BH076 - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)

Plan: BH076 - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems 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.

Learning and Teaching

The following learning and teaching approaches form the basis of your learning experiences:

• In classes, including lectures, you will be encouraged to participate actively in discussions, asking and answering questions, and problem solving exercises.
• Projects will require you to communicate outcomes effectively across all communication modes (speaking, listening, writing, drawing and presenting) to a range of audiences. 
• You will undertake team learning activities and projects that require you to work in mixed teams and critically engage with aspects of team development and conflict resolution. 
• You will engage in learning activities and projects that require you to identify, plan, design, construct and manage solutions to scientific and engineering problems. 
• Learning activities will focus on practical application of technical skills and you will be assessed on technical competence both in theory and practice. 
• Projects will require you to access a variety of knowledge sources including professional journals, discussion lists and online resources. 
• You will be required to solve complex, real-world problems. 
• You will be given problems that require you to consider the business context and market potential of products that you design. 

Assessment

Course assessment is designed to enable you to demonstrate your technical, design, research, and communication abilities. The forms of assessment will vary with each course, depending on the specific learning outcomes and capability development objectives. 

Assessments may take the following forms:

• Assignments and Projects: these may be done individually or in groups allowing you to demonstrate your ability to work alone or as a member of a team. 
• Reflective Journals: where you pause to consider what you have learnt, along with the easy and hard issues associated with learning. 
• Assessed Tutorials: a form of in-class test, which may be done individually or as a team. 
• Laboratory Reports: which provide an exercise in experimentation, report writing and critical analysis of data.
• Self- and Peer-Assessment: for assessment activities such as seminars you may assess yourself or your own group, or assess the work of other groups. This is part of equipping you to become more independent in your own learning and assessing your own and others' performance.
• Most of the assessment you receive will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your learning. This will enable you to improve your performance in the future.

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 transfer and recognition of prior learning.

Inherent requirements  

The following information on inherent requirements outlines the tasks you will be required to undertake during professional placement and on-campus learning activities. The non-academic abilities listed are provided for information only and are not entry requirements.

If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, there are a range of adjustments to your study conditions available to enable and support you to demonstrate these abilities. Please contact the Equitable Learning Service to discuss any adjustments you may require.

Please read the full list of the Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours) inherent requirements at: https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/applying-to-rmit/local-student-applications/entry-requirements/inherent-requirements/engineering/bachelor-of-engineering-sustainable-systems-engineering-honours

By understanding the types of activities you’ll participate in, you can:

• understand more about the program
• determine if you may need support during your studies
• make an informed decision about whether the program is suitable for you

If you are living with disability, long-term illness and/or a mental health condition, we can support you by making adjustments to activities in your program so that you can participate fully in your studies. To receive learning adjustments, you need to register with Equitable Learning Service.

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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 12 CP core course 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 focussed 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 University Elective 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 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1166 City Campus Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1204 City Campus Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering 12 CIVE1186 City Campus Introduction to Chemical Engineering 12 PROC2128 City Campus Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12 MIET2514 City Campus
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers 12 MATH2114 City Campus Sustainable Systems Design 12 MIET2383 City Campus Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 EEET2249 City Campus Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems 12 MIET2422 City Campus Sustainable Transport Systems 12 AUTO1928 City Campus Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 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 Sustainable Engineering Materials 12 MIET2381 City Campus Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment 12 MIET2384 City Campus Systems Engineering Principles 12 MIET2385 City Campus Heat Transfer 12 MIET1081 Bundoora Campus Applied Heat and Mass Transfer 12 MIET2039 Bundoora Campus Intelligent Transport Systems 12 AUTO1929 City Campus Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus EEET2572 Bundoora Campus EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Engineering and Enterprise 12 MIET2116 Bundoora Campus MIET2534 City Campus
AND
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Year Four of Program
Complete the following Two (2) 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 Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1168 City Campus OENG1179 Bundoora Campus OENG1231 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
AND
Select and Complete Five (5) Courses from the following Technical Options:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Advanced Materials 12 MIET1200 Bundoora Campus Biomaterials 12 MIET2460 City Campus MIET2498 Bundoora Campus Manufacturing Systems Modelling 12 MANU1420 Bundoora Campus MANU2550 City Campus Transport Engineering 1 12 CIVE1180 City Campus Sustainable Engineering Logistics Systems 12 MIET2386 City Campus Wind and Hydro Power 12 MIET2497 City Campus Sustainable Thermal and Electrical Energy Systems 12 MIET2496 City Campus Energy Efficiency and Demand Management 12 MIET2522 City Campus Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus Renewable Electrical Energy Systems 12 EEET2334 City Campus Transportation and Freight Logistics 12 OMGT1062 City Campus OMGT2347 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
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Program transition plan

