Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)
The course in Civil Engineering is aimed at providing broad
based knowledge, training, skills and experience in the areas
required for practice in civil engineering. The normal period
of full time study is four years. However, the course can
be taken on a part-time basis over a longer period of time,
normally six years.
Upon satisfactory completion of the course students should
be able to practise in areas requiring skills for planning,
design and construction of buildings and bridges, dams, harbours,
water supply systems, waste management systems, airports,
roads, tunnels and railways. Graduates, therefore, will be
able to integrate technical, planning, organisational, management,
and financial skills, with an emphasis on those areas as their
talents allow.
The structure of the course is such that the first year largely
concerns basic subjects, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry,
computing, and introductory engineering subjects. The second
year is primarily devoted to engineering science subjects,
but areas such as surveying, construction and design are introduced.
The latter subjects are developed further in third year, where
more time is devoted to engineering subjects, such as structures,
hydraulics and hydrology, geomechanics, and more design work.
At the end of the third year, students are required, as a
condition for graduation; to undertake at least twelve weeks
of approved work in industry, whether for construction companies,
consulting offices, or federal, state or local government
agencies. For part-time students, each year of appropriate
full time employment may be credited as one professional option
elective, up to a maximum of three electives.
In the final year, emphasis is given to professional orientation,
with subjects covering project management, structures, geomechanics
design and water engineering. Roads engineering is also included,
and some elective subjects are available for those students
wishing to specialise further. Attention is given to a teamwork
approach in a design that requires integration of all aspects
of the course. Each student must prepare a substantial project
thesis on a research or design topic under the supervision
of a staff member.
The course has been fully recognised by the Institution of
Engineers, Australia, which is the professional accrediting
body. This recognition ensures that graduates from this course
are admitted, on application, to the grade of Graduate Membership
of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Honours are awarded at the end of the course on the basis
of overall performance throughout the course.
All students must take particular notice of the Course Rules
regarding minimum rate of progress.
Students should attend all classes including lectures, tutorials
and laboratory classes. The Director of Studies of Civil Engineering
may refuse to certify that students have satisfactorily completed
a subject unless they have attended at least 80 percent of
the classes scheduled.
THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE.
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