Undergraduate
Associate Degree of Engineering
2021
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The Associate Degree of Engineering will provide a sound basis of fundamental engineering concepts, followed by the application of civil and structural, electrical and electronics or mechanical engineering theory and practice.
The course will help you to develop skills for solving common engineering problems as well as prepare you for further study of more advanced engineering concepts in the Bachelor of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Engineering Honours.
As a civil and structural engineering associate, you will contribute to the design, operation and maintenance of structures and systems for the modern world. Key areas include water resources, roads and traffic, bridges and marine structures.
As an electrical and electronics engineering associate, you will assist with the design, automation and control of devices which make modern life convenient. You are involved in electronics, telecommunications, biomedical applications and power generation, storage and distribution, including renewable energy.
As a mechanical engineering associate, you contribute to the design and construction of devices which improve transportation and provide more affordable manufacturing and production solutions. Key areas include mechatronics, robotics, biomechanical applications, aeroplanes, cars, pumps and pipelines.
In addition to specific engineering knowledge, essential engineering skills including innovation, creativity and teamwork are developed.
This course was developed in consultation with and is supported by industry leaders. It provides a sound foundation of engineering knowledge which can lead to further engineering study or to employment as an engineering associate.
Career opportunities
Graduating from the civil and structural specialisation of this course may lead to paraprofessional engineering opportunities in areas such as design, construction, water supply and treatment, infrastructure development, roads and traffic and project management.
Graduating from the electrical and electronics specialisation of this course may lead to paraprofessional engineering career opportunities in areas such as electronics, renewable energy, power generation, storage and distribution, process control, mining, oil and gas, consultation, and project management.
Graduating from the mechanical specialisation may lead to paraprofessional engineering career opportunities in areas such as design, manufacturing and fabrication, mining, oil and gas, consultation, and project management.
Credit transfers & pathways
Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Guaranteed credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided about Advanced Standing and Credit Transfer and Pathways using the links below:
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
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This course is being re-accredited for delivery in 2021.
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Australian qualification framework
This course is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 6.
Contact details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Central on:
Course structure
The two year course consists of 16 coursework units.
The first year of study introduces foundation engineering skills common to all areas of engineering. In the second year, students follow a study path specifically developed for their stream of engineering.
This course is available externally by distance learning for those who are not able to attend classes on campus on a regular basis. Distance learning requires reliable broadband internet access and on campus attendance at residential sessions for one week per semester of full-time study.
- 2021 HE unit offerings and unit fees are not yet available however will be published no later than 1 December 2020.
- Always refer to the Course Catalogue for the latest information about your course prior to enrolment.
This course is being reaccredited and students should re-check the course structure and study plans early in 2021 for possible changes.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
| Unit type |
Credit Points |
Specific requirements |
| Common Units (2 units) |
20cp |
Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
| Core Units (5 units) |
50cp |
Compulsory Core units totalling 50 credit points as detailed below.
ENG151 Statics ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) has been removed as a core unit from 2020 - see transition arrangements below. |
| Specialist Elective (6 units) |
60cp |
Units totalling 60 credit points selected from one of the specialist streams.
Civil and Structural Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
| Electives (3 units) |
30cp |
Select units totalling 30 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. Students may also take elective units via cross institutional enrolment.
Some suggested electives are listed below however students may select other undergraduate units if desired. |
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160 |
Total Credit Points |
Students who commence in or after 2013
No more than 10 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in an Associate Degree or Advanced Diploma AQF Level 6 course award.
Of the total 160 credit points: (unless specified in the specific course structure above)
* a minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 200 level units
Students should refer to the current Grading Policy and Common Course Rules for further information.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements from 2020
Course Structure: Core units have been reduced from 60 credit points to 50 credit points and Elective units increased from 20 credit points to 30 credit points.
Specialisation: The Chemical Engineering specialisation is no longer be available for entry from 2020. Students who have commenced Chemical Engineering prior to 2020 should liaise with the course coordinator to ensure they are able to complete.
Chemical Engineering (no longer available for entry from 2020)
SCH101 Chemical Concepts
SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
ENG246 Process Analysis
ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics
ENG248 Unit Operations
ENG341 Separation Process Principles
Unit discontinuation: ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering has been discontinued from 2020 and removed as a required core unit. Students who have already completed ENG142 will be able to count this unit as an elective.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2016
Students who have not completed ENG154 should complete either ENG227 or ENG248 or ENG338 or ENG368 as the appropriate specialist elective for their chosen stream.
Students who have completed ENG154 should not complete any of the units above.
Discontinued Units from 2016:
ENG154 Engineering Foundations
Study plan
- 2021 HE unit offerings and unit fees are not yet available however will be published no later than 1 December 2020.
