Much of the detailed information set out below in relation to the Bachelor of Engineering applies also to the BE when it is part of the BSc/BE consecutive degree program or the BE/BA, BE/BCom and BE/LLB double degree programs.
The BE degree is of four years duration if taken full-time, or up to eight years if taken part-time. Students choose to specialise in one of the five branches of engineering offered by the five departments at Clayton. These are chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering. The first level of the course contains ten core subjects and one elective, and with a suitable choice of subjects in the first semester a student may keep open the option of entering any of the five branches. Further details of subject choice in the five departments are given below. Students are assisted in making a correct choice of department by their experience of the various first-level engineering subjects and by a series of career lectures which are offered early in second semester and which review the particular departments.
The core and elective subjects required at each level in the BE courses offered by each of the departments and in the various consecutive and double degree programs are listed in full in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook. The requirements for degree completion are also set out in the subject lists. Students should become familiar with the subject list relevant to their candidatures. It should be noted that these lists are subject to variation and may not be completely accurate at the time of publication of the handbook, however students may obtain up-to-date lists from the faculty's administration offices.
Bridging courses
Bridging courses are provided in chemistry (CHM1700) and physics (PHS1800) for those students who have not passed chemistry or physics at VCE level. These are offered in the first semester only.
Prerequisites within level one
A pass in VCE Chemistry or the bridging course CHM1700 (Chemistry) is prerequisite to the other chemistry subjects at level one. A pass in VCE Physics or the bridging course PHS1800 (Physics) is prerequisite to the other physics subjects at level one.
Enrolment procedures at first level
All subjects at level one are offered in each semester, with the exception of the bridging courses which are only offered in the first semester, and MEC1411 (Spatial visualisation), CHM1722 (Chemistry II) and CHE1120 (Industrial chemistry) which are only offered in the second semester. Once level-one students have chosen their subjects, the semester in which a student takes a particular subject is determined by a computerised timetabling procedure. Alteration of subject enrolment without penalty is permitted for two weeks at the beginning of each semester, subject to class size limitations.
Course of study at first level for each branch of engineering
For students commencing the course full-time, the subjects required in the first two semesters by the departments are as follows:
All departments
Chemical Engineering
Introduction
As described above, at the beginning of second level students enrol in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering. As a result of limitations on teaching resources, there are limits placed on the numbers of students who may enrol in each of the five departments. These quotas are determined annually by Council. When there are more applications for a particular department than there are places, admission to the department is on the basis of academic merit. In recent years, these quota restrictions have had to be applied to places in electrical and computer systems engineering, including places for BSc/BE candidates, and mechanical engineering. Students who are not successful in enrolling in the department of their first choice will be offered a place in one of their lower preferences.
In the following section the nature and content of the courses offered by each of the departments at second, third and fourth levels is briefly outlined. Information about the consecutive and double degree programs involving the Bachelor of Engineering is then provided.
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed skills in:
The student is expected to have developed professional skills in:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
Chemical engineering is concerned with the economic design, operation and management of process systems in which materials are changed in composition or physical state. Chemical engineering has its foundation in chemistry, physics and mathematics; its operations are developed from knowledge provided by these disciplines and by other branches of engineering, applied sciences, biological sciences and economics.
Historically, chemical engineering has been closely associated with the development of the chemical and process industries. Today, many chemical engineers find employment in the fine and heavy chemical, the petroleum and petrochemical, the mineral and metallurgical, pulp and paper, and the food and biochemical industries. Chemical engineers are becoming increasingly involved with pollution control, the protection of the environment and with energy conservation and conversion.
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a four-year (eight-semester) course which is sufficiently general to enable graduates to enter any of these fields. The aim of the first four semesters is to provide a necessary background in mathematics, physics and chemistry and such engineering subjects as electrical engineering, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, materials science and chemical engineering.
The final four semesters of the course are taken almost entirely within the department; the course is designed around the core topics of mass, heat and momentum transfer, kinetics, thermodynamics, process control, environmental engineering and design.
