3277 - Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Arts

This course enables students to complement studies in aerospace engineering by selecting units from the very wide range of disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts in the humanities, social sciences and communication. Current industry practice and guidance on professional issues such as ethics, legal, environmental and safety issues will also be covered along with an understanding of the role of the aerospace industry in a wider, global context.

Students will acquire knowledge in the core disciplines underpinning aerospace engineering (aerodynamics, aerospace materials, aerospace structures, propulsion and aerospace instrumentation and control) 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.

In the first level of study, students take the prescribed engineering units and a 12-point level one sequence in an arts discipline. Thereafter candidates undertake further studies in arts as outlined in the requirements (below) and studies in one of the offered branches of engineering.

In selecting units in both arts and engineering, students should be aware of any constraints imposed by timetabling and the need to satisfy prerequisites for later level units. Most students will probably undertake 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 this handbook athttp://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html. It is recommended that students obtain the current requirements for their arts component from the Faculty of Arts at the time of enrolment. Students undertaking a language discipline are advised to ensure continuity of the language study.

The award of an honours degree in engineering is based on academic achievement.

Students require a total of 240 points, of which not less than 144 points must be obtained from the engineering units listed below. 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.

Arts component

The arts component requires 96 points in total, consisting of*:

• a major (48 points)
• a minor (24 points)
• an additional level one sequence (12 points)
• a further 12 points of arts units.

* Two level one arts units (12 points) are taken by all students at level one of the course.

Engineering component

Level one

Core units

• ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering
• MAE1041 Aerospace engineering

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

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

Elective units

Students not needing a foundation unit take one or two of the following:

• ENG1020 Engineering structures
• ENG1030 Electrical systems

Total: 36 points

Level two

• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
• MAE2400 Engineering materials
• MAE2401 Aircraft structures 1
• MAE2402 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• MEC2401 Dynamics 1
• MEC2402 Engineering design 1
• MEC2404 Fluid mechanics 1

Total: 48 points

Level three

• MAE3401 Aerodynamics
• MAE3403 Aerospace computational mechanics
• MAE3404 Flight vehicle dynamics
• MAE3405 Flight vehicle propulsion
• MAE3406 Aerospace materials
• MAE3407 Aircraft structures 11
• MAE3408 Aerospace control

Total: 42 points

Level four

• MAE4404 Aerospace practices
• MAE4901 Aerospace project I
• MAE4902 Aerospace project II

Total: 18 points

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.

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (with honours)

* 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.