The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Study Plan is valid for students commencing in Semester 2, 2013.
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 the Faculty office in H 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 Residental School dates.
Year 1
Semester 2, 2013
Complete two (2) courses at USC:
COR111 Geo-ethics: Plants, Animals and People
MTH102 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG1100 Introduction to Engineering Design *
# MEC1201 Engineering Materials
* In 2014, this course will be replaced by ENG202 and offered at USC
Session 8, 2013 (USQ Semester 3)
Complete one (1) practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC2901 Mechanical Practice 1
Semester 1, 2014
Complete three (3) courses at USC:
ENG101 Cell Biology
ENG102 Chemistry
MTH202 Science Research Methods
Plus
Complete one (1) course at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG1101 Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving
Year 2
Semester 2, 2014
Complete two (2) courses at USC:
PHY201 Human Physiology
PHY202 Biodiversity and Ecology
Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2304 Solid Modelling
# ENG2102 Engineering Problem Solving and Analysis
Intra-Semester 2 Break, 2014
Complete one (1) practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC2902 Mechanical Practice 2
Semester 1, 2015
Complete one (1) course at USC:
ENG211 Communication and Thought
ENG221 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
ENG203 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Plus
Complete one (1) course at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2202 Manufacturing Processes
Year 3
Semester 2, 2015
Complete two (2) courses at USC:
MTH312 The Invertebrates: Form, Function and Ecology
SCI202 Plant Diversity and Ecology
Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2401 Dynamics I
# MEC2301 Design of Machine Elements
Intra-Semester 2 Break, 2015
Complete two (2) Practice courses at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC3903 Mechanical Practice 3
# ENG3902 Professional Practice 1
Semester 1, 2016
Complete two (2) courses at USC:
ENS281 Biochemistry
Select one (1) elective from the list below:
BUS103 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ENP211 Molecular Biology
ENP336 Genetics
ENS300 Introduction to Mathematics
ENS310 Mathematics Foundations
GEO100 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
PED312 Mathematics Foundations
Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG3003 Engineering Management
# MEC3203 Materials Technology
Year 4
Students are required to complete two (2) Project courses in the final year of the program.
Students have the option of completing either ENG401 Engineering Professional Practice and ENG402 Engineering Statics at USC OR ENG4111 and ENG4112 at USQ.
Semester 2, 2016
Complete one (1) course at USC:
Select a Project course from either:
ENG401 Calculus and Algebra undertaken at USC OR
# ENG4111 Research Project Part 1 undertaken via external mode at USQ
Plus
Complete three (3) courses at USQ (external mode):
# MEC3403 Dynamics II
# MEC3204 Production Engineering
# MEC3303 System Design
Intra-Semester 2 Break, 2016
Complete one (1) Practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):
# MEC3904 Mechanical Practice 4
Semester 1, 2017
Complete two (2) courses at USC:
Select a Project course from either:
ENG402 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics undertaken at USC OR
# ENG4112 Research Project Part 2 undertaken via external mode at USQ
Select one (1) elective from the list below:
BUS103 Electronics and Electromagnetism
ENP211 Fluid Mechanics
ENP336 Mechanics of Materials
ENS300 Environmental Economics
ENS310
GEO100 The Changing Planet
PED312
Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ (external mode):
# MEC4103 Heat Transfer
# MEC3302 Computational Mechanics in Design