BH070 - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)

Plan: BH070 - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

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Approach to learning and assessment

Several courses in the program are delivered online, rather than on-campus, and you are likely to find that other courses transition to online delivery as you progress through the program.

The Mechanical Engineering program, has a real-world focus with a problem-/project-based active learning approach. The first two years of the program are common with the Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering programs offered through the School of Engineering. In these years, you will be exposed to the fundamentals of engineering sciences, mathematics, engineering design, and engineering professional practice. The academic staff members who teach the course are highly-regarded mechanical engineering practitioners and, based on the specialist knowledge they offer, the program is designed to provide you with a number of opportunities for industrial interaction.

Classes are taught using a combination of lecture, seminar, tutorial, workshop, practical and laboratory sessions and site visits. You are expected to be responsible for the completion of all out-of-class learning activities which may require extra reading of both library and online materials. The program requires in-person attendance, but also takes advantage of the capabilities of the online learning management system that is available to all students and provides scope for collaboration and remote access

Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester and may include class tests, quizzes, essays/reports, oral class presentations, group projects, research projects, laboratory projects and practical assignments (for example design and build) and end of semester examinations. Components of the assessment for each course may be found in their respective Course Guides.

Please note that if you have a disability, long-term medical condition and/ or mental health condition ELS can support you to create reasonable adjustments to ensure you can participate in your studies. You can contact the Equitable Learning Services (ELS) unit if you would like to find out more. Information about ELS can be found at: www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/equitable-learning.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to Apply for credit.

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Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience.  Work Integrated Learning will be undertaken in many courses in your program. As a student enrolled in this RMIT program you will:

• undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and  demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
• interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities and receive feedback through assessment tasks; and
• complete these activities in real or simulated work contexts or situations.

Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment. 

The following two core courses include WIL activities where 50% or more of the assessment involves assessors from a WIL partner organisation:

• OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice where you will participate in an "Engineers Without Borders (EWB)" project which is focused on sustainable development as identified by EWB and community organisations. 
• OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B where you will work under the guidance of a professional engineer who may be from industry or be an academic or research staff member. You will apply your technical knowledge, research, design and professional engineering skills to either discipline specific, or cross disciplinary engineering problems, through robust research and established engineering design processes. 

In addition to these courses you are strongly recommended to undertake at least 10 weeks of engineering work experience supervised by a professional engineer. If your work experience meets the requirements it may be assessed concurrently with your work experience as part of courses such as 

• OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience

You can enrol in OENG1165 while you are undertaking engineering work experience at any time during your program as a University elective course or you can enrol in it as a technical option course in your final year.