Management studies are introduced and a greater emphasis is placed on synthesis and design culminating in each student completing a plant design project. Technical electives also form part of the final two semesters.
Practical work forms an essential part of all subjects administered by the department and considerable emphasis is placed on this aspect of the program. Students have the opportunity of using digital computers for the solution of course problems.
Knowledge and understanding
At the completion of a bachelor degree course in civil engineering, a student should have acquired a sound knowledge and understanding of:
The student should have acquired technical skills in the application of knowledge to the analysis and design of civil engineering tasks across the field of structural and geotechnical engineering, water engineering and transportation.
Professional skills
The student should have acquired professional skills in the areas of:
The student should have developed appropriate attitudes in relation to:
Civil engineers work in branches such as structural engineering, soil engineering, rock engineering, dam engineering, hydraulic engineering, engineering management, highway engineering, traffic engineering, sanitary engineering, water resources engineering, town planning, and coastal engineering. In any of these branches a civil engineer may work in the functional areas of research, investigation, design, construction or operation, and the undergraduate course in the Department of Civil Engineering prepares a student accordingly. The areas of structures, geomechanics, water, management and transport are the major areas of civil engineering activity and form the basis of the department's organisation and teaching.
The civil engineering course includes basic science, as a necessary foundation for engineering science, which in turn provides a foundation for the applied science and a background for the applied art of civil engineering. Thus, at level one, a major section of the course consists of the basic sciences of mathematics, physics and chemistry. Level-one studies also introduce some major interests of all five departments at Clayton, the civil engineering component concentrating on mechanics of structures. Computing is also introduced at this level because of its importance throughout the remainder of the course.
Level-two core subjects expand and extend the coverage of engineering science with studies in fluid mechanics, stress analysis, soil mechanics, materials science and further mathematics, while the applications to engineering are elucidated by the commencement of a stream of studies in civil engineering practice, studies in structural analysis and design and in surveying.
Level-three and four core subjects further extend the studies in engineering science but with an increasing emphasis on their integration with applied civil engineering. A wider range of water engineering, transport and geomechanics topics is added to the already strong and continuing structural component, together with more general but essential material in management and systems engineering.
The level-four electives concentrate on the practice of civil engineering as a preparation for professional employment. Design and project work require the synthesis of applied science and engineering judgment. A limited degree of specialisation is possible at this level by judicious choice of subjects. General broadening studies are introduced in levels three and four in the form of interfaculty electives and it is possible to total up to nineteen credit points in non-engineering studies. There is also a requirement of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, that students obtain relevant practical experience during the long vacations.
The overall aim of the course is to prepare a well-rounded professional poised for employment in any of a wide range of civil engineering occupations and eager for continuing education to remain abreast of latest developments in his or her discipline.
Knowledge and understanding
Generic
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical and computer systems engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical and computer systems engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
General skills
Students will be expected to develop professional skills which enable them to:
Students will be expected to be able to:
Continuing professional approach to work
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
The undergraduate course has been planned to provide students with a broad scientific training in fundamental studies which are related to various branches of electrical and computer systems engineering.
Electrical and computer systems engineering is a profound, diverse and complex profession, closely linked with the pure and the applied sciences, with an ever-increasing emphasis on scientific ability.
The title of the course reflects the increasing importance of computers in many branches of engineering and in society at large. Furthermore, employment prospects for engineers with computer expertise continue to grow.
The electrical and computer systems engineering course up to the end of the fourth semester is similar to the other courses at Clayton. The aim of the first four semesters of the course is to provide a fundamental training in the basic sciences of physics, mathematics and chemistry, and in electrical and computer systems engineering, applied mechanics and materials science or thermodynamics. The first of a sequence of three management subjects is taken in the third semester.
The lectures in the fifth and sixth semesters cover such basic subjects of electrical and computer systems engineering as circuit theory, electromagnetic theory, control systems, electronics, computer systems engineering and mathematics. Students must elect to join one of the three streams which have their own core and elective subjects. The three streams commencing at level three are (1) computer systems engineering, (2) electrical and electronic systems engineering and (3) telecommunications engineering. These streams carry into level four.
