Civil Engineering
Unit of study table
| This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 4 April 2024. View details of the changes below. |
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Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) | ||
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| To qualify for the award of the Master of Engineering in this stream, a candidate must complete 72 credit points, including: | ||
| 1. 24 credit points of Core units | ||
| 2. 24 credit points of Specialist units | ||
| 3. A minimum of 12 credit points of Research units | ||
| 4. A maximum of 12 credit points of Elective units | ||
| Candidates who have been granted 24 credit points of Reduced Volume Learning (RVL), must complete 48 credit points including: | ||
| 1. A minimum of 12 credit points of Core units | ||
| 2. A minimum of 24 credit points of Specialist units | ||
| 3. A minimum of 12 credit points of Research units | ||
| – Elective units are not available for candidates with RVL |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units | ||
| ENGG5102 Entrepreneurship for Engineers | 6 | A Some limited industry experience is preferred but not essential N ELEC5701 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt | 6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and understanding of basic principles of chemistry, physics and mechanics |
| ENGG5103 Safety Systems and Risk Analysis | 6 | |
| PMGT5205 Professional Project Practice | 6 | N ENGG5205 |
Specialist units | ||
| CHNG5005 Wastewater Engineering | 6 | A Knowledge of mass and energy balances, mathematics, process design, biochemical processes, and particle mechanics at a level typical of an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Assumed knowledge is equivalent to material covered in CHNG1103 and CHNG2801 and CHNG2802 and CHNG3803 and CHNG3804 and CHNG3805 |
| CIVL6257 Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete | 6 | N CIVL5257 |
| CIVL6264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures | 6 | N CIVL5264 |
| CIVL6267 Steel Structures - Adv Analysis and Design | 6 | N CIVL5267 |
| CIVL6268 Structural Dynamics | 6 | A Students are assumed to have a good knowledge of fundamental structural analysis, which is covered in the courses of Structural Mechanics, Introduction to Structural Concepts and Design, Structural Analysis, and Finite Element Analysis N CIVL5268 |
| CIVL6450 Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations | 6 | N CIVL5450 |
| CIVL6454 Rock Engineering | 6 | A Undergraduate geology and soil mechanics N CIVL5454 |
| CIVL6455 Engineering Behaviour of Soils | 6 | A [CIVL2410 or CIVL9410] and [CIVL3411 or CIVL9411]. A knowledge of basic concepts and terminology of soil mechanics is assumed. Experience with geotechnical practice in estimating parameters from field and laboratory data would be useful but not essential N CIVL5455 |
| CIVL6456 Energy Geotechnics | 6 | A [CIVL2410 or CIVL9410] and [CIVL3411 or CIVL9411] |
| CIVL6665 Advanced Water Resources Engineering | 6 | A CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 N CIVL5665 |
| CIVL6669 Applied Fluid Engineering Computing | 6 | A CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 N CIVL5669 |
| Exchange units may be taken as Specialist units with the approval of the Program Director. | ||
Research units | ||
| CIVL5020 Capstone Project A | 6 | P 96 cp from MPE degree program or 48 cp from the MPE(Accel) program or 24 cp from the ME program (including any credit for previous study) N CIVL5222 or CIVL5223 |
| CIVL5021 Capstone Project B | 6 | C CIVL5020 N CIVL5222 or CIVL5223 or CIVL5022 |
| CIVL5022 Capstone Project B Extended | 12 | P 24 credit points in the Master of Engineering and WAM >=70 or 96 credit points in the Master of Professional Engineering and WAM >=70 or 48cp from MPE(Accel) program and WAM >=70 N CIVL5021 or CIVL5222 or CIVL5223 |
| CIVL5222 Dissertation A | 12 | N CIVL5020 or CIVL5021 or CIVL5022 In order to enrol in a project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. The supervisor can come from any of the Engineering Departments, however, they need to send confirmation of their supervision approval to the Postgraduate Administrator. |
| CIVL5223 Dissertation B | 12 | P CIVL5222 N CIVL5020 or CIVL5021 or CIVL5022 In order to enrol in a project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. The supervisor can come from any of the Engineering Departments, however, they need to send confirmation of their supervision approval to the Postgraduate Administrator. |
| With permission from the Program Director candidates progressing with distinction (75%) average or higher results may replace CIVL5020, CIVL5021 and 12 credit points of electives with CIVL5222 & CIVL5223 Dissertation A & B. | ||
| A candidate who has been granted RVL and who is eligible to undertake the extended capstone project or dissertation may be granted exemption of up to 12 credit points of specialist units. | ||