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Program Structure

For students who commence their study in this program from 1 January 2016 onwards, please note that some courses listed in this structure will have their course marks count toward your program's weighted average mark. Your weighted average mark will determine the honours level of your award once you have completed the program. If a course counts toward your weighted average mark, that fact will be stated in its course guide. In Enrolment Online, after you completed your course enrolment, you will be notified which of the enrolled courses will count toward the weighted average mark.
For more information about the weighted average mark, please click here. To graduate you must complete the following: All courses listed may not be available each semester.
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Year One of Program
Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1166 City Campus Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1204 City Campus Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12 MIET2514 City Campus Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics: What We Make and How We Make It 12 MANU2488 City Campus Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 EEET2249 City Campus
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems 12 MIET2422 City Campus Engineering Dynamics 12 MIET2134 City Campus Mechatronics Principles 12 MIET2370 City Campus Advanced Mathematics for Engineers 12 MATH2414 City Campus Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 City Campus Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus Mechanical Design 1 12 MIET2136 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
AND
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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Solid Mechanics 3 12 MIET1071 Bundoora Campus Mechanical Vibrations 12 MIET1076 Bundoora Campus Thermal-Fluid System Design 12 MIET2515 City Campus MIET2518 Bundoora Campus Heat Transfer 12 MIET1081 Bundoora Campus Mechanical Design 2 12 MIET1068 Bundoora Campus Mechanics of Machines 12 MIET1077 Bundoora Campus Finite Element Analysis 12 MIET1084 Bundoora Campus Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus EEET2572 Bundoora Campus EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
AND
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Year Four of Program
Complete the following Five (5) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Engineering Capstone Project Part A 12 OENG1167 City Campus OENG1180 Bundoora Campus OENG1224 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Renewable Energy Systems 12 MIET2032 Bundoora Campus MIET2062 City Campus Engineering and Enterprise 12 MIET2116 Bundoora Campus MIET2534 City Campus Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1168 City Campus OENG1179 Bundoora Campus OENG1231 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Automatic Control 12 MIET2006 Bundoora Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
AND
Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from the following Mechanical Options List:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for STEM 12 COSC2960 City Campus Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus Engineering Learning Factory Project 12 OENG1143 City Campus OENG1223 Bundoora Campus Engineering Computer Graphics 12 MIET1088 Bundoora Campus Mechanical Design 3 12 MIET2004 Bundoora Campus Applied Heat and Mass Transfer 12 MIET2039 Bundoora Campus Remote Area Power Supply 12 MIET2009 Bundoora Campus Computational Engineering 1 12 MIET2011 Bundoora Campus Computer Integrated Manufacturing 12 MANU1418 Bundoora Campus MANU2551 City Campus Vehicle Power Systems 12 AUTO1006 Bundoora Campus Industrial and Vehicle Aerodynamics 12 AUTO1018 Bundoora Campus Mechatronic Design 12 MIET2362 Bundoora Campus Advanced Robotics 12 MANU1417 Bundoora Campus Advanced Engineering Computer Aided Design 12 MIET2002 Bundoora Campus Computational Engineering 2 12 MIET2012 Bundoora Campus Computational Fluid Dynamics 12 MIET2394 Bundoora Campus Management of Mechanical Design and Research 12 MIET1199 Bundoora Campus
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Program transition plan

Very Important: This plan is being phased out. 
  
BH070 - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours) plan has been discontinued and will no longer accept new students after Semester 2 2022. The plan will be taught out to current students until semester 2, 2027. If you are unable to complete your program by the end of 2027, you may consider applying to other programs within RMIT subject to entrance requirements. You may also consider applying to the new plan: 

BH070P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)
  
For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Henin Zhang or Abhijit Date (henin.zhang@rmit.edu.au or abhijit.date@rmit.edu.au).

Transition Plan 2021

The following table shows courses that will be replaced from Semester 1 2021 for program transition purposes only and not necessarily course equivalencies. If you have successfully completed any of the courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2021 they will continue to count as a course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

Year 1 

Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement Courses	Credit Points
MATH2117 Engineering Mathematics C	12	MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics	12
MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12	OENG1208 Engineering Science	12
MATH2118 Further Engineering Mathematics C	12	MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering	12
MIET2421 Applied Thermodynamics (moved to year two)	12	OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals (moved from year two)	12
MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems (moved to year two)	12	EEET2249 Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering	12

Year 2

Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement Courses	Credit Points
MIET2420 Mechanical Design 1	24	MIET2136 Mechanical Design 1 University Elective Course (moved from year four)	12 12
MATH2124 Math & Stats for Aero, Mech & Auto	12	MATH2414 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers	12
MIET2515 Thermal-Fluid System Design (moved to year three)	12	MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems (moved from year one)	12
OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals (moved to year one)	12	MIET2421 Applied Thermodynamics (moved from year one)	12

Year 3

Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement Courses	Credit Points
MIET2116 Engineering and Enterprise (moved to year four)	12	MIET2515 Thermal-Fluid System Design (moved from year two)	12

Year 4

Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement Courses	Credit Points
University Elective (moved to year two)	12	MIET2116 Engineering and Enterprise (moved from year 3)	12

Students who require enrolment advice as a result of these amendments should contact their program manager. 

