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Professional recognition of courses
The lnstitution of Engineers, Australia
The courses for degree of Bachelor of Engineering, in civil,
electrical power and control, communication and electronic,
computer systems, manufacturing, and mechanical
engineering, have all receiwd recognition by The lnstitution
of Engineers, Australia, as satsifying academic requirements
for corporate membership.
Students who are enrolled for engineering courses at
Swinburne and are at least seventeen years of age may
apply to the lnstitution of Engineers, Australia, to become
student members. Application forms are available from
engineering school offices and the Engineering Faculty
Off ice.
Other professional bodies
The course for the Bachelor of Engineering (Manufacturing)
is recognised by the lnstitution of Production Engineers and
the degree in electrical engineering is recognised by the
lnstitution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (Australia) as
sufficient academic qualification for membership.
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Faculty of Engineering
courses
Bachelor of Technology
The Bachelor of Technology offers a new kind of degree in
the exciting areas of technological need, and an entry
scheme to provide access to students who may have
otherwise closed the door to careers in these areas.
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
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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
Engineering Faculty 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 School of Engineering entry.
Progress to second year
To be eligible for admission to the second year of the threeand-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.
Combined program with Graduate
Diploma in Management
The Bachelor of Technology course and the Graduate
Diploma in Management may be taken as a 'combined
program' in the same manner as the Bachelor of
Engineering and Graduate Diploma in Management.
Industry based learning
As with all undergraduate courses within the Faculty of
Engineering, 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 Engineea, 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.
The subjects areas comprising the currently defined major
and minor sequences are: