Bachelor of Engineering Technology CQ68

Program Overview

This program is aimed at the training of the technology workforce at the Engineering Technologist and the Engineering Associate levels. It caters for people who have an interest in the application of technology. The program will provide vocational education and training opportunities for tradespersons from post-trade level (Level C9 aligned in the Engineering Industry Award) to the Engineering Technologist level (Level C2 in the Engineering Industry Award), aligned with the IEAust Engineering competency standards.

CQU currently offers five generic engineering technology programs or streams of courses:

• Civil
• Electrical Power and Control
• Electronics and Communications
• Mechanical
• Industrial Instrumentation

With a Bachelor of Engineering Technology, you will be qualified to work as an engineering technologist in an enormous range of industries and organisations.

Program Features

The CQ68 program contains several innovative features:

• Competency referenced. Graduates of these programs are expected to possess competencies defined by the respective competency standards for Engineering Associates (Officers) and Engineering Technologists as prescribed by the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust).
• Multiple exit points. The Bachelor of Engineering Technology program will nominally require the equivalent of three years of full-time studies. Students who successfully complete the first two equivalent years of the program will, on application, be awarded an Advanced Diploma in Engineering. An extra year of equivalent full-time study, completed successfully, will result in the award of the BET.
• Training as well as education focus. While a significant component of program content is devoted to engineering and technology-specific training, the program places equal importance on the development of personal skills to prepare students as life-long learners.
• Staged skill development. The program is designed to develop students’ learning skills progressively. The first year of the program aims to develop students’ mathematical and language skills and prepare them for advanced tertiary studies in engineering technical fields. Students commence learning discipline-specific technical language and practice skills in the second year. The third year of the program exposes students to management, analysis and systems thinking skills. It is intended to allow students to develop a holistic view of the discipline in which they have chosen to practise.
• Use of information technology. Students are required to use computers and the Internet as an integral part of their learning environment. Access to these are essential for all students enrolled in the program.
• Quality commitment. The Faculty is committed to continuing quality improvement. Both program structure and content are reviewed regularly to reflect the best current practice. The BET Program Committee manages all quality (and other) aspects of the program.

Program Structure

All students (except advanced standing entry students) entering the program will undertake a common first year. Students will then be counselled to enrol in a program of study in one of the nominal programs in Civil, Electrical Power and Control, Electronics and Communications, Mechanical or Industrial Instrumentation Engineering commencing in the second year. Alternative programs may be available for students with full-time or part-time employment in the engineering field. Students who wish to vary their program must apply in writing to the Undergraduate Coordinator, stating their career goals and the alternative courses in which they wish to enrol.

In each academic year, full-time students are required to complete eight courses from a list of courses available at CQU (each of which will nominally be allocated six units of credit). Part-time students may select between two and five. Alternatively, exemptions from courses may be sought, based on achieved competency in TAFE National Curriculum modules or other educational institution studies, or via RPL/RCC (See section on Credit Transfer). Thus, each year of equivalent full-time study in the proposed program has a credit point value of 48 units of credit.

One further requirement is that the composition of the courses must show a minimum of 15 per cent in management and professional ethics studies.

Subject to the approval of the BET Program Committee, students may supplement their CQU study program with relevant and equivalent level courses from other programs within, or outside of, the University.

Year 1 (Common)

Code	Course
PHYS11050	Engineering Science
COMM11102	Communications & Learning
ENMT11008	Engineering Materials
ENGR11079	Engineering Technology & Society
PHYS11051	Engineering Principles
CGRP11004	Engineering Graphics
MATH11160	Technology Mathematics
COIS11014	Engineering Computing

Year 2 (Stream Specific)

