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Handbook year

Information valid for students commencing in 2024

Course code

116209

Course type

Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF level 8)

Professional accreditation status

This course is accredited by Engineers Australia. All majors have full accreditation with the exception of the Electrical and Electronic major from the Cairns campus, which has provisional accreditation. JCU will apply for full accreditation for that program once the first significant cohort of students graduates.

Graduates are immediately eligible for graduate membership of Engineers Australia. After a period of professional practice, a graduate may apply to become a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and register under state-based schemes such as Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ). Accreditation also entitles graduates to have their qualifications recognised in countries that are signatories of the Washington Accord, and after a period of professional practice, apply for professional registration in those countries.

Owner

Academy

College

Course pre-requisites

Recommended Knowledge: English (Units 3/4,C) and Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4,C)

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Credit points

96 credit points as per course structure

Additional completion
requirements

Approved exposure to Professional Engineering Practice, including required activities and industry placement, equivalent to a minimum 60 days full-time industry placement.

Must hold current Senior First Aid certificate at the time of graduation.

Course learning outcomes

The graduates of ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û are prepared and equipped to create a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide.

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility.  JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia.  They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability.  They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û will be able to:

1. Integrate and apply a coherent and advanced body of theoretical and technical knowledge, including depth in the underlying concepts and principles in one engineering discipline
2. Critically appraise the role and relevance of engineering in society, with specific reference to practices and priorities for creating sustainable communities and industries in the tropics
3. Demonstrate broad understanding of engineering methods, including design processes, whole system approaches, formal project management and decision-making strategies and their application in engineering practice
4. Retrieve, analyse, synthesise, evaluate and manage information from a range of sources for engineering practice and research
5. Plan and conduct reliable, evidence-based laboratory and/or field experiments, by selecting and applying methods, techniques and tools as appropriate to the engineering discipline
6. Organise, analyse and interpret scientific and/or engineering data using appropriate mathematical, statistical and technological skills
7. Communicate ideas, arguments and conclusions clearly and coherently to a variety of audiences, through advanced English language skills and a variety of media
8. Develop components, systems and/or processes to meet specified requirements, and creative approaches to synthesise alternative solutions, concepts and procedures for unpredictable or complex problems
9. Critically review regulatory requirements, ethical principles and cultural frameworks, to work effectively, responsibly and safely in diverse contexts and interdisciplinary teams
10. Prioritise multiple demands to achieve personal and team goals, with regular review of performance to manage continuing professional development
11. Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute project work and/or a piece of research and scholarship with some independence.

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

Reasonable adjustments

All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure.

Type of major

Mandatory, single

Credit points in major

48 credit points

Notes

Students are expected to complete the common first year subjects of the Course before commencing their chosen major

Special requirements

Some subjects in each of the majors may require students to participate in field trips, site visits or other off-campus activities.  A fee may be charged by the College for transport or subsistence associated with these trips

MAJOR

AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

Chemical Engineering

JCU Townsville

Civil Engineering

JCU Townsville

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Not available for mid-year entry at JCU Cairns

JCU Cairns: This major at JCU Cairns holds conditional provisional accreditation at the level of Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia.

Electronic Systems and Internet of Things Engineering

JCU Cairns

Not available for mid-year entry

Mechanical Engineering

JCU Townsville

Type of minor

Optional, single

Credit points in minor

12 credit points

Special requirements

Some subjects in each of the minors may require students to participate in field trips, site visits or other off-campus activities. A fee may be charged by the College for transport or subsistence associated with these trips.

MINOR

AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

Data Science 

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Infrastructure and Planning

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Mathematics

JCU Townsville

Available with all majors offered at JCU Townsville

Mechatronics 

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Mining and Minerals

JCU Townsville

Available with all majors offered at JCU Townsville

Physics

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Available with all majors

Software

JCU Townsville

JCU Cairns

Available with all majors

Sustainability

JCU Townsville

Available with all majors offered at JCU Townsville

Water Resource Management

JCU Townsville

Available with all majors offered at JCU Townsville

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

JCU Cairns

Course not available for mid-year entry

See TABLE A (MAJORS) for availability of majors at each location

JCU Townsville

Course available for mid-year entry for Domestic students only; however commencing mid-year will require 4.5 years to complete

See TABLE A (MAJORS) for availability of majors at each location

Expected time to complete

4 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Maximum time to complete

11 years

Maximum leave of absence

3 years

Course progression
requisites

Nil

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Yes

Special assessment
requirements

The engineering thesis topic must be specific to the student’s chosen engineering major

Professional accreditation
requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for
final subject

Not applicable

Eligibility

Students may apply for a credit transfer for previous tertiary study or informal and non-formal learning in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure.

Maximum allowed

48 credit points

Currency

Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 21 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Other restrictions

A minimum of 18 credit points (including 6 credit points of fourth year thesis) should be completed at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û for each of levels 3 and 4.

If the student requests credit approaching this maximum level, then the credit  should be predominantly from the first two levels of the Bachelor of Engineering program.

Award title

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS)

Approved abbreviation

BEng(Hons)

Inclusion of majors on
testamur

The major studied shall appear on the testamur

The minor will not appear on the testamur

Exit with lesser award

Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies or the Diploma of Engineering [Pathway].

Course articulation

Not applicable

Special awards

Students may receive an Award of Recognition in accordance with the Recognition of Academic Excellence Procedure