C09069v2 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice
Award(s): Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in (name of Engineering major) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice (BE(Hons) DipProfEngPrac)Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BA)
CRICOS code: 084090J
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 288
Course EFTSL: 6
Location: City campus
Notes
Direct admission to this course via the Universities Admissions Centre is not available. Students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (C09068) may apply via Internal Course Transfer.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Levels of award
Transfer between UTS courses
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This combined degree, offered jointly by UTS: Engineering and UTS: International Studies, links the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice (C09067) with the study of a language and culture other than English.
This combined degree offers the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies together with a shortened version of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice. Students who choose this course have less opportunity to elect specialist areas of study. On completion, students receive separate testamurs for each degree.
Course aims
The purpose of the program is to develop skills for leadership in the professional practice of engineering while at the same time providing an opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of another language and culture. It reflects a belief in the international character of engineering, and the conviction that Australian professionals can benefit from the early development of an international perspective and a fluency in cross-cultural interactions.
Career options
Career options depend on the major chosen. Options are enhanced by international experience, making students more marketable to prospective employers.
Course intended learning outcomes
| A.0 | Engineering and IT take place within the larger context of society and the environment, which encompasses social, economic and sustainability needs. |
| A.1 | Identify, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs. |
| A.2 | Establish priorities and goals |
| A.3 | Identify constraints, uncertainties and risk of the system (social, cultural, legislative, environmental, business etc.) |
| A.4 | Apply principles of sustainability to create viable systems |
| A.5 | Apply systems thinking to understand complex system behavior including interactions between components and with other systems (social, cultural, legislative, environmental, business etc.) |
| B.0 | Engineering and IT practice focuses on problem-solving and design where artifacts are conceived, created, used, modified, maintained and retired. |
| B.1 | Identify and apply relevant problem solving methodologies |
| B.2 | Design components, systems and/ or processes to meet required specification |
| B.3 | Synthesise alternative/innovative solutions, concepts and procedures |
| B.4 | Apply decision-making methodologies to evaluate solutions for efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability |
| B.5 | Implement and test solution |
| B.6 | Demonstrate research skills |
| C.0 | Abstraction, modelling, simulation and visualization inform decision-making, and are underpinned by mathematics, as well as basic and discipline sciences. |
| C.1 | Apply abstraction, mathematics and/or discipline fundamentals to analysis, design and operation |
| C.2 | Develop models using appropriate tools such as computer software, laboratory equipment and other devices |
| C.3 | Evaluate model applicability, accuracy and limitations |
| D.0 | Graduates must have capabilities for self-organisation, self-review, personal development and lifelong learning. |
| D.1 | Manage own time and processes effectively by prioritising competing demands to achieve personal goals (Manage self) |
| D.2 | Reflect on personal and professional experiences to engage in independent development beyond formal education for lifelong learning |
| E.0 | Engineering and IT practice involves the coordination of a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary activities to arrive at problem and design solutions. |
| E.1 | Communicate effectively in ways appropriate to the discipline, audience and purpose. |
| E.2 | Work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams within a multi-level, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural setting |
| E.3 | Identify and apply relevant project management mothodologies |
| F.0 | Graduates must possess skills, knowledge and behaviours to operate effectively in culturally-diverse workplaces and a chnaging global environment. |
| F.1 | Be able to conduct critical self-review and performance evaluation agiainst appropriate criteria as a primary means of tracking personal development needs and achievements |
| F.2 | Appreciate ethical implications of professional practice |
| F.3 | Understand cross-cultural issues (regions or workplaces) |
| F.4 | Be aware of global perspectives (needs, rules/regulations, and specifications) |
| INT.1.1 | Graduates will have the capacity to operate appropriately in intercultural professional contexts |
| INT.1.2 | Graduates will demonstrate the application of international knowledge as adaptable, flexible and resourceful practitioners |
| INT.1.3 | Graduates will have a broad and coherent understanding of the historical, political, cultural, social and economic situations in other countries |
| INT.2.1 | Graduates will be able to creatively design and conduct independent, engaged and ethical research in and about other cultural contexts and societies |
| INT.2.2 | Graduates will possess critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills in international and intercultural change |
| INT.3.1 | Graduates will be able to personally reflect upon the relationship between diverse cultures in Australia while confidently engaging successfully with cultures overseas, particularly in this region |
| INT.4.1 | Graduates will have the capacity to reflect upon and contextualise Indigenous peoples' experiences and circumstances to professional and social situations as and when appropriate |
| INT.5.1 | As informed and engaged international citizens, graduates will demonstrate cosmopolitan openness, with an awareness of, and commitment to, ethical practices |
| INT.6.1 | Graduates will possess a high-level of oral and written communication skills in English and, where relevant, a developed level of oral and written communication skills in at least one language other than English |
Key
INT = International Studies course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
Admission to the combined degree is on merit according to the admissions policy for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice (C09067).
There is a range of entry levels to the various language and culture programs. Students are admitted to the international studies program with no guarantee of entry to a specific major, although every effort is made to meet students' preferences.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Assumed knowledge
HSC Mathematics Extension 1; Physics; and English (Standard). There are no prior language requirements for the international studies program.
English (Advanced) is recommended. For the civil engineering majors, Chemistry is recommended. For the software engineering major, a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of programming is recommended.
Credit recognition
Students who have previously undertaken study at a university or other recognised tertiary education institution may be eligible for some academic credit recognition for their prior study if the subjects previously completed are deemed by the faculty to be equivalent to subjects in the course.
