Bachelor of Engineering
The BE degree program requires the completion of at least 192 credit points of courses including:
1. 54 units of the following professional core courses (compulsory);
- ENGN1211 Discovering Engineering
- ENGN2225 Systems Engineering Design
- ENGN2226 Systems Engineering Analysis
- ENGN3211 Investment Decisions & Financial Systems (or specified equivalent: BUSN1001 or Asian Studies equivalent or Arts equivalent)
- ENGN3221 Engineering Management
- ENGN3100 Practical Experience (0 unit)
- ENGN4200 Individual Project (12 unit)
- ENGN4221 Systems Engineering Project
- ENGN4611 Engineering Law (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, College of Arts & Social Sciences or College of Asia & the Pacific. Specific equivalent courses in the Colleges of Arts & Social Sciences and Asia & the Pacific are listed in the relevant combined program entries.
2. 36 units of engineering fundamental courses (compulsory);
- ENGN1215 Engineering Science
- ENGN1217 Introduction to Mechanics
- ENGN1218 Introduction to Electronics
- ENGN2217 Mechanical Systems & Design
- ENGN2218 Electronic Systems & Design
- ENGN2219 Computing for Engineering Simulation
3. 42 units of engineering discipline courses listed below in Schedule 1 to complete at least one major;
Schedule 1: Engineering Discipline Courses
ENGN2221 System Dynamics
ENGN2222 Thermal Energy Systems
ENGN2228 Signal Processing
ENGN3213 Digital Systems and Microprocessors
ENGN3223 Control Systems
ENGN3224 Energy Systems Engineering
ENGN3226 Digital Communications
ENGN3334 Semiconductors
ENGN3601 Engineering Materials
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
ENGN4536 Wireless Communications
ENGN4613 Microphotonics, Biophotonics and Nanophotonics
ENGN4615 Finite Element Analysis
ENGN4625 Power Electronics
ENGN4627 Robotics
4. 12 units mathematics (compulsory);
- MATH1013 Mathematics & Applications 1 (or MATH1115)
- MATH1014 Mathematics & Applications 2 (or MATH1116)
5. 6 units computing (compulsory);
6. 6 units physics (compulsory);
- PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I
7. 36 units of courses offered by the University.
Note: The degree program may not include more than 60 units of 1000-series courses.
Engineering Majors
The College offers four engineering majors that may be selected in terms of fulfilling item 3 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 majors
The 36 units of courses under item 7 of the BE program requirements may be used by students with an interest in the photonics major. Note that the non-engineering (ENGN) courses in this major cannot be counted towards Item 3 of the BE program requirements.
The Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honours
Honours grades in the BE degree are awarded by the School of Engineering 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, ENGN1215 Engineering Science, ENGN1217 Introduction to Mechanics, ENGN1218 Introduction to Electronics, MATH1013 Mathematics & Applications 1 (or MATH1115), MATH1014 Mathematics & Applications 2 (or MATH1116), PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I, and COMP1100 Introduction to Programming & Algorithms.
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 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.
