Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

For Domestic and those International students not required to complete the English Language Enhancement course

For the award of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) [BEng(Hons)], you must successfully complete 320 credit points, made up of the core courses AND:

• 20 credit points of foundation courses for your chosen major; AND
• 190 credit points for a major; AND
• 30 credit points of listed electives; AND
• 20 credit points of free-choice elective/s;

• 20 credit points of foundation courses for your chosen major; AND
• 230 credit points for an extended major, AND
• 10 credit points of free-choice elective/s.

Other program requirements

You must successfully complete:

• no more than 120 credit points of Level 1 courses (the first digit of a course code denotes the level);
• at least 60 credit points of Level 3 courses or higher.

You must also complete a minimum of 12 weeks (60 days) of approved experience in an Engineering practice environment (or a satisfactory alternative) during your degree studies.

Exit point

To be eligible to exit the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program with the Bachelor of Engineering Science award, you must acquire 240 credit points as prescribed below:

• at least 210 credit points from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) course list for any major including all first year level and second year level core courses
• no more than 30 credit points of free-choice electives
• at least 60 credit points of courses at third year level or higher
• no more than 120 credit points of courses at first year level.

To exit, you should apply for a program transfer.

Classification of Honours - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

The class of Honours to be awarded to each student in this degree will be determined by the School Assessment Board on the basis of the Program Grade Point Average for the engineering components of the program and the performance in the final year IAP course.

A minimum IAP mark of 50% is required for the award of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

Students who have repeated the IAP course will be eligible for no higher than Class III Honours. A second fail in the IAP course will result in termination of the student's enrolment in the program.

Cut-offs for Honours Classifications

• Class I Honours:
  • Program Grade Point Average - 6.200 (minimum)
  • Minimum IAP Mark - 80%
• Class IIA Honours:
  • Program Grade Point Average - 5.650 (minimum)
  • Minimum IAP Mark - 70%
• Class IIB Honours:
  • Program Grade Point Average - 5.000 (minimum)
  • Minimum IAP Mark - 60%
• Class III Honours:
  • Program Grade Point Average - < 5.000
  • Minimum IAP Mark - 50%

Domestic students enrolled in this program whose first language is not English may complete the following English Language Enhancement Course as an elective.

• 5903LHS Language and Communication for Sciences

Students whose first language is English are not permitted to undertake this course.

Program Learning Outcomes communicate to the community the value of the Griffith educational experience as benchmarked against national qualification standards.

Program Learning Outcomes for this award describe the knowledge, skills and the application of knowledge and skills you will acquire through studying the Griffith program of your choice.