In the seventh and eighth semesters students must undertake level-four studies within the stream commenced at level three. Each student must complete a number of stream-dependent core subjects and is able to select further stream elective and free elective subjects. Each student must undertake a thesis project. The course structure acknowledges the breadth encompassed by electrical and computer systems and offers units covering a wide range of topics.
The selection of elective subjects should be made in consultation with staff of the department and must be approved by the head of the department.
Where possible thesis projects are related to the research work of the staff of the department, so that students learn how to work at the `frontiers of knowledge'. Under special circumstances an honours student may be invited to undertake an enhanced thesis project worth fifteen credit points in which case one stream elective subject or one free elective subject would then be waived.
Considerable emphasis throughout the course is placed on laboratory work in the well-equipped departmental laboratories.
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in materials engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed professional skills sufficient to:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
The dominant role which materials have played throughout history is evidenced by the designation of eras such as the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. In the future, materials will continue to play a dominant role in developments both in technology and in society itself. This arises because of the critical importance of energy on the one hand and the need to conserve materials on the other. The fact that most methods of producing energy economically are materials-limited will mean that increasing attention must be given to developing new materials with improved properties. So far as conservation is concerned, more emphasis must be given to materials selection, corrosion and protection, as well as to the expanding field of recycling of materials.
Materials engineering is concerned with the extraction, manufacture, fabrication, and economic utilisation of materials for use in a wide range of technologies. Materials engineering enhances traditional fields such as metallurgy, corrosion engineering, ceramic engineering, and polymer (plastics and rubber) technology. The work of the materials engineer follows on from that of the mining engineer and chemical engineer with respect to the utilisation of metals, ceramics, and polymers. Since materials are of basic importance in all other branches of engineering, materials engineers are required to collaborate with engineers in other disciplines. They may also be involved with chemists, physicists, and economists. Their general awareness of the broad spectrum of engineering often leads to managerial responsibilities.
A materials engineer may become involved in the investigation of the structure of a material by techniques such as electron microscopy or X-ray diffraction, the development and evaluation of new materials for new processes or applications, the investigation of methods for shaping and fabrication, or materials selection and evaluation of service performance. Trained materials engineers participate in all stages of development of a new product or process, from the original basic research in the laboratory, through the development, pilot plant or prototype stages to full-scale production. It is for this reason that the subject is equally attractive to both men and women.
At level one the subjects of the materials engineering course are common to all engineering students and seek to give materials engineers the basic training in science and engineering necessary for further work in this subject.
At level two, students are introduced to fundamental aspects of the structure of materials and its relationship to engineering properties, along with further training in mathematics and other essential skills.
In the third and fourth levels, the subjects involve aspects of both materials science and materials engineering in which a wide treatment is given to the properties of metals, plastics, rubber and ceramics. Mathematics is taught during the first four semesters of the course. In the final two semesters, special attention is given to topics such as materials design and selection, optimisation of properties, mechanical behaviour including shaping and fabrication, and the performance of materials in service. Practical work forms an essential part of most subjects and a substantial research project in a field of materials (metals, plastics, rubber or ceramics) of their own choosing is carried out by students in their final two semesters.
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of a Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering, the student is expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
The student is expected to have developed skills in:
The student is expected to have developed appropriate attitudes and behaviour towards:
Mechanical engineering is the practice that has arisen from the need to generate, transmit and control mechanical energy. This practice brings with it the need to study methods of design generation, transmission, and control, and increasingly to employ scientifically and technologically based tools. Today, mechanical engineering has as its core the interaction of people and machines and the control of that interaction. Mechanical engineers will be found designing, manufacturing and commissioning mobile and fixed machinery, controlling physical environments, dominating aerospace development, exploring forms of transportation, devising new machines and ways of controlling new machines, and concerning themselves with all aspects of mechanical handling systems and methods of production of anything to be manufactured. They will be found not only in factories, research establishments, or in consulting practices, but also in the mineral resource, chemical process and agricultural industries. They will regard their function as one of design, production, operation, consulting, technical management, general management, research and/or development.
