Bachelor of Engineering CA87

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Engineering consists of a common first year followed by three years of specialist training in the fields of civil, electrical or mechanical engineering. The first year of the Bachelor of Engineering program is offered at CQU’s Gladstone, Mackay and Rockhampton campuses. The advanced years of the program are currently at Rockhampton.

The first two years of this program are common to the co-operative education engineering degree. Students in this program may be invited to transfer to the Coop program subject to their performance and the availability of work placement.

The Faculty offers the only project-based learning Engineering degrees in Australia. This method of teaching offers the opportunity to learn in context - where you are learning for a reason, not just to pass exams. Team work and problem solving skills are learned alongside the technical content in an exciting real world engineering environment.

Program Structure

All students enrol in a common first year and then select a specialist stream. In this year students must complete:

Code	Course
N.B. These lists do not necessarily represent the sequential order of enrolment, details of which may be obtained from the faculty web site.
Level 1
ENGR11055	Engineering Skills I
ENGR11056	Engineering Skills II
PHYS11182	Physics IA
PHYS11183	Physics IB
MATH11218	Engineering Mathematics IA
MATH11219	Engineering Mathematics IB

Students will then enrol in the prescribed courses for a specialist stream. Three streams are offered: civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.

Except where specified electives may be taken from a wide selection within and outside the faculty. This selection must be requested and approved in writing through the appropriate faculty authority.

Civil Stream

Code	Course
Level 2
ENCV12074	Hydraulics
ENMT12003	Engineering Materials (Civil)
ENCV12075	Basic Mechanics & Structures
ENCV12070	Theory & Practice of Structural Design
ENCV12068	Geotechnics I
ENCV12076	Water Resources Project
Level 3
ENCV14069	Geotechnics II
ENDS13003	Building Design Project
STAT13034	Engineering Statistics
ENCV13133	Analysis of Structures and Stresses
ENCV14079	Road/Rail Design Project
MATH12178	Engineering Mathematics 3
Level 4
ENPR13006	Engineering Management
ENPR14011	Dissertation A
ENCV14081	Water Engineering
ENPR14012	Dissertation B
ENCV14080	Transportation Engineering
	Electives - 6 units of credit

Electrical Stream

Code	Course
Level 2
ENEL12073	Introduction to Analogue Electronics
ENCO12001	Embedded Processor Systems Design
ENEL12074	Electrical Power & Drives
ENEL12075	Introduction to Power Systems
BLAR12019	Building Services Design
ENEL11183	Electric Circuit Analysis
Level 3
MATH12178	Engineering Mathematics 3
ENEL13130	Introduction to Control Systems
ENEL13131	Control Systems Project
COMT13005	Introduction to Communications Systems
COMT13006	Communication Systems Project
STAT13034	Engineering Statistics
Level 4
ENPR13006	Engineering Management
ENPR14011	Dissertation A
ENPR14012	Dissertation B
	Specialisation Electives - 18 units of credit (a)
Notes: (a) Including two technical electives totalling 12 units of credit to be selected from:
ENEL13135	Power Electronic Conversion
ENEL13093	Power Systems Modelling and Analysis
ENEL13094	Digital Signal Analysis and Processing
	Plus general electives - 6 units of credit. The general elective, if not chosen from above, may be selected by the student university wide. This selection must be requested and approved in writing through the appropriate faculty authority.

Mechanical Stream

Code	Course
Level 2
ENCV12075	Basic Mechanics & Structures
ENMC12013	Fluid Mechanics
ENMT12004	Engineering Materials (Mechanical)
ENMC12014	Thermodynamics
ENMC12015	Dynamics
ENMC12016	Machine Element Design
Level 3
ENEL12074	Electrical Power & Drives
ENMC13018	Mechanical Systems
ENMC13019	Energy Conversion
ENMC13020	Thermofluid Engineering
STAT13034	Engineering Statistics
MATH12178	Engineering Mathematics 3
Level 4
ENPR13006	Engineering Management
ENPR14011	Dissertation A
ENPR14012	Dissertation B
ENMM14002	Maintenance Management
ENMC14021	Bulk Materials Handling
	Electives - 6 units of credit

Recommended Study Schedule

A recommended study schedule for this program can be obtained from your program administrator. 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, or equivalent to, four courses or 24 units of credit per term and part-time students usually enrol in, or equivalent to, two courses per term or 12 units of credit per term.

Vacation Employment and Report

As part of the requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Engineering course, each student must gain at least 12 weeks of vacation employment in some area of engineering. The student must also submit a report indicating the kind 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 by the employer and submitted by the end of the second week of the term following the vacation period.

Degrees in Engineering with Honours

Engineering students will be eligible for honours on the following basis:

• honours degree students must take specified electives;
• the project thesis for honours students will contain a substantial amount of research; and
• there will be 3 levels of honours achievement:

  First Class
  Second Class Honours, Division A
  Second Class Honours, Division B
  

• the class of honours will be decided by the following:
  WGPA of 6 or greater - First Class Honours
  WGPA of 5.5 up to 6 - Second Class, Divison A
  WGPA of 5.0 up to 5.5 - Second Class, Division B
• Primarily on the final two terms of full-time course study.

Rules for progression into the Bachelor of Engineering (Co-op)

Students enrolled in the traditional Bachelor of Engineering program who meet all the rules for progression in the Bachelor of Engineering Co-op programs may be invited by the Faculty Education Committee to transfer into the Cooperative Education program.

Invitations to transfer shall be limited in numbers to the remaining unfilled industry placements.

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 GPA.

Computing Requirements

It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that all students have access to the Internet. Students may be required to undertake various components of study in the program using e-mail and the Internet.