With this combined degree program, students can add their choice of Arts program to the standard Engineering program offered by the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering. The full range of Arts courses is available.

Because the Engineering and Arts programs have many common objectives and content, such as mathematics and physics, only one more year of study is normally required to gain the additional qualification of Bachelor of Arts.

Students should start discussing their program with representatives of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as soon as possible, preferably well before enrolment in Year 2. Enquiries should be directed to the Director of Academic Studies and the Executive Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Students should work out for themselves the Arts program they would like to add to their chosen Engineering program. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences section in this Handbook describes the options.

There are no special rules on what to include in each year. Students should schedule the Arts and Engineering components to suit their preferences while meeting the constraints of timetables and prerequisites.

The Arts component must be approved by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

The final program and schedule must be approved by the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering.

Please contact the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering and the Faculty of Arts for information on the Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au.

This program comprises five years of full-time study where, in addition to the BE program, students must complete 60 units of credit comprising a major sequence offered by the Faculty of Arts. Students must apply through UAC for admission into or transfer to this combined program.

Students who commence this program but subsequently do not wish to proceed with both areas of study, should apply in writing to the Program Authority for permission to revert to the single degree program. AUSTUDY support is available for the five years of the combined degree programs.

Generally students are expected to complete the requirements for both degrees to be eligible to graduate.

Please contact the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering and the Faculty of Arts for more information.

In the Bachelor of Engineering degree programs the same formal program is offered to both Pass students and to those aiming at Honours. Honours will be awarded for meritorious performance over the program: special attention is paid to a candidate's performance in the final year courses and thesis project.

In the cases of combined degrees, such as the BE BA or the BE BSc, the award of the BA or BSc degree at Honours level requires two additional sessions of study.

Students wishing to gain a degree at Honours level in Arts or in Science as part of their combined degree program must meet all the relevant requirements of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Science and of the appropriate school concerned. Students may enrol for the Honours year only on the recommendation of the Head of their School in the Faculty of Engineering and with the approval of the Head of the appropriate Arts or Science School. For Honours in Science, approval must also be sought from the Science Cross Faculty Standing Committee or its delegated authorities. AUSTUDY support is available for the combined degree program including the Honours level.

1. In additional to the BE program, students must complete 60 units of credit in the BA program with no more than 24 units of credit obtained at Level 1 (i.e. in courses designed for students in their first year of study). Of these 24 Level 1 units of credit, no more than 12 units of credit may be from any one school of department.

2. Students must complete a major sequence (42 units of credit) in one of the following areas:

Students completing an Environmental Studies major sequence must complete, in addition to the 30 Upper Level units of credit specified, 6 level 1 units of credit in an approved course. Students must also complete a minor sequence of 24 units of credit on one of the other areas listed above.

3. Except for courses completed as part of the Environmental Studies major sequences, no more than 12 units of credit may be obtained from subjects in the BA program which are offered by schools outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

4. No course included for credit in the BE program can be included in the 60 units of credit required at Rule 1 for the BA program.

5. Students are exempt from the General Education requirement of the BE program. However, students will not be eligible for graduation for the BE until a minimum of 12 units of credit of the BA have been suuccessfully completed.

6. Students who complete the requirements for the BA program and the first two years of the BE BA program may proceed to graduation with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

7. Students may be awarded Honours in the BA by successful completion of an Honours year. It should be noted that entry into a particular BA Honours program will require completion of courses additional to those specified under rules 1-4.

8. The total units of credit in the combined program is 5 x 48 = 240.

There will be a separate testamur for each part of the combined degree program.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following web-page:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

All students must complete at least 60 working days of approved industrial experience (or professional practice in the case of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems students) prior to enrolment in the final year of their program. The award of the degree is dependent on the completion of the requisite periods of industrial employment at a standard approved by the University.