BH079 - Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours)

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Plan: BH079 - Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

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

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.

Project-based learning will become the dominant teaching paradigm, focused in a spine of Engineering Design courses in each semester of the program.  Sustainability concepts provide an essential aspect of the framework for decision making in this new program.  You will develop your graduate capabilities through successively more complex projects across the breadth of industry sectors within chemical engineering, including waste water treatment, biotechnology, polymer production, minerals processing and oil and gas processing.  These projects will include all aspects of project design, i.e. the technical, environmental, social and sustainability aspects.

The Year Themes
Year themes are used to focus the attention of you and staff on the different aims of and aspects in each of the four years of the program:

Year 1: developing commitment in each student
In first year, the aim is to assist you to make the transition to a university-style of education, and to start the process of making you think like engineers.  At the end of the year you should be able to confidently describe the role of chemical engineers in industry, and the skills needed to be successful in such a role, and have a commitment to become such an engineer.

Year 2: the core technical concepts
This is the year in which you will learn the main conceptual ideas in chemical engineering, where the “core content” is taught.  The emphasis is on conceptual understanding and quantification to a level appropriate to the task.  Mathematical and scientific rigour is important, but no more so than practical application.

Year 3: extension and application
In this year your knowlege of some core material is expanded to relate to processes rather than principles i.e. industry connections become much more explicit. At the end of this year you should have sufficient skills and confidence to perform as a junior engineer in a plant, eg through vacation work.

Year 4: preparing for the workforce
In the first semester of fourth year, you can choose to be based in the workforce, doing engineering tasks under the guidance of both an industry person and an academic.  You will, at the same time, maintain some studies.  The major team-based design project will take place, and the emphasis will be on providing enhanced courses to build on streams developed in the earlier years.

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 Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

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Work integrated learning

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University 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;
  • complete these activities in real work contexts or situations; and
  • these interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.

Any or all of these aspects of a WIL capstone experience may be in a simulated workplace 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 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 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
Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus
Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus
Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus
Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1204 City Campus
Introduction to Chemical Engineering 12 PROC2128 City Campus
Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers 12 MATH2114 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 Seven (7) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Chemistry 12 PROC2129 City Campus
Chemical Engineering Fundamentals 12 PROC2077 City Campus
Fluid Flow and Particle Mechanics 12 PROC2079 City Campus
Process Thermodynamics 12 PROC2080 City Campus
Heat and Mass Transfer 12 PROC2082 City Campus
Process Principles 12 PROC2078 City Campus
Reaction Engineering 12 PROC2083 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

Transfer Processes 12 PROC2085 City Campus
Process Plant Design and Economics 12 PROC2089 City Campus
Environmental and Hazard Analysis 12 PROC2086 City Campus
Chemical Engineering Computer Design 12 PROC2121 City Campus
Process Systems Design 12 PROC2088 City Campus
Process Control and Simulation 12 PROC2090 City Campus
Engineering Experimental Investigations 12 PROC2084 City Campus
Fundamentals of Biochemistry 12 PROC2048 City Campus
 
AND

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Year Four of Program

Complete the following Four (4) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Capstone Project Part A 12 OENG1167 City Campus
Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1168 City Campus
Chemical Engineering Design Project 1 12 PROC2126 City Campus
Chemical Engineering Design Project 2 12 PROC2127 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
AND
Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Chemical Engineering Specialisation 12 PROC2087 City Campus
Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 1 12 PROC2093 City Campus
Environmental Engineering 12 PROC2094 City Campus
Polymer Engineering 12 PROC2095 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses, not previously completed:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Chemical Engineering Specialisation 12 PROC2087 City Campus
Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 1 12 PROC2093 City Campus
Environmental Engineering 12 PROC2094 City Campus
Polymer Engineering 12 PROC2095 City Campus
Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus
Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus
 

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Program transition plan

Very Important: This plan is being phased out. 
  
BH079 - Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical 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: 

BH079P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours)
  
For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Nevena Todorova (nevena.todorova@rmit.edu.au).

Transition Plan 2021

The following table shows courses that will be replaced from Semester 1 2021 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the previous courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2021 they will continue to count as a core course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

Prior to 2021 Credit Points Replacement Course/s Credit Points

CHEM1030 Chemistry of Materials 1 

CHEM1031 Chemistry of Materials 2 

MATH2128 Engineering Mathematics B 

PROC2076 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Design 

MATH2129 Mathematics and Statics

MATH1122 Mathematics for Engineers

12 CP each

OENG1208 Engineering Science

OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals

MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics

OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD

PROC2128 Introduction to Chemical Engineering

PROC2129 Engineering Chemistry

12 CP each 

The following courses have been moved within the program. 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:

  • PROC2077 Chemical Engineering Fundamentals (year one to year two)
  • MATH2114 Numerical Methods/ Statistics for Engineers (year two to year one)
  • PROC2048 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (year two to year three) 
  • University Elective (year three to year two) 
  • PROC2087 Chemical Engineering Specialisation (year four core to year four option)

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

Transition Plan 2019

The following table shows courses that will be replaced/ amended from Semester 1 2019 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2019 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 Credit
points
4 OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project
Part A
12 4 PROC2126 Chemical Engineering Design
Project 1
12
4 OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project
Part B
12 4 PROC2127 Chemical Engineering Design
Project 2
12
4 PROC2122 Research Project 12 4 OENG1167 Engineering Capstone
Project Part A
12
4 PROC2120 Research Project (Advanced
level)
12 4 OENG1168 Engineering Capstone
Project Part B
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

CIVE1185 Engineering Practice 1 (Skills for Engineering)

12

1

OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice

12

3

PROC2087 Chemical Engineering Specialisation^

12

4

PROC2087 Chemical Engineering Specialisation

12

4

PROC2114 Research Project

24

4

PROC2122 Research Project and one 12 credit point final year option course from your Program structure

2x12

4

PROC1025 Design Project

24

4

OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A and OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B

2x12

4

PROC2091 Process System Integration

12

3

PROC2121 Chemical Engineering Computer Design

12

^Students who have successfully completed PROC2087  before Semester 1 2018 and have not completed PROC2091 Process System Integration can either undertake the new course PROC2121 Chemical Engineering Computer Design OR select an extra final year option course from their Program structure.

-Before 2018, PROC2114 (24cp) Research Project incorporated 12 credit points of compulsory WIL work experience.

From 2018, PROC2114 (24cp) Research Project (24cp) will be replaced by PROC2122 (12cp) and you may take the Option course OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience or any other option course in your final year program structure.

Transition statement 2015

If you have completed PROC2092 Research Project in 2014 or earlier you will need to undertake one additional University elective. This is required for you to graduate with the correct number of credit points.

Final Year Old course/s no longer offered Credit Points New or amended course Credit Points
Semester 1 PROC2092 Research Project 12 PROC2114 Research Project 24
  PROC2093 Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 1 12 as above* as above*

* The new 24 credit point course PROC2114 Research Project replaces two previous 12 credit point couses.

 

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