Major Industrial Project | ||
| Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take CIVL5010 in place of CIVL5020/CIVL5021 Capstone Project A & B and 12 credit points of Specialist or Elective units of study. | ||
| CIVL5010 Major Industrial Project | 24 | P WAM >= 70 in prior semester enrolment N CIVL5020 or CIVL5021 or CIVL5022 or CIVL5222 or CIVL5223 or ENGG5217 |
Elective units | ||
| Specialist units may also be taken as Elective units. | ||
| AMME5202 Computational Fluid Dynamics | 6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods; Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills P [(MECH3261 and AMME2000) or (AERO3260 and AMME2000)] or ENGG5202 or MECH8261 N AMME8202 |
| CIVL5266 Steel Structures - Stability | 6 | A There are no prerequisites for this unit of study but it is assumed that students are competent in the content covered in Structural Mechanics, Steel Structures, and Structural Analysis |
| CIVL5269 Advanced Concrete Structures | 6 | P CIVL3205 or CIVL9205 |
| CIVL5276 Bridge Engineering | 6 | A (CIVL2201 and CIVL3205 and CIVL3206) or (CIVL9201 and CIVL9205 and CIVL9206). Students who have not completed Concrete Structures (CIVL3205 or CIVL9205) will be very disadvantaged and should not attempt this unit |
| CIVL5277 Structural Rehabilitation and Timber Design | 6 | A (CIVL2201 and CIVL3205 and CIVL3206) or (CIVL9201 and CIVL9205 and CIVL9206) |
| CIVL5320 Engineering for Sustainable Development | 6 | A CIVL3310 or CIVL9310 |
| CIVL5351 Geoenvironmental Engineering | 6 | |
| CIVL5452 Foundation Engineering | 6 | A [CIVL2410 or CIVL9410] and [CIVL3411 or CIVL9411]. Students are assumed to have a good knowledge of fundamental soil mechanics, which is covered in the courses of soil mechanics (settlement, water flow, soil strength) and foundation engineering (soil models, stability analyses; slope stability; retaining walls; foundation capacity) N CIVL6452 |
| CIVL5453 Geotechnical Hazards | 6 | A (CIVL2410 and CIVL3411) or (CIVL9410 and CIVL9411). Students are assumed to have a good knowledge of fundamental soil mechanics, which is covered in the courses of soil mechanics (settlement, water flow, soil strength) and foundation engineering (soil models, stability analyses; slope stability; retaining walls; foundation capacity) |
| CIVL5458 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering | 6 | |
| CIVL5460 Particle Mechanics for Geotechnics | 6 | |
| CIVL5531 Advanced Integrated Building Engineering | 6 | A CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering and CIVL2110 Materials and CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics and MATH2061 Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus and (CIVL3511 Introduction to Integrated Building Engineering or CIVL9511 Introduction to Integrated Building Engineering) |
| CIVL5533 Energy-efficient Building Systems | 6 | A CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering and CIVL2110 Materials and CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics and MATH2061 Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus |
| CIVL5535 Building Envelope and Adaptive Engineering | 6 | A CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering and CIVL2110 Materials and CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics and MATH2061 Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus |
| CIVL5668 Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design | 6 | |
| CIVL5670 Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering | 6 | A (CIVL3612 or CIVL9612) and MATH2061 |
| CIVL5701 Transport Networks | 6 | A CIVL2700 or CIVL9700 |
| CIVL5702 Traffic Engineering | 6 | A (CIVL2700 or CIVL9700) and (MATH1021 and MATH1023 and MATH1005) or (MATH1061 and MATH1062) and (ENGG1801 or ENGG1810). Basic statistics through regression analysis, differential and integral calculus, computer programming |
| CIVL5703 Transport Policy, Planning and Deployment | 6 | A CIVL2700 N CIVL3703 or CIVL9703 |
| CIVL5704 Transport Analytics | 6 | A CIVL3704 or CIVL9704 |
| CIVL5999 Advanced Research and Analysis | 6 | A (CIVL2201 or CIVL9201) and (CIVL2611 or CIVL9611) and (CIVL2410 or CIVL9410) |
| CIVL9511 Basics of Integrated Building Engineering | 6 | A CIVL1900 Introduction to Civil Engineering and CIVL2110 Materials and CIVL2201 Structural Mechanics and MATH2061 Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus |
| CSYS5010 Introduction to Complex Systems | 6 | |
| CSYS5020 Interdependent Civil Systems | 6 | |
Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 29/11/2023 | No prerequisite (P) for CIVL5223 | Prerequisite (P) for CIVL5223 added: P CIVL5222 |
| 4/04/2024 | Prerequisites for CIVL5320 published as: P CIVL3310 OR CIVL9310 | Prerequisites for CIVL5320 removed. |
| 4/04/2024 | Assumed knowledge missing for CIVL5320. | Assumed knowledge for CIVL5320 added: A CIVL3310 OR CIVL9310 |