The Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Study Plan is valid for students commencing in Semester 1, 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 Residential School dates.

Year 1

Semester 1, 2013

Complete three (3) courses at USC:
COR111 Advanced Research Methods
ENG101 Crisis and Issues Management
MTH102 Editing for the Communications Professional

Plus

Complete one (1) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):

# ENG1101 Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving

Semester 2, 2013

Complete two (2) courses at USC:
ENG102 Engineering Statics
MTH202 Calculus and Algebra

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 via Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):

# MEC2901 Mechanical Practice 1

Year 2

Semester 1, 2014

Complete three (3) courses at USC:
ENG211 Services Marketing
ENG221 Marketing Communication
ENG203 Sport and Event Marketing

Plus

Complete one (1) course at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2202 Manufacturing Processes

Semester 2, 2014

Complete one (1) course at USC:
PHY201 Strategic Management

Plus

Complete three (3) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC2301 Design of Machine Elements
# 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

Year 3

Semester 1, 2015

Complete two (2) courses at USC:
ENS281 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

Select one (1) elective from the list below:
BUS103 News Writing: Print and Broadcast
ENP211 Advertising: Copy and Image
ENP336 Production Workshop (Professional Communication)
ENS300 International Communication
ENS310 Marketing Research Project
GEO100 Media and Community Relations
PED312 Advertising Campaigns

Plus

Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# ENG3003 Engineering Management
# MEC3203 Materials Technology

Semester 2, 2015

Complete two (2) courses at USC:
MTH312 The Writer and the Law
PHY202 Media and Promotion: Tourism and Hospitality

Plus
Complete two (2) courses at USQ via Cross Institutional study (external mode):
# MEC3303 System Design
# MEC2401 Dynamics I

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

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 and ENG402 at USC OR ENG4111 and ENG4112 at USQ.

Semester 1, 2016

Complete two (2) courses at USC:

Select one (1) elective from the list below:
BUS103 Writing for the Web
ENP211 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
ENP336 Engineering Professional Practice
ENS300 Mathematics Foundations
ENS310 Fluid Mechanics
GEO100 Mechanics of Materials
PED312 Engineering Computer Programming

Select a Project course from either:

ENG401 Engineering Project 1 undertaken at USC OR ENG4111 Research Project Part 1 undertaken via external mode at USQ

Plus

Complete two (2) courses at USQ (external mode):
MEC4103 Heat Transfer
MEC3302 Computational Mechanics in Design

Semester 2, 2016

Complete two (2) courses at USC:
SCI202 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics

Select a Project course from either:
ENG402 Engineering Project 2 undertaken at USC OR ENG4112 Research Project Part 2 undertaken via external mode at USQ

Plus

Complete two (2) courses at USQ (external mode):
# MEC3403 Dynamics II
# MEC3204 Production Engineering 

Intra-Semester 2 Break, 2016

Complete one (1) Practice course at USQ Residential School (attendance required at Toowoomba):

# MEC3904 Mechanical Practice 4