Undergraduate - Course0548 - Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering

This double-degree course is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social, organisational and managerial aspects of the engineering profession.

Candidates for the Bachelor of Engineering choose to specialise in one of the following branches of engineering:

* chemical engineering

* civil engineering

* electrical and computer systems engineering

* materials engineering

* mechanical engineering

The common level one studies allow students to keep open the option of entering any of the branches. There are limits on the number of students who may enrol in each branch and, where demand exceeds supply, students will be admitted on the basis of academic merit (results at level one). Students who do not get their first choice will be offered a place in one of their other preferences. If students wish to change branches at a later level of the course, some additional units may be required and the transition could extend the duration of the course.

Refer to the two single degree entries at http://monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0179.html and http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0032.html.

Vacation employment/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 vacation employment 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 vacation employment has been completed and a satisfactory report submitted.

This degree is recognised by the following legal entities:

• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Marketing Institute
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Chartered Financial Analysts Institute
• CPA Australia
• Engineers Australia
• Financial Product Adviser
• Financial Services Institute of Australasia
• The institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and the correct choice of units.

For further details visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/asu/publications/professional-recognition.html

For information about professional recognition of Faculty of Engineering courses visit http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2012handbooks/undergrad/eng-03.html

The course structure has three main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
• a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics (all units taken as part of this major must be from the student's campus of enrolment)
• a specialisation in the Faculty of Engineering selected from chemical, civil, electrical and computer systems, materials or mechanical engineering.

The degree requires completion of 252 points over a maximum of 10 years as follows:

Commerce component

(a.) students must complete 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i.) completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):

• AFC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) a major of eight units (48 points):

• the major must come from the approved list of majors listed under 'Areas of study'
• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 points).

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

• a maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points)
• a minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units

Engineering component

(b.) students must complete 156 points from the Faculty of Engineering as follows:

(i.) first year - for all engineering branches of study, students complete six units (36 points) of engineering:

Two compulsory core units (12 points):

• ENG1060 Computing for engineers
• ENG1091 Mathematics for engineering

three or four elective units (18-24 points) from:

• ENG1010 Process systems analysis
• ENG1020 Engineering structures
• ENG1030 Electrical systems
• ENG1040 Engineering dynamics
• ENG1050 Engineering materials

none, or one (depending on VCE subjects completed) foundation units (0-6 points) from:

• ENG1070 Foundation chemistry
• PHS1080 Foundation physics
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics

(ii.) students are required to complete one of the engineering branches listed below (120 points).

Branches offered by the Faculty of Engineering

In addition to the 36 points of level one engineering units, students need to complete the following units relevant to their chosen branch of engineering:

Chemical engineering (120 points)

Important note: this was a new course structure for students who commenced from 2011 onwards. Students who commenced prior to 2011 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html.

Please contact your course adviser if unsure of course progression.

Second year (24 points)

• CHE2162 Material and energy balances
• CHE2163 Heat and mass transfer
• CHE2164 Engineering thermodynamics
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

Third year (18 points)

• CHE2161 Fluid mechanics
• CHE3161 Chemistry and chemical thermodynamics
• CHM2735 Chemistry - principles and practice

Fourth year (36 points)

• CHE3162 Process control
• CHE3163 Sustainable processing1
• CHE3164 Reaction engineering
• CHE3165 Separation processes
• CHE3166 Process design
• CHE3167 Transport phenomena and numerical methods

Fifth year (42 points)

• CHE4161 Engineering in society
• CHE4162 Particle technology
• CHE4170 Design project (12 points)
• CHE4173 Sustainable processing 2
• CHE4180 Chemical engineering project (12 points)

Civil engineering (120 points)

Important note: this was a new course structure for students who commenced from 2011 onwards. Students who commenced prior to 2011 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html.

Second year (24 points)

• CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
• CIV2226 Design of concrete and masonry structures
• CIV2242 Introductory geoengineering
• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A

Third year (24 points)

• CIV2207 Computing and water systems modelling
• CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
• CIV2263 Water systems
• CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering

Fourth year (48 points)

• CIV3204 Engineering investigation
• CIV3205 Project management for civil engineers
• CIV3221 Building structures and technology
• CIV3222 Bridge design and assessment
• CIV3247 Geoengineering
• CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental geoengineering
• CIV3264 Urban water and wastewater systems
• CIV3283 Road engineering

Fifth year (24 points)

• CIV4210 Project A
• CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4

and 12 points of electives from the following:

• CIV3203 Civil engineering construction
• CIV4211 Project B*
• CIV4234 Advanced structural analysis
• CIV4235 Advanced structural design
• CIV4248 Ground hazards and environmental geotechnics
• CIV4249 Foundation engineering
• CIV4261 Integrated urban water management
• CIV4268 Water resources management
• CIV4283 Transport planning
• CIV4284 Transport systems
• ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing.

* Subject to departmental approval.

Electrical and computer systems engineering (120 points)

Important note: this was a new course structure for students who commenced from 2011 onwards. Students who commenced prior to 2012 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html.

Please contact your course adviser if unsure of course progression.

