BH092 - Bachelor of Engineering(Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business(Management)

Plan: BH092SSHDD - Bachelor of Engineering(Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business(Management)
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 actively participate in discussions, asking and answering questions, and problem solving exercises.
• Projects will require you to effectively communicate outcomes 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:

• Assignment 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 tasks that you complete 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.

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

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

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Work integrated learning

Bachelor of Engineering(Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)

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 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 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 this program in your final year. 

Bachelor of Business (Management)

The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) courses in this portion of the program are BUSM3125 Strategy (12 credit points) and BUSM4177 Leadership (12 credit points). These courses will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context.

In particular, you will:

• undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice; and
• be involved in authentic engagement with partner organisations that includes industry feedback.

These learning opportunities may be in the form of industry-based projects, simulations or placements.

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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 Nine (9) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1166 City Campus Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 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 Management 12 BUSM4176 City Campus BUSM4400 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Accounting in Organisations and Society 12 ACCT1044 East Gippsland TAFE Bairnsdale ACCT1046 City Campus ACCT2061 Bundoora Campus ACCT2282 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Organisations 12 BUSM1094 City Campus BUSM4454 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers 12 MATH2114 City Campus Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems 12 MIET2422 City Campus Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12 MIET2514 City Campus Sustainable Systems Design 12 MIET2383 City Campus Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 EEET2249 City Campus Prices and Markets 12 ECON1020 City Campus ECON1297 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Marketing Principles 12 MKTG1025 City Campus MKTG1337 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Business Law 12 LAW2442 City Campus LAW2501 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
AND
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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Nine (9) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Systems Engineering Principles 12 MIET2385 City Campus Sustainable Transport Systems 12 AUTO1928 City Campus Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 City Campus Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems 12 BUSM4583 City Campus Professional Values, Ethics & Attitudes 12 ACCT1081 City Campus Leadership 12 BUSM4177 City Campus BUSM4479 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Macroeconomics 1 12 ECON1010 City Campus ECON1293 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Work in Global Society 12 BUSM4558 City Campus BUSM4669 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
AND
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Year Four of Program
Complete the following Nine (9) 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 Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus EEET2572 Bundoora Campus EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Organisational Experience 12 BUSM4546 City Campus BUSM4705 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Strategy 12 BUSM3125 City Campus BUSM4386 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Innovation Management 12 BUSM4550 City Campus BUSM4704 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Heat Transfer 12 MIET1081 Bundoora Campus Applied Heat and Mass Transfer 12 MIET2039 Bundoora Campus Intelligent Transport Systems 12 AUTO1929 City Campus
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Year Five 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
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Select and Complete Five (5) of the following Courses:
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 Transportation and Freight Logistics 12 OMGT1062 City Campus OMGT2347 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
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Select and Complete One (1) of the following Business Option Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Employment Relations 12 BUSM1080 City Campus BUSM2698 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam International Human Resources Management 12 BUSM2449 City Campus BUSM4492 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 12 BUSM1074 City Campus Issues in International Business 12 BUSM4178 City Campus BUSM4456 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Culture and Business Practice in Asia 12 SOCU1016 City Campus SOCU2274 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Applied Entrepreneurship 12 BUSM4052 City Campus BUSM4455 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Driving Innovation in Organisations 12 BUSM1321 City Campus BUSM4469 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Entrepreneurship and Global Challenges 12 BUSM4054 City Campus BUSM4540 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management 12 OMGT1082 City Campus OMGT2341 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Financial Accounting and Analysis 12 ACCT2033 City Campus ACCT2220 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Managerial Advisory Finance 12 ACCT1060 City Campus ACCT2219 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Company and Finance Law 12 LAW2450 City Campus LAW2507 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Financial Markets and Institutions 12 BAFI1002 City Campus BAFI3216 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Corporate Finance 12 BAFI1008 City Campus BAFI3217 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam International Monetary Economics 12 ECON1082 City Campus ECON1566 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Internet for Business 12 ISYS2061 City Campus ISYS3346 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Business IT Infrastructure 12 INTE2043 City Campus Human Resource Development 12 BUSM1137 City Campus People Analytics 12 BUSM1228 City Campus Entrepreneurial Finance 12 BUSM1313 City Campus Family Business and Entrepreneurship 12 BUSM4053 City Campus BUSM4381 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Global Political Economy 12 SOCU2112 City Campus SOCU2275 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam Intelligent Enterprise Systems 12 ISYS2425 City Campus Work, Health, Safety & Wellbeing 12 BUSM2708 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam BUSM3122 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 plan is being phased out.
 
