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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