This dual award program gives students the chance to develop their skills and knowledge in two areas - a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering degree plus an additional area leading to a Bachelor of Engineering Science in Chemical Engineering. Students have a pathway to enhance their professional opportunities through developing cross-disciplinary skills and knowledge within a five year program. The School of Materials Science and Engineering administers the program, and the School of Chemical Engineering provides advice on the Chemical Engineering component of the program.

The broad objective of the Engineering (Honours) undergraduate programs is to develop well-educated graduates, that is, graduates with the strong technical knowledge and the basic skills and attributes required to practise as professional engineers. The desired skills are those that enable graduates to be independent investigators; self-motivated; critical thinkers; problem solvers; life-long learners; good communicators; team players; effective managers; as well as economically, environmentally and socially aware.

Students are required to complete 240 UOC, comprising 168 UOC from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering plus 96 UOC for the Bachelor of Engineering Science. Because of the overlap of at least 24 units of credit of engineering courses in both cores, the total units of credit required for completion is 240 UOC, rather than 264 UOC.

Students should refer to the program structure information of the 3131 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering program and the Chemical Engineering stream in 3706 Bachelor of Engineering Science for full details on the program requirements of each component.

Subject to pre- and co-requisites and progression rules, students may take courses at any time; it is the responsibility of each student to ensure that the rules governing award of the degrees have been met and that the program of study in each session of enrolment is feasible with regards to progression and timetabling. Where students complete the requirements for the two programs in less than 240 UOC they are required to take courses from the Faculty of Science and / or Faculty of Engineering to meet the minimum unit of credit requirement.

Further advice can be sought from the School of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Chemical Engineering.

Students are required to complete 6 units of credit of general education courses. Further information about general education can be found at UNSW General Education Guidelines and also Faculty of Science General Rules and Requirements page.

Honours in Engineering

Award of Class of Honours

Class 1: WAM of at least 80 and Thesis Mark of at least 65
Class 2 Division 1: WAM of at least 75 and Thesis Mark of at least 65
Class 2 Division 2: WAM of at least 65 and Thesis Mark of at least 65

(NOTE: First attempt counts. Honours WAM to be calculated to one decimal place.)

Requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in dual degree mode with the Bachelor of Engineering Science

To obtain the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Materials Science and Engineering, when taken with the Bachelor of Engineering Science, a student must successfully complete courses that total at least 240 units of credit and include courses making up at least 168 units of credit described at 3131 Materials Science and Engineering (Honours).

Students must also complete 60 days of Industrial Training.

Students may not count more than 60 units of credit of level 1 courses in the168 units of credit required for the Engineering (Honours) component.

Only courses in the BE (Hons) in Materials Science and Engineering will count towards the honours calculation.

Progression

To ensure that all students who complete the Engineering component attain the honours level learning outcomes of the program, the progression rules for the program are as follows:

Requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering Science in dual degree mode with the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

When taken in dual degree mode, the Bachelor of Engineering Science is comprised of 96 units of credit which is taken from the Chemical Engineering BE (Hons) stream in 3707 with at least 24 units of credit being from year 3 or above.

Award of the degrees

A candidate for the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or Bachelor of Engineering Science as part of a dual degree program shall not be eligible to be awarded either degree until he or she has completed both degree requirements.

A student who completes the requirements for both the BE (Hons) and BEngSc degrees shall receive at graduation a separate testamur for each of the degrees.

A student may apply to discontinue the dual degree 3132 BE (Hons)/ BEngSci program and elect to complete either the BE (Hons) or BEngSc degree in accordance with the rules governing award of that degree. Following discontinuation of one of the programs (BE (Hons) or BEngSc), courses which count toward that program may not in general count toward the remaining single degree unless they meet the single degree requirements in their own right.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

A student's general program will be administered by the School of Materials Science and Engineering in collaboration with the School of Chemical Engineering.

Please see 3131 Materials Science and Engineering

Please see 3131 Materials Science and Engineering

The Faculty of Science has some rules that relate to all students enrolled in programs offered by the Faculty in relation to recognition for prior learning, general education, course exclusions, study load, and cross-institutional study. All students should read the information contained on the Faculty General Rules and Requirements page in this Handbook.