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Faculty of Engineering : Guide to courses
Engineering Computer Resources (ECR) is a Faculty of Engineering facility providing computer laboratories for access to electronic mail, the University intranet, the wider Internet, generic software and specialised engineering software. The primary focus of ECR is support for undergraduate teaching through tutorial and practical classes held in the laboratories as well as casual access for all students and staff of the Faculty.
ECR has six laboratories and a full-time staff of five. The six laboratories contain 104 PCs operating under Windows NT and 56 Silicon graphics Unix work stations. Two PC laboratories with a total of 56 work stations are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. In peak usage periods all laboratories are available for extended hours in the evenings and on weekends. The full-time staff includes three systems managers/programmers and two help desk and support staff.
All students and staff within the Faculty can base their primary electronic mail access at ECR, with suitable forwarding or redirection to other mail systems on or off campus. Internet browsing to any web sites specifically associated with course-related, engineering material is available in all laboratories.
Engineering, Geomatics and associated combined programs have been designated as full-time courses. Students wishing to undertake part-time study should apply at the Engineering Faculty Office, where each case will be considered on an individual basis.
The Bachelor of Computer Science is available as a part-time course (six years part time). It should be noted, however, that there are no evening classes available.
A full-time course load normally consists of 100 credit points per year or 50 points per semester. Generally, first year course plans of more than 50 points per semester will not be approved, although exceptions have been made for students with exceptional ENTERs.
High achieving students in later years who wish to accelerate their progress by taking an overload are encouraged to do so. It should be noted however that opportunity to overload is often restricted by the need to satisfy prerequisites and the sequential nature of engineering courses. Students should also be aware that overloading may compromise their honours standing. After first year, students need to apply to the relevant department for approval to take additional subjects.
Honours degrees in Engineering and Geomatics are awarded on the basis of performance in the course. Honours degrees in the Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts require an additional year of study. Please refer to the Faculty of Law section of the handbook, Honours degrees, for information about the Bachelor of Laws with Honours.
Please see Credit for previous study.
Students who are not eligible for credit for a prerequisite subject but have completed work considered equivalent, may be granted exemption from that subject. In consequence, students will be eligible to enrol for the second or third-year subjects that require the subject as a prerequisite. Students will, however, still be required to complete the normal degree requirements including making up the required number of points.
Please see Community Access Program (for enrolled students).
Students may be eligible for credit towards their degree if they have completed subjects in Year 12 through MUPHAS. They may also be awarded credit for approved subjects taken in Year 12 as part of another university's extension program. A maximum of 50 points credit at first-year level will be awarded for MUPHAS or other extension program subjects. For information about the MUPHAS program students should consult their school's career library or ring the MUPHAS office at the University on 9344 5538.
Other than overseas students, all applicants for selection into second or later years of the course(s) must lodge an application with VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre). Overseas students should apply to the International Centre at the University of Melbourne.
The Bachelor of Engineering and the Bachelor of Geomatics are both professional degrees - that is, graduates can obtain professional recognition by joining the Institution of Engineers, Australia or the Institution of Surveyors, Australia Inc. These institutions will only accredit courses if certain subjects are studied, hence all engineering courses in each department will have compulsory subjects to be studied at each year level.
The Faculty's Women in Engineering (WIE) Mentor Scheme provides a support network for female engineering, computing and geomatics students at all year levels. Participants can choose to be mentored by more experienced students or women working in industry. Mentoring is primarily one-on-one, with participants matched according to discipline interest. The mentor's role is to provide advice, friendship, support and encouragement to her less experienced charge. While pairs are free to choose where, when and how often they wish to meet, the Faculty regularly organises get-togethers for participants.
For further information and/or registration, please contact the Diversity Engineering Project Officer on 9344 4226 or call in to the Faculty Office.
The Department of Geomatics operates a mentoring scheme for first year students. Fourth and fifth year students are selected to work with groups of first year students so as to help the latter meet students from later years, to quickly settle into university life and develop the skills essential for success with their studies.
This scheme matches first-year women in Computer Science with second, third and fourth-year mentors. The older students provide support, guidance and friendly feedback, helping to smooth the transition to university.
A mentoring scheme in the form of Communications Workshops is available for first-year engineering students. The workshops form part of a number of first-year engineering subjects. Full details are available at time of enrolment. The academic aim of the workshops is to enhance students' skills in reading and library work and written and verbal communications. The workshops are run in small groups, led by later-year students, and structured to encourage first-year students to make friends both within their peer group and with the later-year students.
The Faculty coordinates a support scheme for international students. The scheme also takes the form of workshops, and in this case led by members of the International Engineering Students Society. The aims are to provide support and information to assist international students cope with the transition to university in a foreign country.
Students enrolled in BE, BGeom, BCS or combined courses within the Faculty and who have performed significantly below expectation in first semester may be invited to attend a students at risk interview. The purpose of these interviews is to establish why students are not performing up to their ability and to give advice as to how they might repair the situation.
First year student at risk interviews are conducted within the Engineering Faculty Office; later year students are interviewed by their Department.
Students who fail 50 per cent or more of their course in a semester or fail the same subject twice or more, will have their case examined by the Faculty Unsatisfactory Progress Committee. This committee considers each student's case individually and each student is given the chance to explain the reasons for his or her poor performance, in writing and/or in an interview with the Committee. The Committee is first and foremost concerned with the problems the student may have faced during the year and what he/she proposes to do about these problems to ensure that they do not recur.
The outcome of the Unsatisfactory Progress Committee's review will depend very much on the nature and degree of the 'unsatisfactory progress', the legitimacy of the problems, the submission the student makes to the committee, and the extent to which the student can demonstrate that he/she can overcome the problems that have affected his/her study.
In some cases the Unsatisfactory Progress Committee will allow the student to continue with their enrolment, repeating failed subjects where appropriate. The Committee may enforce a number of restrictions on enrolment, including limiting the number of points studied in any one year, and in some cases recommend to the University's Academic Board that the student be suspended from the course.
If a student is suspended from the course, he/she will not be re-admitted until he/she has demonstrated academic rehabilitation by successfully completing other tertiary studies.
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