Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science (BEHS) - BEng(Hons) BSc
QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Toowoomba campus: 907362; Distance education: 907365
CRICOS code (International applicants): 079518F
| On-campus | Distance education | |
| Semester intake: | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) |
| 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 |
| Standard duration: | 5 years full-time, 8 years part-time or external | |
| Program articulation: | From: Associate Degree of Engineering ; Bachelor of Engineering Science ; Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) | |
Notes
See note on part-time study below within Admission requirements.
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
A graduate of this program is eligible to apply for membership of Engineers Australia as a graduate Engineer. After further professional development, a graduate member with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) may apply for chartered status as a Professional Engineer and, when granted, may use the post-nominal MIEAust CPEng.
The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program is accredited by Engineers Australia and, through an agreement reached between the professional engineering bodies of other countries (the Washington Accord), is also recognised in the United Kingdom, the Unites States of America, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and South Africa.
The Computer major of Bachelor of Science is accredited at professional level by the Australian Computer Society and through the Seoul Accord is recognised in other countries.
Program aims
This program provides students with the opportunity to become qualified Engineers with a strong background in one branch of Science. The program offers students a high level of flexibility as they are able to select one of the nine Engineering majors and combine it with one of six Science majors.
Program objectives
Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science program will have met the separate objectives of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Science programs.
Admission requirements
Applicants shall normally:
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have studied four semester units and achieved an exit assessment of 鈥淪ound Achievement鈥� or better in each of the following Queensland Senior Secondary School subjects: English and Mathematics B. It is recommended that applicants should also have satisfactorily completed the subject: Physics, 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.
To be admitted to the program, students who intend studying part-time (i.e. less than six units per year) must be eligible to receive at least 16 units of exemptions. This is necessary to ensure that these students are able to complete the program within the maximum duration of eight years.
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 program involves five years of full-time study and to be eligible for the combined award, full-time students must complete the requirements of the program within seven years of their initial enrolment in the program.
The program is not available by part-time study or by distance education except for students who are eligible to enter the program with advanced standing of 16 or more units. Students who are eligible to study part-time or by distance must complete the program within eight years of their initial enrolment.
Where students intend to complete the program using a combination of full-time and part-time study the maximum time for completion will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
For more details of the two programs that comprise this award, applicants are asked to refer to the Bachelor of Scienceand Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) sections of this Handbook.
The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science is a 40-unit program consisting of Academic courses and Practice courses.
Academic courses are normally one-unit courses and involve approximately 155 hours of student work per unit.
Practice courses are zero unit courses and each involves approximately 50 hours of student work. The only grades available for a Practice Course are Pass (P) and Fail (F). A Practice Course is designed to enable students to acquire specific competencies associated with their Engineering major study. These competencies range from specific practical and communication skills through to generic competencies relating to ethical and social responsibility, awareness of the environment, teamwork, etc. For an external student a Practice Course generally involves attendance on-campus for a one-week .
The components of the program are shown in the following table:
| Program Component | Academic Courses | Practice Courses | ||
| Number of Courses | Units | Number of Courses | Units | |
| Core Studies | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| Engineering Major 精东传媒app | 16 | 16 | 4-5 depending on the major | 0 |
| Electives | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Science Major 精东传媒app | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 8鈥�9&苍产蝉辫; | 0 |
Required time limits
Full-time students have a maximum of seven years to complete
this program. Part-time students have a maximum of eight 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.
Core courses
The courses that comprise the core studies program are the same as those for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) except for the addition of the course . The core courses are shown in the following table:
| Course | Units | |
| Academic Courses | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Total | 13 | |
| Practice Courses | ||
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Science program must complete four core courses, the course , and one course from each of three other categories: Communication Studies; Computing Studies; and Enabling Studies. The courses students study in each of these categories depend on the Science major they undertake (refer to the Bachelor of Science Handbook entry).
Major studies
Engineering majors
An Engineering major study provides students with knowledge and skills in a particular engineering discipline. Students must select one of the following nine majors as their Engineering major. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science program study only 18 of the 19 courses listed in an Engineering major. An Elective course is to be deleted from the list of courses in each major.
| Engineering major studies: |
| Agricultural Engineering* |
| Civil Engineering* |
| Computer Systems Engineering |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering* |
| Environmental Engineering |
| Instrumentation and Control Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering* |
| Mechatronic Engineering* |
| Power Engineering |
The courses in each of the Engineering majors are listed in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) section of this Handbook. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science program study only 18 of the 19 courses listed in an Engineering major. An Elective course is to be deleted from the list of courses in each major.
