1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recent surveys show that Swinbume Engineering ?graduates
have one of the highest rates of employment after graduation
of any engineering schools within Victoria.
Th' 1s means:
they are 'results-orientated';
they already understand and accept workplace targets,
relationships and disciplines;
they are a year older and more mature;
they have completed a longer course, e.g. engineers have
had three-and-a-half years full-time study with the same
teaching content of a four-year course, plus one year of
supervised paid employment;
they also bring with them knowledge of the latest
technology, acquired in the course of their studies.
Employers alerted to the 'bottom line' advantages will also
be interested in these further benefits:
by employing a student for hidher training, the
employer can evaluate a potential graduate's suitability
to the organisation;
regular and long-term contact between employers and
divisional staff has a beneficial influence on course
design and teaching methods;
the student promotes the image of the employer's
organisation at Swinburne.
IBL graduates bring with them:
a realistic attitude to work;
access to professional specialised division staff;
access to Swinburne's high technology facilities
including computer links to international information
banks.
For further information, contact the Administrator,
Cooperative Placement Service.
Undergraduate Course
Descriptions
Student workload, credit points
The Division of Science, Engineering and Design operates a
student workload model based on a credit point system. In
this model, the standard workload for a full-time student
undertaking a program of study for one year comprises
subjects with a total value of 100 credit points. To complete,
for example, a full-time three-year bachelor degree program,
a student must pass subjects to the value of at least 300 credit
points.
The credit point value of a subject is a notional measure of
the relative workload associated with that subject.
Normally, a full-time student enrols in subjects totalling
fifty credit points per semester. However, small variations in
this total are permitted according to the choice and
availability of elective subjects.
Credit for Swinburne TAFE Division
associate diplomas
Associate Diploma of Applied Science in
Laboratory Technology
Students who complete this associate diploma at an
acceptable level and with an appropriate choice of electives
are eligible for direct entry into the second year of the
Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs in applied
chemistry or biochemistry. The amount of credit granted in
each case exceeds 100 credit points. Applications should be
made through VTAC.
Associate Diploma of Applied Science in
Computing and Applied Physics
Students who complete this associate diploma at an
acceptable level and with an appropriate choice of electives
are eligible
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for direct entrv into the second vear of the
Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs in computing
and instrumentation; computer science (conversion) and
mathematics and computer science. In each case the amount
of credit granted is up to 100 credit points. Applications
should be made through VTAC.
Credit for TAFE associate diplomas in
computer science
Students who have completed an appropriate TAFE
associate diploma at an acceptable level may be admitted
directly into a special two year full-time conversion program
available to such students. The associate diploma maybe in
business, science, or engineering, but must include
acceptable introductory courses in computer systems and
computer programming. Applicants will also be expected to
have passed mathematics subjects to at least the equivalent of
the VCE level required for normal entry into the first year
of computer science degree programs in the Division of
Science, Engineering and Design. Applications should be
made through VTAC.
Subject length
Unless otherwise stated all subjects are semester subjects.
Applied Science
To qualify for a Bachelor of Applied Science, a student must
complete successfully one of the following courses:
Applied Chemistry;""
Applied and Industrial Mathematics;
Biochemistry;
Computer Science (conversion course);
Computer Science and Psychology;
Computer Science and Software Engineering;
Computing;
Computing and Instrumentation;
Environmental Health:
Management Science and Computing;
Mathematics and Computer Science;
Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation;
Psychology and Psychophysiology."
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