BH100 - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Eng) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

Plan: BH100SSHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Eng)(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

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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.

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. 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 (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)

As part of your program requirements you must undertake at least 12 weeks of work experience in a professional engineering environment. Most students do this work in the vacation period between 3rd and 4th year or 4th and 5th year studies. At the conclusion of the 12 weeks:

• Your industry supervisor must provide a letter describing the engineering work you have been involved in and an assessment of your performance.
• You must prepare and submit an essay reflecting on your experience.

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.

In addition to the dedicated WIL courses listed above, there are other core courses that provide WIL experiences in the engineering component of the program. Practicing engineers are involved in delivery and assessment of work place simulation exercises in the following courses:

• OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice

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. 

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.

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 Architecure, 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 (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours): Applied Heat and Mass Transfer, Sustainable Engineering Materials, Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment, Sustainable Engineering Logistics Systems, Sustainable Transport Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Renewable and Solar Fuels, Sustainable Thermal and Electrical Energy Systems, Wind and Hydro Power and Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping; For the Bachelor of Industrial Design(Honours): Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping, Design Studio: Digital, Methods in Design Research and Practice, Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development, and Industrial Design Honours: Reflection and Exposition The two WAM courses Electrical Energy Conversion and Maintenance and Logistics Services were offered in the program prior to 2018 and has now been removed from the structure.
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 Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City 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 Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City 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 Introduction to Mechanical and Automotive Engineering 12 MIET2514 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus User Centred Design Studio 12 GRAP1031 City Campus GRAP2914 Brunswick Campus Design for Sustainability Studio 12 GRAP1032 City Campus GRAP2915 Brunswick Campus
AND
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Year Two of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Introduction to Chemical Engineering 12 PROC2128 City Campus Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers 12 MATH2114 City Campus Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus Mechanics and Materials 2 12 MIET2115 City Campus Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering 12 CIVE1186 City Campus Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Systems 12 MIET2422 City Campus Industrial Design Ecologies: Sustainability, Socio-technical Systems and Change 12 GRAP1042 City Campus GRAP2920 Brunswick 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
AND
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Year Three of Program
Complete the following Six (6) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Sustainable Systems Design 12 MIET2383 City Campus Systems Engineering Principles 12 MIET2385 City Campus Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 EEET2249 City Campus Sustainable Transport Systems 12 AUTO1928 City Campus Intelligent Transport Systems 12 AUTO1929 City 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
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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
AND
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Year Four of Program
Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Sustainable Engineering Materials 12 MIET2381 City Campus Applied Thermodynamics 12 MIET2421 City Campus Advanced Life Cycle and Systems Assessment 12 MIET2384 City Campus Heat Transfer 12 MIET1081 Bundoora Campus Applied Heat and Mass Transfer 12 MIET2039 Bundoora Campus Design Studio: Digital 24 GRAP2221 City Campus GRAP2934 Brunswick Campus Methods in Design Research and Practice 12 GRAP2225 City Campus GRAP2925 Brunswick Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
AND
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Year Five of Program
Complete the following Three (3) Courses:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development 24 GRAP2290 City Campus GRAP2935 Brunswick Campus Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping 24 GRAP1040 City Campus GRAP2930 Brunswick Campus Industrial Design Honours: Reflection and Exposition 12 GRAP2573 City Campus GRAP2939 Brunswick Campus
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Select and Complete Three (3) 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 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
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Program transition plan

Very Important: This plan is being phased out.

BH100SSHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Eng) (Honours) / Bachelor of Industrial Design (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, 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
BH104P15 - Bachelor of Industrial Design (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

*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 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 Moved to Year 5 technical option list)	12	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Core Moved from Year 5 technical option list)	12
Year 5^	AUTO1929 Intelligent Transport Systems (Option Moved to year 3 core)	12	CIVE1180 Transport Engineering 1 (Option moved from year 3 core)	12

^Students who have completed year 3 prior to semester 1 2021, 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	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
2	CHEM1014 Environmental Chemistry 1A	12	2	PROC2128 Introduction to Chemical Engineering	12
2	MATH2200 Introduction to Probability and Statistics	12	2	MATH2114 Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers	12
2	EEET2246 Engineering Computing 1	12	2	OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals	12
2	MIET2380 Engineering Design for Sustainability	12	2	CIVE1186 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering	12

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
2	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12	1	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1	12
2	MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1^	12	2	MIET2115 Mechanics and Materials 2	12
5	University Elective	12	4	University Elective	12

^Students who have successfully completed the first year (108 CP) of their program before Semester 1 2018, will continue to be able to complete MIET2419 Mechanics and Materials 1 in year 2 as a substitute for MIET2115 Mechanics and Materials 2.

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 24 credit points of "specialisation" studies in Year 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"

(iv) The Year 4 core course MIET2362 Mechatronic Design has been replaced with the course MIET2093 Computer Aided Design, and has moved to Year 1.

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.

(iii) The course MIET2093 Computer Aided Design was moved from Year 4 to Year 1. For students that entered the program before 2016, this needs to be taken some time before completion of studies. MIET2093 is offered in semester 1 and semester 2, so students should consider taking it in a semester convenient with respect to their other courses. This would ideally be whilst still studying other courses on the city campus, as MIET2093 is a city-based course.

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, taking MIET2093 Computer Aided Design prior to completion as per point (iii) in the Transition Plan
Year 3 - As per new structure, taking MIET2093 Computer Aided Design prior to completion as per point (iii) in the Transition Plan
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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