2965 - Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
NOTE: This course has been updated - please refer to the undergraduate handbook change register for details.
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | BE/BDes(IndDes) |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 039974B |
| Managing faculty | Engineering |
| Study location and mode | On-campus (Clayton) The engineering component of the course is offered on the Clayton campus. The art and design component requires attendance on the Caulfield campus. Studies in publishing are taught at the Monash Melbourne city location. |
| Total credit points required | 240 |
| Duration (years) | 5 years FT, 10 years PT |
| Contact details | Telephone +61 3 9905 3404, email eng.info@eng.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au |
| Course coordinator | Visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-information.html#1 |
Description
The program is only available to students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and enables creative students to pursue their interests in both engineering design and industrial design, with a focus on high-technology consumer product design. With a continuing international trend to accelerated product development, facilitated by new interdisciplinary group techniques such as 'concurrent engineering', there is growing need for graduates with multidisciplinary skills and an ability to communicate with professionals from other disciplines: this course is intended to address that need.
There is a common technological core for both the Bachelor of Engineering (four-year) and the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (three-year) courses offered at Monash University. The amalgamation of the common cores means that the double degree still achieves the full objectives of both courses. Consequently, graduates will be able 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.
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. The course is timetabled, where possible, to allow whole days at one or the other campus.
Objectives
The aim of this program is:
- to create graduates who are skilled in leading project design teams
- to facilitate communication between engineers and industrial designers
- to facilitate multi-disciplinary design teams.
Upon graduation students are expected to fully function professionally in both disciplines, separately or integrated, as a product design engineer.
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 two units from the Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering are taken during levels two and three 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 requirements for this degree are recommendation; students should adjust the programs for levels two and three to as needed.
It may not be possible to complete all level three units from the Bachelor of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering by the end of level four of the program so one or two level three units will be taken at level five. The selection of the level four unit(s) will be determined by timetable restrictions at level four, and the need to complete any level four prerequisite units.
The award of an honours degree in engineering is based on academic achievement.
Requirements
Students require a total of 240 points, comprising 150 points of engineering units and 90 points of art and design units.
Level one
- DGN1001 Design studio 1
- DWG1301 Drawing 1C
- ENG1020 Engineering structures
- ENG1030 Electrical systems
- ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
- ENG1060 Computing for engineers
- ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
- OHS1000 Occupational health and safety
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:
- ENG1081 Physics for engineering
Total: 48 points
Level two
- ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
- IDE1112 Industrial design studio 2
- IDE1502 Modelmaking and workshop practice
- IDE1602 Product drawing
- MEC2401 Dynamics I
- MEC2402 Engineering design I
- MEC2403 Mechanics of materials
- MEC2406 Engineering design II
Total: 48 points
Level three
- DIS1103 Digital processes for art and design 1
- IDE2113 Industrial design studio 3
- IDE2114 Industrial design studio 4
- IDE2303 Ergonomics
- MEC2404 Fluid mechanics I
- MEC2405 Thermodynamics
- MEC2407 Electromechanics
- TAD1203 Introduction to design history and theory
Total: 48 points
Level four
- IDE3115 Industrial design studio 5
- MEC3451 Fluid mechanics
- MEC3452 Design III
- MEC3453 Dynamics II
- MEC3454 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
- MEC3455 Solid mechanics
- MEC3457 Systems and control
- TAD2214 Critical issues in design
Total: 48 points
Level five
- IDE3116 Industrial design studio 6
- IDE3814 Materials and manufacturing 2
- MEC3456 Engineering computational analysis
- MEC4401 Project I
- MEC4402 Project II
- two engineering elective units chosen 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
Alternative exit(s)
Award(s) received on completion *
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Mechanical Engineering
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.