C10061 Bachelor of Engineering Diploma in Engineering Practice v2

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Overview

This program is a comprehensive preparation for careers in the professional practice of engineering. Students learn to deal with complex systems and manage large-scale projects using the most appropriate emerging technologies.

The course offers an authentic cooperative education program with two semesters of paid internship in a real workplace setting. The Diploma in Engineering Practice has been specifically designed to allow students to accelerate their entry into the engineering profession as a chartered professional engineer, by reducing the time required for professional experience after graduation.

Course aims

The course aims to equip graduates with the skills and attributes needed for professional practice and professional leadership. It is designed around the triple themes of academic development, personal development and professional formation. It provides sound foundations in engineering theory, technical expertise, and knowledge of professional practice, while also developing academic literacy, advocacy skills and social awareness so that graduates are equipped to grow as lifelong learners and to become effective citizens in many different capacities. The concept has been strongly endorsed in wide-ranging industry consultations. Interaction between work experience and academic curriculum has been greatly strengthened, giving the program a depth that no other full-time academic course can match.

Career options

Career options depend on the major chosen.

Additional admission requirements

Entry to individual Engineering majors is subject to UAI requirements.

Additional assumed knowledge

Mathematics Extension 1; Physics; and English Standard. English Advanced is recommended.

Course duration and attendance

Full-time students normally complete the program in five years, which includes four years of study plus two periods of engineering internship in the workplace totalling at least 48 weeks. The internship is typically taken in the third or fourth semester and again in the seventh or eighth.

It is possible to complete the program entirely on a part-time basis, with continuous concurrent employment, by enrolling at half the full-time rate, however this is not recommended. Students wishing to make extensive use of part-time attendance are strongly encouraged to negotiate with their employers at least two full-time semesters somewhere through the program.

Course structure

The program overall comprises four principal components: the core program; the Engineering Practice Program; the fields of practice subjects; and the electives.

The degree may be taken with a designated major which students usually select at entry. Opportunities exist in later years for students to apply to change majors. Students may choose not to take a major, instead taking a general program comprising subjects from different areas of engineering.

Course completion requirements

Industrial training/professional practice

The Diploma in Engineering Practice requires the completion of two six-month internships and the Engineering Practice Program.

Course program

Most subjects are offered in both Autumn and Spring semesters, sometimes as days classes and sometimes as evening classes. The programs shown below for each major show the recommended sequence for students undertaking the course full time. In the examples, it is assumed that students undertake their first internship in Year 2 Autumn semester and their second internship in Year 4 Spring semester. The internships can be taken at other times and the course can also be undertaken on a part-time basis. The subjects taken in any one semester are determined by what is on offer and any subject requisites.

Honours

The Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice may be awarded with First or Second Class Honours for meritorious performance in the course as a whole.

Professional recognition

Institution of Engineers, Australia

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