BH093 - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

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Plan: BH093MEHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (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.

Learning in this double degree program will take place through a range of formal and informal encounters. These include participation in a combination of lecture, seminar, tutorial, workshop, practical and laboratory sessions.  You will also learn by engaging with online materials and readings, and being exposed to real-world practice by attending exhibitions, excursions and field trips.  You will also learn through a range of out of class activities such as directed reading, research, and assignments. You are expected to be responsible for the completion of all out of class learning activities that may require extra reading of both library and online materials. 

More active learning approaches will be required in design studio and project oriented courses.  You will receive technical tuition in the use of specialist software and prototyping techniques to enable practical work.  You will work as an individual and also as a member of design project teams.  Significant emphasis is placed on the ability to initiate individual and peer learning activities and to be self directed in your approach to study. 

The final year provides the challenge of defining and demonstrating skills in an area of professional engagement through a two semester duration research-led and industry-engaged design project.

Attendance at lectures is not compulsory, however if you miss lectures you must ensure that you avail yourself of any information provided in those lectures.  Attendance at practical sessions such as laboratory and design studios is generally compulsory.

Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester and may include class tests, 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 specific assessment for each course may be found in their relevant course guide. 

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 team 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.

View the Assessment Policy here.

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Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience. 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
  • complete these activities in real or simulated work contexts or situations.

These interactions and the work contexts provide distinctive sources of feedback to you to assist your learning. Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment.

Work integrated learning has been incorporated into the following compulsory (core) courses in the final year of the program:

  • GRAP2290 Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development
  • GRAP1040 Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping 

As part of these courses you will work on a capstone project that spans both courses. These projects either are directly connected with industry or simulate the situation of a graduate in industry reporting to a supervisor with whom they meet regularly. In the cases where the project is directly connected with industry the industry partner is usually involved in some components of the assessment. Industrial practitioners can become involved in the assessment of some component of the work done by students involved in projects that simulate the situation of a graduate engineer in industry. It is expected that your project will integrate studies in both engineering and industrial design.

Work Integrated Learning in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)

 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 core course includes 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.

Engineering Professional Practice Module

If you are a student commencing a higher education engineering coursework degree from Semester 1 2024, completing the Engineering Professional Practice (EPP) module will be a requirement for graduation. This applies to all students in all locations. Students commencing before Semester 1 2024 may opt into the module. The EPP module will help you to prepare for a career as a fully accredited professional engineer. Completing the module will showcase your sound proficiencies in engineering knowledge, applications of engineering processes, professional skills and values that align with the competencies expected from a professional engineer in the workplace. This will be through a whole-of-program embedded e-portfolio that captures artefacts and reflection on learning for the purpose of professional accreditation, career development learning and employability.

The EPP module is ongoing throughout your degree, providing continuous development and requires you to complete a minimum number of hours of engineering-related activities. 420 hours are required for bachelor students. Articulating and masters students will complete a number of hours in proportion to the number of years of study in their offer letter. The total hours can comprise a combination of work, volunteering, roles in clubs, organisations and events, and professional development activities.

RMIT will support you in completing your EPP module by providing opportunities to participate in engineering-related activities. You will receive an annual summary statement documenting your achievements and verifying your continual professional development throughout your degree. The summary statement can be used as supporting material for job applications.

For further details on EPP, please contact RMIT Student Connect.

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.

Completion of engineering work experience is assessed as part of the course GRAP1040 Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping in your final year of studies, which is a WIL-designated course.

To assist you to find openings for vacation employment advertisements from potential employers are displayed on the student employment noticeboard or emailed to students. Engineers Australia also runs an exhibition of potential employers at which they launch a publication listing willing employers. On becoming a student member of Engineers Australia, you can download an online version of this publication.

RMIT Careers Development & Employment run a Vacation work expo and the RMIT Careers advisors are available to advise International students on obtaining employment in Australia.

You benefit in a number of ways from the various forms of employment experience described above: it helps put your studies in perspective and to clarify the relevance of what you are being taught; it often provides a topic for your final year project, and it frequently opens doors of employment opportunity.

In this program it is also expected that you will be able to use RMIT’s Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP).

Work Integrated Learning in the Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

The Industrial Design program has a strong set of relationships across a range of industry, research and community entities and works with industry in a variety of ways: through student engagement with academic and professional staff who are practitioners in the field; through the structure and content of courses that are often linked directly to, or taught by, industry partners, and through assessment and feedback where industry practitioners will be involved in appraising and critiquing your design work.

Typically these engagements occur through the Design Studio, but are common in all courses. Collaborative teaching relationships with other disciplines at RMIT and other universities both locally and abroad extend WIL opportunities so that you will learn to work with people from other fields. In addition the program frequently runs design studios and electives with students and practitioners from other programs at RMIT, including Architecture, Fine Art, Landscape Architecture, Interior design, Textiles design, Fashion design, Engineering, and Business programs. These activities often involve external industry or community partners, provide you relevant and collaborative WIL opportunities, and offer you interdisciplinary learning opportunities within the realm of larger projects with other disciplines.

