Some courses in the BE BCom are compulsory. These are the introductory courses of Accounting 1, Economics 1, and Econometrics 1, and the Faculty of Engineering's business and management skills courses. This combined degree allows students to take any Arts subjects with the Bachelor of Engineering. It gives students a broader range of opportunities to develop a specialisation for example a language or statistics in addition to an engineering degree. The B Arts can be taken with any strand of engineering.
Engineers work in teams and all skills are useful in resolving complex problems.
Structure of the Course BE B. Arts students do not need to do any compulsory units in the B. Arts part of the course. Students will undertake more engineering subjects in the first three years and complete the B. Arts subjects in the later part of the five year course. The BE BSc reflects Sydney Engineering's strong emphasis on the scientific foundations of engineering. It is a well established and highly popular degree choice. Maximises applied and basic training.