The Faculty of Engineering and the UNSW Business School offer a dual degree program which qualifies students for two degrees after five and a half years of successful study: the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Commerce. Honours may be completed in the area of your Commerce major by completing the additional separate 1 year 4501 BCom (Honours) program.

This dual degree is offered in the following Engineering disciplines:

Requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Commerce degrees

To qualify for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Commerce a student must complete successfully courses that total at least 264 units of credit and include:
(a) in the Faculty of Engineering:
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; and
b) in the UNSW Business School:
at least 96 units of credit comprising of 42 UOC prescribed level 1 compulsory and flexible core courses; a major of at least 48 units of credit in an approved disciplinary stream and additional UNSW Business School courses to make up the full 96 UOC; and
(c) at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training (required for the award of the BE (Hons) degree).
(d) Students enrolled in the dual BE (Hons)/BCom program are not required to undertake either Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics (ECON1202) or Business and Economic Statistics (ECON1203) as part of their Commerce component. Completion of the maths courses in the Engineering component of the dual degree are equivalent to these two courses. The UNSW Business School no longer offers Actuarial Studies as a major within the BCom from 2013.

Administration of the Programs

(i) A student's general program will be administered by the Faculty of Engineering and delegated to administration by the School governing the engineering specialisation.
(ii) Students' programs will be administered by the UNSW Business School for the BCom component of the program and by the Faculty of Engineering for the BE (Hons) part of the program.
(iii) The UNSW Business School and the Faculty of Engineering shall jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the dual programs not otherwise covered by these rules.

Enrolment

(i) An application to enrol as a candidate for the dual program shall be made through UAC to the following combinations:
BE (Hons) in Software Engineering BCom
BE (Hons) in all other combinations with the BCom or on the prescribed form for international students which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least two calendar months before the commencement of the session in which enrolment is to begin.
(ii) The candidate shall be enrolled as either a full-time or part-time student.

The program is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of economic and social aspects of the engineering profession, and skilled in technical management. It is expected that those taking this program would progress to entrepreneurial and managerial roles. A full range of commerce and engineering careers will still be open to those who qualify with both components of the dual degree program.

Most engineers progress to technical management roles, and these programs will strengthen the commerce background in addition to providing the engineering skills. Increasingly, engineers also find employment in the commercial sector, and the dual programs will provide a good background for those entering banking, consultancy etc. Students wishing to enter the purely commercial sector will benefit from technical and numerate strengths obtained as part of the engineering program.

On successful completion of the BCom component, students will have the ability to:

For Engineering disciplines, see sample structure listed below. For full requirements see page for specific discipline stream.

Year 1

Choose ONE of:

Choose ONE of:

Choose ONE of:

And ONE of:

PLUS

And also choose three Year 1 Electives totalling 18 UOC

These electives should be chosen from the Year 1 Elective List

Students can use first year elective courses to satisfy core requirements for specific engineering streams, allowing them to have additional elective courses in subsequent years. Some elective courses assume that the student has taken the appropriate prerequisite course whereas some elective courses have exclusions, that is, other courses are excluded. Thus students should choose their electives appropriately to optimise their course options in subsequent years.

Year 2

S1

*Major requirements 48UOC in an approved disciplinary stream offered by the UNSW Business School, containing at least 18 UOC at level 3. (Note that the 48UOC includes the first disciplinary course(s) in the Core (Compulsory or Flexible). This means that, for the majority of majors, students will complete 42UOC in specified disciplinary courses outside the core.)

*UNSW Business School electives must be taken from within the UNSW Business School to ensure you complete 96UOC of Business courses within the BCom component.

Honours

(a) BE (Hons)

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.)

(b) BCom with Honours
On completion of the requirements for the dual degrees a student may be qualified to enrol in an Honours program in the Bachelor of Commerce and to qualify for the award of the BCom with Honours after successfully completing an additional year of study (48 UOC) as specified in the rules of the UNSW Business School.

The programs of study which may be taken for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce are governed by the normal rules for award of the BE (Hons) and BCom in the Faculty of Engineering and the UNSW Business School respectively, which specify:
(i) units of credit;
(ii) corequisites, prerequisites, assumed knowledge;
(iii) the structure of the degree program; and
(iv) any special conditions.

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

All students in the BE (Hons) streams must complete at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training before the end of Year 4.

Some courses listed here also offer advanced versions.

(i) A student who completes the requirements for both the BE (Hons) and BCom degrees shall receive at graduation a separate testamur for each of the degrees.
(ii) A student may apply to discontinue the dual BE (Hons) BCom programs and elect to complete either the BE (Hons) or BCom degree in accordance with the rules governing award of that degree. Following discontinuation of one of the programs (BE (Hons) or BCom), courses which count toward that program will not in general count toward the remaining single degree unless they meet the single degree requirements in their own right.

Engineers Australia

The professional body for engineering in Australia is Engineers Australia, which has as its first objective the promotion of the science and practice of engineering in all its branches.

Engineers Australia has its national headquarters in Canberra and functions through a series of divisions, the local one being the Sydney Division. Within each division are branches representing the main interests within the profession, e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical, engineering management and environmental engineering.

Students of an approved school of engineering may join the Institution as a student member (StudIEAust). Student members receive the monthly publication Engineers Australia and for a small fee they also receive The Transactions which contains articles on a particular branch of engineering.

Student members are invited to participate in the Excellence Award for Work Experience, the National Young Engineer of the Year Award and to avail themselves of other Engineers Australia services including the Mentor Scheme and industrial experience guidance.

For more information and membership application forms, contact Engineers Australia, Sydney Division, Level 3, 8 Thomas Street, CHATSWOOD NSW 2067 - telephone 02 9410 5600 www.engineersaustralia.org.au

The Australian Computing Society

The peak professional body for computing in Australia is the Australian Computing Society (ACS) - www.acs.org.au

The objectives of the ACS can be found here and include: "advanc[ing] professional excellence in information and communications technology, and further[ing] the study, science and application of information and communications technology."

Again, students who want to join ACS should go to Member Application.