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Course Information

Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Commerce

Effective from 01-JUL-2021 : Code W26

There is a growing demand in high-technology industries and research centres for engineers who also have knowledge and professional skills in business, management, and finance. This double degree program broadens the overall knowledge of students in areas which are complementary to their technical skills.

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Work Experience Option

The ECU Business Placement program provides students with a unique opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience in a public, private or not-for-profit organisation. They enable students to gain relevant work experience, allowing them to develop professional networks, practice applying theory learned during their degree, develop skills and capabilities required to succeed in their chosen profession, and gain a better understanding of the nature of employment and professional conduct in their chosen industry.

Attendance requirements

The Work Placement program comprises 100 hours of work experience during the academic semester. Programs can be completed in all discipline areas, as well as general business opportunities.

Application process

Students are required to submit a current resume, a statement addressing their suitability and may be required to attend an interview.

Work Experience Requirement

Students are required to undertake a minimum of 12 weeks practical work experience in an engineering industry environment. This will normally be undertaken during a vacation period.

Enrolment process

While the Engineering Practicum unit (ENS5111) appears in Year 5 of the course structure, students can complete the practicum requirements at any point after completing at least 180 credit points in the course. The unit is not available for direct enrolment, instead once the Practicum requirements have been fulfilled, students will need to lodge their Practicum documents through the Application for Credit and Recognition of Prior Learning online application form in order to have the completion of this unit recognised on their academic record. The School’s Practicum coordinator should be contacted for advice on completion of the Practicum.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of commerce and the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering and commerce disciplines.
2. Apply systematic planning, synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage engineering or commerce projects, with some intellectual independence.
3. Think critically, and apply established methods and research skills to the solution of complex engineering and commerce problems.
4. Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin engineering and commerce disciplines and fluently apply engineering skills, techniques, tools and resources, as well as the skills associated with commerce research and scholarship.
5. Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
6. Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting engineering and commerce disciplines, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
7. Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering or commerce projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
8. Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary practice in both engineering and commerce.

Professional Recognition

Course

This course has been Accredited by: Engineers Australia.

Majors

One or more of the majors in this course is externally recognised when studied within this course. Refer to the major for more information.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 4)

All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• AQF Diploma or equivalent;
• Undergraduate Certificate;
• Successfully completed 0.5 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
• Special Tertiary Admissions Test;
• University Preparation Course;
• Indigenous University Orientation Course; or
• Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment.

English Language requirement (Band 3)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
• Special Tertiary Admissions Test;
• IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0);
• Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
• University Preparation Course;
• Indigenous University Orientation Course;
• Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment;
• AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree;
• Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent); or
• Other tests, courses or programs as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Course Specific Admission Requirements

All applicants are required to have Mathematics: Methods ATAR, with equivalents considered, and Physics ATAR or Engineering Studies ATAR or Chemistry ATAR or Mathematics: Specialist ATAR, with equivalents considered. It is desirable that all applicants have Physics ATAR or Engineering Studies ATAR, with equivalents considered, students without Physics ATAR or Engineering Studies ATAR may need to take a bridging unit in the first year of their studies. One or more of the majors in this course has admission requirements. Refer to the major for more information.

Portfolio pathway applications are not accepted for this course.

Course Duration

• Full Time: 5 Years
• Part Time: 10 Years

Course Delivery

• Joondalup: Full Time, Part Time

Non standard timetable requirements

Students should be aware that unit overloads will be required in some semesters, in order to complete the course within the standard five year duration.

Course Coordinator

Dr Ferdinando Giovanni GUZZOMI

Course Structure

Students are required to complete: 31 Engineering units, comprising of 15 Core Engineering units, an Engineering Practicum unit, and a 15-unit Engineering Major; plus 16 Commerce Units, comprising of 7 Core Commerce units, an 8-unit Commerce Major and 1 Commerce Elective unit.

Note: Students completing the Chemical Engineering major should enrol in SCC1111 General Chemistry in place of CSP2151 Programming Fundamentals in this semester. Note: Students completing the Petroleum Engineering major should enrol into SCC1111 General Chemistry in place of CSP2151 Programming Fundamentals in this semester, and enrol into CSP2151 Programming Fundamentals in place of an Engineering Major unit in Year 3 Semester 2.

Note: Students completing either the Instrumentation Control & Automation Major or the Electrical Power Major should enrol in ENS5253 Control Systems instead of one of the Commerce Major units in this semester, and enrol in a Commerce Major unit in place of ENS5253 in Year 5 Semester 1.

Students who receive a WAM of 70 per cent or above for the Engineering units at the end of their fourth year of study will be invited to complete a graded Engineering Honours degree by taking the two Honours Thesis units in place of the standard project units in their fifth year. Students below this cutoff, or who decline the offer to undertake the Honours Thesis, will graduate with an ungraded Engineering Honours degree.

Note: Students completing the Civil Engineering major should enrol into an Engineering Major unit in place of ENS5253 Control Systems in this semester, and enrol into ENS5106 Hydrology and Hydraulics in place of an Engineering Major unit in Year 5 Semester 2. Note: Students completing the Petroleum Engineering major should enrol into ENS3110 Heat and Mass Transfer in place of ENS5253 Control Systems in this semester. Note: Students undertaking the graded Honours pathway should enrol into ENS5145 Engineering Honours Thesis 1 in place of ENS4152 Project Development.

Note: Students undertaking the graded Honours pathway should enrol into ENS5146 Engineering Honours Thesis 2 in place of ENS4253 Engineering Project.

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Unit sets that can be studied as part of this course

One or more of the majors in this course is externally recognised when studied within this course. Refer to the major for more information.