Combined Eng. Degrees. (1 Viewer)

[bradc1988]

Well I'm thinking of doing a combined degree at Usyd with Mechatronics or Civil as the engineering side and science as the other. I only just found out about these combined degrees today and was intrigued by the extra opportuniy the extra science course could offer job-wise. So, my questions are;

1 - Are those combinations allowed? (Civil+Sci, Mech.+Sci. etc..)
2 - UAC guide says that the science part will have 2 major areas of study, I was wondering what are the areas available and which would be the most useful?
3 - Are job prospects good for graduates and what fields and specific jobs would they do?
4 - Is it worth it?

The UAI cutoffs for this year were 90.95 for the combined course, 92.25 for Mechatronic and ranging from 80-92 for the Civil courses. My UAI is 92.8 and I did Physics, Ext.1 Math and Chemistry.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Adam]

1. Yes
2. Areas like Physics, Chem., Biology etc.
3. Apparently it's easier to get a job as a combined student, but a bit of experience in the holidays would probably equal or exceed that. Not sure yet because I haven't finished
4. According to my friends that are doing it now: No. But you can always give it a test run and then play catch up if you don't like it, I know a couple people who have tried this.

 

[bradc1988]

Hm ok that puts things in perspective, thanks for your input.

Anyone else?

 

[Templar]

Thought Adam put everything nicely so there wasn't much point for me to post, but since you wanted other inputs I'll give my opinion.

Any combination of engineering stream and science is permitted, although you do need the UAI to enter straight into the stream you want or do first year and achieve an average high enough to enter the stream (check flexible first year thread for more information on that).

Which area of science to major is really up to you. I'm not sure what is most useful since I choose my major based on what I like rather than what is useful. And you can have up to 2 majors, you can just major in one if you wish.

Don't know about job prospectives, not concerned about that at all seeing I'll be at uni for at least another 6 years. They would have the same prospective as any engineering and science students.

If you like both engineering and science then it's worth it. Like Adam said, give it a try and you can always drop either component after a year or so. From the sound of it you would drop to a BE if doing a single degree. Then you just do what they want you to do and then drop back to a single degree after a year with no loss in time.

However if you want to drop back to a BSc you need to work out what subjects you want to do later on (possibly major) and need to complete the prerequisites in first year for that. Otherwise it might take more time.

 

[KD]

Well I'm thinking of doing a combined degree at Usyd with Mechatronics or Civil as the engineering side and science as the other. I only just found out about these combined degrees today and was intrigued by the extra opportuniy the extra science course could offer job-wise. So, my questions are;

1 - Are those combinations allowed? (Civil+Sci, Mech.+Sci. etc..)
2 - UAC guide says that the science part will have 2 major areas of study, I was wondering what are the areas available and which would be the most useful?
3 - Are job prospects good for graduates and what fields and specific jobs would they do?
4 - Is it worth it?

The UAI cutoffs for this year were 90.95 for the combined course, 92.25 for Mechatronic and ranging from 80-92 for the Civil courses. My UAI is 92.8 and I did Physics, Ext.1 Math and Chemistry.

Thanks for your help.

There are plenty of jobs for Civil Engineers so you don't need a double degree to get one. You should think whether it is better to spend the extra year as a working graduate engineer rather than doing more study. You should also consider doing the Civil degree and then later when you are working doing a year part-time on a specialist degree in the area that you end up working in e.g. MBA or MEngSci in a Civil Eng specialty at UNSW (only place to do it). Your company may even pay for it.

 

[jiggymcfizzle]

Speaking of combined degrees I know it''s possible to do a B Engineering/B Medical Science but does anyone know if you can do a B Biomedical Engineering/B Medical Science?

 

[jb_nc]

Speaking of combined degrees I know it''s possible to do a B Engineering/B Medical Science but does anyone know if you can do a B Biomedical Engineering/B Medical Science?

There is no B Biomedical Eng degree.

It would fall under BEng/B Med Sci

 

[barling89]

could someone explain how I would pick subjects if I want to do the BE/BMedSci double degree in 08? I'm looking to specialise in Electrical (Power) engineering, but does the university choose my subjects for both Electrical (Power) engineering and MedSci??

 

[STx]

could someone explain how I would pick subjects if I want to do the BE/BMedSci double degree in 08? I'm looking to specialise in Electrical (Power) engineering, but does the university choose my subjects for both Electrical (Power) engineering and MedSci??

Candidates in the combined degree course of Bachelor of Electrical (Power) with the Bachelor of Medical Science are required to complete at least 156 credit points made up of units from the table of core units and recommended units of study, but may choose to replace up to 12 credit points of recommended units with CHEM1101 Chemistry 1A and BIOL1001 Concepts in Biology.
Candidates in all combined degree courses shall also satisfy such other requirements as are prescribed in the joint resolutions of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies and the second faculty concerned.
http://info.eng.usyd.edu.au:8000/cgi-bin/show_handbk?=03_bespec_d_ElecInfo.xml&

 

[barling89]

thanks STx