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Career potential
The course aims to produce graduates equipped to meet the
shortage of professionals in the application of technology
within business and industry and with an appropriate
grounding in management education to prepare them for
future roles in the management of industry and commerce.
Graduates will find employment as technologists in many
areas. The excellent opportunities for management studies
included in and extending onto the course will lead many
graduates into technological management roles.
Duration of course
The course requires three and a half years of full-time study, or
its equivalent part-time, including six months industrial
experience.
Admission requirements
Entry to first year
The first year of studies is common to all areas of the Bachelor
of Technology and the Bachelor of Engineering (except for
minor differences for students admitted under alternative
entry). Admission requirements are listed under 'Admission to
first year degree courses' earlier in the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design section of this Handbook.
For the Bachelor of Technology courses in Aviation, Fire
Technology and Building Surveying, please see the information
on entrance requirements, course structure, etc. contained in
the appropriate course entry.
Progress to second year
To be eligible for admission to the second year of the three and
a half year course a student will be required to have
satisfactorily completed the first (common) year in appropriate
prerequisite subjects.
Conversion
Conversion to a Bachelor of Engineering Degree will be
possible after completion of the Bachelor of Technology. It will
require the equivalent of at least one to one and a half
academic years of work.
Industry based learning
As with all undergraduate courses within the Division of
Science, Engineering and Design, this course will be offered on
an industry based learning basis.
Under this strategy of applied learning - a structured program
developed and supervised by an educational institution in
collaboration with an employing organisation - industry based
learning through relevant productive work is an integral part of
a student's regular academic program and is an essential
component of the final assessment.
Professional recognition
It is expected that graduates will be eligible for membership of
the lnstitution of Engineering Associates. Under current rules,
only after conversion to a Bachelor of Engineering degree
would graduates be eligible for membership of the lnstitution
of Engineers, Australia.
Course structure
The course offers a structure radically different from the norm
within technological areas. It comprises:
a common first year of core studies
one major study and
two minor studies
at least one industry based learning placement (six
months).
First year
This year is essentially the same as for students planning to
undertake the Bachelor of Engineering course providing
maximum course and career potential for students who elect,
at the end of that first year, to proceed to the Bachelor of
Engineering or to the Bachelor of Technology.
Not all first year subjects will be prerequisites for each of the
majors and minors, prerequisites for commencing each will be
separately defined. For each major sequence there will be
specific first-year subject prerequisites.
Major studies
A major is defined as a set of related subjects totalling forty
semester hours.
Minor studies
A minor study is defined as a set of related subjects totalling
twenty semester hours.
Within that overall structure two types of programs will be
offered:
Structured courses
Where students wishing to obtain a qualification designated to
some particular area will be required to complete certain
specified minors with a particular major. The degree carries the
designation appropriate to the particular study area (e.g.
Bachelor of Technology (Construction)).
Non-structured courses
Where students will select majors and accompanying minors
according to their preferences the degree would carry no area
designation.
Major studies are offered in the following areas:
Air Conditioning
Chemical Technology
Computer Aided Design and Manufacture
Fire Technology
Manufacturing Technology
Productivity Management
Minor studies supporting the majors will be offered in related
areas.
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Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
Bachelor of Engineering courses are currently under
review.
The following course is the 1990 syllabus. It is anticipated that
a modified course will be introduced for commencement in
1995. Details of this modified course will be supplied to
students at enrolment.
Bachelor of Engineering 1995 syllabus course
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