Environmental Engineering

The course in Environmental Engineering is aimed at providing broad based knowledge, training, skills and experience in the areas required to practise environmental 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.

Graduates of this course will be able to work for industry, for government agencies and for engineering consultancies. The range of work that will lead to Ecologically Sustainable Development include: monitoring, analysis and design to control water, air and noise pollution; ecologically sustainable development; renewable energy technology; treatment and disposal of solid and hazardous waste; site remediation; and cleaner production and industrial waste management.

The first year of the course introduces mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing and general engineering subjects including engineering design. The second year introduces fluid mechanics, water quality engineering, and air and noise pollution, plus advanced environmental chemistry and management skills. The emphasis in third year is on developing knowledge and skills across the range of environmental engineering topic areas, including environmental design, waste management and geomechanics.

At the end of third year students are required to undertake twelve weeks of approved work in industry, consulting engineering, commonwealth, 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 on environmental engineering practice, with subjects covering environmental engineering design, project management, site remediation and environmental impacts. Elective subjects may be taken from courses within and outside the Engineering Faculty. Each student prepares a substantial thesis on a research or design topic under the supervision of a staff member.

The course has been 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 Environmental 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 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREE.

Note: Other electives may be taken subject to approval by the Director of Studies of Environmental Engineering. Not all electives will be offered in any one year. MECH378 is a recommended elective for Yr3.