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Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts

Course code: 0116 + Course abbreviation: BE/BA + Total credit points required: 240 to 252, depending on branch of engineering (48 points at level 1, plus the remaining points from the relevant engineering branch) + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Engineering

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This course enables students to complement studies in one of five branches of engineering by selecting units from the very wide range of disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts in the humanities, social sciences and communication. Language programs are aimed 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 culture and civil engineering, which enables engineers to enhance their ability to cooperate with architects in the design of building structures.

The program is offered in the branches of chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering and mechanical engineering. Selection of students into their chosen engineering branch is based on academic performance and departmental quotas after the completion of the common first year of the course.

Course structure

In the first year of study, students complete engineering units worth 36 points and a 12 point first-year sequence in an arts discipline. Thereafter candidates may structure their courses as they wish, having regard to the constraints imposed by timetabling and the need to satisfy prerequisites for later-year units. The latter will probably require most students to take some engineering and some arts units in each year of study.

The arts component of this double degree will require 96 points. All disciplines must be chosen from those taught by the Faculty of Arts as listed in the 'Areas of study' section of the faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Should a student discontinue the double-degree program and seek to take out a single degree, it will be necessary to complete all of the requirements of that single degree.

Course requirements

First year - all engineering branches of study
Bachelor of Arts units
  • Two first-year units (12 points)
Bachelor of Engineering units (36 points, depending on prerequisites)

Completion of two core units:

Students must select three or four units from:

plus (depending on VCE subjects completed) none or one foundation unit from:

Total: 48 points

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

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