To satisfy the requirements for the award students completing one of the majors marked with an asterisk (*) must complete a course offered by the School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences as one of their Electives. The course should not be studied as it will not satisfy this requirement.
Students should refer to the list of recommended Elective courses for their Engineering major.
Science majors
The Science major will enable students to increase their knowledge and skills in a particular field of science. Students must select one of the following eight-unit majors as their Science major.
| Science major studies: |
| Biology |
| Computing |
| Environment and Sustainability |
| Human Physiology |
| Mathematics |
| Physical Sciences |
| Wine Science |
The courses comprising each of the Science majors are listed in the Bachelor of Science section of this Handbook.
Students who select the Mathematics major need to replace in that major with another mathematics third level course as is equivalent to .
Where a course listed in a student's Science major is also listed in the core studies component of the program or in their Engineering major, then the student must select another course from the Science major or, with the approval of the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, another course offered by the Faculty.
IT requirements
Access to an up-to-date computer is necessary. On-campus students can access appropriately equipped laboratories, but should consider acquisition of their own computer. External students should be able to access a computer with the following as advised by the 精东传媒app. All students should have access to email and the Internet via a computer running the latest versions of Internet web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. The 精东传媒app has a wireless network for on-campus students' computers. In order to take advantage of this facility and further enhance their on-campus learning environment, students should consider purchasing a notebook/laptop computer with wireless connectivity. A notebook/laptop may be required for some courses.
Exit points
Students who, for whatever reason, are unable to complete the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Science and who satisfy all of the requirements of either the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), the Bachelor of Engineering Science , the Associate Degree of Engineering or the may be permitted to exit with that award.
Course transfers
Students may enter the program with advanced standing. Students who are enrolled in either the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program or the Bachelor of Science program may transfer to the program. If they have completed up to one year of one of those programs they would normally be able to complete the program in the minimum time, after four more years of full-time study. Other students may require longer than the minimum time.
Honours
There is a need to have a standard approach for the grading of honours throughout the 精东传媒app, both through embedded honours, and the additional year honours programs.
For all honours programs, the level of honours awarded will be determined on the basis of both the grade point average over the mandatory 8 credit point honours component and the grade achieved in the honours project. For embedded honours programs, the grade point average achieved over the remaining 24 credit point component of the program will also be used to determine the level of honours. The USQ standard honours assessment framework is outlined below. All GPA ranges reflect the range after straight rounding, ie the cutoffs shall be calculated by straight rounding, eg 6.48 would round to 6.5 and 6.44 would round to 6.4.
| Mandatory 8 credit point Honours component* | 24 credit point component** | |||
| Honours Grade | Standard of Work | Grade Point Average | Performance in Honours project component | Grade Point Average |
| First Class Honours | Work of excellent quality showing clear understanding of subject matter and appreciation of issues, well formulated; arguments sustained; figures and diagrams where relevant appropriate literature referenced; strong evidence of creative ability and originality; high level of intellectual work. | 6.5鈥�7.0&苍产蝉辫; | Minimum A | Minimum 6.0 |
| Second Class Honours (2A) | Work of a high quality showing strong grasp of subject matter and appreciation of dominant issues though not necessarily of the finer points; arguments clearly developed; relevant literature referenced; evidence of creative ability and solid intellectual work. | 5.8鈥�6.4&苍产蝉辫; | Minimum A | Minimum 5.5 |
| Second Class Honours (2B) | Work of solid quality showing competent understanding of subject matter and appreciation of main issues though possibly with some lapses and inadequacies and with clearly identifiable deficiencies in logic, presentation or originality; some evidence of creative ability; well prepared and presented. | 5.2鈥�5.7&苍产蝉辫; | Minimum B | Minimum 5.0 |
| Third Class Honours | Adequate report, reasonable quality but showing a minimal understanding of the research area with major deficiencies in content or experimental rigour; little evidence of creative ability or original thought. Sufficient to merit only a bare pass mark. | <5.2 | Minimum C | Minimum 3.0 |
* Schools may, in exceptional circumstances, make a case to the Executive Dean of a Faculty for the award of Honours for a student who does not meet the mandatory conditions.
** Optional extra for embedded programs.
Other information
To be eligible to graduate from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), students must obtain an aggregate of at least 60 days of suitable 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 specified 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 60 days, will be determined by the Examiner of .
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.
Due to the large number of combinations of Engineering and Sciences majors available separate recommended enrolment pattern tables are not printed in this Handbook.
Commencing on-campus students should enrol in the standard first year courses in the engineering major that they have selected. Towards the end of their first year they should consult the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences for advice on the enrolment pattern to be followed in later years of their program.