The undergraduate course is designed to provide a fundamental and broad training to allow a graduate to steer a course into any of these areas as they now exist or as they might develop in future. The course offers a sound training in engineering design and in the physical and engineering sciences. Comprehensive studies in engineering practices are provided in which the analytical tools are brought to bear in a synthesis which accounts satisfactorily for economic, organisational, managerial and human factors. A mentor program is available to selected students to work with companies on real mechanical design projects in hierarchical teams of postgraduate, fourth, third and second-year students in master-apprentice relationships. The use of computers in data reduction and in system modelling is studied. During the final year either a major experimental project or substantial participation with a design team actively engaged with practising engineers is arranged. The results are presented by thesis and orally.
The design of the course attempts also to acknowledge the interdisciplinary nature of modern engineering and to provide the graduate with a facility for expanding his or her own development into related fields. It provides a working knowledge of the elements of controls, stress systems, electronic instrumentation, microcomputers and managerial procedures.
The course can be completed in four years of full-time study or in up to eight years of part-time study. The first year of the course is essentially a common year in which the science subjects of the VCE are extended and the engineering subjects are introduced. The second year focuses more directly on subjects dealing with the practice of engineering and on the engineering sciences. While the course is identified at this stage as a mechanical engineering one there is still a good deal of overlap with the courses of the other branches of engineering.
During the third year the program allows for some choice in the subjects. Thus the students pursue a set of core subjects but are able to select from a number of streamed subjects. These streams, which permit some limited specialisation, are available in the areas of fluids, energy, solids, design, mechatronics, manufacturing systems as well as a general stream. The pattern continues into the final year of the course. At that stage there is also the opportunity to study a subject from another faculty as well as to carry out a small independent investigation in an area of interest to the student.
The course can be completed at pass or honours level and provides an excellent foundation for entry into the profession or for further study towards a higher degree. Graduates are eligible for admission to membership of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
The degree of Bachelor of Engineering with honours is awarded for meritorious performance in the course as a whole. No additional time is required. All subjects are considered in the determination of an honours result, but greater weight is given to the subjects in the later years of the course than to those in the earlier years.
Students enrolled in the second, third or fourth levels of the course may be required to complete at least one elective subject in the humanities or social sciences. These so-called `interfaculty subjects' are normally of approximately forty contact hours but under some circumstances a more able student may, with the approval of the faculty board, on the recommendation of the head of the engineering department concerned, be allowed to enrol for a more demanding subject. A list of approved interfaculty subjects will be published in October each year.
The Faculty of Engineering, Clayton campus, offers a BEnvE degree of four years duration, if taken full-time, or up to eight years, if taken part-time. Environmental engineering is a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary branch of engineering, concerned with the implementation and management of engineering solutions and programs that accord with the principles of sustainable development. Thus while the traditional engineering skills of design, construction and management remain an essential component, the focus of this branch of engineering is to ensure that such activities are carried out in a manner that minimises or eliminates adverse impact on the environment, and is socially, economically and ecologically sustainable.
Historically based in the still major areas of water resource management and water and wastewater treatment, the scope of application of environmental engineering principles now embraces all of the air, water and soil environments, and the interactions between them. Environmental engineers work closely together with a range of other environmental professionals, and the community. Their professional skills might be used to ensure clean water supplies, reduce catchment soil erosion and salinity, develop and implement cleaner production technologies to minimise industrial pollution, recycle waste materials into new products, develop and then rehabilitate landfill sites, develop building and transport systems in harmony with the environment and, very importantly, to evaluate and minimise the environmental impact of engineering projects both large and small.
