Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)/Bachelor of Arts

Course code: 1209 + Course abbreviation: BE(Civ)/BA + Total credit points required: 246 or 250, depending on VCE subjects completed (48 or 52 credit points at Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts at level 1, plus the remaining credit points for this engineering branch)+ 5 years full-time, 8 years part-time (including 1 year full-time Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts level 1) + Managing faculty: Engineering

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

For details of this branch of engineering refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering in this handbook. For information on arts majors and minors, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course structure

Students enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common first year (refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts earlier in this section).

Course requirements

Students require a total of 246 credit points (or 250 depending on prerequisites) including level one, of which not less than 150 credit points (or 154 depending on prerequisites) must be obtained from the engineering units listed below.
The arts component requires 96 credit points, consisting of a major (48 points), a minor (24 points), an additional first-year sequence (12 points) and a further 12 points of arts units.

Year 2

• CIV2202 Surveying
• CIV2204 Strength of materials
• CIV2205 Modelling and computing
• CIV2222 Steel framed structures
• CIV2223 Design of concrete structures
• CIV2224 Timber and masonry structures
• CIV2241 Introductory geoengineering
• CIV2261 Water supply 1
• CIV2262 Waterway engineering
• CIV2281 Transport and traffic
• MAT2911 Mathematical methods with applications I
• MAT2912 Mathematical methods with applications II

Eng: 48 credit points

Year 3

• CIV3204 Engineering investigations
• CIV3221 Building structures and technology
• CIV3222 Bridge design and assessment
• CIV3247 Geoengineering
• CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental engineering
• CIV3264 Urban water and wastewater systems
• CIV3283 Road engineering

Eng: 42 credit points

Year 4

• CIV4210 Project A
• CIV4212 Civil engineering practice 4
• plus 12 credit points of electives from level 4 civil elective units

Eng: 24 credit points

Year 5 - remaining arts and engineering units

It is recommended to take the level 2 engineering units over two years of study with appropriate arts units.

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