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Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Science

Course code: 3278 ~ Course abbreviation: BAeroEng/BSc ~ Total credit points required: 240 ~ 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Engineering

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This program provides an opportunity to combine studies in science with a specialisation in the field of aerospace engineering. In the double-degree course structure, restrictions have been imposed in terms of prescribed units to ensure that students pursue studies that suitably equip them for the subsequent levels in science and engineering.

Course objectives

Students will acquire knowledge in the core disciplines underpinning aerospace engineering and incorporate this into the design of systems and components for the aerospace industry. They will be able to formulate problems, propose innovative solutions, analyse the technical and other aspects of these and make decisions about the preferred option. This will necessarily involve working in multidisciplinary teams learning through guided practice, how to handle such situations. They will develop a range of management skills, including project management and will gain a perspective on the rapid change of the industry, which will illustrate the need to engage in lifelong learning. This program also provides an opportunity to combine studies in several areas of science.

Course structure

Students must complete major and minor sequences towards the science component of this double-degree. In order to pursue a particular sequence, students must take the necessary science prerequisites in their first level of study. For details of major and minor sequences in science disciplines, refer to the `Science areas of studies and sequences - Clayton' in the Faculty of Science section of this handbook. Students should contact the appropriate science or engineering course adviser before enrolling in any level of the double-degree program, to ensure that the program they wish to follow will satisfy prerequisites necessary for higher levels. In some special cases, students may choose to overload at levels 2 or 3 if they have not completed all of the prerequisites for their chosen science major sequences.

Course requirements

Students must complete 240 points of units as listed below. The choice of either MTH1020 and MTH1030 or MTH1030 and MTH2010 in first level is determined by the level of preparation from VCE studies. See the Faculty of Science section of this handbook under `Mathematics' for details of MTH1020 and MTH1030.

Students in the double-degree must complete either two major sequences in different science disciplines or a double major and a minor sequence in a different science discipline.

Students may graduate with a Bachelor of Science, or apply for admission to an honours level in science, following the completion of an approved combination of at least 144 points of units, including all of the normal science requirements for that branch of the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering, with at least 96 points of science units and no more than 48 points of level 1 science units.

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

The engineering component requires not less than 132 points that must be obtained in units prescribed by this course list and the science component requires at least 108 points.

Level 1

Select one pair of mathematics units from:

Select one pair of science units from:

  • ASP1010 Earth to cosmos - introductory astronomy and ASP1022 Life and the universe
  • BIO1011 Biology I and BIO1022 Biology II
  • CHM1011 Chemistry and CHM1022 Chemistry
  • ESC1011 Planet earth and its environment: the cosmic connection and ESC1022 Planet earth: dynamic systems, environmental change and resources
  • FIT1002 Computer programming and FIT1015 Computer science
  • STA1010 Statistical methods for science and MTH1112 Numbers, logic and graphs

Level 2

  • MAE2400 Engineering materials
  • MAE2402 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
  • MEC2402 Engineering design I
  • MEC2404 Fluid mechanics I
  • MTH2021 Linear algebra with applications
  • MTH2032 Differential equations with modelling and MTH2010 Multivariable calculus (if not taken at Level 1)
  • PHS2011 Physics: quantum concepts and technologies
  • PHS2022 Physics for communications and measurement

Level 3

  • MAE2401 Aircraft structures I
  • MAE3401 Aerodynamics
  • MAE3402 Aerospace design project
  • MAE3403 Aerospace computational mechanics
  • 24 points of approved science units to complete a major sequence in mathematics

Level 4

  • MAE3404 Flight vehicle dynamics
  • MAE3405 Flight vehicle propulsion
  • MAE3406 Aerospace materials
  • MAE3407 Aircraft structures
  • 24 points of approved science units to complete a second major sequence in science* or a double major sequence in mathematics

Level 5

Plus select one 6 point technical elective from:

Plus select an additional 6 point technical or inter-faculty elective

    * Any sequence in science may be taken, provided the appropriate sequence requirements and prerequisites are completed. In some cases, students may elect to seek approval for an overloaded course of up to 12 points at level 2 or 3 to enable these requirements to be completed in addition to the required science units at level 2.

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