Bachelor of Engineering
The BE degree program requires the completion of at least 192 credit points of courses including:
- 54 units of the following professional development courses;
- ENGN1211 Discovering Engineering (6 unit)
- ENGN2225 Systems Design (6 unit)
- ENGN2226 Engineering Systems Analysis (6 unit)
- ENGN3211 Investment Decisions & Financial Systems (6 unit)(or specified equivalent: BUSN1001 or Asian Studies equivalent or Arts equivalent.)
- ENGN3221 Engineering Management (6 unit)
- ENGN3100 Practical Experience (0 unit)
- ENGN4200 Individual Project (12 unit)
- ENGN4221 Systems Engineering Project (6 unit)
- ENGN4611 Engineering Law (6 units) (or specified equivalent: BUSN1101 or Asian Studies equivalent or Arts equivalent.)
Note that the courses defined as specific equivalents are only to be taken by students undertaking combined engineering programs with the College of Business & Economics, Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Asian Studies. Specific equivalent courses in the Faculties of Arts and Asian Studies are listed in the relevant combined program entries.
- 72 units of engineering discipline courses listed in Schedule 1, including ENGN1217 Introduction to Mechanics (6 unit), ENGN1218 Introduction to Electronics (6 unit), ENGN1215 Introduction to Materials (6 unit), ENGN2217 Mechanical Systems & Design (6 unit), ENGN2218 Electronic Systems & Design (6 unit) and at least one engineering discipline major (42 unit).
Schedule 1: Engineering Discipline Courses
ENGN1215 Introduction to Materials
ENGN1217 Introduction to Mechanics
ENGN1218 Introduction to Electronics
ENGN2211 Electrical Circuits
ENGN2214 Mechanics of Materials
ENGN2217 Mechanical Systems & Design (offered 2010)
ENGN2218 Electronic Systems & Design (offered 2010)
ENGN2221 System Dynamics
ENGN2222 Thermal Energy Systems
ENGN2224 Semiconductors
ENGN2228 Signal Processing
ENGN3212 Manufacturing Technologies
ENGN3213 Digital Systems and Microprocessors
ENGN3215 Communications Technologies
ENGN3222 Manufacturing Systems
ENGN3223 Control Systems
ENGN3224 Energy Systems Engineering
ENGN3226 Digital Communications
ENGN3227 Analogue Electronics
ENGN4507 Microelectronic and Photonic Technology
ENGN4511 Composite Materials
ENGN4513 Fibre Optics Communications Systems
ENGN4516 Energy Resources and Renewable Technologies
ENGN4520 Special Topics in Engineering 1
ENGN4521 Special Topics in Engineering 2
ENGN4522 Special Topics in Engineering 3
ENGN4523 Special Topics in Engineering 4
ENGN4524 Solar Energy Technology
ENGN4528 Computer Vision
ENGN4533 Biomedical Engineering
ENGN4535 Telecommunication Networks
ENGN4536 Wireless Communications
ENGN4545 Radiofrequency Engineering
ENGN4601 Engineering Materials
ENGN4612 Digital Signal Processing and Control
ENGN4615 Finite Element Analysis
ENGN4625 Power Electronics
ENGN4627 Robotics
- 12 units mathematics, being
- 12 units computing, being
- COMP1100 Introduction to Programming & Algorithms (6 unit) and
- ENGNXXXX Computing for Engineering Simulation
- 6 units physics, being
- PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I (6 unit)
- PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I (6 unit)
- 36 units of courses offered by the University.
The degree program may not include more than 60 units of 1000-series courses.
Engineering Majors
The faculty offers six engineering majors that may be selected in terms of fulfilling item 2 of the BE program requirements. Refer to Majors tab. Students should note that all completed majors will be listed on their academic transcript.
Science and Other Engineering majors
The 36 units of courses under item 6 of the BE program requirements may be used by students to further their interests in other subject areas. The College of Engineering and Computer Science has developed majors in photonic systems, environmental systems and digital systems by incorporating non-engineering majors offered by the College of Science and Department of Computer Science in fulfilment of the requirements under Items 5 and 6 of the BE program requirements. These are the Photonic Systems major, Environmental Systems major and Digital Systems major. Note that these majors cannot be counted towards Item 2 of the BE program requirements.
Alternation of ENGN4000 series courses
Each ENGN4000 series elective course will be offered in an ODD year or an EVEN year. All ENGN1000, 2000 and 3000 series courses and ENGN4000 series compulsory courses will be offered EVERY year. This leads to two possible alternation patterns (1 and 2):
| 1 | 2 | |
| Year 1 | EVERY | EVERY |
| Year 2 | EVERY | EVERY |
| Year 3 | ODD | EVEN |
| Year 4 | EVEN | ODD |
Students will need to bear this in mind when enrolling each year, particularly in years 3 and 4. It is recommended that students finalise their elective choices and planned enrolment patterns for years 3 and 4 at the end of year 2 at the latest.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honours
Honours grades in the BE degree are awarded by the Faculty on the basis of a recommendation from the Head of Engineering and may be awarded with first class honours; second class honours, division A; or second class honours, division B.
The awarding of honours in engineering is based on meritorious performance over the entire four-year program. The assessment of meritorious performance includes the calculation of an average percentage mark (APM), together with the consideration of the overall academic progress of the student and the Individual Project result. To determine the global APM, the first year average mark is weighted by a factor 0.1, and the combined average of years 2, 3 and 4 by a factor 0.9.
The first year average mark is the average of the marks awarded in the following courses: ENGN1211 Discovering Engineering, ENGN1217 Introduction to Mechanics, ENGN1218 Introduction to Electronics, ENGN1215 Introduction to Materials, MATH1013 Mathematics & Applications 1 (or MATH1115), MATH1014 Mathematics & Applications 2 (or MATH1116), PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I, COMP1100 Introduction to Programming & Algorithms and ENGN1110 Introduction to Software Systems or COMP2750 Java Programming for New Media. For students commencing in 2009, COMP1110 and COMP2750 will not constitute part of this rule.
The average mark for the remainder years is the average mark awarded in all the additional engineering courses (that is, having an ENGNxxxx code number) completed by the student, excluding ENGN4200 Individual Project, which is considered separately.
ENGN4100 Engineering Honours
In order to be considered for the award of a degree offered by the Department of Engineering, students must formally enrol in ENGN4100 - Engineering Honours, at the commencement of their intended final semester.
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
