Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Course

The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. It also promotes ethical thinking and a focus on justice and fairness. It enhances students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts, leading to employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment.

The study of aerospace engineering will focus on aerodynamics, aerospace materials, aerospace structures, propulsion and aerospace instrumentation and control. This will be complemented by a major emphasis on design, which will be taught with a project-based focus. 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.

The objectives of the LLB program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities.

The successful completion of the aerospace engineering component will enable students to 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.

Vacation work/industrial experience

In order to fulfil the requirements of the various degree regulations and Engineers Australia, all engineering students must complete 12 weeks of approved engineering work experience and submit a report on that work. Such work is normally undertaken in the vacations between second and third years and/or between third and fourth years (but may also be taken between first and second years). Students who have completed all academic requirements for their degrees are not eligible to graduate until this work experience has been completed and a satisfactory report submitted.

Admission to practice: Disciplinary reports

Warning to students of consequences of cheating or general misconduct

Students should note that a local applicant applying for admission to practise law in Victoria is required by the Admission Rules 2008 to provide to the Board of Examiners:

(1.) a report from the university disclosing any disciplinary action taken against the student during the course (including any finding under the University Discipline Statute that the student has cheated in an assessment); and

(2.) an affidavit stating that the applicant has made full written disclosure of "every matter which a reasonable applicant would consider that the Board of Examiners might regard as not being favourable to the applicant". This may include an incident of academic or general misconduct, even if it did not lead to disciplinary action.

The Board of Examiners will consider these matters in assessing whether the applicant is a 'fit and proper person to be admitted to the legal profession'.

The Bachelor of Laws course consists of 12 compulsory units which must be completed by all students enrolled in an LLB program plus a further six 'quasi-compulsory' units which must be completed by students who wish to be qualified for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor in Victoria. The remainder of the program consists of law elective units chosen by the student. Refer to 'Bachelor of Laws - basic course structure' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2010handbooks/undergrad/law-08.html. The award of an honours degree in law is based on the weighted average of marks obtained in Monash law units.

The aerospace engineering component requires that students complete 144 points of study made up of 24 compulsory units.

First year - 48 points

• ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineers
• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1104 Research and writing
• MAE1041 Aerospace engineering

Foundation units

Students who have not completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4 Chemistry or Physics and/or Specialist Mathematics (or equivalents) select one appropriate foundation unit from:

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

Students not needing a foundation unit take both the following units. Students needing a foundation unit select one of the following units:

• ENG1020 Engineering structures
• ENG1030 Electrical systems

Second year - 48 points

• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B
• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• MAE2042 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• MAE2400 Engineering materials
• MAE2401 Aircraft structures I
• MEC2401 Dynamics I

Third year - 48 points

• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• MAE3401Aerodynamics
• MAE3403 Aerospace computational mechanics
• MAE3406 Aerospace materials
• MAE3407 Aircraft structures
• MEC2402 Engineering design I
• MEC2404 Fluid mechanics

Fourth year - 48 points

• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• MAE3404 Flight vehicle dynamics
• MAE3405 Flight vehicle propulsion
• MAE3408 Aerospace control
• MAE4404 Aerospace practices
• MAE4901 Aerospace project I
• MAE4902 Aerospace project II

Fifth year - 54 points

• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• 24 points of elective law units

Sixth year - 54 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• 24 points of elective law units

Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering at the end of four years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering program and completed a minimum of 192 points of total study.

Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor of Laws (with Honours)

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (with Honours)

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, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.