Engineering (Honours) / Arts - 3763
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Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Contact: Faculty
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 264
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
View program information for previous years
Program Description
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS COMMENCING FROM 2016 SHOULD GO TO
Program 3961
The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offer a dual degree program which qualifies students for two degrees after the equivalent of five and a half years of successful full-time study leading to the award of the degrees Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (BE (Hons) BA).
The Faculty of Engineering administers the program, and delegates administration to the School which offers the Engineering discipline selected. Students should seek advice from the relevant School Office in the first instance, or from the Faculty of Engineering. All programs must be approved by both the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
For the Bachelor of Arts, please see program objectives and learning outcomes as listed in Program 3403
Program Structure
The BE (Hons) BA dual degree is offered in the following Engineering disciplines:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Bioinformatics Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Geospatial Engineering
- Industrial Chemistry
- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronic Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Naval Architecture
- Petroleum Engineering
- Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
- Renewable Energy Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Surveying
- Telecommunications
- Flexible (for students who have not yet decided which discipline of Engineering they wish to pursue)
General Education Requirements
Honours
Award of Class of Honours
After completion of 144 uoc including all of the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts dual degree, high achieving students may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences(Honours) program 4504. A minimum WAM of 70 in the Bachelor of Arts component of the dual degree is required for entry into Honours.
Please see link to Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) Program 4504
Academic Rules
To obtain the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Arts a student must successfully complete courses that total at least 264 units of credit and include courses making up at least 168 units of credit described in the degree requirements for the BE (Hons) specialisation for which the student is enrolled except for the 12 units of credit General Education requirement and 12 units of credit of elective. Students must also complete 60 days of Industrial Training.
Students may not count more than 60 units of credit of level 1 courses in this 168 units of credit
Progression
To ensure that all students who complete the program attain the honours level learning outcomes of the program, the progression rules for the program are as follows:
If any of the conditions below apply, students will be transferred to the Bachelor of Engineering Science program, with such transfer subject to appeal:
- No level 4 BE (Hons) course until 102 UOC of BE (Hons) stream passed
- No level 3 BE (Hons) course until all Introductory core passed
- If any of the conditions below apply, students will be transferred to the Bachelor of Engineering Science program, with such transfer subject to appeal:
- 2 fails in any given core course
- After half or more of the BE (Hons) stream attempted (more than 84UOC), 50% or more of BE (Hons) stream courses have been failed
- Prior to the final 48 UOC of the stream (120 UOC or more of the BE (Hons) stream completed), a WAM of less than 50%
Students may substitute up to 12 UOC of Advanced Disciplinary courses (Level 5) in place of Disciplinary Knowledge courses from a school specified stream list of courses with the approval of the Program or Stream Authority.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in dual degree mode
The basic requirements are 96 UOC as follows:
- A home major stream (54 UOC)
- At least a minor stream (36 UOC)
- A prescribed Faculty Elective (6UOC)
Academic Rules can be found on the 3403 Bachelor of Arts Program page.
Award with Distinction
High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at at least 48uoc of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".
Fees
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Aerospace Engineering
- Art History and Theory
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Australian Studies
- Bioinformatics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chinese Studies
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Dance Studies
- Development Studies
- Electrical Engineering
- English
- Environmental Humanities
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- German Studies
- History
- Indonesian Studies
- Industrial Chemistry
- International Relations
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Linguistics
- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronic Engineering
- Media, Culture and Technology
- Mining Engineering
- Modern Greek Studies
- Music
- Naval Architecture
- Petroleum Engineering
- Philosophy
- Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Renewable Energy
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Software Engineering
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Surveying and Spatial Information Systems
- Telecommunications Engineering
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies