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Bachelor of Engineering

Course code: 0032 (Clayton), 2241 (Malaysia) + Course abbreviation: BE + Total credit points required: 192 (48 points at Bachelor of Engineering level 1, plus 144 points from the relevant engineering branch) + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time (1 year full-time Bachelor of Engineering, 3 years full-time in the engineering branches)

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton; Malaysia)

Course description

Candidates for the Bachelor of Engineering choose to specialise in one of seven branches of engineering: chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, industrial engineering and engineering management, materials engineering, mechanical engineering and mechatronics engineering. The common first level allows students to keep open the option of entering any of the seven branches. There are limits on the number of students who may enrol in each branch and, where demand exceeds supply, students will be admitted on the basis of academic merit (their results at level 1). Students who do not get their first choice will be offered a place in one of their other preferences. If students wish to change branches at a later stage of the course, some additional units may be required and the transition could extend the duration of the course beyond four years full-time.

Following the completion of the common first level, students transfer into one of the seven branches of engineering at Clayton or Malaysia. Each of the seven branches of engineering is outlined below and requires an additional three years of study after the completion of level 1.

Course structure

Two of the eight units in the common first year are compulsory. A student’s choice of the remaining units must take into account two factors: the amount of mathematics, chemistry and physics completed prior to admission to the course, and the branch of engineering into which the student hopes to proceed at the end of the first year. The large majority of students entering the faculty have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), and references in the following paragraphs are to the prerequisite VCE subjects. Some domestic and international students enter the faculty with other, equally acceptable, qualifications, and advice about unit choice for students with qualifications other than the VCE may be obtained from staff of the faculty administration offices.

If a student has completed only one of VCE units 3 and 4 of Chemistry or Physics and has not completed VCE units 3 and 4 of Specialist Mathematics, the student will be required to complete ENG1090 and one of ENG1070 or ENG1080, depending on subjects not taken at VCE.

If a student has successfully completed VCE units 3 and 4 of Specialist Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, the student will have space for two electives. This will enable the student to take two units from ENG1061, ENG1071 and ENG1081. Alternatively, the student may take all five of the engineering electives and one of ENG1061, ENG1071 and ENG1081.

Course requirements

For information about course requirements for later-year levels of this program, students should refer to the entries in their chosen engineering branch.

First year

A total of eight units must be selected from:

Core units

You must select four or five units from:

Foundation units

Students who have not completed VCE units 3 and 4 of Chemistry or Physics and/or Specialist Mathematics are required to select one or two appropriate foundation units(s) from:

Electives

Select none, one or two units from:

Total: 48 points

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