Transition Plan 2020

The following table shows courses that will be replaced/ amended from Semester 1 2020 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2020 it will continue to count as a core course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

Year	Old course	Credit Points	Year	Replacement / amended course/s	Credit Points
1	MIET2093 Computer Aided Design	12	1	OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD	12
1	MANU2095 Manufacturing Systems	12	1	MANU2488 Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics Engineering: What we make and how we make it	12
2	One University elective^	12	2	MIET2515 Thermal-Fluid System Design	12
3	AERO2463 Computational Engineering Analysis	12	2	OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals	12

Students who have successfully completed 192CP or more before start of semester 2 2020 are not required to complete MIET2515 Thermal-Fluid System Design and OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals. All other students must complete both these new courses to meet the program requirements

Course title change will apply from semester two 2020 for the following course:

• MIET1081 'Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics' has been changed to 'Heat Transfer'

Transition Plan 2018

The following table shows courses that will be replaced/ amended from Semester 1 2018 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2018 it will continue to count as a core course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

Year	Old course	Credit Points	Year	Replacement / amended course/s	Credit Points
1	AERO2248 Engineering, Society & Sustainability	12	1	OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice	12
3	MIET1199 Management of Design & Research	12	3	EEET2449 Research Methods for Engineers	12
3	MIET1081 Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics^	12	4	MIET1081 Heat transfer	12
4	OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1*	24	4	OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A and core course MIET1081 Heat Transfer or MIET2006 Automatic Control	2x12
4	OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2	24	4	OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B and and core course MIET1081 Heat Transfer or MIET2006 Automatic Control	2x12

^Students who have successfully completed the first three years (288 CP) of their Program including MIET1081 Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics before Semester 1 2018 will be able to take AERO2463 Computational Analysis for Engineers or any fourth year Mechanical Option course as a fourth year alternative.

*Students who have successfully completed OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1 before semester 1 2018 will be able to complete OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2 in Semester 1 2018.

-Before 2018, OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2 (24cp) incorporated 12 credit points of compulsory WIL work experience.

From 2018, OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2 (24cp) will be replaced by OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B (12cp).

If you have not successfully completed OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2 (24cp) before the Commencement of Semester 1 2018, you will take OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B (12cp) and you may choose to take the Option course OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience or any other option course in your fourth year program structure.

2016 Course Title Changes

In 2016 this program had the following course title changes:

• MIET2134 "Mechanics of Machines 1" became "Engineering Dynamics"
• MIET1077 "Mechanics of Machines 2" became "Mechanics of Machines"
• MIET1076 "Dynamics and Control" became "Mechanical Vibrations"
• MIET2006 "Advanced Engineering Control" became "Automatic Control"
• MIET1081 "Further Thermo-Fluid Mechanics" became "Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics"

For students who enrolled in this program before 2016, all credits you gained will count towards the amended program.

2014 Major Changes in BH070

This program underwent an amendment in 2014. The following Table advises students who have failed an old course(s) before 2014 what substitute course(s) they should complete. 

Year or Semester	Old course/s no longer offered	Credit Points	Substitute Courses	Credit Points
Year 1, Semester 1	MIET2097: Engineering Mechanics AERO2247: Solid Mechanics and Materials 1	12	MIET2419: Mechanics and Materials 1	12
Year 1, Semester 2	MIET2095: Thermo-Fluid Mechanics (which was previously followed by MIET2135 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics 2)	12 (12)	MIET2421: Applied Thermodynamics, (which is done concurrently with MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems)	12 (12)

Students that have failed either MIET2097 Engineering Mechanics or AERO2247 Solid Mechanics and Materials 1 should take the replacement course MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1. Students that have failed both MIET2097 and AERO2247 should consult the Program Manager to find a suitable course to cover the learning outcomes and make up the necessary credit points. 

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