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1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: undergraduate course structures
    2.1. Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
    2.2. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Engineering (BA/BE)
    2.3. Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce (BE/BCom)
    2.4. Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (LLB/BE)
    2.5. Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Science (BE/BSc)
    2.6. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics)/Bachelor of Computer Science (BE/BCS)
Subject Lists
    Subject descriptions

1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

The department was first established after the Second World War, although the course in mechanical engineering began in 1907 as a faculty stream. An industrial engineering degree was added in the late 1950s. In 1988 an extensive review of the curriculum led to the undergraduate courses being restructured into a new, single degree course in mechanical and manufacturing engineering with students having the option to choose between streams from their third year onwards. In 1994 an additional stream in environmental engineering was added. A 1995 review of the department by a team from the US and UK ranked its research and teaching at the highest international standards. In 1996, the five-year combined degree in mechatronics commenced. Mechanical and manufacturing engineering applies human and material resources to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of machines (supported increasingly by sophisticated computer technology) to move people, goods and materials; generate energy; produce goods and services; and control pollution and dispose of wastes. It interacts with all other branches of engineering.

First-year students acquire a flexible, broad scientific training in mathematics, computing and physics and an introduction to engineering.

Second-year students continue with mathematics and are introduced to engineering design plus basic mechanical engineering sciences (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanics of solids and machine dynamics), manufacturing science, materials, electro-mechanical systems modeling and computational methods.

Third- and fourth-year students continue engineering science, design and manufacturing studies, but increasingly choose to specialise in aspects of applied mechanics or manufacturing.

Fourth year includes a major research project and electives in engineering and management. Students planning to enter industry directly after graduating can choose how best to prepare for their careers, bearing in mind that many design and research engineers move into management.

In laboratory and research work students have access to specialised facilities for materials testing and robotics and a heavy engineering workshop for the manufacture of testing facilities.

Engineering design, which draws on the faculty's extensive computer facilities and computational mechanics, is now established as an area of study and research with computer science.

Graduate research programs are available in aspects of mechanical, mechatronics and manufacturing engineering. The department is internationally regarded in fluid mechanics, automotive engineering, solar energy, machine dynamics and mechanics of material removal.

2. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: undergraduate course structures

There are three streams to the course: mechanical, manufacturing and environmental engineering. In addition to meeting the faculty requirement of 400 points for the BE, students must pass specified core subjects and a prescribed number of electives. Prerequisites are designed to meet these requirements. The manufacturing and mechanical streams are common to the end of Semester 1, level three. The environmental stream has subjects in common with the mechanical stream, except for special design subjects at levels two and three and more electives (focused on environmental topics) at level four. In addition there are mechatronics design subjects taken only by those studying the BE(Mechatronics)/BCS.

Study abroad students may take units of most 12.5 point subjects as 6.25 point subjects.

2.1. Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

2.2. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Engineering (BA/BE)

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

Students entering the fifth year of this course are encouraged to see a departmental course advisor due to the transition from the 7.14 to 12.5 point system.

2.3. Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce (BE/BCom)

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

Students entering the fifth year of this course are encouraged to see a departmental course advisor due to transition from the 7.14 to 12.5 point system.

2.4. Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (LLB/BE)

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

Students entering the fifth year of this course are strongly advised to see a departmental course adviser due to the transition from the 7.14 to 12.5 point system.

Students entering the sixth year of this course are strongly advised to see a departmental course advisor due to the transition from the 7.14 to 12.5 point system.

2.5. Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Science (BE/BSc)

The courses shown below are based on a structure being adopted by all faculties, in which most subjects carry 12.5 points. (A small number of subjects carry 6.25 or 25 points).

The mathematics, statistics and physics listed in the following structure will gain credit towards the BSc. Students wanting to pursue engineering mathematics will receive no such credit.

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

Students entering the fifth year of this course are encouraged to see a departmental course advisor due to transition from the 7.14 to 12.5 point system.

2.6. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics)/Bachelor of Computer Science (BE/BCS)

The recommended or standard course structures are listed below. When setting the timetable every effort will be made to avoid clashes between the times of classes associated with these sets of subjects. Students should be aware however, that if it proves to be impossible to achieve a timetable without clashes in these sets of subjects, the faculty reserves the right to modify course structures in order to eliminate the conflicts. Students will be advised during the enrolment period of the semester if the recommended courses need to be varied. Where the courses include elective subjects these should be chosen so that timetable clashes are avoided. In particular, students in combined degrees should plan their courses so that the subjects chosen in the other faculty do not clash with those recommended for the engineering component.

