Bachelor of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Vocational Education & Training (BNBV) - BENS BVET
QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Toowoomba campus: 907702; Distance education: 907705
CRICOS code (International applicants): This program is pending CRICOS registration. Offers will not be issued to International Students for these programs until CRICOS endorsement is granted.
| On-campus | Distance education | Online | |
| Semester intake: | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) Semester 3 (November) | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) Semester 3 (November) |
| Campus: | Toowoomba | - | - |
| Fees: | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
| Standard duration: | 4 years full-time, 8 years part鈥攖ime | ||
| Program articulation: | From: Associate Degree of Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering Science | ||
Contact us
| Future Australian and New Zealand students | Future International students | Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au |
Phone: +61 7 4631 5543 Email: international@usq.edu.au |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Professional accreditation
Professional accreditation for this program will be sought from Engineers Australia in 2013. Graduates from this program are eligible to apply for graduate membership of Engineers Australia as an Engineering Technologist. After further professional development, a graduate member with a Bachelor or Engineering Technology may apply for chartered status as an Engineering Technologist, and when granted, may use the post-nominal TMIEAust CEngT.
Graduates who choose to extend EDV3500 Competency Based Training and Assessment to meet the requirements for the VET qualification course TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment will have met the industry standard for training delivery in Australia's VET system. The program is not accredited with the Queensland College of Teachers.
Program aims
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To equip graduates with the academic, personal, professional and technical knowledge, skills and understanding required to commence practice as a Graduate Engineering Technologist in Australia or overseas with appropriate social, cultural, industrial and environmental contexts.
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To graduate students who can demonstrate the knowledge, skills, practices and values inherent in contemporary understandings of best practice in vocational education and training, particularly as these understandings are reflected in the expectations of industry and key training organisations.
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To equip graduates with knowledge and understanding appropriate to working as educators with learners in the post-compulsory years and in a range of adult education and training settings.
Admission requirements
Applicants shall normally:
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have studied four semester units and achieved an exit assessment of 'Sound Achievement' or better in the Queensland Senior Secondary School subject: English and Mathematics B; or
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be able to demonstrate that they have achieved an equivalent standard in these subjects at another institution and;
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Australian applicants: have achieved a Queensland Overall Position (OP) band, or an equivalent Rank based on qualifications and previous work experience, at or above the specified cut-off level
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have access to an approved instructional setting in the post-compulsory education and training sector. Such access must enable the applicant to plan, implement and evaluate actual instructional programs as required by specified courses within the program. Written verification of such access will be required before enrolment can be confirmed.
Domestic and International Applicants from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy .
If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, Applicants may be admitted to an Award Program.
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government
makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and
you as a student pay a , which varies depending on the
courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may
be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through
the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the
courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the
Domestic full fee paying students
may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship
requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa
holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens
who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program
pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Program structure
The combined Bachelor of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Vocational Education & Training program comprises 32 academic units and involves four years of full-time study or eight years of part-time study. The program is available in both on-campus and external mode of study. In order to be eligible for the award, students must complete the combined program within a maximum of six years of full-time study, or 10 years of part-time study, from the date of their initial enrolment.
The combined program consists of 19 core, 13 major study and six practical courses. Students enrolled in the program may undertake a professional specialisation in one of three major discipline areas:
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Civil Engineering
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering; or
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Mechanical Engineering
To satisfy the requirements of the program students must complete all the Academic and Practice courses in the following tables that show the recommended enrolment patterns for on-campus and external students. Students following a non-standard enrolment pattern should consult the to ascertain if a course is offered in another term.
Required time limits
Full-time students have a maximum of six years to complete this program. Part-time students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this program. A pro-rata adjustment of the maximum time period will apply for those students who transfer from one mode of study to another. A pro-rata reduction in the maximum time period will apply to students who are admitted to a program with advanced standing.
