Mechanical Engineering - MECHAH3961
Stream Summary
Faculty: ENG - Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Contact: School
Program: 3961 - Engineering (Honours) / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Major)
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Stream Outline
The Mechanical Engineering stream provides a versatile, comprehensive coverage of areas involving the conception and design of machinery and mechanical plant, the supervision of its construction, operation and maintenance, the planning and supervision of large engineering projects, and general engineering management. Due to its wide range, a number of options are provided as Technical Elective courses in the final year. These are preferentially linked to provide a direction appropriate to the needs of Australian industry and to the specific interests of students, although some flexibility is available if required. Typical fields which may be encompassed by the program include building services, computer-aided design, power generation, energy and environmental systems, gas and liquid handling, bio-mechanics, materials handling, control systems and transport. An emphasis is placed on the application of engineering science, development and management in these fields.
Stream Structure
This page outlines the core rules for the Mechanical Engineering stream when taken as part of a single or dual award. The requirements will total 168 units of credit, in addition to any other requirements outlined on the main program page.
Full time students complete four (24 UOC) courses per semester.
Recommended plans of study may be found here
Year 1
Choose ONE of:
Full time students complete four (24 UOC) courses per semester.
Recommended plans of study may be found here
Year 1
Choose ONE of:
- MATH1131 Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
- MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A (6 UOC)
And ONE of:
- MATH1231 Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
- MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B (6 UOC)
And ONE of:
- PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC)
- PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A (6 UOC)
Plus these following 2 courses:
- ENGG1000 Engineering Design (6 UOC)
- MMAN1300 Engineering Mechanics (6 UOC)
And ONE of:
- COMP1511 Introduction to Programming (6 UOC)
- COMP1911 Computing 1A (6 UOC)
- ENGG1811 Computing for Engineers (6 UOC)
Plus choose up to 2 electives (12 UOC) from the Year 1 Elective List
- ENGG1811 is the preferred computing course for the MECH Stream.
- CVEN1300 is an acceptable alternative for MMAN1300
- Not all courses are offered in both semesters but students should complete 24 UOC in each semester.
- Students in BE(Hons)/BSc(Computer Science) dual degree should take COMP1521 as one of their first year electives.
The following courses must be taken to complete the stream:
- ELEC1111 Elec & Telecomm Eng (6 UOC)
- MATH2019 Engineering Mathematics 2E (6 UOC)
- MATH2089 Numerical Methods & Statistics (6 UOC)
- MMAN2100 Engineering Design 2 (6 UOC)
- MMAN2130 Design and Manufacturing (6 UOC)
- MMAN2300 Engineering Mechanics 2 (6 UOC)
- MMAN2400 Mechanics of Solids 1 (6 UOC)
- MMAN2600 Fluid Mechanics (6 UOC)
- MMAN2700 Thermodynamics (6 UOC)
Note: MATH2018 Engineering Mathematics 2D is an alternative to MATH2019.
- MECH3110 Mechanical Design 1 (6 UOC)
- MECH3610 Advanced Thermofluids (6 UOC)
- MMAN3000 Prof. Eng. and Comm. (6 UOC)
- MMAN3200 Linear Systems and Control (6 UOC)
- MMAN3400 Mechanics of Solids 2 (6 UOC)
- MECH4100 Mechanical Design 2 (6 UOC)
- MMAN4010 Thesis A (6 UOC)
- MMAN4020 Thesis B (6 UOC)
Plus
- Discipline Electives (18 UOC)
- 60 days Industrial Training
Discipline Electives may be selected from the list of discipline elective courses shown on the School website or from Year 3 or 4 courses from other plans run by the school. Prerequisite and co-requisite requirements must be satisfied. Approval of the Head of School is required for selection of courses from outside the school. Students must complete 36 UOC of courses from Level 4 or higher.
Thesis Arrangements
- MMAN4010 and MMAN4020 must be undertaken in two consecutive semesters which are the final two semesters of candidature.
- A student must not be enrolled in more than 24 units of credit in any semester involving MMAN4010 and MMAN4020.
- A single thesis project is commenced in MMAN4010 and completed in MMAN4020. MMAN4020 carries the mark for the thesis project.
- MMAN4010 is a graded course, carrying 25% of the total thesis mark (for Honours weighting purposes). If a student receives a failure (FL) in MMAN4010, a student cannot proceed with MMAN4020, and must reattempt MMAN4010.
- If the project is abandoned during MMAN4020, or if MMAN4020 is failed, a completely new topic must be chosen and the student must enrol again in both MMAN4010 and MMAN4020. (For BE/MBiomedE students, read BIOM5001 instead of MMAN4010 and BIOM5003 instead of MMAN4020).
