Undergraduate courses

A common first year

A Monash Engineering degree provides you with a common first year, giving you time to explore the array of specialisations in engineering before deciding on a particular field.

From second year you begin to specialise in a particular field of engineering studying units from this chosen specialisation. You can broaden your career options further by selecting your electives from another specialisation and graduating with a minor, or from another discipline altogether and graduating with a second degree from another faculty.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers degrees in the following specialisation:

Engineering minors

If you are completing a single degree course, you can use electives to complete one of the engineering minors from a different engineering discipline.

As a Materials Engineer, the career opportunities are diverse and you may find yourself working in one of many adjacent fields of Engineering. Selecting your electives from one of our minor programs will ensure that you have the background knowledge required to make strong contributions in your role from day one.

These minors, recognised on your Degree Certificate when you graduate, have four units studied over at least two years. This offers you a depth and breadth of study in the adjacent field which widens your knowledge and enhances your career opportunities – all within your four-year Engineering degree.

Within your Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), specialising in Materials Engineering, you can select from one of the following minors:

Please note that if you are specialising in Materials Engineering you can not select a minor in the same area.

Double Degrees

A double degree allows you to study for two degrees at the same time. You can develop expertise in different but complementary areas, or simply pursue two areas of interest in-depth. The way they are structured enables you to graduate with both awards in a much shorter time than it would take to complete the two degrees individually.

Combining your Engineering Degree with other disciplines offers you flexibility and opens up a myriad of different career opportunities.

With your Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), specialising in Materials Engineering, you can select from the following Double Degrees.

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Biomedical Science
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science

For more details visit the Engineering Faculty's undergraduate courses page.