Combined Degrees

The range of combined degrees

Why are 47 per cent of our students currently enrolled in one of our combined degrees? Completing a combined degree gives you many more opportunities upon graduation.

It is possible to combine the Engineering and the IT degree with degrees in Commerce, Arts, Science, and Medical Science. Students may also combine the Engineering degree with Design in Architecture or Law. Many students take up the opportunity to add a second degree and double their qualifications in just one extra year (in the case of two years).

Selection of the engineering degree is completed upon enrolment (there is only one UAC code for each combined degree). Note that, although you may have achieved the ATAR for the combined degree, students must still achieve the ATAR for the stream of engineering they wish to take as part of the combination. IT students may choose any major when combining degrees.

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Information Technology with Bachelor of Commerce

These combined degrees are designed to extend the management component of the BE and BIT and further satisfy the increasing demand for engineers and IT professionals with business skills. The BE/B Com and BIT/B Com programs demonstrate our commitment to meeting the changing needs of industry.

The Advantages

• engineering graduates often become managers. A commerce background helps speed up their career progression
• financial skills are valuable to an employer
• research shows that industry wants engineers to have better business skills
• IT graduates will be sought after by a diverse range of high-end employers, including management consulting firms, major financial institutions and multinational IT companies
• Engineers are trained to solve problems, work in teams, communicate well, and be capable mathematically: all important skills for managers.

Structure of the Course
You can combine any Bachelor of Engineering specialisation or stream in IT with a Bachelor of Commerce. The combined program allows for one major and one minor in any area of commerce. Some units are compulsory, including the introductory commerce courses in accounting, economics and econometrics. Subject areas in commerce include:

• accounting
• business information systems
• commercial law
• econometrics
• economics
• finance
• industrial relations and human resource management
• international business
• management
• management decision sciences
• marketing.

Entry
Gain entry to the Faculty of Engineering by achieving the required ATAR.

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of IT with Bachelor of Arts

These combined degrees allow students to take any Arts subjects with the Bachelor of Engineering or the Bachelor of IT. It gives students the opportunity to develop a specialisation in areas including languages, history, anthropology, asian studies, philosophy, and statistics. The Bachelor of Arts can be under taken with any strand or major of engineering and IT.

The Advantages
The Bachelor of Engineering emphasises practical aspects of science and technology while the Bachelor of Arts provides choices which balance and complement the BE. It allows a student to continue an interest or strength outside the engineering area, producing engineers with all-round capabilities.
Meets a strong need from industry, for employees who have both extensive technical understanding of IT, and essential skills in disciplines from humanities, languages and social sciences

Structure of the Course
BE/BA and BIT/BA students do not need to do any compulsory Arts units. Students will undertake more engineering and IT subjects in the first three years and complete the Bachelor of Arts subjects in the later part of the five-year course.

Entry
Gain entry to the Faculty of Engineering & IT by achieving the required ATAR.

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of IT with Bachelor of Science

The Advantages

• Maximises applied and basic training. The Bachelor of Engineering degree emphasises practical aspects of science and technology, while the Bachelor of Science degree emphasises fundamental principles. Both expand scientific and/or technological career options.
• Gives students who want to continue with a scientific specialisation an edge in honours or postgraduate studies. Honours in Science can be undertaken by completing an additional year in the Faculty of Science.

Structure of the Course
The combined program allows for major study in two areas of science. Students take science subjects in each year of the course and complete both degrees in five years.

Choice of majors
Students major in a science subject from Year One to Year Three. Science majors include:

• mathematics
• psychology
• biochemistry
• chemistry
• geology
• biology
• physics

Whether you major in one or two subjects depends on your branch of engineering or IT, your interests, and your choice of subjects in your first two years in the Faculty of Engineering & IT. You must satisfy the Faculty of Science prerequisites for any course in which you want to enrol.

Entry
Gain entry to the Faculty of Engineering & IT by achieving the required ATAR.

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of IT with Bachelor of Medical Science

This program combines the core elements of the engineering or IT, and medical science degrees and is designed for those students interested in spanning engineering or IT and medical sciences in future endeavours.

The Advantages

• graduates will have a wide range of employment options, including access to industries such as biological systems, applications and medical technology
• graduates will adapt to the changing needs of the engineering or IT industries as a result of multidisciplinary study. Their technology-based skills will be complemented by skills in medical sciences
• forms an ideal base for postgraduate research in the biomedical field, or for vocational coursework programs such as graduate medicine or graduate dentistry.

Structure of the Course
The BE/B Med Sci is awarded in all specialisations in engineering. The BIT/B Med Sci is awarded in all majors in IT. Please visit the Faculty of Science website at www.science.usyd.edu.au for more information on the Medical Science program.

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of IT with Bachelor of Laws

This six-year combined degree allows students to obtain both an engineering and a law degree. This gives graduates the option to pursue either profession, or enhance their career options with a second discipline. The degree is similar to other combined law degrees offered by the University. The entry ATAR is the same for all combined law degrees.

The Advantages
The Bachelor of Engineering/IT degree emphasises the practical aspects of science and the Bachelor of Law degree focuses on the interpretation and application of the legal system. This combined degree allows graduates to complete the College of Law program and be admitted as a practising solicitor in NSW.

Structure of the course
The following subjects are taken with the first four years of the engineering degree and the remaining two years are full-time in the Faculty of Law: Legal Research, Torts, Legal Institutions, Contracts, Criminal Law, Federal Constitutional Law.

Entry
Gain entry to the Faculty of Engineering by achieving the required ATAR (combined law).