Code	Course
Civil Stream
ENEL12097	Computer Aided Drafting & Design *
EVST12011	Energy, Resources & the Environment *
ENMC12023	Mechanics
ENMC12024	Fluid Mechanics
ENPR12018	Engineering Management *
ENCV12129	Civil Construction
ENCV12072	Geology & Geomechanics
ENPR12017	Engineering Practice Skills
Mechanical Stream
ENEL12097	Computer Aided Drafting & Design *
EVST12011	Energy, Resources & the Environment *
ENMC12023	Mechanics
ENMC12024	Fluid Mechanics
ENPR12018	Engineering Management *
ENMC12025	Dynamics
ENMC12026	Thermodynamics
ENPR12017	Engineering Practice Skills
Electrical Stream
ENEL12097	Computer Aided Drafting & Design
EVST12011	Energy, Resources & the Environment *
ENEL12099	Electrical Circuit Analysis
ENEL12100	Electronics
ENPR12018	Engineering Management *
ENEL12101	Signals & Systems
ENEL12103	Electrical Energy Conversion
ENPR12017	Engineering Practice Skills
Electronics Stream
ENEL12097	Computer Aided Drafting & Design *
EVST12011	Energy, Resources & the Environment *
ENEL12099	Electrical Circuit Analysis
ENEL12100	Electronics
ENPR12018	Engineering Management *
ENEL12101	Signals & Systems
COMT12003	Telecommunications Principles
ENPR12017	Engineering Practice Skills
Industrial Instrumentation Stream
ENEL12098	Instrumentation & Transducers
EVST12011	Energy, Resources & the Environment *
ENEL12099	Electrical Circuit Analysis
ENEL12100	Electronics
ENPR12018	Engineering Management *
ENEL12101	Signals & Systems
ENEL12104	Introduction to Control Systems
ENPR12017	Engineering Practice Skills
Exit Advanced Diploma of Engineering

Year 3

Code	Course
Generic Structure (typical)
1 Technology Core Course (for each stream)
ENGR13080	BET Project I
ENGR13081	BET Project II
	Management elective
	Technology Design core course I
	Technical elective I
	Technical elective II
	Technical elective III
Core courses (Stream specific)
Electrical, Electronic
ENEL13105	Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
Industrial Instrumentation
PHYS13052	Advanced Physical Science
Civil
ENDS13004	Theory & Design of Structures
Mechanical
ENMC13030	Dynamics of Industrial Machines
one Technology Design core course:
ENDS13007	Mechanical System Design
ENDS13005	Electrical/Electronic System Design
ENDS13006	Instrumentation System Design
Civil students select a design elective

Year 3 Electives

Code	Course
Management Electives (6uc to be chosen)
HRMT11010	Organisational Behaviour
ENPR13026	Project Management
ENPR13019	Quality Management
ENPR13020	Contract Management
ENPR13021	Maintenance Management
Technical Electives (3 to be chosen)
ENCV13074	Pavement & Track Design
ENCV13075	Design of Substructures
ENEL13106	Power Electronics
ENEL13107	Power System Analysis
ENEL13108	Digital Signal Processing
ENCO13002	Applied Microcontrollers
COMT13004	Telecommunications Systems
ENEL13109	Industrial Control Systems
ENMC13027	Maintenance Engineering
ENMC13028	Advanced Thermodynamics
ENEL13110	Mechanical/Electrical Drives
ENMC13029	Industrial Fluid Power
ENMC13031	Material Handling
ENMT13009	Materials In Service
ENCV13076	Concrete and Masonry Structure
ENCV13077	Water Resources Engineering
ENCV13078	Water & Waste Water Engineering
ENCV13079	Coastal Engineering
ENEV13006	Environmental Engineering
ENGR13072	Traffic & Transport Engineering
ENCV13080	Cost Planning & Control
ENCV13081	Civil Estimating
ENCV13082	Surveying
ENGR13001	Acoustics
ENGR13078	Non Destructive Testing
ENCV13115	Optical Instrumentation
Bridging or Remedial Courses
ENGR11068	Directed Learning A (3uc)
ENGR11069	Directed Learning B (3uc)
ENGR11070	Directed Learning C (6uc)
ENGR11071	Directed Learning D (6uc)

Not all third year courses will be available in 2001 due to transitional arrangements from old to new programs. See the handbook section on course availability and/or the undergraduate coordinator for details of the alternatives.

All courses are offered in the distance (external) mode. Students attending each campus will receive internal tutorial support. The scope of support may vary between full class sessions, support tutorial sessions and individual consultation sessions according to student needs and class size.