- Always refer to the Course Catalogue for the latest information about your course prior to enrolment.
This course is being reaccredited and students should re-check the course structure and study plans early in 2021 for possible changes.
Students commencing in Semester 1
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Civil and Structural Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| ENG215 Surveying and Construction | SE | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE |
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ENG267 Hydraulics and Soil Mechanics | SE |
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ENG368 Steel and Concrete Structures | SE |
| Elective | E | Elective | E |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| ENG221 Analogue Electronics | SE | ENG223 Electrical Circuit Analysis | SE |
| HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture | SE | ENG224 Electrical Machines and Power Systems | SE |
| HIT365 C Programming | SE | ENG227 Electromagnetics and Communication Technology | SE |
| Elective | E | Elective | E |
Mechanical Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| ENG235 Manufacturing | SE | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE |
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ENG338 Machine Design Principles | SE |
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ENG252 Dynamics | SE |
| Elective | E | Elective | E |
Students commencing in Semester 2
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Civil and Structural Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E | ||
| ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO | ||
| PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| Elective | E | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG267 Hydraulics and Soil Mechanics | SE |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG368 Steel and Concrete Structures | SE |
| Year 3 | |||
| ENG215 Surveying and Construction | SE | ||
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ||
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E | ||
| ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO | ||
| PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| Elective | E | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG223 Electrical Circuit Analysis | SE |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG224 Electrical Machines and Power Systems | SE |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG227 Electromagnetics and Communication Technology | SE |
| Year 3 | |||
| ENG221 Analogue Electronics | SE | ||
| HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture | SE | ||
| HIT365 C Programming | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||
Mechanical Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| ENG142 Concepts of Chemical Engineering (final offering 2019) or Elective | CO/E | ||
| ENG174 Electrical Engineering | CO | ||
| PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| Elective | E | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE |
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ENG338 Machine Design Principles | SE |
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO |
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG252 Dynamics | SE |
| Year 3 | |||
| ENG235 Manufacturing | SE | ||
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ||
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||
Students commencing in Summer Semester
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in summer semester and enrolling in a standard load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to reduce or vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective |
Civil and Structural Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | |||
| Year 1 (from SS 2020) | |||||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ||||
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ||||
| Elective (SMA104 Concepts of Mathematics recommended) | E | ||||
| Year 2 (from 2021) | |||||
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG175 Internet of Things (in place of ENG174 Electrical Engineering from 2021) | CO | ||
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO | ||
| Elective | E | SPH141 Concepts of Physics (in place of ENG368 from 2021) |
SE | ||
| Year 3 (from 2022) | |||||
| ENG215 Surveying and Construction | SE | PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE | ||
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ENG267 Hydraulics and Soil Mechanics | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||||
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | |||
| Year 1 (from SS 2020) | |||||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ||||
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ||||
| Elective (SMA104 Concepts of Mathematics recommended) | E | ||||
| Year 2 (from 2021) | |||||
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG175 Internet of Things (in place of ENG174 Electrical Engineering from 2021) | CO | ||
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO | ||
| HIT235 Digital Systems and Computer Architecture | SE | SPH141 Concepts of Physics (in place of ENG227 from 2021) |
SE | ||
| Year 3 (from 2022) | |||||
| HIT365 C Programming | SE | PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| ENG223 Electrical Circuit Analysis | SE | ENG224 Electrical Machines and Power Systems | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ENG221 Analogue Electronics | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||||
Mechanical Engineering
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | |||
| Year 1 (from SS 2020) | |||||
| CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | ||||
| CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability | CU | ||||
| Elective (SMA104 Concepts of Mathematics recommended) | E | ||||
| Year 2 (from 2021) | |||||
| ENG151 Statics | CO | ENG175 Internet of Things (in place of ENG174 Electrical Engineering from 2021) | CO | ||
| SMA101 Mathematics 1A | CO | SMA102 Mathematics 1B | CO | ||
| Elective | E | SPH141 Concepts of Physics (in place of ENG338 from 2021) |
SE | ||
| Year 3 (from 2022) | |||||
| ENG235 Manufacturing | SE | PMO201 Project Management | CO | ||
| ENG247 Fluid and Thermodynamics | SE | ENG212 Mechanics of Solids | SE | ||
| ENG364 Materials Engineering | SE | ENG252 Dynamics | SE | ||
| Elective | E | ||||
Course fees
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements:
(a) Australian Citizenship; or
(b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit.
2020: Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
2021: Information about fees and charges for 2021 are not yet available however will be published prior to 1 December 2020.
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements:
(a) Australian Citizenship; or
(b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit.
2020: Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
2021: Information about fees and charges for 2021 are not yet available however will be published prior to 1 December 2020.