Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health on +61 7 4930 9733 or email engineering-enquiries@cqu.edu.au

Recommended study schedule

A recommended study schedule for this program can be obtained from the Faculty. Students may determine their own schedule based upon credit transfers and personal study requirements.
It is important to note that full-time students usually enrol in 24 units of credit per term and part-time students usually enrol in 12 units of credit per term.
Students must successfully complete 24 courses (192 units of credit) in a combination of 6 and 12 units of credit courses.

Engineering Practice (industry experience) and report

An integral part of the Bachelor of Engineering program is that each student must gain at least twelve weeks of approved industry experience in an appropriate area of engineering. The student must also submit a report indicating the type of work done, the degree of responsibility involved, the person(s) to whom the student was directly responsible, and the general activities of the employer.   This report must be certified as correct by the employer and submitted by the end of the second week of the term following the vacation period of employment.

To graduate students must successfully complete and submit their Engineering Practice report at least six months prior to their nominated Expected Graduation Term (EGT). Failure to meet this deadline may result in a delay to the expected graduation date.

Degrees in Engineering with Honours

Engineering students will be eligible for honours according to the University’s Weighted Grade Point Average (WGPA) honours calculation rules, except that third class honours will not be awarded, on the following basis:
The WGPA of a student’s results over the first three years of the program (144UC) must be at least 5.00 to be eligible for honours. Failure to meet this WGPA will result in students not being eligible for the award of Honours, regardless of their performance in the required 48UC of engineering course study (as detailed below) for honours calculation.

In all cases for the calculation of WGPA, a student’s result in their first attempt at a course will be incorporated.

Rules for progression into the Bachelor of Engineering (Co-op)/Diploma of Professional Practice (Engineering)
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering program who meet all the rules for progression in the Bachelor of Engineering (Co-op)/Diploma of Professional Practice (Engineering) programs may be invited to transfer into the Bachelor of Engineering (Co-op)/Diploma of Professional Practice (Engineering) program.
In the event of limited numbers in the remaining unfilled industry placements, only invitations to fill unclaimed placements will be made.

Where the number of students eligible for transfer is greater than the number of remaining unfilled industry placements, invitations to transfer shall be decided by the student's WGPA after completion of the first term in the second year of study.

Articulation and credit transfer
The program allows the recognition of students' appropriate previous study and experience gained from working in industry, through 'Recognition of Prior Learning' (RPL) and 'Recognition of Current Competencies' (RCC). Students will be assessed for credit transfer on a case-by-case basis and will be required to nominate courses they wish to be considered for exemption from. Grounds for that exemption, through students’ demonstration of prior achievement of the CQU courses’ learning outcomes, must be documented and assessed as satisfactory by the Program Committee. Students may only gain credit transfer for up to 50% of the overall program, on a units of credit basis, with a majority of Advanced Level courses studied.

Computing requirements
It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that all students have access to the CQU World Wide Web site via the Internet. Students will be required to undertake various components of study in the program using email and online on the Internet.