BH078 - Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) (Honours)

Plan: BH078 - Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace 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

Overall, the teaching styles that you experience will be attuned to the different courses that you study.  They should assist you to achieve the graduate capabilities designed into the program and thus help to ensure your employability in the aerospace industry. You will be treated as an adult learner: you will take responsibility for your own learning in an adult and independent way.

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.
 
As a student you will be exposed not just to teaching, but to a wide range of different learning activities and your interests will be furthered by engaging actively in these.

As a student you will be exposed not just to teaching, but to a wide range of different learning activities and your interests will be furthered by engaging actively in these. This means that you have a responsibility for your own learning. You will therefore be involved in learning activities, many of which will be outside of class contact time. For many activities - even if you are a distance education student - you will be working in teams: an environment which will simulate how you will work as a professional. These activities will develop many of the interpersonal skills you need in order to work effectively in the professional environment. These activities will include:

• Lectures, classes, and/or directed reading: these activities introduce you to essential content. They may also lead you to develop or improve certain appropriate skills;
• Problem-based Learning: where you may be in a smaller tutorial groups with the aim of applying your knowledge through problem solving, simulating the professional work environment;
• Laboratories: where you can apply your knowledge with hands-on experimentation or simulation. You gain exposure to physical equipment and learn experimental technique;
• Assignments and projects: these may be problem based or research based, and may be undertaken in teams or individually. A written report is usually required. Assignments and projects provide you with opportunities to develop specified capabilities and also to demonstrate the level to which you have developed them;
• Intensive workshops: as in professional practice, some learning may take place over a brief but intensive period. For example, your lecturer may be an expert in a certain discipline, but cannot attend for several hours a week over the duration of a semester. Your classes and support tutorials may be scheduled over 5 days. There will be opportunity for later interaction with your lecturer or a tutor.
• Work Integrated Learning: you may have the opportunity to take learning activities which are closely linked to industry or simulate industry practice. If you are employed, then your final year project may be based in your workplace, solving a problem for your employer;
• Seminars: where you will report verbally to a student and staff group - again this is practice for the professional workplace. Seminars will give you a specific forum for putting into practice your communication skills, and improving them through use and feedback. Seminars also provide a professionally appropriate platform for developing and exercising skills of critical analysis;
• Reflective writing: where you give yourself time to consider the learning processes and outcomes you have just experienced. You may consider and document questions such as: What have I learned by doing?; How my previous ideas/attitudes had to change?; What is still causing me difficulties?; What do I still need to learn?; What connections can be made with other knowledge? Reflection can also be used to records feelings, difficulties, ideas and inspirations;
• Online and distance learning: depending on your location, you may study some or all of your courses at a distance. This means you will access courseware through hard copy sent to you or by way of RMIT's online resources. Learning guides will lead you through each course, and you will communicate with your 'lecturer' by email or other similar means through online learning facilities for each course.
• Field trips: you will have the opportunity to visit various industrial establishments to see how they function and what they do. Field trips allow you to mesh your conceptual understanding with real application appropriate to the industry. Viewed in the light of application, the conceptual basis can be greatly strengthened;
• Major project: where you propose, plan and execute a major project which addresses and solves a problem relevant to your studies or career aspirations. The project may be industry based, whether or not you are employed in the industry, and is the final stage of preparing you for the workplace.

Assessment will be varied, as it will be designed to assess your capabilities appropriate to a particular course. Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester, and may be made through any of the learning activities listed above, as well as through a formal end of semester examination. Components of the assessment for each course may be found in their respective Part B Course Guide.

Most of the assessment you complete (the exception is exams) will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your strong and weak points.  This will enable you to improve your performance in the future.
To view the Assessment Policy go to: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams

If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

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: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/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.