These industry and community connections contribute to the program and the development of your capabilities in the following ways: 

  • By situating commercial or speculative projects within the curriculum of design studio and electives courses
  • By releasing practitioners as teaching staff across all courses and year levels in the program
  • By participating in the review, assessment and moderation of your design projects, offering verbal and written feedback.
  • By locating students’ design activities and outcomes within real-world professional activities including projects, exhibitions, competitions, and campaigns

In addition to the dedicated WIL courses listed above, there are other optional courses that provide WIL experiences in the industrial design component of the program:

  • GRAP 1033 Design Studio: Materiality
  • GRAP 1034 Design Studio Speculative
  • GRAP 2571 Design Practicum
  • GRAP 2570 Atelier
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Program Structure

For students who commence their study in this program from 1 January 2016 onwards, if you enrol in the following courses, your course mark will contribute to the weighted average mark that will determine the honours level of the relevant award once you have completed the program: For the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)(Honours): Mechanical Design 2, Solid Mechanics 3, Mechanical Vibrations, Research Methods for Engineering, Engineering Computer Graphics, Advanced Engineering Computer Aided Design, Mechanical Design 3, Automatic Control, Applied Heat and Mass Transfer, Remote Area Power Supply, Computational Engineering 1, Computational Engineering 2, Advanced Robotics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Systems, Industrial and Vehicle Aerodynamics, Special Topics in Engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics; For the Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours): Design Studio: Digital, Methods in Design Research and Practice, Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development, Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping, Industrial Design Honours: Reflection and Exposition
 

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
Industrial Design Drawing 12 GRAP1049 City Campus
GRAP2924 Brunswick Campus
Design in Society: Histories, Politics and Contexts of Application 12 GRAP1041 City Campus
GRAP2919 Brunswick Campus
Design Prototyping: Materials, Processes and Experimentation 12 GRAP1052 City Campus
GRAP2933 Brunswick Campus
Computer Aided Industrial Design 12 GRAP1050 City Campus
GRAP2931 Brunswick Campus
Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 12 MIET2528 City Campus
AND
Complete One (1) Course from the following STEM Future Technology Skills Courses. However, if you have not completed VCE Maths methods or VCE Specialist Maths or equivalent, you must choose Introduction to Engineering Mathematics from this list.

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Introduction to Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2395 City Campus
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for STEM 12 COSC2960 City Campus
COSC3094 Bundoora Campus
STEM for Sustainable Development 12 ONPS2702 City Campus
ONPS2749 Bundoora Campus
Foundations in Digital Health 12 BIOL2525 City Campus
BIOL2566 Bundoora Campus
Innovation Ecosystem and the Future of Work 12 OENG1235 City Campus
OENG1279 Bundoora Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Design for Sustainability Studio 12 GRAP1032 City Campus
GRAP2915 Brunswick Campus
User Centred Design Studio 12 GRAP1031 City Campus
GRAP2914 Brunswick Campus
 
AND

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Dynamics 12 MIET2134 City Campus
Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems 12 MIET2422 City Campus
Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus
Mechanical Design 1 12 MIET2136 City Campus
Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus
Industrial Design Ecologies: Sustainability, Socio-technical Systems and Change 12 GRAP1042 City Campus
GRAP2920 Brunswick Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) STEM Future Technology Skills Course not already completed:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for STEM 12 COSC2960 City Campus
COSC3094 Bundoora Campus
STEM for Sustainable Development 12 ONPS2702 City Campus
ONPS2749 Bundoora Campus
Foundations in Digital Health 12 BIOL2525 City Campus
BIOL2566 Bundoora Campus
Innovation Ecosystem and the Future of Work 12 OENG1235 City Campus
OENG1279 Bundoora Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Design Studio: Materiality 24 GRAP1033 City Campus
GRAP2927 Brunswick Campus
Design Studio Speculative 24 GRAP1034 City Campus
GRAP2928 Brunswick Campus
 
