Structures

This program is currently under review and the degree table below may change.

Degree Table

Students must complete 96 Credit Points:

  • Foundation Units –30 Cr Pts
  • Core Units - 48 Cr Pts
  • Elective Units – 18 Cr Pts

Degree Table

Foundation Units - 30 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

CIVL5507 Foundations of Concrete Structures 1

6

1

1

CIVL5511  Foundations of Environmental and Fluids Engineering

6

1

1

CIVL5512  Foundations of Engineering Design and Construction

6

1

1

CIVL5508 Foundations of Steel Structures 1

6

2

1

CIVL5510 Foundations of Civil Engineering Design

6

2

2

Core Units - 48 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Engineering & Management                   

6

1

1

ENGG5205 Professional Practice in Project Management

6

2

1

ENGG5217 Industrial Experience

0

1 & 2

2

ENGG5220 Engineering Project A

6

1

2

CIVL5257 Concrete Structures: Prestressed Concrete

6

1

2

CIVL5267 Steel Structures - Advanced Design

6

1

2

ENGG5221 Engineering Project B

6

2

2

CIVL5264 Composite Steel-Concrete Structures

6

2

2

CIVL5268 Structural Dynamics

6

2

2

Elective Units -  6 credit points

Candidates must complete a minimum of 6 credit points from the following:

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

CIVL5351 Environmental Geotechnics

6

1

CIVL5450 Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations

6

1

CIVL5451 Numerical & Computer Methods in Geotech. Eng.

6

1

CIVL5665 Advanced Water Resources Management and Use

6

1

CIVL5668 Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design

6

1

CIVL5670  Flow-Induced Vibrations

6

1

CIVL5671  Water Resources and Hydrology

6

1

CIVL5452 Foundation Engineering

6

2

CIVL5454 Rock Engineering

6

2

CIVL5455 Engineering Behaviour of Soils

6

2

CIVL5514  Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering

6

2

CIVL5515  Foundations of Ocean and Coastal Engineering

6

2

CIVL5666 Open Channel Flow and Hydraulic Structures

6

2

CIVL5669 Applied Fluid Engineering Computing

6

2

ENGG5601 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

6

2

Elective Units - 12 credit points

Candidates must complete a minimum of 12 credit points from the following:

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

CIVL5458 Numerical Methods in Engineering

6

1

CIVL5266 Steel Structures - Stability

6

1

CIVL5269 Concrete Structures - Strength & Serviceability

6

2

CIVL5513  Foundations of Structural Analysis

6

2

Candidates entering the program with an undergraduate engineering degree who have achieved a minimum of 75% average in their first 48 credit points of the MPE program will be permitted to replace ENGG5220 Engineering Project A, ENGG5221 Engineering Project B and 12 credit points of elective units of study with ENGG5222 Dissertation A and ENGG5223 Dissertation B or ENGG5218 Dissertation.

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

ENGG5218 Dissertation or

24

1 & 2

ENGG5222 Dissertation A and

12

1 & 2

ENGG5223 Dissertation B

12

1 & 2

Total: 96 credit points