Subject descriptions

145-126 Effective Communication for Engineering
316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics
316-102 Introductory Microeconomics
316-130 Quantitative Methods 1
316-205 Introductory Econometrics
325-201 Organisational Behaviour
325-203 Operations Management
325-209 Human Resource Management
325-211 Principles of Marketing
325-302 Strategic Marketing
325-304 Organisational Analysis
325-308 Industrial Relations
421-629 Energy Efficiency Technology
431-101 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
431-102 Digital Systems 1: Fundamentals
431-103 Electrical Circuits
431-201 Engineering Analysis A
431-202 Engineering Analysis B
431-210 Circuit Analysis
431-469 Multimedia Signal Processing
433-171 Introduction to Programming
433-252 Software Engineering Principles & Tools
433-253 Algorithms and Data Structures
433-254 Software Design
433-255 Logic and Computation
433-303 Artificial Intelligence
433-313 Computer Design
433-332 Operating Systems
433-340 Software Engineering Project
433-341 Software Engineering Process & Practice
433-343 Professional Issues in Computing
433-351 Database Systems
433-353 Networks and Communications
433-361 Programming Language Implementation
433-380 Graphics and Computation
436-101 Engineering Mechanics and Materials
436-102 Introduction to Design and Manufacture
436-105 Engineering Communications
436-201 Thermofluids 1
436-202 Mechanics 1
436-203 Manufacturing Studies 1
436-204 Systems Modelling
436-220 Engineering Design and Materials 1
436-221 Engineering Design and Materials 2
436-222 Design and Materials 1 - Environmental
436-223 Design and Materials 2 - Environmental
436-280 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 1
436-281 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 2
436-351 Thermofluids 2
436-352 Thermofluids 3
436-353 Mechanics 2
436-354 Mechanics 3
436-355 Design/Control 1
436-356 Design/Control 2
436-357 Design/Control 1 - Environmental
436-358 Design/Control 2 - Environmental
436-359 Control/Forming
436-361 Manufacturing Control and Systems
436-362 Design/Processes
436-363 Manufacturing Studies 2
436-364 Manufacturing Science 1
436-365 Operations Analysis
436-370 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 3
436-371 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 4
436-405 Advanced Control Systems
436-406 Rotor Dynamics
436-407 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
436-408 Advanced Mechanics of Solids
436-409 Power Generation Systems
436-412 Manufacturing Science 2
436-413 Manufacturing Science 3
436-414 Optimisation for Productive Systems
436-415 Quality and Reliability
436-416 Manufacturing Systems
436-420 Engineering Design
436-422 Research Project
436-423 Research and Design
436-431 Mechanics 4
436-432 Thermofluids 4
436-433 Mechanical Systems
436-434 Mechatronic Systems and Data Fusion
436-435 Bioengineering
436-436 Robotics and Computational Mechanics
436-437 Advanced Materials and Testing
436-438 Advances In Industrial Automation
436-450 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 5
436-452 Mechatronics Project
436-466 Renewable Energy
436-467 Resources Applications & Environment
436-469 Refrigeration, A/C & Alternative Fuels
436-494 Directed Study A
436-495 Directed Studies B
436-610 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
436-621 Air Pollution From Combustion Processes
436-805 Solar Energy Engineering
436-807 Utilisation Of Alternative Fuels
620-121 Mathematics A (Advanced)
620-122 Mathematics B (Advanced)
620-123 Applied Mathematics (Advanced)
620-141 Mathematics A
620-142 Mathematics B
620-143 Applied Mathematics
620-160 Experimental Design & Data Analysis
620-201 Probability
620-231 Vector Analysis
620-232 Mathematical Methods
620-252 Analysis
620-331 Applied Partial Differential Equations
620-332 Integral Transforms & Asymptotics
620-370 Statistics for Mechanical Engineers
640-121 Physics A (Adv)
640-122 Physics B (Adv)
640-141 Physics A
640-142 Physics B
730-104 Torts and the Process Of Law
730-105 History and Philosophy of Law I
730-115 History and Philosophy of Law II
730-202 Contracts

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