The prior study must have been completed before commencement of this course, but no earlier than 10 years before commencement. Students must be able to demonstrate that their knowledge is current.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is normally six years of full-time study, although it may be possible to complete the degree in less time than this.
The program involves four years of academic work in Australia, one year of academic work overseas and two periods of professional engineering internship. The periods of engineering internship can be taken in Australia, or one in Australia and one overseas.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 288 credit points, made up of 192 credit points relating to engineering and 96 credit points relating to international studies. The Bachelor of Arts in International Studies requires students to study a region or country major over a minimum of three years. The Bachelor of Arts in International Studies is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the professional degree program. The engineering component of this degree is made up of subjects selected from the engineering core, the professional engineering practice program and the engineering fields of practice (majors) subjects. The international studies component is made up of subjects in language and culture, foundations in international studies, and contemporary society, and study undertaken in the country of the student's chosen international studies major.
Overseas study
Students spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.
Industrial training/professional practice
Students undertake a minimum of 48 weeks of professional engineering internship. Some students choose to take their first period of engineering internship overseas, during their second or third year of enrolment. Most take this first period in Australia. This course is also available without the Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice. For details, refer to the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (C09068).
Course completion requirements
| CBK90005 Country major choice | 96cp | |
| STM90107 Core subjects (Engineering) | 42cp | |
| STM90993 Professional Engineering Practice Program subjects | 48cp | |
| CBK90174 Major choice (Engineering) | 102cp | |
| Total | 288cp |
Course program
The example program below is for a full-time, Autumn-commencing student with electrical engineering as the engineering major and Germany as the international studies major. Other countries may be chosen from the list of majors in CBK90005; the program has the same structure but with subjects specific to the chosen country major. For further information, contact the appropriate UTS Student Centre.
| List of majors | ||
| MAJ03013 Civil Engineering | 102cp | |
| MAJ03516 Data Engineering | 102cp | |
| MAJ03017 Electrical Engineering | 102cp | |
| MAJ03019 Mechanical Engineering | 102cp | |
| MAJ03506 Mechatronic Engineering | 102cp | |
| CBK90053 No specified major (Engineering) | 102cp | |
| MAJ03526 Electronic Engineering | 102cp | |
| MAJ03521 Software Engineering | 102cp | |
| Electrical Engineering major, Germany major | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 33130 Mathematical Modelling 1 | 6cp | |
| 48230 Engineering Communication | 6cp | |
| 68037 Physical Modelling | 6cp | |
| 48510 Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 33230 Mathematical Modelling 2 | 6cp | |
| 48441 Introductory Digital Systems | 6cp | |
| 48521 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering | 6cp | |
| 48520 Electronics and Circuits | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 976001 Foundations in International Studies | 8cp | |
| 41035 Engineering Practice Preparation 1 | 3cp | |
| 97601 German Language and Culture 1 | 8cp | |
| 48530 Circuit Analysis | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 41036 Engineering Professional Experience 1 | 6cp | |
| 41037 Work Integrated Learning 1 | 12cp | |
| 97602 German Language and Culture 2 | 8cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 97603 German Language and Culture 3 | 8cp | |
| 41038 Engineering Practice Reflection 1 | 3cp | |
| 48430 Fundamentals of C Programming | 6cp | |
| 48531 Electromechanical Automation | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 68038 Advanced Mathematics and Physics | 6cp | |
| 48240 Design and Innovation Fundamentals | 6cp | |
| 97604 German Language and Culture 4 | 8cp | |
| 976421 Contemporary Germany | 8cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 977420 In-country Study 1: Germany | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 978420 In-country Study 2: Germany | 24cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 48260 Engineering Project Management | 6cp | |
| 41045 Engineering Practice Preparation 2 | 3cp | |
| 48250 Engineering Economics and Finance | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| 48560 Introductory Control | 6cp | |
| 48570 Data Acquisition and Distribution | 6cp | |
| 48451 Advanced Digital Systems | 6cp | |
| 48571 Electrical Machines | 6cp | |
| 48572 Power Circuit Theory | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 41046 Engineering Professional Experience 2 | 6cp | |
| 41047 Work Integrated Learning 2 | 12cp | |
| Year 6 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 41048 Engineering Practice Reflection 2 | 3cp | |
| 48540 Signals and Systems | 6cp | |
| 41029 Engineering Research Preparation | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| 48580 Advanced Control | 6cp | |
| 48581 Digital Electronics | 6cp | |
| 48434 Embedded Software | 6cp | |
| 48561 Power Electronics and Drives | 6cp | |
| 48582 Power Systems Analysis and Design | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 41030 Engineering Capstone | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| 49274 Advanced Robotics | 6cp | |
| 48551 Analog Electronics | 6cp | |
| 48450 Real-time Operating Systems | 6cp | |
| 48550 Renewable Energy Systems | 6cp | |
| 48583 Power Systems Operation and Protection | 6cp | |
Levels of award
The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice may be awarded with first or second class honours, which does not require an additional honours year.
Transfer between UTS courses
Students in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (C09066) or Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice (C09067) may transfer to this course after completing the first year (full-time equivalent) of their current course, subject to achieving a minimum weighted average mark of 65.
Students in this combined degree may transfer to the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice (C09067). International students may transfer to the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (C09066).
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) is accredited by Engineers Australia at the Graduate Professional Engineer level. Under the Washington Accord the degree is internationally recognised by the following countries: Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice allows students to accelerate their entry into the engineering profession as a chartered professional engineer by reducing the time required for professional experience after graduation.
Other information
Students enrolled in UTS: Engineering degrees (undergraduate and postgraduate coursework) are advised to direct all their course-related inquiries to:
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