engineering

[satya]

anyone doing engineering in melb. uni.?? i dont understand how their system works i read that for engineering you need to either do Bachelor of Science or commerce. now if i choose commerce and select mechanical systems. would that mean i am going to bachelor in commerce or Bachelor's of enginnering??

[pi]

You will be entering into a Bachelor of Commerce after yr12 and if you fulfill the pre-reqs etc you can then enter a Master of Engineering program.

If you want to do a Bachelor of Engineering go to Monash, RMIT, etc.

[vox nihili]

anyone doing engineering in melb. uni.?? i dont understand how their system works i read that for engineering you need to either do Bachelor of Science or commerce. now if i choose commerce and select mechanical systems. would that mean i am going to bachelor in commerce or Bachelor's of enginnering??

Like most unimelb degrees, you do the undergrad and then go on to do the masters. You can do Eng through science, commerce, biomed or environments. Though the latter two do restrict the type of engineering that you can do.

[scribble]

if you do engineering through commerce, you take engineering units as your breadth. (so you don't have to take annoying but bludgey subjects, which can or cannot be a good thing)
but i think that if you do certain types of eng through bachelor of commerce, you need to add half a year to your masters degree, so it'll be 2.5yrs, because theres only so many breadth subjects you can take in your degree. but if you do it through science, you can complete all the masters of engineering in 2 years. (idk though, i might be wrong about this?)

[Hancock]

Alright, if you haven't read the link my sig, do it. Quite a bit of it is about the comparison between the UoM/UWA model and the standard 4 year B.Eng Model that is widespread in Australia.

If you do it through Commerce, you'll do a Bachelor of Commerce with an Engineering Stream (which takes up your breadths). You will then graduate after 3 years with a B.Com and start your Master of Engineering (stream) which will take 2 years unless you choose Chemical or Biomolecular Engineering, which will take 2.5 years.

[satya]

ok i get that now but what excatly does breath subjects mean? is it just like additional subjects on top of commerce stuff??
hey hancock i saw u did bachelor of science and then master's in engineering, now in bachelor's in science wht do u excatly learn relating to engineering in mechanical systems??

[mc1316]

ok i get that now but what excatly does breath subjects mean? is it just like additional subjects on top of commerce stuff??
hey hancock i saw u did bachelor of science and then master's in engineering, now in bachelor's in science wht do u excatly learn relating to engineering in mechanical systems??

Breadth subjects are subjects that are out of your decline (i.e. if you do BSc economics is breadth, if you do commerce physics is breadth). It is suppose to enrich your 'breadth' of knowledge. You have to do 50 - 100 points of breadth for commerce and 50 - 75 points of breadth for science.