Civil engineers design, construct, maintain and operate infrastructure for the benefit of society. You will acquire skills, knowledge and experience in mechanics; transport, traffic and road engineering; building structures and technology; design of concrete and masonry structures; bridge design and assessment; geomechanics; and hydrology.
Undergraduate
Commencement year
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2018 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.
Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the component of any bachelors double degrees.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Offered by
Department of Civil Engineering
Contact details
EngineeringEngineering (http://www.monash.edu/engineering/about-us/contact-us)
Units
Levels 2, 3 and 4
Parts C, D. Civil engineering knowledge, application and practice (108 points)
Students complete:
- CIV2206 Mechanics of solids
- CIV2225 Design of steel and timber structures
- CIV2242 Geomechanics I
- CIV2263 Water systems
- CIV2282 Transport and traffic engineering
- CIV3204 Engineering investigation
- CIV3221 Building structures and technology
- CIV3247 Geomechanics II
- CIV3248 Groundwater and environmental geomechanics
- CIV3284 Design of concrete and masonry structures
- CIV3285 Engineering hydrology
- CIV4210 Project A
- CIV4212 Civil and environmental engineering practice
- CIV4280 Bridge design and assessment
- CIV4286 Project management for civil engineers
- CIV4287 Road engineering
- CIV4288 Water Treatment
- ENG2005 Advanced engineering mathematics
Part E. Elective study (36 points)
Single degree students complete a. and b. below:
- 12 points of electives at level 2 or 3 from one of the following options:
- the remaining two units required to complete an engineering-approved minorengineering-approved minor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/eng-beng-approved-minors.html) from another faculty (if the first two units in the minor were completed at level 1)
- level 2 or 3 units from the list of technical electives below
- other electives chosen in consultation the course adviser
- 24 points of level 3 and 4 units from the list of technical electives below
For students completing a double degree, some units required for the partner degree are credited as electives towards this degree.
Civil engineering technical electives
- CIV2283 Civil engineering construction
- CIV4283 Transport planning
- CIV4284 Traffic systems
- CIV4211 Project B
- CIV4234 Advanced structural analysis
- CIV4235 Advanced structural design
- CIV4248 Ground hazards engineering
- CIV4249 Foundation engineering
- CIV4261 Integrated urban water management
- CIV4268 Water resources management
- ENG1021 Spatial communication in engineering
- RSE4111 Numerical modelling
Relevant courses
Bachelors
Single degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:
- E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Students in other single bachelor's degrees are not eligible to complete this specialisation.
Double degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) component in the following double degrees:
- E3009 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Architectural Design
- E3002 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- E3004 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- E3005 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce
- E3003 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce Specialist
- E3007 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- L3002 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)