ATTENTION STUDENTS TRANSFERING INTO THE NEW COMBINED PROGRAM IN 2010

THE NEW COMBINED ENGINEERING/ARTS PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM MID-2010. STUDENTS WISHING TO COMPLETE THE NEW PROGRAM WILL BE TRANSFERRED IN TIME FOR SEMESTER 2. STUDENTS SHOULD CONSULT THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENT CENTRE FOR ADVICE ON COURSE SELECTIONS FOR THE ARTS COMPONENT TO ENSURE THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW PROGRAM.


This combined program of five years full-time study enables students in the School to qualify for the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts. With this programs students can add their choice of an Arts major to the standard professionally accredited Mining Engineering program. It provides flexibility in course choice within the full Arts program and enables students to obtain the broader education offered by the Arts and Social Sciences.

Since Engineering and Arts programs can have a common content, such as mathematics and physics, approximately two additional sessions of study are required to gain the additional qualifications of Bachelor of Arts. In general, this additional study is taken concurrently with the BE program and both can be completed within 10 sessions.

The program is open to all students who satisfy both the Mining Engineering and Arts entry conditions. Students may enter directly in Year 1 or may apply to transfer from the normal engineering program after completion of at least one year if they have a credit or higher average or permission from the Head of School.

A wide range of options are available in this 5 year combined degree. The Bachelor of Arts degree must be completed in accordance with the requirements for the award of a BA. Students interested in this combined degree must discuss their planned program with the individual program Authorities. There may be restrictions on course availability due to timetabling constraints.

Please note that there may be a minimum UAI requirement for entry to the combined BE/BA degree. Please contact the School of Mining Engineering for more information.

The BE BA program is administered by the School of Mining Engineering. The School requires the student to obtain the approval of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for the BA components of their program. The School of Mining Engineering must approve the final program timetable.

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

Please refer to the Academic Rules below and see example program structure under Enrolment News and Updates on the school website:
http://www.mining.unsw.edu.au

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 (i.e. subjects 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 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 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 3140 BE in Mining Engineering except that they 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 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 degree, 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/