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 degree program leads to the award of the Bachelor of Engineering in either:

combined with a Bachelor degree in Arts. Students who are in the combined degree program must maintain a credit average performance (i.e. 65% weighted average mark) in order to stay in the program.

This program qualifies candidates for the award of two degrees in five years of combined full-time study in which the requirements of the degrees have been merged.

Both of the engineering sequences of study in this combined degree program are administered by the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications.

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

Please refer to the Academic Rules below and check the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications website for information on the Program Structure of this degree.
Website:
http://www.eet.unsw.edu.au/programs/undergraduate_combined_UG

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.

For the combined program, the award of the BA degree at Honours level requires two additional sessions of study.

Students wishing to gain a degree at Honours level in Arts as part of their combined degree program must meet all the relevant requirements of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and of the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. Students may enrol for the Honours year only on the recommendation of the Head of School, Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications in the Faculty of Engineering and with the approval of the Head of the appropriate School in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. AUSTUDY support is available for the combined degree program including the Honours level.

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. 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 sequences, 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 3640 BE in Electrical Engineering 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 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

Each student is personally responsible for ensuring the completion of the full 60 days compulsory industrial training prescribed as part of the requirements for the award of the degree. Industrial training should be concurrent with enrolment and is best accumulated in the summer recesses at the end of Years 2 and 3, but must be completed by the end of Year 4.

Students should be involved in general work with professional engineers and take an active part in their work in the design of simple equipment, solving of engineering problems, or any other work which is relevant to the profession of engineering.

At the end of each period of employment every student must submit a report, typically 2000-3000 words, summarising the work done, the training received and including a description of the organisation of the company.

Industrial training will be assessed as a compulsory part of the course ELEC4011 Ethics and Electrical Engineering Practice. Students must complete the industrial training requirement in order to receive a completed assessment for this course.

Guidelines for Substitution of Courses
To suit the special abilities or needs of individual students a limited number of course substitutions is permitted within each program. Any such substitution must have prior approval of the Head of School.

1. The substituted course is of at least the same length and level as the prescribed course.

2. Core courses are normally substituted with courses covering similar material.

3. Students may substitute for two of the Professional Electives, courses of suitable level and difficulty from areas relevant to the profession of Electrical Engineering. One of these substitutions may be a Year 3 elective from within the School. Substitution of one postgraduate course within the School is permitted, provided that the student has passed Year 3 Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications courses at an adequate level and a similar course is not offered at the undergraduate level.

4. Substitution is not permitted if it unduly restricts the range of courses studied to only one area of electrical engineering or computer systems.

5. Substitution is normally not permitted in Year 1 or Year 2.