courses

4636

18 September 2017 21 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Course

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2014 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Engineering

Managing facultyEngineering
Partner facultyArt, Design and Architecture
Abbreviated titleBE(Hons)/BDes(ID)
CRICOS code039974B
Total credit points required252
Standard duration of study (years)5 years FT, 10 years PT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (Clayton)
Admission, fee and application details http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/4636
Contact details

Engineering: visit contactscontacts (http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/contact/) page

Art, Design and Architecture: telephone +61 3 9903 1517, email mada@monash.edu or visit http://www.monash.edu.au/mada

Course coordinator

Visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-information.html#1

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
  • Students will normally expect to complete the course in five years. This is achieved by undertaking one additional unit (above the standard four units - 24 credit points) per semester twice in the later stages of the degree. This course must be completed in a minimum of five and a maximum of 10 years.
  • The design component of this course is offered on the Caulfield campus and the engineering component is offered on the Clayton campus. The course is timetabled, where possible, to allow whole days at one or the other campus.

Description

The program is only available to students in the discipline 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.

Outcomes

Refer to the single degree entry for 4632 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

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.

Professional recognition

Refer to the Faculty of Engineering's Professional recognition of coursesProfessional recognition of courses (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/eng-03.html) page in this Handbook.

Structure

This course consists of:

(a.) 162 points of mechanical engineering studies incorporating compulsory units and electives

(b.) 90 points of design studies composed of core units.

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.

The course progression outlined in the requirements for this degree are recommended; students should adjust their yearly enrolment program as needed, based on prerequisites and timetable restrictions.

Requirements

Important note: this is a new course structure for students entering the program from 2014 onwards. Students who entered the program prior to 2013 should refer to the archived Handbookarchived Handbook (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/archive.html) for the year in which they commenced the course.

Students should contact the course adviser if unsure of course progression.

Level one

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

Students who are not required to undertake a foundation unit should select:

Total: 48 points

Level two

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
  • AHT1101 Introduction to visual culture in art design and architecture

Total: 48 points

Level four

Total: 54 points

Level five

  • IDE3116 Industrial design studio 6 (12 points)
  • IDE3814 Materials and manufacturing 2
  • MEC3459 Materials selection for engineering
  • MEC4401 Final year project
  • MEC4404 Professional practice
  • MEC4407 Engineering design III
  • 12 points of mechanical engineering electives from the list below.

Mechanical engineering electives

  • MEC4402 Final year project - Thesis*
  • MEC4403 Research project**
  • MEC4416 Momentum, energy & mass transport in engineering systems
  • MEC4417 Refrigeration and air-conditioning
  • MEC4418 Control systems
  • MEC4425 Micro/nano solid and fluid mechanics
  • MEC4426 Computer-aided design
  • MEC4427 Systems integrity and maintenance
  • MEC4428 Advanced dynamics
  • MEC4444 Industrial noise and its control
  • MEC4446 Composite structures
  • MEC4456 Robotics
  • MEC4447 Computers in fluids and energy
  • MEC4459 Wind engineering

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

** Subject to departmental approval.

Total: 54 points

Alternative exit(s)

Students may exit from the double-degree program and graduate with only one of the single degrees providing all requirements for that degree have been met.

Award(s)

Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering