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Bachelor of Engineering and 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

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 level of the course.

Course objectives

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.

Course structure

In the first level of study, students complete engineering units worth 36 points and a 12 point first level 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 level units. The latter will probably require most students to take some engineering and some arts units in each level 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 either of the single degrees, it will be necessary to complete all of the requirements of that single degree.

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 equivalent qualifications, and advice about unit choice for students with qualifications other than the VCE may be obtained from the faculty administration offices. Foundation units are required for students who have not completed appropriate VCE studies.

Course requirements

First level – all engineering branches of study

Core units

• Two first level arts units (12 points)
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering

Engineering electives

Students must select three or four units from:

• ENG1010 Process systems analysis
• ENG1020 Engineering structures
• ENG1030 Electrical systems
• ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
• ENG1050 Engineering materials

Foundation units

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

• ENG1070 Foundation chemistry
• ENG1080 Foundation physics
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics

Total: 48 points

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

Chemical engineering

Students enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common level 1 studies. It is recommended that students wishing to enter this branch of engineering complete ENG1010 in the first level.

Course requirements

Students require a total of 252 points including those gained at level 1, of which not less than 156 points must be obtained from the engineering units listed below.

The arts component requires 96 points, consisting of a major (48 points), a minor (24 points), an additional first level sequence (12 points) and a further 12 points of arts units.

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

Second level

• CHE2161 Fluid mechanics
• CHE2162 Material and energy balances
• CHE2163 Heat and mass transfer
• CHE2164 Thermodynamics I
• CHM2735 Chemistry – principles and practice
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

Eng: 42 points

Third level

• CHE3161 Chemistry and chemical thermodynamics
• CHE3162 Process control
• CHE3163 Sustainable Processing I
• CHE3164 Reaction engineering
• CHE3165 Separation processes
• CHE3166 Process design

Eng: 36 points

Fourth level

• CHE4117 Design project
• CHE4118 Chemical engineering research project
• CHE4161 Engineering in society
• CHE4162 Particle technology
• CHE4163 Transport phenomena and numerical methods

Eng: 42 points

Fifth level

Any remaining arts and engineering units may be taken during fifth level (for those students may have opted to take their second level units over two levels of study).

Civil engineering

Students enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common level 1 studies. It is recommended that students wishing to enter this branch of engineering complete ENG1020 in the first level.

Course requirements

Students require a total of 246 points including level one, of which not less than 150 points must be obtained from the engineering units listed below.

The arts component requires 96 points, consisting of a major (48 points), a minor (24 points), an additional first level sequence (12 points) and a further 12 points of arts units.

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

Second level

• CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
• CIV2207 Computing and water systems modelling
• CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
• CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry structures
• CIV2242 Introductory geoengineering
• CIV2263 Water systems
• CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering maths A

Eng: 48 points

Third level

• CIV3204 Engineering investigations
• 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: 42 points

Fourth level

• CIV4210 Project A
• CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4
• 12 points of electives from level 4 civil elective units

Eng: 24 points

Fifth level

Any remaining arts and engineering units may be taken during fifth level (for those students may have opted to take their second level units over two levels of study).

Electrical engineering

Students enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common level 1 studies. It is recommended that students wishing to enter this branch of engineering complete ENG1030 and ENG1040 in the first level.

Course requirements

Student require a total of 252 points including level 1, of which not less than 156 points must be obtained from the engineering units listed below.

The arts component requires 96 points, consisting of a major (48 points), a minor (24 points), an additional first level sequence (12 points) and a further 12 points of arts units.

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

Second level

• ECE2011 Signal processing
• ECE2021 Electromagnetism
• ECE2041 Telecommunications
• ECE2061 Linear electronics
• ECE2062 Switching electronics
• ECE2071 Computer organisation and programming
• ECE2072 Digital systems
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

Eng: 48 points

Third level

• ECE3073 Computer systems
• ECE3091 Engineering design
• ECE3092 Systems engineering and reliability analysis
• ECE3093 Optimisation estimation and numerical methods
• 12 points of electives from the ECSE elective units coded ECExxxx

Eng: 36 points

Fourth level