Second year (24 points)

• ECE2011 Signal processing
• ECE2071 Computer organisation and programming
• ECE2072 Digital systems
• ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B

Third year (24 points)

• ECE2021 Electromagnetism
• ECE2031 Circuits and control
• ECE2041 Telecommunications + ECE2061 Analogue electronics

Fourth year (36 points)

• ECE3022 Wireless and guided EM
• ECE3073 Computer systems
• ECE3091 Engineering design
• ECE3092 Systems engineering and reliability analysis
• ECE3093 Optimisation estimation and numerical methods
• 6 points from the electrical and computer systems engineering elective list below.

Fifth year (36 points)

• ECE3051 Electrical energy systems
• ECE3062 Electronic systems and control
• ECE4094 Project A
• ECE4095 Project B
• 12 points from the electrical and computer systems engineering elective list below:

Electrical and computer systems engineering electives

• ECE4012 Applied digital signal processing
• ECE4023 Radio frequency electronics
• ECE4024 Wireless communications
• ECE4032 Advanced control
• ECE4033 Industrialisation processes
• ECE4042 Communications theory
• ECE4043 Optical communications
• ECE4044 Telecommunications protocols
• ECE4045 Network performance
• ECE4053 Electrical energy - generation and supply
• ECE4054 Electrical energy - power converters and motor control
• ECE4055 Electrical energy - power electronic applications
• ECE4058 Electrical energy - high voltage engineering
• ECE4063 Large scale digital design
• ECE4064 Electronic test technology
• ECE4074 Advanced computer architecture
• ECE4075 Real time embedded systems
• ECE4076 Computer vision
• ECE4077 Advanced computing techniques
• ECE4078 Intelligent robotics
• ECE4081 Medical instrumentation (biomed elective)
• ECE4084 Biomechanics of human musculo skeletal systems
• ECE4086 Medical imaging technology (biomed elective)
• ECE4087 Medical technology innovation (biomed elective)
• ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing.

Materials engineering (120 points)

Important note: this was a new course structure for students who commenced from 2011 onwards. Students who commenced prior to 2012 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html.

Please contact your course adviser if unsure of course progression.

Second year (24 points)

• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• MTE2541 Nanostructure of materials
• MTE2544 Functional materials
• MTE2545 Polymers and ceramics I

Third year (24 points)

• MTE2542 Microstructural development
• MTE2546 Mechanics of materials
• MTE2547 Structure-property relationships in materials
• MTE2548 Biomaterials I

Fourth year (42 points)

• MTE3541 Materials durability
• MTE3542 Microstructural design in structural materials
• MTE3543 Microstructure to applications: the mechanics of materials
• MTE3544 Management and practice in materials engineering
• MTE3545 Functional materials and devices
• MTE3546 Polymers and ceramics II
• MTE3547 Materials characterisation and modelling

Fifth year (30 points)

• MTE4525 Materials engineering project I
• MTE4526 Materials engineering project II
• MTE4571 Materials engineering design and practice
• MTE4572 Polymer/composite processing and engineering
• MTE4573 Processing and engineering of metals and ceramics

Mechanical engineering (120 points)

Important note: this is a new course structure for students who commenced from 2011 onwards. Students waho commened prior to 2012 should refer to the Handbook for the year in which they commenced the course. Archived Handbooks are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html.

Please contact your course adviser if unsure of course progression.

Second year (24 points)

• MEC2401 Dynamics I
• MEC2402 Engineering design I + MEC2403 Mechanics of materials
• MEC2406 Engineering design II

Third year (24 points)

• ENG2091 Advanced engineering mathematics A
• MEC2404 Fluid mechanics I
• MEC2405 Thermodynamics
• MEC2407 Electromechanics

Fourth year (48 points)

• MEC3451 Fluid mechanics II
• MEC3452 Design project III
• MEC3453 Dynamics II
• MEC3454 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• MEC3455 Solid mechanics
• MEC3456 Engineering computational analysis
• MEC3457 Systems and control
• MEC3458 Experimental project

Fifth year (24 points)

• MEC4401 Final year project
• 18 points from the mechanical engineering elective list below

Mechanical engineering electives

• MEC4402 Final year project - thesis*
• MEC4403 Research project**
• MEC4416 Heat and mass transfer
• MEC4417 Refrigeration and air-conditioning
• MEC4418 Control systems
• MEC4426 Computer-aided design
• MEC4425 Micro/nano solid and fluid mechanics
• MEC4427 Systems integrity and maintenance
• MEC4428 Advanced dynamics
• MEC4444 Industrial noise and its control
• MEC4445 Environmental fluid mechanics
• MEC4446 Composite structures
• MEC4447 Computers in fluids and energy
• MEC4456 Robotics

* Recommended only for students with an aggregate of at least 70 per cent at the conclusion of third year.

** Subject to departmental approval

Commerce majors

• Accounting (BCom)
• Actuarial studies
• Business law and taxation
• Business modelling
• Econometrics and business statistics (BCom)
• Economics (BCom)
• Finance (BCom)
• Financial and insurance mathematics
• Human resource management (BCom)
• International commerce
• Management (BCom)
• Marketing (BCom)
• Sustainability

Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Electrical and Computer Systems
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Materials Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Electrical and Computer Systems
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in the field of Materials 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.