Career paths for environmental engineers are diverse, expanding and challenging, with the pressures of increasing population and desires for improved standards of living, providing local and international opportunities. Such opportunities are readily identified in all areas of industry, in government planning and regulatory control, with regional and municipal authorities, consultants and contracting engineers, research and development organisations, and in education and technology transfer.
The aim of the course is to develop the engineering skills necessary to address environmental problems. Such skills will allow for the practical implementation of engineering solutions that have a strong understanding of the underlying environmental, social and economic context. Specifically, the objectives of the course are to:
The environmental engineering course has been designed to be multidisciplinary, to provide broad-based capability for the solution, implementation and management of engineering activities in an environmental context. Thus core engineering knowledge and skills are complemented by subjects from science, economics, arts and law. In common with most branches of engineering, the selection of one major elective stream, or two minor elective streams, provides for in depth treatment of one or more specific areas of application of environmental engineering principles. The elective streams are: water and land management; environmental process engineering; and transport and the built environment.
Level one of the course provides a broad base of science, mathematics, introductory engineering, and environment subjects designed to form the basis of a multidisciplinary engineering education. Bridging subjects in chemistry and physics may be necessary dependent on background.
Level two increases the engineering content which is a mixture of core engineering subjects and more environmentally directed subjects. Mathematics is continued. Environmental policy and communications are introduced, the former subject being used to begin to integrate the content gained from the other units.
Level three introduces more environmentally focused engineering subjects, building upon the core subjects of level two, provides subjects that address environmental impact and management systems, and sees the commencement of the selected elective stream(s).
Level four seeks to integrate and provide application for much of the earlier knowledge and skills developed by way of substantial engineering design and project work within the various specific elective streams. These subjects are complemented by further in-depth elective subjects, and interdisciplinary subjects from environmental law, economics and policy areas.
The degree of Bachelor of Environmental Engineering with honours is awarded for meritorious performance in the course as a whole. No additional time is required. All subjects are considered in the determination of an honours result, but greater weight is given to the subjects in the later years of the course than to those in the earlier years.
Knowledge and understanding
Generic
On completion of a Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
On completion of a Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering, students are expected to have acquired a basic knowledge and understanding of:
General skills
Students will be expected to develop professional skills which enable them to:
Students will be expected to be able to:
Continuing professional approach to work
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
Students will be expected to develop appropriate attitudes and behaviour in relation to:
The faculties of Engineering and Computing and Information Technology offer a four-year degree course which qualifies students for the degree of Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering. The course is administered by the Faculty of Engineering on behalf of the board of management which runs the course for the two faculties. The BCSE has been deliberately designed to break down the conceptual barriers between the hardware, software and application aspects of computing which have, in the past, impeded high quality technical problem solving in the industry. The aim of the course is to teach computer science and electrical engineering in preparation for professional careers in computing. The emphasis of the course is to produce tool builders rather than tool users. The course has been recognised by the Australian Computer Society for admission to membership and has now also received full recognition by the IEAust.
There is a quota on the number of places available. Entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). An outline of the course structure and content is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The faculties of Engineering and Science offer a five-year consecutive degree course which qualifies students for the Bachelor of Science degree after three years of successful study of an approved combination of science and engineering subjects, and for the Bachelor of Engineering degree after two further years of study of engineering subjects only. Admission to this course is subject to the approval of both faculties.
In the first three years of study students are subject to Faculty of Science regulations and policies as regards examinations etc, except that students seeking eventually to qualify with a BE degree in electrical and computer systems engineering combined with a BSc degree majoring in mathematics or physics will be subject to the regulations of the Faculty of Engineering in their second year and the regulations of the Faculty of Science in their third year. The fourth and fifth years of the consecutive degree course are pursued entirely within and under the regulations of the Faculty of Engineering.
In the course structure for the BSc degree, restrictions have been imposed in terms of prescribed subjects to ensure that students pursue studies which suitably equip them for the subsequent years in engineering. Current programs permit a student to graduate with a BSc degree combined with a BE degree in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering.