Where less than 10 students are enrolled as ‘Day’ students the Faculty may elect to run these courses in External mode only, with limited tutorial and individual support then scheduled.

Work Experience and Report

An integral part of the program, and a requirement of the Institution of Engineers Australia for program accreditation, is a minimum of six weeks of approved work experience in an engineering environment. This may be completed during the student vacation(s) or at other times within the first two (if an Advanced Diploma of Engineering is being sought) or three equivalent years of enrolment. Students who have appropriate prior work experience may seek exemption from this requirement.

As proof of work experience, students will be required to submit a formal 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 should be certified by the employer.

Degree with Distinction

It is the intention of the Faculty to recognise outstanding academic achievement of students, by awarding a Bachelor of Engineering Technology Degree with Distinction to students who achieved a GPA of 6.0 and above, in their first attempt result in their enrolled courses in the third year of the program.

Articulation and Credit Transfer

Through alignment with national standards, the program allows the recognition of student’s previous study from TAFE and other tertiary providers, and experience gained from working in industry, through ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ (RPL) and ‘Recognition of Current Competencies’ (RCC). Students seeking RPL/RCC as the basis for credit transfer, will be required to submit a portfolio of their work and any other supporting evidence, as well as a statement giving the specific reason for the claim. There will be a six-month assessment period, during which the student (if the claim is provisionally granted) will be allowed to enrol in ‘follow-on’ courses. The granting of exemption is normally subject to students passing the follow-on course(s).

Students from the TAFE sector may seek to enter the proposed program at any stage of the program. The Faculty will endeavour to award full credit up to the Advanced Diploma level. Holders of the Queensland TAFE CN940 Advanced Diploma or equivalent (which includes Associate Diplomas and the new AQF Diplomas) will be given a block exemption of the first two years of the Bachelor of Engineering Technology program. Students, however, are expected to have met the pre-requisite requirements for those courses in which they enrol. The choice of some courses, depending on entry qualifications, may increase the number of courses required for graduation.

Currently there are over 1000 National Curriculum modules defined by the National Engineering Consortium, categorised into the EA (Advanced Certificate or first year) and EB (Associate/Advanced Diploma or second year) bank. These cover a broad spectrum of technical skills. It has also been observed that modules at the same level show wide diversity in their degree of difficulties and demand on study time. While some programs are structured with few options to vary the choice of modules, most TAFE Diploma programs in Queensland show flexibility by permitting students to mix and match modules in order to maximise their career development options. With the variation in academic content between modules and the diverse program in which a person could follow to develop their skills, articulation for individual learning programs is not always an easy exercise.

In determining the criteria for a student’s eligibility to graduate, the Faculty will take a holistic, liberal perspective. The attainment of the necessary competencies contained in the Institution of Engineers Australian National Competency Standards document, rather than the accumulation of a particular combination of course choices, will be used by the Faculty to determine whether a student has met all the program requirements to graduate.

Part of the final stage of the course will require students to put together the skills they have developed throughout the course into simulated professional practice, by the successful completion of a final year project. In addition, where the students’ learning program differs significantly from the nominal program, they may be required to prepare a document substantiating their claim of achieving the necessary professional competencies, as prescribed by the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Transfer into the Bachelor of Engineering Programs

The BET program has been designed with different vocational outcomes compared to the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) programs. As such, apart from some common vocabulary and knowledge base in the program, the technical skills which students need to develop in the two programs are significantly different.

Students who are interested in transferring to the Bachelor of Engineering programs are to seek advice from the respective program advisor of the various streams of the BEng programs.

Rules for Progression in the BET program

The BET program is competency referenced. As such, progress is conditional upon students having acquired specified skills and knowledge in previous courses of study. Students seeking to enrol in a particular course will need to confirm that they have the necessary prerequisite skills.

Satisfactory academic performance will be defined, for a full time student, as passing a minimum of 70 per cent of the enrolled courses within each year. Students who do not perform satisfactorily will be counselled to either change program or re-structure their program. Continued failure to meet these requirements will result in students being asked to show cause as to why they should be permitted to continue their studies. Failure to provide a satisfactory response will result in exclusion from the program.