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Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Science

NOTE: This course has been updated - please refer to the undergraduate handbook change register for details.

Course code: 3282 ~ Course abbreviation: BMechatronicsEng/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

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

This program provides an opportunity to combine studies in several areas of science with mechatronics engineering.

Course structure

Students must complete major and minor sequences towards the science component of this double-degree. Students may pursue a science major sequence in astrophysics, mathematics, physics or computer science. There are two streams allowing students to undertake either a generic or a computer science sequence.

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 for each branch 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, and students who have not completed Level 1 and 2 Physics should take PHS1080 rather than PHS1011. See the Faculty of Science section of this handbook under `Mathematics' for details of MTH1020 and MTH1030 and under `Physics' for details of PHS1011 and PHS1080.

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 the Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering/Bachelor of Science, 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 Mechatronics 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 - All sequences

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

Total: 48 points

Level 2 - Generic sequence

  • ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
  • 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
  • TRC2100 Mechatronic design
  • TRC2300 Digital electronics
  • TRC2400 Computer programming (or elective if FIT1002 taken)

Level 2 - Computer science sequence

  • ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
  • FIT2004 Algorithms and data structures
  • FIT2014 Theory of computation
  • MTH2021 Linear algebra with applications
  • MTH2032 Differential equations with modelling and MTH2010 Multivariable calculus (if not taken at Level 1)
  • TRC2100 Mechatronic design
  • TRC2300 Digital electronics
  • TRC2400 (or elective if FIT1002 taken)

Total: 48 points

Level 3 - Generic sequence

  • TRC2000 Mechatronics project I
  • TRC2200 Thermo-fluids and power systems
  • TRC2201 Mechanics
  • TRC2500 Electronics
  • 24 points of approved science units to complete a major sequence in science*

Level 3 - Computer science sequence

Total: 48 points

Level 4 - Generic sequence

  • TRC3000 Mechatronics project I
  • TRC3300 Microprocessor systems
  • TRC3500 Sensors and artificial perception
  • TRC3801 Mechatronics and manufacturing
  • 24 points of approved science units to complete a major sequence in science*

Level 4 - Computer science sequence

  • TRC3000 Mechatronics project I
  • TRC3300 Microprocessor systems
  • TRC3500 Sensors and artificial perception
  • TRC3801 Mechatronics and manufacturing
  • 24 points of approved science units to complete either a major sequence in mathematics or a double major sequence in computer science

Total: 48 points

Level 5 - All sequences

Total: 48 points

    * 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.
    ** Students considering entry to honours in computer science need to complete at least 24 points of level 3 computer science units, which may require an overloaded course to be approved if a double major in computer science is not completed at Level 4.

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