The professional undergraduate degrees offered by the Gippsland School of Engineering are designed to encourage personal development of the individual and to develop skills in the acquisition and application of appropriate technical knowledge to solve engineering problems. The courses lead to an in-depth core of scientific knowledge together with an adequate understanding of the humanities to enable the engineer to perform in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible manner.
The courses create a stimulating and supportive learning environment to develop within the student the ability to:
The Bachelor of Engineering offered by the Gippsland school is a four-year fully professional course and offers specialisation in the following areas:
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.
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.
This double degree is a five-year full-time or equivalent distance education professional course and offers specialisation in the following engineering and business areas:
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.
The Bachelor of Engineering Studies is a three-year full-time equivalent degree which may be taken by distance education. The course is suitable for those in the workplace who wish to obtain an engineering-related qualification whilst remaining employed. The course is also a foundation for the professional engineering degree which may be completed by a minimum of one year's full-time study on campus. The aims and objectives of the course are:
The course is designed to meet the needs of people employed in technical, supervisory or management positions or people aspiring to such positions. The main aim of the course is to provide people employed in industry with the opportunity to obtain education and training in supervision and management supplemented, if desired, by the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in basic technical engineering topics. The objectives of the course are to produce diplomates who:
The Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management) is a two-year equivalent full-time course offered by distance education providing training and education in industrial supervision and basic business and management procedures. It also gives the option of studies in basic engineering subjects. The course provides supervision and management training for people working in industry in such positions as technical officers, engineering assistants, engineering and industrial supervisors. These people often work in a supporting role to professional engineers and other professionals, but can also work independently in smaller organisations which do not employ professional engineers. In other organisations employing professional engineers, they may also work independently on reaching senior positions.
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.
Entry requirements
(a) Mature-age entry: People with an appropriate employment background who are over twenty-three years of age may gain entry as mature-age students under alternative category entry - mature-age provisions.
(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.
Credits and exemptions
Applicants with appropriate engineering or industrial qualifications may obtain up to a maximum credit of forty-eight credit points. Applicants who have undergone formal employer-conducted industrial training may be eligible for credit up to thirty-six credit points.
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