C11048v3 Graduate Certificate in Engineering

Overview

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for practising professional engineers or technologists to extend their engineering knowledge and to update their knowledge and skills in line with recent advances. It also allows graduates in cognate disciplines to undertake formal study in engineering, and may be of value to professionally-qualified immigrant engineers seeking orientation to Australian conditions and practice.

Admission requirements

Applicants should have an engineering degree from a recognised tertiary institution. Candidates without a degree, but who have a TAFE diploma or equivalent and with suitable work experience, may enrol in this program and later transfer to the Master of Engineering Studies with full credit for completed subjects.

Recognition of prior learning

Course duration and attendance

The course may be taken on a one-semester, full-time, or a one-year, part-time basis. Classes are usually held in the evenings, in block and/or distance mode.

Course structure

Students complete 24 credit points of study, designing their own program to suit individual needs. Program details are determined prior to enrolment, in consultation with, and with the approval of, an academic adviser designated by the Director, Postgraduate Coursework Programs, UTS: Engineering.

Some program majors may require students to complete prescribed subjects with or without opportunity for electives. In these cases, the area of program major is recognised on the candidate's academic record.

At least 60 per cent of the content of any individual program shall consist of subjects offered by UTS: Engineering. Subject selection should be clearly related to a professional theme.

A major need not be selected, though a major is granted if three subjects (18 credit points) are completed within a particular postgraduate program major.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The tables below give details of each major: for each major there are four tables. The first lists compulsory subjects and the full list of allowable option choices for the major. The next three tables give a recommended program for three different types of students: those undertaking the course full time and commencing in Autumn semester, those undertaking the course full time and commencing in Spring semester and those undertaking the course part time and commencing in Autumn semester. Where an elective is specified, any subject in the range 49000 to 49999 is acceptable except for 49277, 49278, 49279, 49454, 49458, 49459, 49460, 49461, 49462, 49463, 49464 and 49465. Recommended programs take account of the semesters in which subjects are offered and the way the timetable is designed to avoid clashes. Some subjects are offered in weekly mode, others in block mode and others in distance mode or a combination of modes.

Note: the Integrated Logistic Support and Engineering Management major is only available to approved employees of the Defence Materials Organisation.

Articulation with UTS courses

Study undertaken in the course may be credited towards a master's degree provided the entry requirements of the master's degree are met in full. Completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Engineering does not guarantee admission to master's candidature. Eligibility for consideration may be subject to the attainment of a certain level of performance, typically a weighted average mark in completed subjects of at least 65 per cent over 18 credit points.

Other information

Further information is available from the Engineering and Information Technology Outreach Office on: