Civil and Construction Engineering Major (BEng Hons)

Overview Overview

This course is a major in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree.

Civil and construction engineers design and construct society's infrastructure. They have key roles in creating buildings, bridges, roads and highways, harbours, dams, irrigation and water supplies, municipal infrastructure and other large projects.

As our built environment becomes more complex, ambitious construction projects require teams of people with different skills, working together. Civil and construction engineers are central to this process.

In this course, you will develop scientific, mathematical and practical skills, and learn how to apply your skills in various areas of civil and construction engineering.

Those areas include: structural analysis and design, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, hydraulics, construction management and methods, water and environmental resources, and professional practice.

In your final year, you'll integrate your design, construction and management skills in large civil engineering projects. You'll also undertake a major civil engineering research project.

This course gives you the flexibility to study specialisations, to either deepen your knowledge in civil and construction engineering or broaden your expertise in other disciplines. See the full list of specialisations here.

Double degrees

To extend your expertise and your career options, you can study Civil and Construction Engineering with Mining, Commerce or Innovation.

How this course will make you industry ready

Before you graduate, you'll gain experience integrating your design, construction and management skills in large civil engineering projects and undertake a major civil engineering research project.

You'll also complete at least 12 weeks (or equivalent) of exposure to professional engineering practice,through relevant work experience or combined technical and non-technical activities.

What you'll learn

• Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, and computing underpinning the broad field of engineering, GC1
• Solve complex civil and construction engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles, GC1
• Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical, and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens, GC4, GC5
• Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global civil and construction engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of civil and construction engineering, GC2
• Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3
• Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond, GC6