Course

Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced)

Approved Abbreviation: BEng(Adv)

Western Sydney University Course Code: 3636.1

CRICOS Code: 063560B

Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year in this course was 2009.

The Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced) course is a four year course and is designed for high achieving students to undertake advanced engineering topics and gain substantial research experience. This course is in parallel with the Bachelor of Engineering course which has a common first year program for all engineering disciplines and shares two units with the Bachelor of Industrial Design and one unit with Bachelor of Construction Management, exposing students to a wide range of experiences in the first year. Students have the opportunity to focus on an area of speciality by undertaking a key program in the disciplines of Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Computer, Telecommunications and Robotics & Mechatronics. Students in this course will be challenged with special projects and assignments to realise their full potential. Students need to maintain a specified level of performance in this course and will carry out an honours project of 60 credit points in their fourth year of study.

Study Mode
Four years full-time.

Accreditation
The course has been designed to meet the requirements of Engineers Australia. Six Key Programs, namely, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Robotics & Mechatronic and Telecommunications, have received full accreditation from Engineers Australia at the level of Professional Engineer.

Admission

Admission would normally be through UAC. Assumed knowledge: HSC Mathematics Extension 1, Physics and any two units of English.

Course Structure

Academic Course Advisor

Dr Fidelis Mashiri is the Academic Course Advisor for Key Programs in Civil, Construction and Environmental

Dr Fidelis Mashiri

Dr Qi Cheng is the Academic Course Advisor for Key Programs in Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications.

Dr Qi Cheng

Dr Jonathan Vincent is the Academic Course Advisor for Key Programs in Robotics & Mechatronics and Mechanical

Dr Jonathan Vincent

Recommended Sequence

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 320 credit points as per the recommended sequence below.