Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours)
2016 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2016 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours) |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) (first year of course only)*, Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Cloud Campus | Yes |
| Duration | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 079999F Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Deakin course code | S463 |
^ Trimester 2 intake only available at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) and Cloud (Online). * Only the first year of this Engineering program is available at the Melbourne Burwood Campus. Students enrolled at the Melbourne Burwood Campus will be required to transfer to the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus or Cloud (online) mode for the second year of their program. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - Due to visa regulations, this course can only be undertaken at the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus or Cloud (Online). | |
Course sub-headings
Course overview
Deakin’s Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours) prepares you to be an industry-ready professional engineer with the skills to apply mechatronics engineering principles to challenging real-world problems such as the automation of industrial processes using robotics and other cutting-edge technologies, flying drones, 3D printers, robotics and self-driving cars.
The course offers studies in electronics, mechanical design and autonomous systems. Through project-oriented design-based learning (PODBL), you’ll learn fundamental theory and apply it to industry-relevant projects to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems.
The course is tailored to industry needs and job readiness, and gives you access to cutting-edge technology and facilities, including state-of-the-art mechatronic systems and industrial robots. Through final-year projects, you will gain an introduction to advanced research areas such as mobile robotics and 3D printing, and have the opportunity to design an autonomous robot.
The course will also provide you with transferrable skills in entrepreneurship, innovation, project management, technical report writing and more. You’ll develop an understanding of ethics within the engineering profession, and of technical and professional issues within the industry while gaining an insight into the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the modern engineer.
Deakin’s Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours) course is accredited by Engineers Australia, giving the degree international recognition and allowing graduates to practise as professional engineers in many countries around the world. With an international skills shortage in the engineering industry, Deakin graduates are in demand.
Career opportunities exist in areas including industrial automation, control system design, electronic control systems engineering, robotics engineering and more.
Units in the course may include assessment hurdle requirements.
Professional recognition
Deakin’s Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours) course is accredited by Engineers Australia, which gives the degrees international recognition, allowing graduates to practise as professional engineers in many countries around the world.
Career opportunities
Graduates can expect to gain employment in areas including factory control, automation and control system design, as electronic control systems engineers or robotics engineers.
Articulation and credit transfer
Flexible entry into the course allows students to upgrade their qualifications and to obtain credit for previous studies/experience. Applicants with appropriate TAFE qualifications or other approved post-secondary studies may apply for credit for prior learning. Credit may be considered for skills obtained in the workforce or by informal means.
Work experience
Before students will be deemed eligible to graduate they must obtain an aggregate of at least 12 weeks of suitable practical experience during their program. Work experience would normally be gained during the vacation periods. Further details are contained in the unit description for SEP490 Engineering Work Experience.
Equipment requirements
Students must have access to a suitable computer and a network connection. Information about the hardware and software requirements may be obtained from the School of Engineering, telephone 03 9244 6699.
Attendance requirements
In order to satisfy course accreditation requirements, as specified and administered by Engineers Australia, all Cloud (online) enrolled students are required to participate in Campus learning activities equivalent to a minimum duration of one full academic week for every trimester of effective full time study in order to ensure that graduates possess and have demonstrated the minimum necessary knowledge and skill base, engineering application abilities, and professional skills, values and attitudes at successful completion of the course to be sufficiently prepared to enter professional engineering practice.
Cloud (online) enrolled students are required to attend campus mode conducted activities during the corresponding Intensive Week in a trimester. Attendance at campus mode activities is linked to assessment requirements within the Engineering programmes, failure to attend will result in not meeting the hurdle requirement of the respective assessment. Thus, a fail grade shall be awarded for the respective affected unit(s) for that particular trimester.
Note: Students’ enrolled in the off campus or Cloud (online) mode will be required to attend campus based activities at scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive week. Cloud (online) international students will be required to obtain a visitor visa to undertake these campus based activities. International students are unable to apply for a student visa for this course.
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours), students must attain 32 credit points. Most units (think of units as ‘subjects’) are equal to 1 credit point. So that means in order to gain 32 credit points, you’ll need to study 32 units (AKA ‘subjects’) over your entire degree. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake two trimesters each year.
The course comprises a total of 32 credit points which must include the following:
- 29 core units and 3 Engineering elective units
- completion of SEE010 Safety Induction Program (0 credit-point compulsory unit)
- a maximum of 10 credit points at Level 1
- completion of SEP490 – 12 Week Engineering Work Experience (0 credit points)
- Cloud (online) enrolled students are required to attend campus mode conducted activities for all units in the course (with the exception of units SEE010 and SEP490) during the trimester intensive week. Attendance at campus mode activities is compulsory and failure to attend will result in a fail grade being awarded for the respective affected unit(s) for that particular trimester.
Course structure
Core
Level 1 - Trimester 1
| SEJ101 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points) |
| SEB101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SIT199 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SEE010 | Unit description is currently unavailable (0 credit points) |
Level 1 - Trimester 2
| SEJ102 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points) |
| SIT172 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SIT194 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Level 2 - Trimester 1
| SEM200 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points) |
| SEP291 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SEE206 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Level 2 - Trimester 2
| SER201 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points) |
| SEE216 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SER202 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Level 3 - Trimester 1
| SER300 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points)^ |
| SEM327 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SEE326 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Level 3 - Trimester 2
| SER301 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points)^ |
| SEE344 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SEE312 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SEP490 | Unit description is currently unavailable (0 credit points) |
* SEP490 is available in trimester 1, 2 and 3.
Level 4 - Trimester 1
| SEJ441 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points)*~ |
2 Engineering elective units
Level 4 - Trimester 2
| SEJ446 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points)*~ |
| SER400 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Engineering elective
^ offered from 2017
~ Note: Students are expected to undertake SEJ441 and SEJ446 in consecutive trimesters. Students will be required to seek approval from the unit chair if they are unable to complete SEJ441 and SEJ446 consecutively.
* From 2017 SEJ441 will be retitled Capstone Project 1 and will be a 2 credit point unit. SEJ446 will be retitled Capstone Project 2.
Course structure
Electives
Engineering elective units:
| SEE412 | Unit description is currently unavailable ^ |
| SED304 | Unit description is currently unavailable ^ |
| SEE406 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
^ offered from 2017