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

Overview

Program details
Purpose of the Program
Articulation and pathways
Entrance requirements
External accreditation and industry links
Student expenses and charges in addition to fees
Library, IT and specialist resources

Program details

Award title: Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Award abbreviation: BEng(MechEng)(Hon)/BIndDes(Hon
Total credit points: 528
Career: UGRD
Duration: 5 years full-time or 10 years part-time
Location: City, Bundoora, and Brunswick Campus
Owning school: Engineering (172H)
Owning school URL: www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/engineering
ASCED code: 030701
CRICOS code: 079785J

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Purpose of the Program

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

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) degree combines two distinct, yet highly complementary individual bachelor degrees. In addition to the objectives of the individual programs (listed below), the double degree program enables you to broaden and contextualise your learning in a way that is possible only by studying the different disciplines together.

Industrial design involves “linking industry and economy with people, culture, society and environment”; Mechanical engineering involves “the conversion and control of energy and motion in machinery and systems”. The combined Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours) and Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) will allow integration of these highly complementary disciplines.

The combined qualification in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design provides graduates with the technical and creative skills to engage at a professional level with the design and development of advanced manufactured products. In particular, students of the double degree program are well placed to take advantage of new RMIT facilities such as the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP).

The program requires in-person attendance, but also takes advantage of the capabilities of the online learning management system that is available to all students and provides scope for collaboration and remote access. This program is primarily delivered face to face at the City, Bundoora, and Brunswick Campuses. While most courses in the program are delivered on campus, others are delivered online.

You will undertake a capstone experience in the final year courses Industrial Design Honours Project (GRAP2290 Industrial Design Honours Project Part One: Design Research and Development & GRAP1040 Industrial Design Honours Project Part Two: Design Research and Prototyping). This will integrate studies in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design. 

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)

The overall objective of this program is to provide you with the skills to become an employable and effective mechanical engineer within a national and international context.  It is designed to prepare you for a wide range of career possibilities by developing particular graduate attributes which will be of on-going benefit to you, your industry and society as a whole.

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours) program has a real-world focus with a problem-/project-based active learning approach. The first two years of the program are common with the Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering programs offered through the School of Engineering.  In these years, you will be exposed to the fundamentals of engineering sciences, mathematics, engineering design, and engineering professional practice. The academic staff members who teach the courses are highly regarded mechanical engineering practitioners and based on the specialist knowledge they offer, the program is designed to provide you with a number of opportunities for industrial interaction.

In summary, the program focuses on the development of your knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a way that is structured to address the objectives of the program.

Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

For more than 60 years Industrial Design at RMIT has offered applied technical, theoretical and industry linked immersions into the diverse and dynamic fields of industrial design practice. The program has been designed for you to develop independence in learning; to invent, visualise, prototype and deliver innovative design solutions to complex problems in form of new products and services. You will work on real world problems, in industry and community contexts, with direction and feedback from experts, and within the research domains of the academic faculty. The program culminates in a year-long honours design research project where you will independently synthesise and integrate your knowledge of theory and practice, and demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes through design.

The program will qualify you to pursue further study and research, and to undertake professional work as an industrial designer, either independently, or as a member of a design or research and development team in small, medium or large organisational settings. Graduates of the program work in a range of specialist sub-disciplinary domains and enterprises in local and global contexts. As well as working for manufacturing companies, design consultancies and enterprises that design services and experiences, many graduates start their own design and product producing businesses in niche and in emerging fields of design practice. Other graduates find employment in cross-disciplinary design, strategy, and research and development roles within the services, innovation, and cultural sectors.

Within these professional and research contexts you will be able to initiate and manage design problem solving from an entrepreneurial, research-led, analytical, reflective and ethical frame-work. You will be able to confidently deploy specialised industrial design knowledge and skills with technical effectiveness and creativity. You will articulate your design thinking through a range of communication techniques and technologies to stakeholders within and across disciplinary boundaries.

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Articulation and pathways

Pathways

Pathways refer to related programs for which you may be eligible once you have graduated from your current program. As a successful graduate of this program, you may (upon application) be eligible to proceed to a coursework Masters degree or even to a research degree including Masters by Research or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Acceptance into these programs would be subject to each programs' entry requirements.