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 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 Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1166 City Campus Introduction to Aircraft 12 AERO2376 City Campus Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1204 City Campus Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12 MIET2514 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 City Campus Advanced Mathematics for Engineers 12 MATH2414 City Campus Dynamics 12 MIET2124 City Campus Design for Manufacture and Assembly 12 AERO2252 City Campus Systems Engineering 12 AERO2355 City Campus Flight Mechanics 12 AERO2356 City Campus Principles of Aerodynamics 12 AERO2579 City Campus Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus
AND
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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Six (6) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Aerospace Dynamics and Control 12 AERO2253 Bundoora Campus Aerospace Propulsion 12 AERO2360 Bundoora Campus Aerospace Structures 12 AERO2359 Bundoora Campus Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus EEET2572 Bundoora Campus EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Aerospace Design Principles 12 AERO2255 Bundoora Campus Aerospace Finite Element Methods 12 AERO2357 Bundoora Campus
AND
Select and Complete 24 Credit Points from the following Aerospace Options:
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 Aeronautics Innovation Laboratory 12 AERO2464 Bundoora Campus Composite Materials and Structures 12 AERO2289 Bundoora Campus Spaceflight Systems Design 12 AERO2406 Bundoora Campus AERO2690 City Campus Aerospace Special Project 12 AERO2423 Bundoora Campus Computational Engineering 1 12 MIET2011 Bundoora Campus Computational Fluid Dynamics 12 MIET2394 Bundoora Campus Airline Operations 12 AERO2410 City Campus Aircraft Maintenance Management 12 AERO2457 City Campus Aircraft Airworthiness 12 AERO2459 City Campus Aircraft Systems 12 AERO2378 City Campus Industrial Placement Program 24 MIET1106 Bundoora Campus International Industry Experience 1 12 MIET2065 City Campus International Industry Experience 2 24 MIET2066 City Campus Computer Integrated Manufacturing 12 MANU1418 Bundoora Campus MANU2551 City Campus Mechatronic Design 12 MIET2362 Bundoora Campus Advanced Engineering Computer Aided Design 12 MIET2002 Bundoora Campus Advanced Manufacturing Processes 12 MANU1170 Bundoora Campus Autonomous Systems 12 MANU2206 Bundoora Campus Simulation and Optimisation in Engineering 12 AERO2463 City Campus AERO2604 Bundoora Campus Avionics and ATM Systems 12 AERO2613 City Campus
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 Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1168 City Campus OENG1179 Bundoora Campus OENG1231 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Aerospace Design Project 12 AERO2362 Bundoora Campus Aerospace Structures Studio 12 AERO2363 Bundoora Campus Computational and High-Speed Aerodynamics 12 AERO2358 Bundoora Campus
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Select and Complete 24 Credit Points from the following Aerospace Options:
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 Aeronautics Innovation Laboratory 12 AERO2464 Bundoora Campus Composite Materials and Structures 12 AERO2289 Bundoora Campus Spaceflight Systems Design 12 AERO2406 Bundoora Campus AERO2690 City Campus Aerospace Special Project 12 AERO2423 Bundoora Campus Computational Engineering 1 12 MIET2011 Bundoora Campus Computational Fluid Dynamics 12 MIET2394 Bundoora Campus Airline Operations 12 AERO2410 City Campus Aircraft Maintenance Management 12 AERO2457 City Campus Aircraft Airworthiness 12 AERO2459 City Campus Aircraft Systems 12 AERO2378 City Campus Industrial Placement Program 24 MIET1106 Bundoora Campus International Industry Experience 1 12 MIET2065 City Campus International Industry Experience 2 24 MIET2066 City Campus Computer Integrated Manufacturing 12 MANU1418 Bundoora Campus MANU2551 City Campus Mechatronic Design 12 MIET2362 Bundoora Campus Advanced Engineering Computer Aided Design 12 MIET2002 Bundoora Campus Advanced Manufacturing Processes 12 MANU1170 Bundoora Campus Autonomous Systems 12 MANU2206 Bundoora Campus Simulation and Optimisation in Engineering 12 AERO2463 City Campus AERO2604 Bundoora Campus Avionics and ATM Systems 12 AERO2613 City Campus
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Select and Complete One (1) Course from:
University Elective
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Program transition plan

Very Important: This program is being phased out.

BH078 - Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) (Honours) has been discontinued and will no longer accept new students after Semester 2 2022. The program 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:

BH078P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) (Honours)

For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Akbar Khatibi (akbar.afaghikhatibi@rmit.edu.au).

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 before 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 course	Credit Points
Year 1	MATH2117 Engineering Mathematics C	12	MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics	12
Year 1	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12	MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering	12
Year 1	MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems	12	OENG1208 Engineering Science	12
Year 1	MATH2118 Further Engineering Mathematics C	12	University Elective	12
Year 2	MATH2124 Math & Stats for Aero, Mech, & Auto	12	MATH2414 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers	12

If you require enrolment advice, please contact your program manager.

 The following Aerospace option courses have been removed from the program structure, if you have completed any of these courses prior to semester 1 2021 they will continue to be counted toward a maximum 48 credit points.

MIET2389 Special Topics in Engineering

AERO2570 Incident and Accident investigation

AERO2366 Advanced Aerospace Design Project

AUTO1018 Industrial and Vehicle Aerodynamics

AERO2380 Aviation Quality Systems

AERO2381 Aviation Industry Environment

AERO2383 Airport/Airline Operations

AERO2379 Human Factors in Aviation

AERO2382 Airport Planning and Management

AERO2456 Sustainable Aviation and the Environment

AERO2408 Aviation Strategy in the Global Context

AERO2384 Aviation Safety and Security Systems

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
3	AERO2463 Computational Engineering Analysis	12	1	OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals	12

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
2	AERO2356 Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics	12	2	AERO2356 Flight Mechanics	12
2	AERO2463 Computational Engineering Analysis^	12	3	AERO2463 Computational Engineering Analysis	12
3	AERO2255 Management of Aerospace Design and Research	12	3	AERO2255 Aerospace Design Principles	12
3	AERO2357 Aerospace Finite Element Methods*	12	4	AERO2357 Aerospace Finite Element Methods	12
4	OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1#	24	4	OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A and and one 12 credit point fourth year option course from your Program structure	2x12
4	OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2	24	4	OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B and one 12 credit point fourth year option course from your Program structure	2x12

^Students who have successfully completed the first two years (192 CP) of their Program including AERO2463 Computational Engineering Analysis before Semester 1 2018 will be able to take AERO2395 Aerodynamics or any third year Aerospace Option course as a third year replacement.

*Students who have successfully completed the first three years (288 CP) of their Program including AERO2357 Aerospace Finite Element Methods before Semester 1 2018 will be able to take either EEET2449 Research Methods for Engineers OR an additional fourth year Aerospace Option course as a fourth year replacement.

#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 OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1 (24cp) before the Commencement of Semester 1 2018, you will take OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp) and you may choose to take the Option course OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience or any other option course in your final year program structure.

2014 Amendment

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.

Course(s) no longer offered	Credit points	Substitute course(s)	Credit points
MIET2097 Engineering Mechanics AERO2247 Solid Mechanics and Materials 1	12 12	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12
MIET2095 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics	12	MIET2421 Applied Thermodynamics MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems	12 12

Students who have failed either MIET2097 Engineering Mechanics or AERO2247 Solid Mechanics and Materials 1 should take the replacement course MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1. Students who 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.

Students who have failed MIET2095 Thermo-Fluid Mechanics need to take both MIET2421 Applied Thermodynamics and MIET2422 Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems. To do this one of these will count as a replacement for one of your student electives.

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.

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