Very Important: This plan is being phased out. 
  
BH076 - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems 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: 

BH076P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)

For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Nirajan Shiwakoti (nirajan.shiwakoti@rmit.edu.au).

Transition Plan 2022

The following table shows courses that will be replaced or moved from Semester 1 2022, and is for program transition purposes only and does not necessarily map course equivalencies. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses prior to the commencement of Semester 1, 2022 they will continue to count towards the successful completion of your program. 

	Prior to 2022	Credit points	Replacement Course	Credit points
Year 1	CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil & Infrastructure Engineering (Core)*	12	MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical & Automotive Engineering (Core)	12
Year 2	MIET2385 Systems Engineering Principles (Core) (Moved from year 2 to year 3)	12	MIET2383 Sustainable System Design (Core) (Moved to year 2 from year 3)	12
Year 3	MIET2383 Sustainable System Design (Moved from year 3 to year 2)		MIET2385 Systems Engineering Principles (Moved to year 3 from year 2)	12

*Students who have successfully completed year 1 including CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil & Infrastructure Engineering prior to semester 1, 2022 are not required to complete MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical & Automotive Engineering.

MIET2495 Biomass & Solar Fuels and MIET2009 Remote Area Power Supply have been removed from the Year 4 Technical Option list. If you successfully completed these courses prior to Semester 1, 2022 they will continue to count towards your year 4 Technical Option selections.

For further enrolment advise contact your Program manager.

Transition Plan 2021

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

	Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement courses	Credit Points
Year 2	CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 (Core Moved to Year 4 technical option list)	12	AUTO1928 Sustainable Transport Systems (Core Moved from year 3)	12
Year 3*	AUTO1928 Sustainable Transport Systems (Core Moved to year 2)	12	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Core Moved from Year 4 technical option list)	12
Year 4^	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Option Moved to year 3 core)	12	CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 (Option moved from year 2 core)	12

*If you have completed Year 2 including CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 prior to semester 1 2021, you should enrol in AUTO1928 Sustainable Transport Systems instead of AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems in 2021 and you are encouraged to enrol in AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems as one of your year 4 Option courses.

^If you have completed year 3 prior to semester 1 2021, you are encouraged to enrol in AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems in lieu of one of your year 4 Option courses.

If you require enrolment advice, please contact your 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	MATH2117 Engineering Mathematics C	12	1	MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics	12
1	MATH2118 Further Engineering Mathematics C	12	1	OENG1208 Engineering Science	12
1	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12	1	CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil and Infrastructure Engineering	12
1	MIET2093 Computer Aided Design	12	1	OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD	12
1	CHEM1014 Environmental Chemistry 1A	12	1	PROC2128 Introduction to Chemical Engineering	12
1	MIET2380 Engineering Design for Sustainability	12	1	CIVE1186 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering	12
1	MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems	12	2	EEET2249 Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering	12
2	MATH2200 Introduction to Probability and Statistics	12	2	MATH2114 Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers	12
2	EEET2246 Engineering Computing 1	12	1	OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals	12

Students who have not successfully completed 96CP or more before start of semester 1 2020 are required to contact the Program Manager for enrolment advice.