Students who apply to transfer to one of the single degrees that are components of this double degree program, will be eligible for credit for any equivalent courses in the single degree structure and may transfer credit for any other courses that can meet elective requirements of the single degree structure.

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Entrance requirements

Program Entry Requirements
Successful completion of an Australian Year 12 senior secondary certificate of education or equivalent.
For information on international qualifications and corresponding entry requirements that are equivalent to Australian academic entry requirements, see the Country equivalency web page.

Prerequisites
Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) prerequisite units 3 and 4 — a study score of at least 20 in one of Maths: General Mathematics or Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics, or equivalent studies, and a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in any other English.

English language requirements
A minimum IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5, with no band below 6.0 or equivalent.
For equivalents to English entry requirements, see the English requirements web page.

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External accreditation and industry links

External Accreditation

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) is fully accredited by Engineers Australia. Engineers Australia is the professional body responsible for the accreditation of higher education programs that prepare students to practise as professional engineers. Engineers Australia is a signatory to the Washington Accord. This means that the program is internationally recognised and graduates are able to practise as professional engineers in many countries around the world. Graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) are eligible for graduate and/or professional membership of Engineers Australia.

Industry Links

Both the School of Engineering and the School of Architecture and Design have Industry Advisory Committees which provide important links to industry. These Committees provide feedback on the design and relevance of programs as well as information about the changing needs of industry. Membership of these Committees includes, respectively, senior engineers and other relevant highly experienced people from a number of major national companies and government and non-government organisations.   
 
Student and graduates of the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) may be eligible to become members of the following Professional Associations:

  • Design Institute of Australia (DIA), the peak professional body for designers in Australia.  Students are eligible for student membership and access to DIA member resources throughout their studies.  
  • International Interaction Design Association (IxDA): students and graduates are eligible to be members of the IxDA, which aims to promote and advance the profession of interaction design.

Additionally, there are numerous local and international professional organisations that promote and support industrial designers in various sub-disciplinary and specialist fields including: lighting design, furniture design, design management and service design.

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Student expenses and charges in addition to fees

Once you are enrolled as a student in this program you will need to allow for expenses other than university tuition fees.  Additional expenses may relate to the purchase of lecture notes, textbooks, stationery, consumables such as printer paper, fees levied by commercial internet service providers for internet access outside of the university campus, and other relevant costs.

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Library, IT and specialist resources

Library resources and services

RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study space. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases. Computers and group study rooms are available at each Library. One-on-one study support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, referencing, maths and study skills. To contact Library staff for help, phone, email or chat via the Ask the Library service.

For recommended texts and databases relevant to your disciplines, refer to https://rmit.libguides.com/all_engineering/mechanicalautomotive and http://rmit.libguides.com/Industrial-Design.

Find more information on Library resources and services at: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library.

Online learning tools and content

You can access online learning tools and content for your program and associated courses at myRMIT

Mobile computing

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) provides an opportunity for students to engage with two disciplines that are distinct, but highly compatible. Students will move between both disciplines and it is strongly suggested that students provide a laptop computer to allow a common interface to online resources.

Services for Students

RMIT University provides a wide range of resources and opportunities to assist your learning and wellbeing so you can achieve your study and career goals

Services are available face to face and online assisting with:

  • transition to tertiary study and learning
  • study skills, academic skills including literacy, mathematics and basic sciences if relevant
  • enabling assistance if you have a disability, long term medical condition or other form of disadvantage which may impact on your learning
  • career development and employment
  • living and wellbeing (including advice on health, housing and financial matters)
  • opportunities for scholarships, leadership and study abroad
  • opportunities for participating in arts, sport, recreation, fitness activities as well as student activism and university governance

We also offer a friendly and supportive environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

You can find more information at https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support

As well as standard word processing and data analysis software, the School also provides engineering specific computer software related to such areas as fluid dynamics, engineering drawing, design, stress analysis, project management, materials selection and automated systems. You are given your own RMIT email account upon completion of your enrolment to facilitate formal communications relating to your courses and administrative matters.

Selected course material is available in electronic form from myRMIT. Otherwise, prescribed and recommended texts are available in the library for both short and long term loan. The library contains some past examination papers which you can use for revision, literature search facilities for use in design projects and theses, and electronic access to Australian standards which are frequently used in design projects.

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