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Course Information

Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Laws

Effective from 01-JAN-2019 : Code Y66

The course combines a full engineering degree program with a full law degree program that satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia. The result of this challenging educational initiative is a double degree which is internationally recognised in the global marketplace. The course provides students with lifelong transferable skills equipping them for employment in a wide range of professions, and for further study in a variety of disciplines.

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 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.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
2. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice.
3. ENGINEERING - Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage engineering projects, with some intellectual independence.
4. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
5. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the [specialist] engineering discipline.
6. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
7. ENGINEERING - Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
8. ENGINEERING - Think critically, and apply established engineering methods and research skills to complex engineering problem solving.
9. LAW - Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical legal issues.
10. LAW - Communicate legal knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
11. LAW - Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural sensitivity.
12. LAW - Demonstrate initiative and autonomy to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through appropriate professional practice.
13. LAW - Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate legal solutions/responses.
14. LAW - Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex legal matters.
15. LAW - Use digital and hard copy indexes to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant legal principle and policy from cases and peer reviewed articles.
16. LAW - Work collaboratively and accountably and be responsible for own learning.

Professional Recognition

Course

This course has been Accredited by: Engineers Australia.

This course has been Accredited by: Legal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA).

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.

Registration

Students will need to graduate to be eligible to register with the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA). Registration with the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA) is required to practice in the profession.

The Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) satisfies the academic requirements for the admission as a legal practitioner in Western Australia and is Professionally Accredited by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. For information about the admission process and the additional requirements that must be completed to be eligible for admission, contact the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 5)

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 Advanced Diploma or equivalent;
• Successfully completed 1 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;
• Aboriginal Student Intake Test; or
• Associate Degree.

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 Student Intake Test;
• 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, with equivalents considered. It is desirable that all applicants have Mathematics: Specialist ATAR, with equivalents considered. 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: 6 Years
• Part Time: 12 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 six year duration.

Course Coordinator

Dr Alireza MOHYEDDIN KERMANI

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 29 Law units, comprising of 22 Core Law units and 7 Law Elective units.

Note: Students undertaking the Chemical Engineering Major should enrol in SCC1111 General Chemistry in place of CSP2151 Programming Fundamentals.

Note: Students completing the Civil Engineering Major should not enrol in ENS5253 Control Systems in this semester, they should enrol in an Engineering Major unit instead, and enrol in ENS5106 Hydrology and Hydraulics in Year 5 Semester 2 in place of an Engineering Major unit.

Engineering Honours

Note: Students with not more than 10 units of study left to complete and who have achieved a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 70 per cent or higher will be invited to complete a graded engineering Honours degree. Students who accept the offer to undertake the graded Engineering Honours pathway should enrol in ENS5145 Engineering Honours Thesis 1 in place of ENS4152 Engineering Project and ENS5145 Engineering Honours Thesis 2 in place of ENS4253 Engineering Project.

Law Honours

Note: Students with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 70 per cent or higher (in the LAW component of this degree only) after the fifth year of study may be invited to complete an Honours program. Those students will transfer to the Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) for their sixth and final year of study.

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

7 elective units are to be selected from any of the following streams.

^ Core Option
* Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.

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.