Environmental Engineering - CVENLT8621
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: School
Program: 8621 - Engineering
Award(s):
Master of Engineering (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Entry is open to students with a four year non-accredited (under the Washington Accord) Bachelor of Environmental Engineering degree or equivalent with a minimum 65% average.* Alternatively, eligible applicants include those who hold a three year Engineering Science degree, at least equivalent to the first three years of a relevant Environmental Engineering degree accredited under the Washington Accord.
* NOTE: Minimum 65% average is determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Entry Score Calculator UNSW Postgraduate Entry Score Calculator. Students from a non-211 university in China need a minimum 70% average. For entry details (particularly for South Asian students) please click here.
Stream Structure
Year 1 Professional Development
48 UOC of Disciplinary courses, chosen from the lists below.
Students are educated across the breadth of engineering management (minimum 12 UOC), analysis and design (minimum of 12 UOC) and engineering and the environment (minimum of 6 UOC). A minimum of 36 UOC in total of Disciplinary courses are to be selected from these groups.
Students may also select up to 12 UOC of Disciplinary elective courses.
Management:
Select a minimum of 12 UOC of management courses from the following list:
- CVEN4101 Problem Solving for Engineers (6 UOC)
- CVEN4102 Operations and Projects (6 UOC)
- CVEN4103 Engineering Contracts (6 UOC)
- CVEN9741 Engineering Construction (6 UOC)
- CVEN9742 Professional Civil Engineering (6 UOC)
- CVEN9743 Construction Eng. Practices (6 UOC)
- CVEN9744 Civil Engineering Practices (6 UOC)
- GSOE9360 Discourse in Engineering (6 UOC)
Select both of the analysis and design courses (12 UOC) listed below:
Select a minimum of 6 UOC of engineering and the environment courses from the following list:
Select a maximum of 12 UOC of elective courses from the following list:
- CVEN4104 Sustainability in Construction (6 UOC)
- CVEN4201 Rock and Slope Engineering (6 UOC)
- CVEN4202 Adv'd Topics in Geotech Eng'g (6 UOC)
- CVEN4204 Ground Improvement &Monitoring (6 UOC)
- CVEN4310 Deformation Monitoring Surveys (6 UOC)
- CVEN4402 Transport Systems Part 1 (6 UOC)
- CVEN4507 Advanced Water Engineering (6 UOC)
- CVEN4703 Adv Water Quality (6 UOC)
- CVEN4800 Satellite Remote Sensing &Apps (6 UOC)
- CVEN9525 Fundamentals of Geomechanics (6 UOC)
- GMAT9205 Geopositioning (6 UOC)
- GMAT9600 Remote Sensing (6 UOC)
- Not all courses may be available in a given year; available courses will be as per the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering program for that year.
- Sessions (S1 and S2) are as per 2014 teaching allocations and can change from one year to another.
48 UOC of Advanced Disciplinary courses plus 60 days of environmental engineering related industrial training.
- CVEN9000 CivilEngPractice (6 UOC)
- CVEN9931 Masters Project A (6 UOC)
- CVEN9932 Masters Project B (6 UOC)
Note: Not all courses may be available. Please refer to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering for an up-to-date list of courses on offer.
Minimum 18UOC from Environmental Engineering courses below:
- CVEN9855 Water & Wastewater Analysis (6 UOC)
- CVEN9856 Water Treatment (6 UOC)
- CVEN9857 Wastewater Treatment (6 UOC)
- CVEN9872 Solid Waste Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9881 Hazardous Waste Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9888 Environmental Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9892 Sustainability & Risk Analysis (6 UOC)
- GSOE9740 Industrial Ecology (6 UOC)
- CVEN9701 Eng Economics & Financial Mngt (6 UOC)
- CVEN9702 Project Planning and Control (6 UOC)
- CVEN9706 Human Resources Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9707 Contracts Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9710 Management of Risk (6 UOC)
- CVEN9714 Resource Management (6 UOC)
- CVEN9717 Marketing in Technology & Engg (6 UOC)
- CVEN9718 Strategic Mngt for Engineering (6 UOC)
- CVEN9720 Prob Solving & Decision Making (6 UOC)
- CVEN9723 Design of Construction Ops (6 UOC)
- CVEN9726 Legal Studies & Prof Practice (6 UOC)
- CVEN9730 International Project Mngt (6 UOC)
- CVEN9731 Project Management Framework (6 UOC)
- CVEN9511 Geotechnical Models (6 UOC)
- CVEN9512 Geomechanics (6 UOC)
- CVEN9610 Surface Water Hydrology (6 UOC)
- CVEN9611 Urban Hydrology (6 UOC)
- CVEN9612 Catchment & WR Modelling (6 UOC)
- CVEN9620 Channels, Rivers & Estuaries (6 UOC)
- CVEN9630 Groundwater Hydrology (6 UOC)
- CVEN9640 Coastal Engineering (6 UOC)
- CVEN9855 Water & Wastewater Analysis (6 UOC)
- GSOE9740 Industrial Ecology (6 UOC)
- GMAT9211 Modern Geodesy (6 UOC)
- GMAT9300 Aerial & Satellite Imaging Sys (6 UOC)
- GMAT9606 Microwave Remote Sensing (6 UOC)
In addition, a further requirement for the program is the completion of 60 days of Environmental Engineering related industrial experience.
Please also refer to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering for more information about the program structure Coursework Programs