Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
The courses create a stimulating and supportive learning environment to develop within the student the ability to:
+ efficiently apply intellectual, manipulative, experimental, design and problem-solving knowledge and skills to discharge the tasks expected of a graduate engineer;
+ access sources of engineering information, knowledge and data to develop the ability to solve new problems;
+ provide the community with affordable, safe, reliable and aesthetically pleasing designs for engineering products and services;
+ manage the construction, operation and maintenance of those resources entrusted to professional engineers in a safe, reliable and environmentally responsible condition;
+ understand the social, economic and environmental impacts of professional engineering decisions;
+ communicate effectively on both technical issues and current affairs with peers, business associates, clients and the general public;
+ stimulate a personal interest in continuing career development and the advancement of the profession by life-long improvement of their own ability to contribute to society as engineers;
+ evaluate their personal responsibilities and the limitations of both professional engineering knowledge and practice in the light of institutional and ethical codes of practice.
+ civil engineering
+ electronic and computer engineering
+ electro-mechanical engineering
+ mechanical engineering
+ mining engineering
The bachelor degrees have a common first year, thus students do not have to select their speciality until after some study experience.
In each specialisation there are opportunities at final-year level to take electives suited to student interests. All of the engineering degree courses may be studied either full-time or part-time, and many first-year, second-year and fourth-year subjects within the courses are offered by distance education. Within the next two years it should be possible to study up to 75 per cent of the course by distance education. Residential school sessions for off-campus students are listed in the university principal dates and the university Calendar.
The Bachelor of Engineering in mining engineering may be completed by undertaking two years of full-time study at Monash University Gippsland campus and a further two years of full-time study at Ballarat University.
An outline of the course structure and content of the Bachelor of Engineering is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
+ civil engineering;
+ electro-mechanical engineering;
+ mechanical engineering;
+ accounting;
+ economics;
+ management;
+ marketing.
Students may select the course through VTAC or may apply to transfer in at the end of first year engineering or first year business. Students entering through VTAC will take the normal Bachelor of Engineering course in their first year. For students transferring after first year, the normal Bachelor of Engineering entry requirements must be met along with at least a credit average in the first year of study.
An outline of the course structure and content of the double degree is set out in the subject lists included in this section of the handbook.
Year Engineering Business
credit points credit points
Start in Engineering or
Engineering/Business
1 48 0
2 34.5 18
3 37.5 12
4 24 or 27* 30
5 12 36 or 42
Total 155 or 158* 96 or 102
Start in Business
1 0 48
2 43 6
3 34.5 18
4 37.5 12 or 18#
5 30 or 33* 24
Total 145 or 148* 108 or 114
* Electro-mechanical degree.
# The extra business subject is required if
two majors are taken and management is not included.
+ Electro-mechanical: 254 or 260 credit points
+ to provide the scientific, mathematical and computational knowledge underlying modern engineering;
+ to develop experimental and design skills appropriate to engineering;
+ to develop a capability for understanding, analysing and solving engineering problems;
+ to stimulate an interest in engineering and encourage a continuation of engineering studies;
+ to develop an appreciation of the role of engineering in modern society and its impact on the economic, social and environmental well-being of the community;
+ to develop personal attributes including communication skills, the ability to work in a team and the acceptance of responsibility.
The course consists of core subjects in the existing BEng degree program. A common engineering background is maintained until level three when students may elect to develop their studies in a particular discipline or continue with a broad study.
+ have effective communication, self-management, supervisory, management and basic computing skills;
+ have an understanding of management processes and techniques of particular relevance to industry;
+ will have problem-solving and decision-making skills which will enable them to function effectively and efficiently in their work;
+ understand the complexities and problems associated with the operation and management of industrial organisations;
+ will understand the basic legal, moral and economic bases for effective safety programs in industry as well as having basic safety management knowledge and skills;
+ have project management skills and a knowledge of associated economic, contractual and legal requirements;
+ have an understanding of the human resource management requirements of industrial organisations;
+ will have a knowledge of basic maintenance supervision and plant engineering or an understanding of basic technical engineering topics.
The course gives particular attention to the needs of small and medium-sized industrial businesses.
It is designed for part-time study, causing minimum interference to employment by use of distance education study with weekend schools.
Well-motivated students can reasonably undertake four subjects each year, thus permitting completion of the course by four years distance education study. The course is, however, designed to allow maximum flexibility for each student to proceed through the course at a rate appropriate to his or her particular circumstances.
(b) Year-12 entry: The normal academic requirement for entry is successful completion of a Year-12 course of study, preferably including a pass in English (students wanting to do the technical module preferably should have passed mathematics and a science subject at Year 11).
(c) Successful completion of a two-year full-time (or equivalent part-time) middle-level certificate course at a Victorian TAFE college or similar institution.
(d) Satisfaction of other categories of Monash's minimum tertiary entrance requirements.
(e) Applicants will not normally be accepted directly from Year-12 studies unless they are employed in industry.
An outline of the course structure and content of the associate diploma is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.