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 Statement 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 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
1	University Elective	12	2	University Elective	12
2	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12	1	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12
2	MIET2383 Sustainable Systems Design^	12	3	MIET2383 Sustainable Systems Design	12
2	MATH2127 System Dynamic Modelling	12	2	MIET2115 Mechanics and Materials 2	12
3	MIET1199 Management of Sustainable Systems Design & Research	12	3	EEET2449 Research Methods for Engineers	12
3	EEET 2256 Introduction to Embedded Systems	12	2	CIVE 1180 Transport Engineering 1	12
4	OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1*	24	4	OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A and 1 Technical Option course	2x12
4	OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2	12	4	OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B and 1 Technical Option course	2x12

^Students who have successfully completed the first 2 years (192 CP) of their program before Semester 1 2018, including MIET2383, will be able to complete CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 OR select an extra option course from their program, and follow the new program structure.

*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).

2016 Program Amendment

This program was amended in 2016. For the amended program structure being introduced in 2016, the major changes are

(i) The program has been restructured so that instead of 48 credit points of "specialisation" studies in Year 3, there are 72 credit points of Minor study options across Year 3 and Year 4. Instead of three specialisation streams (Energy, Transport, Logistics) there are now two Minors (Energy, Transport and Logistics). The courses in each Minor have been revised and expanded, which has included removing some courses in the previous streams, introducing new courses, and introducing existing courses from other programs.

(ii) The following courses have changed from core to being within the Transport and Logistics Minor

• MIET2386 Sustainable Engineering Logistics Systems (previously called "Systems Operations")
• MIET2387 Maintenance and Logistics Services (previously called "Systems Reliability and Support")

(iii) The following core courses have moved into different year levels of the program

• MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1 has moved from Year 1 to Year 2
• A University Student Elective in Year 2 has moved to Year 1
• EEET2256 Introduction to Embedded Systems has moved from Year 2 to Year 3
• MATH2127 System Dynamic Modelling has moved from Year 3 to Year 2
• MIET2382 Management of Sustainable Systems and Research (previously "Management of Sustainable Engineering and Research") has moved from Year 4 to Year 3
• MIET2384 Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment (previously called "System Characterisation and Simulation") has moved from Year 4 to Year 3
• Two option courses (previously called Specialisation courses) from Year 3 have been moved to Year 4

(iv) Course title change has been made for the following courses:

• MIET2382 Management of Sustainable Engineering and Research has been changed to "Management of Sustainable Systems and Research"
• MIET2384 System Characterisation and Simulation has been changed to "Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment"
• MIET2386 Systems Operations has been changed to "Sustainable Engineering Logistics Systems"
• MIET2387 Systems Reliability and Support has been changed to "Maintenance and Logistics Services"
• MIET1081 Further Thermo-Fluid Mechanics has been changed to "Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics"

Transition Plan

(i) The amended structure will be implemented from Semester 1 2016 for all students.

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

The following provides enrolment information for all year levels. This assumes students in each year level have followed the standard course sequence and study plan for the program.

2016
Year 1 - As per new structure
Year 2 - As per new structure except students are to complete a University Student Elective instead of MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1
Year 3 - As per new structure except students are to complete MATH2127 System Dynamic Modelling instead of EEET2256 Introduction to Embedded Systems
Year 4 - As per new structure except students are to complete MIET2382 Management of Sustainable Systems and Research and MIET2384 Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment instead of two option courses from the Minor studies.

For any advice with regards to your specific study plan, or to update a study plan developed for you previously, you should contact the Program Manager.

2014 Program Amendment

In 2014 this program underwent an amendment as part of transition from BP265. 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	MIET2095 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics	12	MIET2421 Applied Thermodynamics	12
Year 2	MIET2135 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics 2	12	MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems	12
Year 3	MIET1081 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics 3	12	option course from Energy Minor	12
Year 4	OENG1058 Professional Project 1	12	OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1	24
Year 4	OENG1059 Professional Project 2	12	OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2	24
Year 4	MIET2393 Professional Project (Industry)	24	OENG1076 Professional Research Project (Industry)	48

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