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Overview

The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offer a dual degree program which qualifies students for two degrees after the equivalent of five and a half years of successful full-time study leading to the award of the degrees Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of … For more content click the Read More button below. The Faculty of Engineering administers the program, and delegates administration to the School which offers the Engineering discipline selected. Students should seek advice from the relevant School Office in the first instance, or from the Faculty of Engineering. All programs must be approved by both the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Stand Alone Programs

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Program
3707
Engineering (Honours)
Program
3409
Arts

Double Degree Structure
264 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 264 UOC.

Bachelor of Arts (96 UOC)
1. A home major stream (60 UOC)
2. A minor stream (24 UOC)
3. Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives (12 UOC)

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (168 UOC)
1. 168 UOC plus at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training experience
2. At least 48 UOC Disciplinary Knowledge and Enquiry-based Courses
3. 30-42UOC Introductory Knowledge core courses
4. At least 12 UOC of elective courses
5. The balance of stream to consist of Foundation Disciplinary Knowledge Courses

  • 3961 - Engineering (Honours) / Arts
  • 3707 - Engineering (Honours)
  • 3409 - Arts

Majors
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must complete at least one of the specialisations below.

AEROAH
168 UOC
Aerospace Engineering
BINFAH
168 UOC
Bioinformatics Engineering
CEICAH
168 UOC
Chemical Engineering
CVENAH
168 UOC
Civil Engineering
CVENBH
168 UOC
Environmental Engineering
COMPBH
168 UOC
Computer Engineering
ELECAH
168 UOC
Electrical Engineering
GMATEH
168 UOC
Geospatial Engineering
MTRNAH
168 UOC
Mechatronic Engineering
MECHAH
168 UOC
Mechanical Engineering
MANFBH
168 UOC
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
MINEAH
168 UOC
Mining Engineering
NAVLAH
168 UOC
Naval Architecture
PETRAH
168 UOC
Petroleum Engineering
SOLAAH
168 UOC
Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
SOLABH
168 UOC
Renewable Energy Engineering
TELEAH
168 UOC
Telecommunications
GMATDH
168 UOC
Surveying
SENGAH
168 UOC
Software Engineering
CEICDH
168 UOC
Chemical Product Engineering

Home Majors and Minors
3409 - Arts

Home Majors and Minors

You are required to complete one Home Major and one Minor:

ASIAB1
60 UOC
Asian Studies
CHINE1
60 UOC
Chinese Studies
CHINF1
60 UOC
Advanced Chinese Studies
COMDE1
60 UOC
Development Studies
CRIMC1
60 UOC
Criminology
CRWTA1
60 UOC
Creative Writing
ENGLC1
60 UOC
English
ENVPE1
60 UOC
Environmental Humanities
EUROC1
60 UOC
European Studies
FILMB1
60 UOC
Film Studies
FRENF1
60 UOC
French Studies
GERSF1
60 UOC
German Studies
HISTD1
60 UOC
History
JAPNF1
60 UOC
Japanese Studies
JAPNG1
60 UOC
Advanced Japanese Studies
KOREF1
60 UOC
Korean Studies
KOREG1
60 UOC
Advanced Korean Studies
LINGC1
60 UOC
Linguistics
MECTC1
60 UOC
Media, Culture and Technology
MUSCJ1
60 UOC
Music Studies
MUSCK1
60 UOC
Music Studies (Intensive)
PHILE1
60 UOC
Philosophy
SOCAD1
60 UOC
Sociology and Anthropology
SPANH1
60 UOC
Spanish and Latin American Studies
THSTC1
60 UOC
Theatre and Performance Studies
ATSIC1
60 UOC
Indigenous Studies
POLSG1
60 UOC
Politics and International Relations
FRENG1
60 UOC
Advanced French Studies

Optional External Minors
3409 - Arts

External Minors

If you are enrolled in a dual award program, you cannot complete a minor stream in the same Faculty as your second program of study e.g. students enrolled in the BA/BArt Theory, cannot complete an external minor in Art History and Theory.

You will need to take extra UOC over 96 UOC to meet the requirements of an external minor that is greater than 24 UOC. External majors are not available in dual programs.

MATHB2 is only available in 3961 Engineering (Honours)/Arts

MGMTH2
30 UOC
Human Resource Management
IBUSA2
30 UOC
International Business
ECONA2
30 UOC
Economics
GEOGS2
36 UOC
Geography
ARTHB2
24 UOC
Art History and Theory
PSYCB2
24 UOC
Studies in Psychology
MATHB2
24 UOC
Mathematics for Engineers
PSYCM2
36 UOC
Psychology

Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
3409 - Arts

You must complete 12 UOC of any courses offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) cannot be studied as Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives.

Level 3 Maturity Requirements
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 42 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Level 4 Maturity Requirements
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 102 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

Mathematics for Engineers minor

The Mathematics for Engineers minor (MATHB2) is only available in this program. Students must complete 24 units of credit of MATH courses, with at least 12 units of credit at level 2. For the purpose of this minor one of CVEN2002 or CVEN2702 will count as a level 2 Mathematics … For more content click the Read More button below.

Industrial Experience Requirement
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must each complete at least 60 days approved industrial training concurrent with enrolment in the program.

Academic Writing & Language Enhancement
3409 - Arts

ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC) and HUMS1005 Personalised English Language Enhancement (6 UOC) can be counted as UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives or Free Electives.

Double Majors
3409 - Arts

Double majors are not available in Dual mode.

Maturity Requirements
3409 - Arts

You must have completed 24 UOC before taking any Level 2 courses.You must have completed 48 UOC, including 6 UOC at Level 1 and 6 UOC at Level 2 in your major/minor before taking any Level 3 courses.

Specialisation Declaration
3409 - Arts

You must specify your major and minor at the time of enrolment in Level 2 courses.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

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