Practical experience
To be eligible to graduate from the Bachelor of Engineering Science, students must obtain an aggregate of at least 45 days of suitable Engineering practical experience during their program. This experience may be in an engineering office or laboratory where the student would be working principally with professional engineers and engineering associates. It may, however, be preferable for students to spend some time in field or factory activities to gain insight into industrial practice and to see what is involved in converting designs into finished products. Students are required to enrol in in the latter part of their program and keep a record of appropriate experience as outlined in the Course Specification. The work experience is to be endorsed by an appropriate person in the organisation providing the experience and submitted to the examiner. The student must meet all costs associated with the acquisition of practical experience to satisfy this requirement. The record of work experience must be made available for perusal by the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences upon request. The acceptability or otherwise of employment experience, and the period of that type of experience that may be credited towards the 45 days, will be determined by the Examiner of .
To be eligible to graduate from the Bachelor of Vocational Education & Training students must obtain an aggregate of 100 hours of professional Vocational Education & Training experience. Professional experience placements may be scheduled outside usual 精东传媒app teaching weeks. Travel to locations away from the areas local to the student鈥檚 home campus may be necessary to complete the professional experience requirements. The professional experience components of the Bachelor of Vocational Education and Training program are all tied to four identified courses. In order to undertake courses to which professional experience placements are attached at any stage in the program it is a requirement that students will have satisfactorily completed all Vocational Education & Training professional experience courses in previous years in the program enrolment pattern. Students may complete their professional experience in approved placements. As students are studying wholly at a distance from USQ campus, special requirements will need to be met in relation to completion of professional experience, including submission of two digital video recordings of teaching sessions. For further information see It is required that Queensland-based students hold a current positive notice indicating that they are deemed suitable for working with children and young people. Further information about the 鈥淏lue Card鈥� suitability process is available from the commission for Children and Young People.
IT requirements
Students should refer to the section entitled in the General Faculty and Program Information section of this Handbook.
Residential schools
External students are required to attend a number of residential schools during their program. These are associated with Practice Courses and are normally conducted at the end of Semester 3 (February), or during the mid-semester recess in Semester 2 (September/October).
The practical and professional experience requirements for the program are shown within the recommended enrolment patterns in the following tables. Practice Courses are a compulsory part of the program. However, Practice Courses are zero credit point and they do not attract a student contribution charge for Australian Residents or a tuition fee for international students.
Students enrolled in the external offer of a Practice Course must attend the residential school for that course. In some cases students enrolled in the on-campus mode may also be required to attend the residential school. Students should only enrol in a Practice Course when they are able to attend the residential school for that course. Practice Courses may not be taken earlier than shown except with the permission of the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences. In some cases students may enrol in two Practice Courses in one term so they can complete the two residential schools in a two-week period. The actual dates for each residential school are shown in the in this Handbook.
Safety boots are compulsory in engineering laboratories for several of the Practice courses and are strongly recommended for all other Practice courses.
Articulation
Students who have completed an Associate Degree program in Engineering at a Queensland university within the last five years, may be able to claim up to a maximum of 16 units of advanced standing in this program if studying in the same discipline area. Students who have completed an Advanced Diploma program in engineering at a TAFE college within the last five years are eligible to claim up to a maximum of 12 units of advanced standing if studying in the same discipline area provided appropriate modules from the national curriculum have been completed.
Exit points
Students who, for whatever reason, are unable to complete this program and who satisfy all of the requirements of either the Bachelor of Engineering Science, Associate Degree in Engineering or the may be permitted to exit with that award.
Students who, for whatever reason, are unable to complete The Bachelor of Vocational Education & Training degree and who satisfy all of the requirements of either the Associate Degree in Education Studies (DAES) and the Diploma of Education Studies (DPES) may be permitted to exit with that award.
