Program Overview

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Water and Environmental Engineering Specialisation

Overview

This extension specialisation will enable students to build and expand on knowledge developed through the Civil Engineering major, providing a solid grounding in advanced water and wastewater engineering management, along with an understanding of environmental issues surrounding engineering development. Key concepts covered are hydraulic principles and structures; planning, design, operation and maintenance of water distribution and wastewater collection networks; calculating and managing flood events; surface and groundwater flow, interaction, quality and contamination; solid and hazardous waste management; air quality and pollution control.

What you'll learn

• Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, sustainability principles and/or computing, GC1
• Solve water and environmental engineering problems of industrial and societal significance via innovative and creative design or research, working individually or in teams, GC2
• Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3

Course Essentials

• Qualification: Water and Environmental Engineering Specialisation
• Credit: 100
• Course outline: A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.

Select your preferred degree

This course belongs to multiple degrees. Select the single degree or double degree below to see the application deadlines.

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering) (Honours)
• Bachelor of Science (Mining)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Fees and Scholarships

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Credit for Recognised Learning (CRL)

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Campuses

• Australia
• Colombo
• Dubai
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Singapore

Teaching areas

• Centre for Aboriginal Studies
• Business and Law
• Health Sciences
• Humanities
• Science and Engineering

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital Design Specialisation
12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
15. Fashion Design Specialisation
16. Fine Art Specialisation
17. Geography Specialisation
18. Graphic Design Specialisation
19. Graphics Specialisation
20. History Specialisation
21. Illustration Specialisation
22. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture Specialisation
24. International Development Specialisation
25. Journalism Specialisation
26. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
27. Photography Specialisation
28. Principles of Planning Specialisation
29. Professional Writing Specialisation
30. Screen Production Specialisation
31. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
32. Social Justice Specialisation
33. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
34. Theatre Arts Specialisation
35. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
36. Web Media Specialisation
37. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
2. Advertising Design Specialisation
3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
5. Asian Studies Specialisation
6. Chinese Language Specialisation
7. Construction Management Specialisation
8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
9. Creative Writing Specialisation
10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
12. Digital Design Specialisation
13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
16. Fashion Design Specialisation
17. Fine Art Specialisation
18. Geography Specialisation
19. Graphic Design Specialisation
20. Graphics Specialisation
21. History Specialisation
22. Illustration Specialisation
23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
25. International Development Specialisation
26. Journalism Specialisation
27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
28. Photography Specialisation
29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
30. Professional Writing Specialisation
31. Screen Production Specialisation
32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
33. Social Justice Specialisation
34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
37. Web Media Specialisation
38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

1. Advertising Design Specialisation
2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
3. Asian Studies Specialisation
4. Biological Diversity Minor
5. Climate Change Science Minor
6. Construction Management Specialisation
7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
8. Creative Writing Specialisation
9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
12. Environmental Management Minor
13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
14. Fashion Design Specialisation
15. Fine Art Specialisation
16. Food Science Minor
17. Forensic Studies Minor
18. Geophysics Minor
19. Geospatial Technology Minor
20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
22. Graphic Design Specialisation
23. Graphics Specialisation
24. Illustration Specialisation
25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
28. International Development Specialisation
29. Landscape Restoration Minor
30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
32. Metallurgy Minor
33. Mining Minor
34. Optimisation Minor
35. Photography Specialisation
36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
37. Screen Production Specialisation
38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
39. Social Justice Specialisation
40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
43. Web Media Specialisation
44. Web Presence Specialisation

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