Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering

Course code: 3834 + Course abbreviation: BCom/BMechatronicsEng + Total credit points required: 252 + 5 to 5.5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering degrees.

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, finance, economics, business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management, marketing, Asian development and transition, international commerce, competition regulation and public policy, information strategy and decision making, labour and employment, and human resource management. All units taken as part of a major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus. For details of the units required for a major specialisation, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce course entry in the ‘Outline of undergraduate studies – Clayton’ section of this handbook.

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 program in the mechatronics branch of engineering.

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):

AFC1021/AFC1022 Accounting principles
BTC1110 Business law
ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
MGC1010 Managing people and organisations
MKC1200 Principles of marketing

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

AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or
AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting
ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

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

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

(iv) a major specialisation of at least eight units (48 points).

(v) a maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points).

(vi) 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 25 engineering units (150 points) from the Faculty of Engineering as follows:

First year

Completion of five compulsory core units (30 points):

ENG1030 Electrical systems
ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
ENG1050 Engineering materials
ENG1060 Computing for engineers
ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering

and one foundation unit* (6 points) from:

ENG1070 Foundation chemistry
ENG1080 Foundation physics
ENG1090 Foundation mathematics
ENG1020 Engineering structures (elective)

^{* This requirement can vary subject to the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects (or equivalent) completed.}

Second year (24 points)

ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
TRC2100 Mechatronic design
TRC2300 Digital electronics
TRC2400 Computer programming

Third year (30 points)

MTE2544 Functional materials
TRC2000 Mechatronics project I
TRC2200 Thermo-fluids and power systems
TRC2201 Mechanics
TRC2500 Electronics

Fourth year (30 points)

TRC3000 Mechatronics project II
TRC3200 Dynamical systems
TRC3300 Microprocessor systems
TRC3500 Sensors and artificial perception
TRC3801 Mechatronics and manufacturing

Fifth year (30 points)

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

The course may be completed in five to five-and-a-half years of full-time study at a normal course load. The maximum time for completion is 10 years.

Professional recognition

Students who wish to obtain professional recognition should refer to 'Professional recognition' earlier in this section of the handbook and the Faculty of Engineering entries in this handbook.

Contact details

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

Dr Ross Booth

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