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bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)
UAC Code: 755611
Civil engineers build and maintain the infrastructure of advanced modern living. They plan, design, construct, operate and maintain everything from buildings to bridges, tunnels and dams, highways and airports to power plants, water and sewerage systems. The main areas of civil engineering are : Structural engineering, Water engineering, Geomechanics, Construction engineering, Materials, and Transport.
Career Opportunities
Opportunities exist in the design, construction, maintenance and management of roads, railways, bridges, buildings, supply of water and electricity, dams and port facilities.
Study Options
The degree can be combined with Environmental or Mining Engineering in second year. Double degrees are also available.
Course STRUCTURE
Subject | Session | Credit Points | |
Year 1 | |||
Chemistry for Engineers | Autumn | 6 | |
Foundations of Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Materials | Autumn | 6 | |
Foundations of Engineering Mathematics | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Mechanics | Spring | 6 | |
Engineering Design and Innovation | Spring | 6 | |
Essentials of Engineering Mathematics | Spring | 6 | |
Physics for Engineers | Spring | 6 | |
Year 2 | |||
Engineering Computing | Autumn | 6 | |
Mechanics of Solids | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Fluid Mechanics | Autumn | 6 | |
Mathematics 2E for Engineers Part 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Construction Materials | Spring | 6 | |
Surveying | Spring | 6 | |
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Geology for Engineers 1 | Spring | 6 | |
Year 3 | |||
Structural Design 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Hydraulics and Hydrology | Autumn | 6 | |
Structures 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Geomechanics | Autumn | 6 | |
Structural Design 2 | Spring | 6 | |
Construction | Spring | 6 | |
plus | Two elective as specified below | Spring | 6 |
Year 4 | |||
Principles of Foundation Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Managing Engineering Projects | Autumn | 6 | |
Civil Engineering Design | Spring | 6 | |
Structures 2 | Spring | 6 | |
Professional Experience | 0 | ||
Engineering Project A | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
or | |||
Thesis A | Annual | 12 | |
or | |||
Thesis B ** | Annual | 18 | |
plus | Electives as specified below | Autumn/Spring | |
Electives listed below for Year 3 and 4* For students in ENGG456: Any 3 Electives from list A and 2 electives from List A or B For students in ENGG452: Any 2 Electives from list A and 2 electives from List A or B For students in ENGG453: Any 1 Electives from list A and 2 electives from List A or B | |||
List a General Electives | |||
Computational Methods in Engineering | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Structural Design 3 | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Design of Masonry Structures | Autumn | 6 | |
Structures 3 | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Applied Geotechnical Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Roads Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Applied Finite Element Analysis for Civil Engineers | Autumn | 6 | |
CIVL458 ^ | Fundamentals of Construction Management | Spring | 6 |
Infrastructure Systems | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Financial Management for Engineers | Spring | 6 | |
Engineering Logistics and Operations | Spring | 6 | |
Strategic Management of Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Site Remediation Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Water Resources Engineering | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Water Quality and Ecological Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Pollution Prevention and Waste Management | Autumn | 6 | |
Environmental Engineering Design for Sustainability | Spring | 6 | |
Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Membrane Science and Technology | Autumn | 6 | |
Surface Mining Methods | Autumn | 6 | |
Ocean Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Project B*** | Spring | 6 | |
or | other approved technical elective offered in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences | ||
List B General Electives | |||
Building Design for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability | Spring | 6 | |
Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing and Process Industries | Spring | 6 | |
Macroeconomic Essentials for Business | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
Introductory Microeconomics | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
Microeconomic Theory and Policy | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
Social Spaces: Rural and Urban | Spring | 6 | |
Environmental Impact of Societies | Spring | 6 | |
Remote Sensing of the Environment | Autumn | 8 | |
Astronomy - Concepts of the Universe | Spring | 6 | |
or other approved General Elective | |||
* All electives may not be available every year - check subject timetable.
** 18 credit point thesis is equivalent to the 12 credit point thesis and one 6 credit point elective.
*** High achieving students in ENGG456 Project A may articulate to ENGG457 Project B in order to continue with the project started in ENGG456.
^ This subject has a quota of 45 students and it is only to students completing a civil, mining or environmental engineering major.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
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Email: eis@uow.edu.au