BH092SSHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours) / Bachelor of Business (Management) 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, 2028. If you are unable to complete your program by the end of 2028, you may consider applying to other programs within RMIT subject to entrance requirements. You may also consider applying to one of the single degree offerings:

BH076P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours); or
BP343 Bachelor of Business

If you commenced the program before Semester 1 2022, please refer to the following transition rules:

• BUSM3115 Ethics and Governance has been replaced with ACCT1081 Professional Values, Ethics & Attitudes.
• BUSM4554 Contemporary Management: Issues and Challenges has been replaced with BUSM4583 Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems.
• If you have completed LAW2442 Commercial Law, you do not need to complete LAW2442 Business Law, as this is a course title change only.
• If you have completed BUSM1094 Organisational Analysis, you do not need to complete BUSM1094 Organisations, as this is a course title change only.
• If you have completed BUSM4177 Leadership and Decision Making, you do not need to complete BUSM4177 Leadership, as this is a course title change only.
• If you have completed BUSM3125 Strategic Management, you do not need to complete BUSM3125 Strategy, as this is a course title change only.
• If you have completed BUSM4550 Creativity, Innovation and Design, you do not need to complete BUSM4550 Innovation Management, as this is a course title change only.
• If you have completed BUSM4546 Management in Practice, you do not need to complete BUSM4546 Organisational Experience, as this is a course title change only.

 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 2	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 2 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 5 Technical Option list. If you successfully completed these courses prior to Semester 1, 2022 they will continue to count towards your Year 5 Technical Option selections.

For further enrolment advice 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 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 courses	Credit Points
Year 3	CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 (Core 12Moved to Year 5 technical option list)	12	AUTO1928 Sustainable Transport Systems (Core Moved from year 4)	12
Year 4*	AUTO1928 Sustainable Transport Systems (Core Moved to year 3)	12	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Core Moved from Year 5 technical option list)	12
Year 5^	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Option Moved to year 4 core)	12	CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 (Option moved from year 3 core)	12

*If you have completed Year 3 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 5 Option courses.

^If you have completed year 4 prior to semester 1 2021, you are encouraged to enrol in AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems in lieu of one of your year 5 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 CHEM1014 Environmental Chemistry 1A MIET2093 Computer Aided Design MIET2380 Engineering Design for Sustainability MATH2118 Further Engineering Mathematics C	12 CP each	1	OENG1208 Engineering Science OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics CIVE1186 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering PROC2128 Introduction to Chemical Engineering	12 CP each
2	MATH2200 Introduction to Probability and Statistics EEET2246 Engineering Computing 1 MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12 CP each	2	MATH2114 Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 1x 5th Year Technical Option	12 CP each

Students who have not successfully completed 192CP 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
3	MIET1199 Management of Sustainable Systems Design & Research	12	4	EEET2449 Research Methods for Engineers	12
3	MATH2127 System Dynamic Modelling	12	3	MIET2115 Mechanics and Materials 2	12
4	EEET 2256 Introduction to Embedded Systems	12	3	CIVE 1180 Transport Engineering 1	12
4	Business option course^	12	5	Business option course	12
5	OENG1074 Professional Research Project 1*	24	5	OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A and 1 Technical Option course	2x12
5	OENG1075 Professional Research Project 2	12	5	OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B and 1 Technical Option course	2x12

^Students who have successfully completed the first four years (432 CP) of their Program before Semester 1 2018, including the Business option course, will not take the Business option course in year five but will be able to take an extra final year technical option.

*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).

Program Amendment 2017

This program was amended in 2017. The amended structure was implemented from Semester 1 2017 for all students. All credits gained prior to these amendments will count towards the amended program plan.

The following Table advises students who have failed an old course as to the substitute course they should complete.

Old course(s) no longer offered	Credit points	Substitute course	Credit points
BUSM1094 Organisational Behaviour	12	BUSM1094 Organisational Analysis	12
BUSM3122 Occupational Health and Safety Management	12	BUSM4554 Contemporary Management: Issues and Challenges	12
BUSM1222 International Business	12	BUSM4558 Work in Global Society	12
BUSM4177 Leading for Change	12	BUSM4177 Leadership and Decision Making	12
BUSM3123 Organisational Theory	12	BUSM4550 Creativity Innovation and Design	12
BUSM3119 Human Resource Management	12	Minor Studies elective	12
BUSM1311 The Entrepreneurial Process	12	BUSM4546 Management in Practice	12

For any enrolment or transition advice regarding these changes, you should contact the College of Business.

Program Amendment 2016

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 24 credit points of "specialisation" studies in Years 4 and 5, there are 48 credit points of Minor study options across Year 4 and Year 5. 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) 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
Year 3 - As per new structure
Years 4, 5 - no students in this year level

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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