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Program Summary

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Typical Duration: 5 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Session: 3
 
 
Max UOC Per Session: 27
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 240
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Engineering (Double Major)
 
  

Program Description

The program provides students with professional qualifications in areas of great importance to the community. The program is attractive to students who have in mind a career involving environmental issues and infrastructure development. The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering administers the program.

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Program Structure

  • The first program structure listed is the new flexible structure for students commencing in 2006.
  • The program structure for students who enrolled prior to 2006 is listed after the 1st year of the flexible structure.
Year 1 (Flexible commencing in 2006)

Choose ONE of:

And ONE of:

And ONE of:

Plus these following 3 courses:
Plus choose 2 electives from the Year 1 Elective List (link)

Suggested Year 1 electives for this program are:
  1. COMP1911 is an acceptable alternative for ENGG1811
  2. MINE1300 and MMAN1300 are acceptable alternatives for CVEN1300
  3. Not all courses are offered in both sessions but students should complete 24 UOC in each session.
For information relating to Years 2-4 of the flexible program structure please refer to the school website http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au

Program structure for students who enrolled prior to 2006 is as follows:

Year 2
General Education 6 UOC

Year 3
And ONE of the following courses:

Year 4
And ONE of the following courses:
And ONE of the following courses:
Plus Geography Elective 6 UOC

Plus General Education 6 UOC

Year 5
Session 1

Students achieving a School weighted average mark exceeding 62 (calculated from all courses in Years 1 to 4 of the BE program) are eligible to undertake an Honours thesis in Year 4 (CVEN4000 in S1 and CVEN4001 in S2).
Plus TWO of the following electives:
Session 2

All students not undertaking the honours thesis are required to select two majors. Students undertaking the honours thesis are required to undertake one major plus at least 8 units of credit of electives taken from one other discipline area. To complete a major, all three 4 units of credit elective courses (listed for each discipline below) must be undertaken.
Construction and Management Major
Geotechnical Major

Any 3 of the following 4 courses:
Structures Major
Transport Major
Water Major

Any 3 of the following 4 courses:
Note each major strand is divided into at least three courses each of 4 units of credit. A major consists of undertaking 12 units of credit in a given strand. Students may also take elective components of 4 units of credit each offered from different strands.

General Education Requirements

Students in this program may also need to satisfy the General Education requirements.
For further information, please refer to "General Education" in the Table of Contents and contact your school office.

The Faculty of Engineering is committed to providing the widest range of choice of general education electives for its students. It strongly encourages students to make the best use of this flexibility.

Honours

Industrial training is assigned a nominal value of 4 units of credit in Year 4 in the Honours calculation. For combined degree programs only the marks obtained in the standard Civil and Environmental Engineering courses are used in the calculation. A weighted average mark in the range of 65.0-69.9 will result in a recommendation for Honours 2/2. A weighted average mark in the range of 70.0-74.9 will result in a recommendation for Honours 2/1. A weighted average mark of 75.0 and above will result in a recommendation for Honours 1.

Academic Rules

1. Students must satisfy the normal program and course prerequisites for Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering.

2. The degrees of Bachelor of Engineering may be conferred as Pass or Honours degrees. There are two classes of Honours, Class 1, and Class 2, in two divisions. The award and grade of Honours are made in recognition of superior performance throughout the program with greater weighting on courses in the later years. The course can lead to the award of the University Medal in either Civil or Environmental Engineering.

3. There will be a testamur for each degree in the combined program.

4. Students must satisfy admission requirements for both the BE in Civil and Environmental Engineering for direct admission or may transfer from either the Civil or the Environmental BE program after completion of the first year with a weighted average mark of 65 or greater.

5.The total units of credit in the program is 240

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following web-page:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Industrial Experience

Further Requirements

Professional Recognition


Area(s) of Specialisation

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