Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science (BEBS) - BEng BSc
QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Toowoomba campus: 907362; Distance education: 907365
CRICOS code (International applicants): 034159G
| On-campus | Distance education | |
| Semester intake: | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) | Semester 1 (March) Semester 2 (July) |
| Campus: | Toowoomba | - |
| Fees: | Commonwealth supported place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place International full fee paying place |
| Standard duration: | 5 years full-time, 8 years part-time or external | |
| Program articulation: | From: Associate Degree in Engineering ; Bachelor of Engineering Technology | |
Notes
See note on part-time study below within Admission requirements.
Contact us
| Future Australian and New Zealand students | Future International students | Current students |
| Ask a question Freecall (within Australia): 1800 640 678 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: studyeng@usq.edu.au |
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Program focus
This program is designed to attract well-qualified students who see their career spanning two disciplines. The program offers students a high level of flexibility, as they are able to choose the combination that best suits their career aspirations. Students will be able to select one of nine Engineering majors and combine it with one of the following Science majors: Biology, Computing, Human Physiology, Mathematics and Statistics. The award may be conferred with Honours to high-achieving students.
Career opportunities
Professional engineer with expertise in a science discipline.
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 may apply for chartered status as a Professional Engineer and, when granted, may use the post-nominal MIEAust CPEng.
The Bachelor of Engineering 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.
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 five Science majors.
Program objectives
Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science program will have met the separate objectives of the Bachelor of Engineering 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 “Sound Achievement” 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.
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International applicants: must have met the University's English language requirements or have completed the University's ELICOS/UNIPREP program.
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.
How to apply
Domestic students
Application for undergraduate programs may be made through the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC). The same procedure applies whether you plan to study on-campus or by distance education.
If you completed Year 12 at a Queensland secondary school you will be assessed for entry on the basis of your Overall Position (OP) or equivalent score. Year 12 students from other states or territories are considered for entry on the basis of their UAI, ENTER or TER and the subject prerequisites indicated. Other applicants will be based on their overall Rank. You should ensure you submit your application by the closing dates.
International students
This program is offered to international students. An international student is a person who is not an Australian or New Zealand citizen and not an Australian permanent resident. Please refer to USQ International for information about entry requirements, visa arrangements and how to apply.
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 student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.
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 Course Fee Finder.
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 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 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 Faculty of Sciences (Bachelor of Science) and Faculty of Engineering and Surveying (Bachelor of Engineering) parts of this Handbook.
The Bachelor of Engineering and 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 residential school.
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 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Engineering Major Study | 18 | 18 | 3-5 depending on the major | 0 |
| Science Major Study | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 6-8 | 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 except for the addition of the course STA2300 Data Analysis. The core courses are shown in the following table:
| Footnotes | |
| () | MAT1102 Algebra and Calculus I may be studied in Semester 1 as an alternate course to the Semester 2 offering of MAT1502 Engineering Mathematics 2, in order to provide a balanced workload between semesters. |
Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Science program must complete four core courses, the course STA2300 Data Analysis, 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 and 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 |
| Mechanical Engineering* |
| Mechatronic Engineering* |
| Power Engineering |
| Software Engineering |
The courses in each of the Engineering majors are listed in the Bachelor of Engineering entry in the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying section of this Handbook.
To satisfy the requirements for the award students completing one of the majors marked with an asterisk (*) must complete a course offered by the Faculty of Sciences as one of their Electives or, for the Mechatronic Engineering major, instead of the course ELE2504 Electronic Design and Analysis. The course CSC1402 Foundation Computing should not be studied as it will not satisfy this requirement.
Elective courses may be selected from the courses offered by the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying. 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 |
| Mathematics |
Students who select either the Mathematics or the Statistics majors and one of the engineering majors listed in the following table must complete another course offered by the Faculty of Sciences. The course CSC1402 Foundation Computing will not satisfy this requirement. The courses to be deleted from the engineering majors to facilitate this are also shown in following table.
| Engineering Major Studies | Additional Course to be Deleted From the Major |
| Agricultural Engineering | The remaining Elective |
| Civil Engineering | The remaining Elective |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | ENG4004 Engineering Management Science |
| Mechanical Engineering | ENG4004 Engineering Management Science |
| Mechatronic Engineering | ENG4004 Engineering Management Science |
| Power Engineering | Elective |
The courses comprising each of the Science majors are listed in the Bachelor of Science entry in the Faculty of Sciences section of this Handbook.
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 program coordinator, another course offered by the Faculty of Sciences.
IT requirements
Students should refer to the section entitled Access to Information Technology Facilities in the General Faculty and Program Information section of this Handbook.
Exit points
Students who, for whatever reason, are unable to complete the Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science and who satisfy all of the requirements of either the Bachelor of Engineering , the Bachelor of Engineering Technology, theAssociate Degree in Engineering or the Diploma of Engineering Studies (refer back to the 2006 USQ Handbook), 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 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
The Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science may be awarded with Honours in the engineering component of the award. The class of honours to be awarded to a student is dependant upon:
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the Grade Point Average calculated from the grades achieved in the courses studied in, or transferred to, the program
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the grade achieved by the student in the courses ENG4111 Research Project Part 1 and ENG4112 Research project Part 2 (unless the student is exempted from these courses).
The minimum levels of achievement normally required for each class of honours are shown in the following table. To be assured of achieving a particular class of honours students must have achieved the specified grade in the research project courses and the minimum GPA requirements for all of the courses studied, for the last 16 courses studied, or for the last eight courses studied.
| Class of Honours | GPA Calculated from the Grades Achieved in: | Minimum Grade Achieved in Research Project Courses | ||
| All Courses Studied in the Program | The Last 16 Courses Studied*# | The Last Eight Courses Studied*# | ||
| First Class Honours | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | A |
| Second Class Honours - Division A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | B |
| Second Class Honours - Division B | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | C |
| Minimum number of courses required | 20 | 16 | 8 | |
| Footnotes | |
| * | The results from courses ENG4111 and ENG4112 must be included (unless the student is exempted from these courses). |
| # | The best results in a semester are to be used when not all of the results from a semester are required. |
Other information
To be eligible to graduate from the Bachelor of Engineering, students must obtain an aggregate of at least 12 weeks 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 keep a record of such experience in the Practical Experience Record Book available in the ENG4903 Professional Practice 2 Practice Book and on the ENG4903 website http://www.usq.edu.au/engsurv/students/enrolment/project/default.htm. The Record Book is to be endorsed by an appropriate person in the organisation providing the experience and by the student's Head of Discipline. The student must meet all costs associated with the acquisition of practical experience to satisfy this requirement. The Record Book must be made available for perusal by the Head of Discipline upon request. The acceptability or otherwise of employment experience, and the period of that type of experience that may be credited towards the 12 weeks, will be determined by the Head of Discipline.
Recommended enrolment pattern
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 their Program Coordinator for advice on the enrolment pattern to be followed in later years of their program.