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Bachelors ofEngineering (Honours) / Biotechnology

Program and course requirements

Complete 80 units comprising:

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) component

Complete 56 units comprising:

  • 8 units for all BE(Hons) Core Courses , and
  • 36 units for one Specialisation from Chemical Engineering Specialisation, and
  • 2 units from Chemical Engineering Extension Courses, and
  • 8 to 10 units from Chemical Engineering Advanced or Research Elective Courses, and
  • 0 to 2 units from Chemical Engineering Breadth Elective Courses

No credit will be given for ECON1050, ECON1310, MATH1040, SCIE1000, or SCIE1100.

No credit will be given for STAT1201 or STAT1301 for a student completing the BE(Hons) Specialisation in Chemical Engineering, BE(Hons) Specialisation in Civil Engineering, or BE(Hons) Specialisation in Software Engineering.

Complete 8 units for ALL of the following:

ENGG11002 units
Professional Engineering
ENGG10012 units
Programming for Engineers
CSSE10012 units
Introduction to Software Engineering
MATH10512 units
Calculus & Linear Algebra I

Students without at least a grade of C in Specialist Mathematics should take MATH1050 as a program elective before MATH1051.

MATH10712 units
Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I

Students with a grade of B or higher in Specialist Mathematics (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) may take MATH1071. Students with a grade of C in Specialist Mathematics (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take MATH1051. Students should seek academic advice prior to enrolling in MATH1071.

MATH10522 units
Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH10722 units
Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

Complete one Specialisation from the following:

CHEMIE245536 units
Chemical Engineering

Complete exactly 2 units from the following:

BIOE10012 units
Principles of Biomedical & Bioprocess Engineering
BIOL10202 units
Genes, Cells & Evolution

Complete 8 to 10 units from the following:

BIOE30012 units
Quantitative Methods in Biomedical Engineering
BIOE40202 units
Bioprocess Engineering
BIOE43052 units
Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
BIOE60282 units
Metabolic Engineering
BIOE60342 units
Cell and Tissue Engineering
CHEE30082 units
Special Topics C
CHEE33012 units
Polymer Engineering
CHEE40032 units
Special Topics A
CHEE40092 units
Transport Phenomena
ENGY40002 units
Energy Systems
ENVE31502 units
Environmental Systems Dynamics & Modelling
ENVE31602 units
Environmental Phenomena
ENVE46102 units
Engineering the Circular Economy
MATE43022 units
Electrochemistry and Corrosion
MATE63012 units
Nanomaterials
MECH43042 units
Net Shape Manufacturing
METL32192 units
Process Mineralogy and Comminution
METL32202 units
Physical Separations and Interfacial Engineering
METL62042 units
Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy
METL62122 units
Pyrometallurgy
WATR61032 units
Advanced Wastewater and Biosolids Treatment
CHEE40062 units
Research Project
CHEE40072 units
Research Project
CHEE40264 units
Research Thesis
CHEE40274 units
Research Thesis

Courses on this list may require pre-requisites. Please seek academic advice if required.

Complete 0 to 2 units from the following:

CHEM12002 units
Chemistry 2
ENGG41032 units
Engineering Asset Management
ERTH15012 units
Earth Processes & Geological Materials for Engineers
FIRE37002 units
Introduction to Fire Safety Engineering
FOOD20002 units
Food Science
FOOD30112 units
Food Product Development
FOOD30172 units
Food Safety & Quality Management
MATH20012 units
Calculus & Linear Algebra II
METR31002 units
Control System Implementation
MICR20002 units
Microbiology & Immunology
MICR20012 units
Food Microbiology I
MINE31102 units
Integrated Orebody Knowledge
BIOMEC245516 units
Biomedical Engineering
BIOPEC245516 units
Bioprocess Engineering
ENVIRC245516 units
Environmental Engineering
MATERC245516 units
Materials Engineering
METAEC245516 units
Metallurgical Engineering

Courses on this list may require pre-requisites. Please seek academic advice if required.

Bachelor of Biotechnology component

Complete 24 units comprising:

  • 24 units for one Extended Major from BBiotech Extended Majors

Complete one Extended Major from the following:

AGBIOD245624 units
Agricultural Biotechnology
CHENAD245624 units
Chemical and Nano Biotechnology
MEDBID245624 units
Medical Biotechnology
MOLMID245624 units
Molecular and Microbial Biotechnology
SYBIBD245624 units
Synthetic Biology and Industrial Biotechnology

Where a BBiotech extended major requires BIOL1040, CHEM1200 or FOOD1001 as a prerequisite course, it must be counted towards the BE(Hons) component as either a program elective within the specialisation or a Chemical Engineering breadth elective.

Additional Rules

1. Courses in both course lists

1.1 Where a course is compulsory in one component of the dual program, but not in the other, it must be counted towards the component in which it is compulsory.

1.2 All common core and compulsory courses must be counted towards the BE(Hons) component of the dual program and substituted in the BBiotech course list by a course at the same level or higher.

1.3 Where a BBiotech extended major requires BIOL1040, CHEM1200 or FOOD1001 as a prerequisite course, it must be counted towards the BE(Hons) component as either a program elective within the specialisation or a Chemical Engineering breadth elective.

2. Hurdle requirements

This program requires you to complete the following hurdle requirements:

Professional practice

You must complete:

  • 450 hours of professional practice approved by the executive dean, and
  • To a satisfactory standard, complete assessment pertaining to that professional practice, as determined by the executive dean.

3. Class of honours

Specific requirements apply to the awarding of honours in this program.

The class of honours is calculated on the basis of the weighted cumulative grade point average.

  • weighted cumulative grade point average means the average grade over all attempts at contributing courses where each course grade is weighted by the unit value of the course and the course level.
  • contributing courses means all courses undertaken at the university which count towards the BE(Hons) or which would have counted if passed but excludes courses where you were awarded a final grade of ‘P’;
  • course grade means the final grade for that course if that grade is numeric, or, it means ‘2’ if the final grade is ‘N’ or otherwise it means ‘0’;
  • course level means —

a. the fifth character of the course code where that character is 1,2,3, or 4,or

b. 4 when the fifth character of the course code is a 5 or 6, or

c. 5 when the fifth character of the course code is a 7 or higher

Refer to Bachelor Honours Degree Procedure for more information.