Bachelor of Engineering Pre-Major

A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.

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Outline

Outline

The Engineering Foundation Year (EFY) serves as the pre-major for the BEng (Hons) course. The EFY is designed to develop foundational engineering skills, including mathematical modelling, computer programming and problem-solving abilities. Students also learn to understand and solve global and local engineering challenges. With an emphasis on skills development, understanding and applying Indigenous STEM and sustainability principles in engineering applications is also a key focus of the EFY educational design.

Upon completion of EFY, students can choose to proceed in their second year to one of the Engineering disciplines. Students are not required to choose a discipline at the start of the degree but must make this decision either before or after the EFY. Completion of EFY will also facilitate students to meet the stipulated prerequisites for the engineering ‘specialisations’ offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

What you'll learn

• demonstrate a conceptual understanding of engineering science, mathematics, sustainability principles and computing fundamentals, GC1
• formulate mathematical models using the underpinning science and engineering concepts, GC1
• apply foundational concepts of engineering design, including recognition of STEM concepts practised by the First Peoples and other diverse cultures, GC4, GC5
• employ the available scientific and engineering knowledge in the broad engineering field, GC2
• solve elementary engineering problems and communicate their solutions effectively, GC3
• develop teamwork and leadership abilities and project management skills, GC6

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• Last updated on: 5 September 2024

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• Business and Law
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
• Science and Engineering

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Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Business specialisations available in the BBA:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
3. Business Project Management Specialisation
4. Business Strategy Specialisation
5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
7. Event Management Specialisation
8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
10. International Management Specialisation
11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
12. Property Investment Specialisation
13. Public Relations Specialisation
14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
16. Taxation Law Specialisation
17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
20. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital Design Specialisation
12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
15. Fashion Design Specialisation
16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
17. Fine Art Specialisation
18. Geography Specialisation
19. Graphic Design Specialisation
20. Graphics Specialisation
21. History Specialisation
22. Illustration Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
25. International Development Specialisation
26. Journalism Specialisation
27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
28. Photography Specialisation
29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
30. Professional Writing Specialisation
31. Screen Production Specialisation
32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
33. Social Justice Specialisation
34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
37. Web Media Specialisation
38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Business specialisations:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Applied Finance Specialisation
3. Banking Specialisation
4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
5. Business Project Management Specialisation
6. Business Strategy Specialisation
7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
9. Employment Relations Specialisation
10. Event Management Specialisation
11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
14. International Management Specialisation
15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
16. Property Investment Specialisation
17. Public Relations Specialisation
18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
20. Taxation Law Specialisation
21. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
22. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
23. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
24. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
9. Creative Writing Specialisation
10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
12. Digital Design Specialisation
13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
16. Fashion Design Specialisation
17. Fine Art Specialisation
18. Geography Specialisation
19. Graphic Design Specialisation
20. Graphics Specialisation
21. History Specialisation
22. Illustration Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
25. International Development Specialisation
26. Journalism Specialisation
27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
28. Photography Specialisation
29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
30. Professional Writing Specialisation
31. Screen Production Specialisation
32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
33. Social Justice Specialisation
34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
37. Web Media Specialisation
38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Business specialisations:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
3. Business Project Management Specialisation
4. Business Strategy Specialisation
5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
7. Event Management Specialisation
8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
10. International Management Specialisation
11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
12. Property Investment Specialisation
13. Public Relations Specialisation
14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
16. Taxation Law Specialisation
17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

1. Advertising Design Specialisation
2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
3. Asian Studies Specialisation
4. Biological Diversity Minor
5. Climate Change Science Minor
6. Construction Management Specialisation
7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
12. Environmental Management Minor
13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
14. Fashion Design Specialisation
15. Fine Art Specialisation
16. Food Science Minor
17. Forensic Studies Minor
18. Geophysics Minor
19. Geospatial Technology Minor
20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
22. Graphic Design Specialisation
23. Graphics Specialisation
24. Illustration Specialisation
25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
28. International Development Specialisation
29. Landscape Restoration Minor
30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
32. Metallurgy Minor
33. Mining Minor
34. Optimisation Minor
35. Photography Specialisation
36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
37. Screen Production Specialisation
38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
39. Social Justice Specialisation
40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
43. Web Media Specialisation
44. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Business specialisations available in the BBA:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
3. Business Project Management Specialisation
4. Business Strategy Specialisation
5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
7. Event Management Specialisation
8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
10. International Management Specialisation
11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
12. Property Investment Specialisation
13. Public Relations Specialisation
14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
16. Taxation Law Specialisation
17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
20. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital Design Specialisation
12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
15. Fashion Design Specialisation
16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
17. Fine Art Specialisation
18. Geography Specialisation
19. Graphic Design Specialisation
20. Graphics Specialisation
21. History Specialisation
22. Illustration Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
25. International Development Specialisation
26. Journalism Specialisation
27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
28. Photography Specialisation
29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
30. Professional Writing Specialisation
31. Screen Production Specialisation
32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
33. Social Justice Specialisation
34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
37. Web Media Specialisation
38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Business specialisations:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Applied Finance Specialisation
3. Banking Specialisation
4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
5. Business Project Management Specialisation
6. Business Strategy Specialisation
7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
9. Employment Relations Specialisation
10. Event Management Specialisation
11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
14. International Management Specialisation
15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
16. Property Investment Specialisation
17. Public Relations Specialisation
18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
20. Taxation Law Specialisation
21. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
22. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
23. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
24. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
9. Creative Writing Specialisation
10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
12. Digital Design Specialisation
13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
16. Fashion Design Specialisation
17. Fine Art Specialisation
18. Geography Specialisation
19. Graphic Design Specialisation
20. Graphics Specialisation
21. History Specialisation
22. Illustration Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
25. International Development Specialisation
26. Journalism Specialisation
27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
28. Photography Specialisation
29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
30. Professional Writing Specialisation
31. Screen Production Specialisation
32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
33. Social Justice Specialisation
34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
37. Web Media Specialisation
38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Business specialisations:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
3. Business Project Management Specialisation
4. Business Strategy Specialisation
5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
7. Event Management Specialisation
8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
10. International Management Specialisation
11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
12. Property Investment Specialisation
13. Public Relations Specialisation
14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
16. Taxation Law Specialisation
17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

1. Advertising Design Specialisation
2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
3. Asian Studies Specialisation
4. Biological Diversity Minor
5. Climate Change Science Minor
6. Construction Management Specialisation
7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
12. Environmental Management Minor
13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
14. Fashion Design Specialisation
15. Fine Art Specialisation
16. Food Science Minor
17. Forensic Studies Minor
18. Geophysics Minor
19. Geospatial Technology Minor
20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
22. Graphic Design Specialisation
23. Graphics Specialisation
24. Illustration Specialisation
25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
28. International Development Specialisation
29. Landscape Restoration Minor
30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
32. Metallurgy Minor
33. Mining Minor
34. Optimisation Minor
35. Photography Specialisation
36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
37. Screen Production Specialisation
38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
39. Social Justice Specialisation
40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
43. Web Media Specialisation
44. Web Presence Specialisation

Domestic students

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• a citizen of Australia or New Zealand
• a permanent resident of Australia
• an Australian Permanent Humanitarian visa holder

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