Students in all engineering streams may pursue majors in astrophysics, mathematics, physics or computer science. There are additional sequences of science subjects offered in some streams, including physiology (leading to biomedical engineering in the electrical and computer systems engineering department and biomaterials engineering in the materials engineering department), environmental science, chemistry, meteorology and oceanography, materials science and others. In order to pursue a particular sequence, students must take the necessary prerequisites in their first year of study.
Students should also note that some sequences may not be able to be completed in minimum time. The first two semesters of the course are largely common to all streams, with all students studying mathematics, some engineering subjects and either chemistry or physics.
Students must contact their engineering course adviser before enrolling in any stage of the consecutive degree program, to ensure that the program they wish to follow will satisfy prerequisites necessary for higher years, and should note especially that they may not enrol in ECS1610 if pursuing a computer science major.
A full outline of the first three years of the BSc/BE may be found in the Faculty of Science handbook. An outline of the last two years may be found in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The Faculty of Engineering and the School of Economics and Commerce in the Faculty of Business and Economics offer double degree courses which qualify students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce after five years of successful study. This new program commenced in 1992 and replaced the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Economics program. The BE/BCom course is available to students in the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The course is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic, social and managerial aspects of the engineering profession. It is thus expected that those so qualified would progress to entrepreneurial and management roles.
Students may be admitted to the double degree from the start of first year, in which case entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC) and their course of study in level one will be identical to first year engineering. Alternatively, they may apply to transfer at the end of the second semester of study in either the Bachelor of Engineering course or the Bachelor of Commerce course. After that, students essentially complete all of the chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer systems engineering, materials engineering or mechanical engineering core subjects or equivalent, together with the subjects required for the commerce degree.
The double degree with commerce usually takes two semesters longer than the engineering degree. Advice on the double degree program may be obtained from the departments involved. The course structure is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The faculties of Engineering and Law offer a double degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws. The course is available through the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. It is intended to bridge the gap between technological and legal studies and to meet the need to have engineers who are knowledgeable in the legal, corporate and political arenas.
The decision to take the double degree is normally made at the end of the second semester of study, ie the first two semesters of the double degree program may be identical to the Bachelor of Engineering program. After that, students essentially complete all of the core subjects or equivalent in their chosen engineering stream, together with the required law subjects. The course structure is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The faculties of Engineering and Arts offer a double degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts. This double degree program is available to students in the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and was originally established to enable students to pursue interests in engineering and languages concurrently, but now students may complete any arts major sequence and any arts minor sequence for the BA degree. The language programs for which the double degree was established are aimed particularly at engineers who wish to position themselves to take advantage of opportunities in industry and government requiring multilingual skills. There are obvious advantages also in the combination of visual arts and civil engineering, which enables engineers to enhance their ability to cooperate with architects in the design of building structures. The course also provides for students who, while completing engineering studies in one of the five participating departments, wish to pursue an interest in sociology, history, philosophy, Asian studies or any other of the many and varied disciplines available to arts students and listed in the Faculty of Arts handbook.
The BA/BE double degree program commences at level one and is of five years duration, if taken full-time. Entry to the course is through the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC). Applications to transfer to the double degree program from engineering students who have completed two (or more) semesters of study are considered on an individual basis. The course structure is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
The faculties of Engineering and Arts (through the College of Art and Design) offer a double degree course which qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design). This program is only available to students in the department of Mechanical Engineering, and was established to enable 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 in intended to address that need.
There is a common technological core for both the BE (four years) or the BTech(IndDesign) (three years) courses offered at Monash University, and the amalgamation of the common cores means that the five year double degree course 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 artifacts and will be able to facilitate co-operation in new product development teams by being sensitive to the different professional viewpoints of the team members.
The BE/BTech double degree program commences at level one and is of five years' durations, if taken full time. Entry to the course in through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). The course operates on-campus at Clayton (Engineering) and Caulfield (Industrial Design), but the timetable for the program is arranged so that where possible students will spend whole semesters, or at least whole days, at one or the other campus. The course structure is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
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