Course list for the Fire Safety Engineering Field of Study

Information valid for students commencing 2021

Fire Safety Engineering

Students must complete for the MEngSc (Fire and Safety Engineering) (Plan code: FIRSAX5529), 24 units comprising:

  1. 16 units from Part A; and
  2. 8 units from Part B or other course approved by the Executive Dean

Students will be required to provide their own PPE (safety glasses and steel cap boots)

Part A - Compulsory

Full Year

One of the following

Course Code Units Course Title
[ CIVL7513 4 Research Project
[ or
[ CIVL7514 4 Research Project

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
FIRE7600 2 Introduction to Fire Safety Engineering
FIRE7610 2 Fire Engineering Design:Solutions for Implicit Safety
FIRE7640 2 Fire Dynamics Laboratory
FIRE7660 2 Structural Fire Engineering

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
FIRE7620 2 Fire Dynamics
FIRE7680 2 Fire Engineering Design: Explicit Quantification of Safety

Part B - MEngSc Electives

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL7131 2 Urban Hydrology
CIVL7135 2 Advanced Environmental Monitoring Techniques for Civil Engineers
CIVL7215 2 Ground Improvement & Remediation Technologies
CIVL7350 2 Design of Composite Structures
CIVL7415 2 Spatial and Quantitative Methods for Transport Data Analytics
CIVL7425 2 Strategic Transport Modelling
PLAN7901 2 Principles of Project Management

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL7225 2 Dam and Embankment Engineering
CIVL7235 2 Underground Structures [1]
CIVL7315 2 Advanced Concrete Structures and Concrete Technology
CIVL7360 2 Computational Design and Digital Workflows
CIVL7435 2 Traffic Simulation: Methods and Applications
PLAN7902 2 Applications of Project Management

End notes

  • [1] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.