Course

Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced)

Approved Abbreviation: BEng(Adv)

Western Sydney University Course Code: 3636.2

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 is 2010.

Commencement Year 2009 - 3636.1 Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced)

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, Computer, Construction, Electrical, Environmental, Robotics & Mechatronics and Telecommunications. 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, Construction and Telecommunications, have received full accreditation from Engineers Australia at the level of Professional Engineer.

Admission

Assumed knowledge required: HSC Mathematics Extension 1, Physics and any two units of English.

Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).

UAC

International applicants must apply directly to Western Sydney University via the International Office.

International Office

Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof can be found on the Universities Admissions Centre website (UAC).

UAC

Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and Western Sydney University.

Course Structure

Recommended Sequence

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

Full-time

Year 1

Autumn session

200237

Mathematics for Engineers 1

300464

Physics and Materials

300027

Engineering Computing