E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

The course develops through four themes that combine to underpin engineering practice: fundamentals and foundational skills, design, knowledge and applications, and professional practice.

Part A. Engineering fundamentals and foundational skills

This will develop your understanding of natural and physical sciences, mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences that underpin all engineering disciplines.

Part B. Engineering design

This will develop the engineering techniques, tools and resources for the conduct, design and management of engineering design processes and projects, both in the industrial setting and in the development of research experiments.

Part C. Engineering knowledge and application

This will provide in-depth knowledge of the specific engineering methods of a branch of engineering and will integrate the specific engineering methods and discipline knowledge into practice. You will develop skills to identify and apply knowledge of contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. Additionally, your studies will focus on your understanding and application of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in your discipline.

Part D. Professional practice

This will develop your skills in readiness for the engineering workplace. You will develop skills in effective team membership and team leadership, the use and management of commercially relevant data, and the legal responsibilities of engineers. This study will integrate the theme 'Engineering knowledge and application' with your specialist field of engineering.

Part E. Elective study

This will enable you to further deepen your knowledge of engineering or broaden your knowledge in another approved field. If you are completing a single degree course, you will have electives to add technical expertise in your engineering specialisation and/or complete a minor in an engineering discipline that complements your specialisation, thereby adding other skills to your repertoire.

Engineering minors are not available on the Malaysia campus. If you are studying for your degree in Malaysia, you must choose technical engineering units to fulfil the elective requirements of your engineering degree. Take note that there may be specific units you will need to complete in order to satisfy the local accreditation requirements.

The Master's accelerated pathway is an excellent way for you to fast-track your completion of the Master of Engineering. To do so, you select up to two level 5 units from E6014 Master of Engineering in the final year of your Bachelor's study. Note that the Master's accelerated pathway is available only at the Clayton campus.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

This course comprises 192 points, of which 144 points are from core engineering study and 48 points are available for elective study. A minimum of 72 points must be completed in engineering studies at level 3 and above. Elective units will be at a specified level. No more than ten level 1 units (60 points) can be counted towards the engineering course.

Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.

Common first year (48 points)

The Common first year comprises Part A, B, and E.

Part A. Engineering fundamentals and foundational skills (12, 18 or 24 points)

Foundational skills

If you have not completed the equivalent of VCE Physics and/or VCE Specialist mathematics, you must complete foundation units in physics and/or mathematics respectively:

• PHS1001 Foundation physics
• ENG1090 Foundation mathematics

Note: If you are studying in a double degree and are required to take both foundation units, you will need to overload your units in Year 1 or Year 2. This will increase the total credit points needed for the double degree by 6 points.

Engineering fundamentals

You must complete:

• ENG1014 Engineering numerical analysis
• ENG1005 Engineering mathematics

Part B. Engineering design (18 points)

You must complete:

• ENG1011 Engineering methods
• ENG1012 Engineering design
• ENG1013 Engineering smart systems

Parts C, D and E. Engineering knowledge, application, professional practice and technical electives (144 points)

You must complete one of the specialisations that are offered on your campus of study:

• Aerospace engineering*
• Biomedical engineering*
• Chemical engineering
• Civil engineering
• Electrical and computer systems engineering
• Environmental engineering*
• Materials engineering*
• Mechanical engineering
• Robotics and mechatronics engineering
• Software engineering

* These specialisations are not available in Malaysia.

Part E. Elective study - First Year (6, 12 or 18 points, depending upon the number of units you need to complete for Part A)

Single degree

In the Common First Year, you must complete 6 credit points (one unit) from the list of First Year engineering technical electives below (availability of electives depends on your campus of enrolment). You will have an additional 12 credit points for electives in Year 1 that can be chosen from the First Year engineering electives list or from other faculties (provided you meet the unit enrolment rules) unless you are required to undertake foundation skills units from Part A. Depending on whether you need to undertake one or both foundation skills units, you may have 6 credit points or no credit points left for elective study.

Double degree

In the Common First Year of engineering study, you must complete 6 credit points (one unit) from the list of First Year engineering technical electives below, unless you are required to undertake a foundational skills unit from Part A. If you have to complete both foundation units, you will need to overload by one unit in your Year 1 or Year 2 study and increase the double degree's total credit points by 6 points. For guidance, please refer to the course progression map for the year you commenced the course.

You choose your First Year engineering technical elective(s) from the following available on your campus of enrolment:

• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms *
• CHE1010 Grand challenges in chemical engineering: Delivering sustainable food, water and energy
• CHM1011 Chemistry 1 or CHM1051 Chemistry 1 advanced **
• ENE1621 Environmental engineering
• ENG1021 Spatial communication in engineering
• ENG1051 Materials for energy and sustainability
• ENG1811 Engineering Industry 4.0 Design
• FIT1056 Collaborative engineering for web applications
• MAT1830 Discrete mathematics for computer science **
• PHS1002 Physics for engineering
• RSE1010 Introduction to resources engineering
• ECE2071 Computer organisation and programming **
• ECE2072 Digital systems **
• ENG2801 Leadership and innovation
• FIT2085 Introduction to computer science for engineers **
• MAE2505 Aerospace dynamics **
• MEC2404 Mechanics of fluids **
• TRC2001 Introduction to systems engineering

* You must select this unit if you plan to specialise in biomedical engineering. 

** If you complete a First Year engineering technical elective that happens to also be a core unit in your chosen specialisation, you must replace the core with another unit at the same level or higher from the specialisation technical electives list.

NOTE: CHM1011 and CHM1051 are prohibition units against each other. You can only complete either CHM1011 or CHM1051.

Studying this course in Malaysia:

The Malaysian Ministry of Education requires all Monash Engineering students studying in Malaysia to complete ENG2801 to meet general studies requirements. In addition, some specialisations will require you to complete specific engineering units to satisfy the accreditation requirements of the Engineering Accreditation Council Malaysia (EAC) or Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).

ENGINEERING MINORS — 2022 ADMISSION

• Artificial intelligence in engineering
• Civil engineering
• Computational engineering
• Engineering entrepreneurship
• Environmental engineering
• Mining engineering
• Micro and nano technologies
• Renewable energy engineering
• Smart manufacturing
• Sustainable engineering