Civil and Fire Safety Engineering

Part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering program

Students must complete for the BE(Hons)/ME (Civil and Fire Safety Engineering plan code: CIVFSX2350), 80 units comprising:

  1. 68 units being all courses from part A - compulsory; and
  2. 6 units from part B2 - electives; and
  3. 6 units from electives being courses on the BE(Hons)/ME list or other courses approved by the executive dean, with:
  4. (i) a minimum of 2 units from the combination of part B1 and B2; and
    (ii) a maximum of 4 units of courses from part B0.

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1
4 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1100 2 Engineering Design
ENGG1200 2 Engineering Modelling & Problem Solving
ENGG1211 4 Engineering Design, Modelling & Problem Solving [1]

and 4 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
[ MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [2]
[ or
[ MATH1071 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I
[ MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations
[ or
[ MATH1072 2 Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

AND

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1400 2 Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL2135 2 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CIVL2330 2 Structural Mechanics
CIVL2410 2 Sustainable Transport Engineering - Traffic Analysis
CIVL2530 2 Probability and Statistics in Engineering

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL2131 2 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CIVL2210 2 Soil Mechanics
CIVL2340 2 Design of Steel Structures
CIVL2360 2 Design of Concrete Structures

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL3140 2 Hydraulics of Engineered and Natural Waterways
CIVL3210 2 Geotechnical Engineering
CIVL3340 2 Structural Analysis
FIRE3700 2 Introduction to Fire Safety Engineering

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL3141 2 Hydrology and Hydrological Risk
CIVL3350 2 Integrated Structural Design
CIVL3420 2 Sustainable Transport Engineering - Planning and Design
CIVL3510 2 Project Management with Building Information Modelling

Year 4, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL4514 2 Integrated Design
FIRE4610 2 Fire Engineering Design: Solutions for Implicit Safety

Year 4, Semester 1 or Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4900 2 Professional Practice and the Business Environment

Year 4, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL4516 2 Integrated Design for Environmental Management
FIRE7620 2 Fire Dynamics

Year 5, Full year

Course Code Units Course Title
FIRE7500 8 Research Thesis
CIVL7501 8 Research Thesis

Year 5, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
FIRE7640 2 Fire Dynamics Laboratory
FIRE7660 2 Structural Fire Engineering

Year 5, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7701 2 Engineering Grand Challenges
FIRE7680 2 Fire Engineering Design: Explicit Quantification of Safety

Part B - Electives

Part B0 - Preparatory Mathematics & Science Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1090 2 Introductory Chemistry [3]
MATH1050 2 Mathematical Foundations [2] [4]
PHYS1171 2 Physical Basis of Biological Systems [5]

Part B1 - Introductory Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems
ENGG1500 2 Engineering Thermodynamics
ENGG1600 2 Introduction to Research Practices - The Big Issues
ENGG2000 2 Humanitarian Engineering
ERTH1501 2 Earth Processes & Geological Materials for Engineers
MATH2000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II
MATH2001 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra II
MINE2105 2 Introduction to Mining and Mineral Processing
MINE3121 2 Mining Geomechanics
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics
REDE1300 2 Building Construction Management & Economics

Part B2 - Advanced Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE4012 2 Industrial Wastewater & Solid Waste Management
CIVL3150 2 Modelling of Environmental Systems
CIVL4110 2 Coastal & Estuarine Engineering [6]
CIVL4120 2 Advanced Hydraulic Engineering and Structures [7]
CIVL4140 2 Contaminant Transport Modelling
CIVL4170 2 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
CIVL4180 2 Sustainable Built Environment
CIVL4230 2 Advanced Soil Mechanics
CIVL4270 2 Geotechnical Investigation & Testing
CIVL4280 2 Advanced Rock Mechanics
CIVL4332 2 Advanced Structural Analysis
CIVL4333 2 Advanced Concrete Design
CIVL4334 2 Design of Timber Structures
CIVL4340 2 Wind Engineering
CIVL4412 2 Travel Behaviour and Transport Modelling
CIVL4450 2 Traffic Flow Theory and Emerging Technologies
CIVL4460 2 Highway Geometric Design
CIVL4522 2 Analytical Methods for the Design of Construction Operations
MINE4000 2 Mine Waste Management & Landform Design

End notes

  • [1] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same code in each semester.
  • [2] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [3] CHEM1090 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Chemistry or equivalent.
  • [4] MATH1050 is not available to students who have passed MATH1051 and/or MATH1071 and/or MATH1052 and/or MATH1072.
  • [5] PHYS1171 is not available for students with a Sound Achievement or higher in Senior Physics or equivalent.
  • [6] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.
  • [7] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.