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Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)

Course code: 2965 ~ Course abbreviation: BE/BDes(IndDes) ~ Total credit points required: 240 ~ 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Engineering

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield/Clayton)

Course description

The engineering component of the course is offered on the Clayton campus. The art and design component of the course is offered on the Caulfield campus.

Course objectives

The aim of this program is to enable creative students to pursue their interests in both engineering design and industrial design, with a focus on high-technology consumer product design. Graduates will be well equipped to synthesise advanced technology and consumer product design in the creation of new manufactured artefacts and will be able to facilitate cooperation in new product development teams by being sensitive to the different professional viewpoints of the team members.

Course structure

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.

Level 2 units from the Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering are taken during levels 2 and 3 of the double-degree. The order in which they should be taken is determined by prerequisite requirements and the opportunities presented by the timetables at Clayton and Caulfield.

The lists outlined in the course map for this program are recommendations, but students should adjust the programs for levels 2 and 3 to suit their own needs.

It may not be possible to complete all level 3 units from the Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering by the end of level 4 of the program so one or two level 3 units will be taken at level 5. The selection of the level 4 unit(s) will be determined by timetable restrictions at level 4, and the need to complete any level 4 prerequisite units.

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

Students require a total of 240 points, comprising 150 points of engineering units and 90 points of art and design units.

Level 1

Foundation units

Students who have not completed VCE units 3 and 4 Physics and/or Specialist Mathematics should select a foundation unit from the following. If two foundation units are required, the student should complete ENG1090 only.

Elective

For students who are not required to undertake a foundation unit:

Total: 48 points

Level 2

Total: 48 points

Level 3

Total: 48 points

Level 4

Total: 48 points

Level 5

  • IDE3116 Industrial design studio 6
  • IDE3814 Materials and manufacturing 2
  • MEC3455 Solid Mechanics
  • MEC4401 Project I
  • MEC4402 Project II
  • Elective units
  • Two engineering elective units from the course list for the Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering. ENG4614/ENG4616 may not be included as one of the electives.

Total: 48 points

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9905 3404, email eng.info@eng.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au

Course adviser

Visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-information.html#1