With this combined five year degree program, students can add their choice of an Arts major to the standard, professionally accredited engineering program offered by the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems. The program is open to all students who satisfy both the Engineering and Arts entry conditions.

The program provides flexibility in the choice of courses within the full Arts program and enables students to gain a broad education in Arts and Social Sciences, as well as to engage in specialised studies in Surveying and Spatial Information Systems.

The program is administered by the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems.

Students should start discussing their program with representatives of the School and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as soon as possible, preferably well before enrolment. Students should work our for themselves the BA program they would like to add to their Surveying and Spatial Information Systems program. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences section in this Handbook describes the options, and the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems can supply sample programs.

There are no special rules on what to include in each year. Students should schedule the Arts and Surveying and Spatial Information Systems components to suit their preferences whilst 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 School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems.

Please see http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/rules

Please refer to the Academic Rules below and contact the school of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems for information.

1. In addition 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 (ie. 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 sequence of study.

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 sequence, no more than 12 units of credit may be obtained from courses 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 programs can be included in the 60 units of credit required at Rule 1 for the BA program.

5. Students must complete the full requirements of the program 3741 BE in Surveying & Spatial Information Systems except that they are exempt from the General Education requirements 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 successfully 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.

For academic rules relating to the Bachelor of Engineering component of this combined program, please refer to http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/rules/

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

Please see http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/rules

Students may have to complete a number of field projects as part of their program and are expected to complete all necessary fieldwork for any course. They must be prepared to pay all the appropriate costs associated with these field projects, and must be in attendance at all scheduled examinations, except in exceptional circumstances.

The degree of BE in Surveying and Spatial Information Systems is recognised by the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of New South Wales as meeting requirements for entry as a candidate to become a Registered Surveyor in New South Wales. The degree is recognised by the Institution of Surveyors New South Wales, the Spatial Sciences Institute, and the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust.) for admission as corporate members.

Students wishing to become Registered Surveyors after graduation are advised to gain practical experience under a Registered Surveyor during their program. Details are obtainable from the Registrar, Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of NSW, P.O. Box 143, Bathurst NSW 2795.