ENG4202

Civil and environmental engineering practice ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader:

Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: To carry out the design for a specified civil engineering development. The design project will vary from year to year but will include aspects of structural, water, geomechanics and transport design.

Objectives: The objective of this unit is to provide students with the experience of carrying out a significant civil and environmental engineering project under conditions roughly equivalent to those experienced by a new graduate in an engineering office. The project will be drawn from industry, and will be multi disciplinary involving application of materials learnt throughout the undergraduate program.

Assessment: Examination: 30% + Assignments: 70%. Students must pass both assignment and examination components to pass the unit.

Contact Hours: 2 hours lectures, 1 hour workshop/practice class and 8 hours of private study/group work per week. An additional 8 hours of field trip over the semester.

Prerequisites: Completion of 120 credit points including: ENG2202 (or ENG2203), ENG3202, ENG3204, ENG3205, ENV3737