In this section:
- Civil Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
- Mechanical Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
Civil Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
To satisfy the requirements of the program, students must complete all of the Academic and Practice Courses in the following tables that show the recommended enrolment patterns for on-campus and external students for our Toowoomba campus. Students following a non-standard enrolment pattern should consult the to ascertain if a course is offered in another term.
| Major 精东传媒app: Civil Engineering (Major 精东传媒app Code:16749 ) | |||||||||
| Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Residential school | Enrolment requirements | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus (ONC) | Distance education (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||||
| Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||||
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Academic Courses | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1,2,3 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must have completed EITHER and ONE education course (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX); OR TWO education courses (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX). Students must be enrolled in BEDU, BECH or BVET. | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: MAT1500 or ENG1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCST or GDST | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or ( and for students enrolled in Program: BETC) | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or GCNS or PGCN or GDNS or MENS | |||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 鈥� | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1,3 | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | Pre-requisite: and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or ENV1101 | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: and and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
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Practice Courses | |||||||||
| 1 | 1,2 | 2 | 2,3 | C | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2,3 | C | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2,3 | C | Pre-requisite: or ENV1101 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | C | |||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 3 | C | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GDNS or MENS | ||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 1,2 | ||||||
| Footnotes | |
| ^ | On-Campus students should enrol in the external or online offering of this course |
| 鈥� | The semester 3 offering of this course is offered in odd numbered years only. |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
To satisfy the requirements of the program, students must complete all of the Academic and Practice Courses in the following tables that show the recommended enrolment patterns for on-campus and external students for our Toowoomba campus. Students following a non-standard enrolment pattern should consult the to ascertain if a course is offered in another term.
| Major 精东传媒app: Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Major 精东传媒app Code:16750 ) | |||||||||
| Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Residential school | Enrolment requirements | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus (ONC) | Distance education (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||||
| Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||||
| 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1,2,3 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must have completed EITHER and ONE education course (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX); OR TWO education courses (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX). Students must be enrolled in BEDU, BECH or BVET. | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: (ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or ) and | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: and | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS | |||||
| 鈥� | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1,3 | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | Pre-requisite: and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ( or ) and ( or )) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or MENS | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: and and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
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Practice Courses | |||||||||
| 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 2,3 | C | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | C | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | C | Pre-requisite: and and | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | C | Pre-requisite: and and | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | C | Pre-requisite: and and | ||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 1,2 | ||||||
| Footnotes | |
| ^ | On-campus students should enrol in the external or online offering of this course |
| 鈥� | The semester 3 offering of this course is offered in odd numbered years only. |
Mechanical Engineering Major recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, distance education or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
To satisfy the requirements of the program, students must complete all of the Academic and Practice Courses in the following tables that show the recommended enrolment patterns for on-campus and external students for our Toowoomba campus. Students following a non-standard enrolment pattern should consult the to ascertain if a course is offered in another term.
| Major 精东传媒app: Mechanical Engineering (Major 精东传媒app Code:16751) | |||||||||
| Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Residential school | Enrolment requirements | Comments | |||||
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| On-campus (ONC) | Distance education (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||||
| Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1,2,3 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or ( and ) or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1,2 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2,3 | Pre-requisite: ENG1500 or MAT1500 or or or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pre-requisite: (MAT1500 or ) and | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must have completed EITHER and ONE education course (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX); OR TWO education courses (EDC or EDH or EDO or EDU or EDX). Students must be enrolled in BEDU, BECH or BVET. | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) or ( and ) | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MEPR | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or GCNS or GDNS or MEPR or MENS | |||||
| 鈥� | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1,3 | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | Pre-requisite: and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or GCNS or GDNS or MEPR or MENS | |||||
| ^ | 4 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: and and | 25 hours professional experience | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: | |||||
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Practice Courses | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2,3 | C | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | C | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | C | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | C | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | C | Pre-requisite: or | ||||
| ^ | 3 | 6 | 1,2 | ||||||
| Footnotes | |
| ^ | On-campus students should enrol in the external or online offering of this course. |
| 鈥� | The semester 3 offering of this course is offered in odd numbered years only. |