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Mechanical Study Plan Semester 1 commencement

The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours) Study Plan is valid for students commencing in Semester 1, 2014.

Courses denoted with # are undertaken via the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). These courses are supported with a weekly tutorial on Campus at USC.

Students completing USQ courses MUST complete and submit the USQ Cross Institutional Study Application form to Student Administration in C Block for submission to USQ each semester, prior to the USQ cut-off date.

Practice courses are undertaken at the University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Campus during Residential School in the USQ Intra Semester Break or during Semester 3 at USQ which is over the Summer period.

Please refer to Program Notes under the Program Structure for this program. Students need to refer directly to the USQ website for confirmation of Residential School dates.

Year 1

Year 1

Semester 1
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
COR109 Research into Journalism
ENG101 Creative Writing B: Novel Ideas
MTH102 Creativity and Literature: Chaucer to Romantics

Plus complete the following USQ course via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG1101 Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving


Semester 2
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
ENG102 Creativity and Literature: Victorians to Moderns
ENG202 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
MTH202 Communication and Thought

Plus complete the following USQ course via Cross Institutional study (external mode):  
# MEC1201 Engineering Materials


Session 8 (USQ Semester 3)

Complete practice course at USQ via Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC2901 Mechanical Practice 1

Year 2

Year 2

Semester 1
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
ENG211 Biodiversity and Ecology
ENG221 Chemistry
ENG203 Science Research Methods

Plus complete the following USQ course via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2202 Manufacturing Processes


Semester 2
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
PHY201 Cell Biology
PHY202 Discovering Science

Plus complete the following USQ courses via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
#ENG2102 Engineering Problem Solving and Analysis
# MEC2304 Solid Modelling


Intra-Semester 2 Break

Complete practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC2902 Mechanical Practice 2

Year 3

Year 3

Semester 1
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
SET111 Introduction to Mathematics
Select 1 course from the list below:
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
BUS203 Mathematics Foundations
ENP211 Advanced and Transcultural Counselling
ENP336 Advanced Psychological Assessment and Reporting
ENS300 Clinical Psychological Practice 1
ENS310 Practicum Placement 1
GEO100 Advanced Research Design and Methods
PED312 Clinical Psychological Practice 2

Plus complete the following USQ courses via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG3003 Engineering Management
# MEC3203 Materials Technology


Semester 2
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
MTH312 Practicum Placement 2
ENG403 Research Project 1

Plus complete the following USQ courses via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2301 Design of Machine Elements
# MEC2401 Dynamics I


Intra-Semester 2 Break

Complete Practice courses at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# ENG3902 Professional Practice 1
# MEC3903 Mechanical Practice 3 

Year 4

Year 4

Semester 1

Select 1 elective from the list below:

CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
BUS203 Ethical Professional Practice of Psychology
ENP211 Clinical Psychological Practice 3
ENP336 Practicum Placement 3
ENS300 Research Project 2
ENS310 Clinical Health Psychology and Psychopharmacology
GEO100 Research Project 3
PED312 Research Project 4

Select 1 Project course from either:
ENG401 Engineering Project 1 undertaken at USC
OR
ENG4111 Research Project Part 1 undertaken via external mode at USQ

Plus complete the following USQ courses via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC3302 Computational Mechancis in Design
# MEC4103 Heat Transfer


Semester 2

Select 1 Project course from either:
ENG402 Engineering Project 2 undertaken at USC
OR
ENG4112 Research Project Part 2 undertaken via external mode at USQ

Plus complete the following USQ courses via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC3204 Production Engineering
# MEC3303 System Design
# MEC3403 Dynamics II


Intra-Semester 2 Break

Complete Practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC3904 Mechanical Practice 4