1. Overview

Course:	Civil Engineering (2015)
CP Required:	192
Min FT Duration:	4.00 Years
Min PT Duration:	N/A
Faculty/School:	Civil Engineering
Years Offered:	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

2. Requirements

This course outline should be read in conjunction with the Handbook for the Bachelor of Engineering: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/engineering/

Candidates are required to complete 192 credit points made up as follows:

(a) 144 credit points of core Civil Units.

and

(b) at least 18 credit points of 3rd year Civil electives,

and

(c) at least 18 credit points of 4th year Civil electives,

and

(d) no more than 12 credit points of "Additional Electives"

Candidates are required to achieve a minimum academic level as described in the Engineering Handbook: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/engineering/ . Students not meeting this requirement will be awarded the PASS degree Bachelor of Engineering.

Additional Electives

Candidates must complete 12 credit points of additional elective units of study. These are also called "free electives". They may be any combination of units from any of the Second Year, Third Year or Fourth Year Civil electives, AND/OR from units of study in other Faculties subject to approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Civil Engineering.

Choice of electives will depend upon subject availability, timetabling and prerequisite conditions. http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/civil/current-students/electives.shtml

Civil Engineering Specialisation

Specialisation in the BE (Civil) degree is available to exceptional students who meet certain progress requirements. To satisfy the specialisation criteria students must be enrolled in a specialisation stream and complete at least 3 electives from the relevant specialisation listed below and undertake an Honours Thesis in a related topic:

(i) Structures Specialisation: CIVL3235; CIVL5266; CIVL5269; CIVL5458

(ii) Environmental Specialisation: CIVL3614; CIVL5351; CIVL5668; CIVL5670

(iii) Geotechnical Specialisation: CIVL3411; CIVL5351; CIVL5452; CIVL5458

(iv) Construction Management Specialisation: CIVL3805, CIVL4815, CIVL3813, CIVL4810 and CIVL4814 Students cannot do more than four units from the Construction Management stream, even as a free elective. CIVL3813 is a 4th year elective, not 3rd year.

In order to satisfy the requirements for specialisation the candidate may need to complete more than 240 credit points.

Other Notes

With special permission from the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Civil Engineering, it is possible to take Thesis A in Semester 2 and Thesis B in Semester 1.

CIVL0011; CIVL0012; CIVL0013; CIVL0014; CIVL0015; CIVL0016; CIVL0017 AND CIVL0018 are available for international exchange study programs.

Most Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics and Computer Science units of study offered by the Faculty of Science can be replaced by an equivalent advanced level units of study subject to prerequisite conditions (as required by the Faculty of Science) being met.

3. Semesters

Year 1 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	ENGG1800: Introduction to Engineering A
Core	6	ENGG1801: Engineering Computing
Core	3	MATH1001: Differential Calculus Note: This unit is discontinued from 2018. Replacement unit is MATH1021.
Core	3	MATH1002: Linear Algebra
Core	6	PHYS1001: Physics 1 (Regular)

Year 1 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	ENGG1802: Engineering Mechanics Note: From 2018, this unit is not available to Civil stream students. Replacement unit is CIVL1802.
Core	6	ENGG1803: Professional Engineering 1
Core	6	GEOL1501: Engineering Geology 1
Core	3	MATH1003: Integral Calculus and Modelling Note: This unit is discontinued from 2018. Replacement unit is MATH1023.
Core	3	MATH1005: Statistical Thinking with Data

Year 2 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL2110: Materials
Core	6	CIVL2201: Structural Mechanics
Core	6	CIVL2810: Engineering Construction and Surveying [no longer running]
Core	6	MATH2061: Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus

Year 2 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL2230: Introduction to Structural Concepts and Design
Core	6	CIVL2410: Soil Mechanics 1
Core	6	CIVL2611: Introductory Fluid Mechanics
Recommended Yr2	6	Select from Unit Block: Recommended Yr2 or other units.

Year 3 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL3010: Sustainable Systems Engineering
Core	6	CIVL3205: Concrete Structures 1
Core	6	CIVL3612: Fluid Mechanics
Core	6	CIVL3812: Project Appraisal

Year 3 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL3206: Steel Structures 1
Year Three electives	18	Select from Unit Block: Year Three electives

Year 4 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL4022: Thesis A
Core	6	CIVL4811: Engineering Design and Construction
Core	0	ENGG4000: Practical Experience
Year Four Electives	12	Select from Unit Block: Year Four Electives

Year 4 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	CIVL4023: Thesis B
Core	6	CIVL4903: Civil Engineering Design
Year Four Electives	12	Select from Unit Block: Year Four Electives

4. Pathways

No streams/majors defined for this course version.

5. Unit Blocks

Block 2 - Recommended Yr2 (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CIVL2511	Research Techniques	6	Semester 2
MATH2065	Partial Differential Equations (Intro)	6	Semester 2 Summer Main
ELECTIVE	Free Electives	6

Note: Select one of these units OR a free elective in Year 2, Semester 2.

Free elective list: http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/civil/current-students/electives.shtml#additional

Block 3 - Year Three electives (Min CP: 18,Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CIVL3235	Structural Analysis	6	Semester 2
CIVL3411	Geotechnical Engineering 1	6	Semester 2
CIVL3614	Hydrology	6	Semester 2
CIVL3805	Project Scope, Time and Cost Management	6	Semester 1

Note: Block 3: Choose 3 electives from the list above.

Block 4 - Year Four Electives (Min CP: 24,Max CP: 24)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CIVL3813	Contracts Formulation and Management	6	Semester 2
CIVL4810	Mgmnt of People, Quality and Risk in PE	6	Semester 2
CIVL4814	Project Procurement and Tendering	6	Semester 2
CIVL4815	Project Formulation	6	Semester 1
CIVL5266	Steel Structures - Stability	6	Semester 1
CIVL5269	Advanced Concrete Structures	6	Semester 2
CIVL5351	Geoenvironmental Engineering	6	Semester 2
CIVL5453	Geotechnical Hazards	6	Semester 2
CIVL5458	Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering	6	Semester 1
CIVL5668	Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design	6	Semester 1
CIVL5670	Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering	6	Semester 1
ELECTIVE	Free Electives	6

Note: Block 4: Requirements for BE (Civil). You must choose 4 units as follows:

***Three units must be chosen from the list of year 4 electives shown above.

*1 unit can be any other of the year 4 electives shown above OR a free elective. Free elective list : http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/civil/current-students/electives.shtml#additional

Faculty of Engineering

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering (2015)