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Year Three of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Renewable Energy Systems 12 MIET2032 Bundoora Campus
MIET2062 City Campus
Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 City Campus
Mechatronics Principles 12 MIET2370 City Campus
Thermal-Fluid System Design 12 MIET2515 City Campus
MIET2518 Bundoora Campus
Design Studio: Social 24 GRAP1035 City Campus
GRAP2929 Brunswick Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Industrial Design Tactics: Temporal, Perceptual and Experiential Methods 12 GRAP1043 City Campus
GRAP2921 Brunswick Campus
The Contemporary Industrial Design Enterprise: Modes and Practice in Design Business 12 GRAP1045 City Campus
GRAP2922 Brunswick Campus
Professional Ethics and Design Strategy 12 GRAP1046 City Campus
GRAP2923 Brunswick Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Advanced Industrial Design Engineering 12 GRAP2575 City Campus
GRAP2940 Brunswick Campus
Advanced CAID 12 GRAP2577 City Campus
GRAP2941 Brunswick Campus
Industrial Design Prototyping and Complex Fabrication 12 GRAP2578 City Campus
GRAP2942 Brunswick Campus
Advanced Industrial Design Visualisation 12 GRAP2576 City Campus
GRAP2926 Brunswick Campus
Electronic and Interactive Prototyping 12 GRAP2572 City Campus
GRAP2938 Brunswick Campus
Atelier 12 GRAP2570 City Campus
GRAP2936 Brunswick Campus
Design Internship 12 GRAP2571 City Campus
GRAP2937 Brunswick Campus
 
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Year Four of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Heat Transfer 12 MIET1081 Bundoora Campus
Solid Mechanics 3 12 MIET1071 Bundoora Campus
Mechanical Vibrations 12 MIET1076 Bundoora Campus
Design Studio: Digital 24 GRAP2221 City Campus
GRAP2934 Brunswick Campus
Mechanics of Machines 12 MIET1077 Bundoora Campus
Finite Element Analysis 12 MIET1084 Bundoora Campus
Mechanical Design 2 12 MIET1068 Bundoora Campus
Methods in Design Research and Practice 12 GRAP2225 City Campus
GRAP2925 Brunswick Campus
 
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Year Five of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus
EEET2572 Bundoora Campus
EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development 24 GRAP2290 City Campus
GRAP2935 Brunswick Campus
Industrial Design Honours: Reflection and Exposition 12 GRAP2573 City Campus
GRAP2939 Brunswick Campus
Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping 24 GRAP1040 City Campus
GRAP2930 Brunswick Campus
Engineering and Enterprise 12 MIET2116 Bundoora Campus
MIET2534 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete Two (2) of the following Mechanical Option Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

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
Automatic Control 12 MIET2006 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
Special Topics in Engineering 12 MIET2389 Bundoora Campus
Management of Mechanical Design and Research 12 MIET1199 Bundoora Campus
Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus
Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus
Simulation and Optimisation in Engineering 12 AERO2463 City Campus
AERO2604 Bundoora Campus
 

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Program transition plan

Transition Plan for 2023

Minor amendments have been made to Year One of the program as listed below. If you have already completed courses from the list of removed courses below, your credit from these courses will be counted towards your completion.

If you have commenced Year One and have not yet completed one or more of the removed courses in the list below, please contact your Program Manager, Dr Elizabeth Kyriakou, for enrolment advice.

Year One of program

  1. MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering has had a title change to MIET2528 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and is a direct replecement
  2. The following core course has been removed
    • MANU2488 Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics: What We Make and How We Make It
  3. The following courses have been added as Option courses (Choose 1 of 5)
    • MATH2393 Introduction to Engineering Mathematics
    • COSC2960 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for STEM
    • ONPS2702 STEM for Sustainable Development 
    • BIOL2525 Cyber-Physical-Biological Systems 
    • OENG1235 Innovation Ecosystems & Future of Work 

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 previous 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 one

Prior to 2021 Credit Points Replacement Courses Credit Points
MATH2117 Engineering Mathematics C 12 MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics 12
MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1 12 MIET2514 Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12

Year two

Prior to 2021 Credit Points Replacement Courses Credit Points
MATH2118 Further Engineering Mathematics C 12 MATH2414 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers 12
MIET2420 Mechanical Design 1 24

MIET2136 Mechanical Design 1

OENG1208 Engineering Science

12

12

Year three

Prior to 2021 Credit Points Replacement Courses Credit Points
MATH2124 Math & Stats for Aero, Mech & Auto 12 MIET2515 Thermal-Fluids System Design 12

The below course has been added to the Mechanical Engineering Options list in year five: 
MIET1199 Management of Mechanical Design and Research

If you require enrolment advice as a result of this amendment, 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

MANU2095 Manufacturing Systems

12

1

MANU2488 Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics Engineering: What we make and how we make it

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

4

MIET1081 Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics^

12

4

MIET1081 Heat transfer

12

5

MIET1199 Management of Design & Research

12

5

EEET2449 Research Methods for Engineers

12

Transition statement 2015

From semester one, 2015  this program will be retitled to the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Hons) /Bachelor of Industrial Design (Hons)

The change of program title will not affect your enrolment and all courses completed or attempted and your current GPA will be transferred to the new version. If you have been classified as at risk of unsatisfactory academic progress, you will continue to be classified as at risk when you are enrolled in the new version of the program. 

Credits gained in the current program will be counted towards your total number of credits required in the new version of this program. Any leave of absence you have taken from the current program will count as leave of absence already taken from the new version of the program.

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