

This was a new course structure for students entering level 2 of the program from 2005 onwards. Level 2 units were offered from 2005 onwards. Level 3 units will be offered from 2006 and level 4 units from 2007. Students who entered level 2 of the program prior to 2005 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.

Second year
  • ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
  • MTE2541 Nanostructure of materials
  • MTE2542 Microstructural development
  • MTE2545 Engineering materials I

(Eng 24 points)

Third year
  • MTE2543 Materials selection and design
  • MTE2544 Introduction to functional materials
  • MTE2546 Mechanics of materials

(Eng 18 points)

Fourth year
  • MTE3541 Materials durability
  • MTE3542 Microstructural design in structural materials
  • MTE3543 Microstructure to applications: the mechanics of materials
  • MTE3544 Management and practice in materials engineering
  • MTE3545 Functional materials and devices
  • MTE3546 Engineering materials II
  • MTE3547 Materials characterisation and modelling

(Eng 42 points)

Fifth year
  • MTE4525 Materials engineering project I
  • MTE4526 Materials engineering project II
  • MTE4541 Materials engineering design and practice
  • MTE4543 Polymer/composite processing and engineering
  • MTE4545 Processing and engineering of metals and ceramics

(Eng 30 points)

Mechanical engineering

This is a new course structure for students entering level 2 of the program from 2006 onwards. Level 2 units are being offered from 2006 onwards. Level 3 units will be offered from 2007 and level 4 units from 2008. Students who entered level 2 of the program prior to 2006 should refer to the handbook for the year in which they commenced the course.

Second year

(Eng 12 points)

Third year

(Eng 30 points)

Fourth year
  • MEC3411 Fluid mechanics
  • MEC3412 Design project
  • MEC3413 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
  • MEC3414 Solid mechanics
  • MEC3415 Engineering computational analysis
  • MEC3416 Dynamics II
  • MEC3417 Control

(Eng 42 points)

Fifth year
  • MEC4401 Project 1
  • MEC4402 Project 2
  • One final-year elective from the published list

Note that the units ENG4614/4616 (Schools technology project) may not be taken.

(Eng 18 points)

Mechatronics engineering

This branch ceased intake into level 2 at the end of 2005. Students seeking to combine commerce with mechatronics engineering should consider applying for a course transfer into the new Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering double-degree program.

Second year

(Eng 24 points)

Third year

(Eng 30 points)

Fourth year

(Eng 30 points)

Fifth year
  • TRC3501 Power electronics and drives
  • TRC3600 Modelling and control
  • TRC4000 Mechatronics final year project I
  • TRC4800 Robotics
  • TRC4801 Digital communications

(Eng 30 points)

The course may be completed in five to five-and-a-half years of full-time study at a normal course load (depending on branch of engineering selected). The maximum time for completion is 10 years.

Professional recognition

Students who wish to obtain professional recognition should refer to 'Professional recognition' in the 'Faculty information' section of the Faculty of Business and Economics entry.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9905 2327, fax +61 3 9905 5499, email enquiries.clayton@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course director

Associate Professor Marg Lindorff

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