Course list for the Chemical Engineering Field of Study

Information valid for students commencing 2021

Chemical Engineering - Field of Study

Students enrolled in the 48-unit ME must complete for the ME (Chemical Engineering) (Plan Code:CHEMIX5709), 48 units comprising;

  1. 34 units from part A (Compulsory); comprising 16 units from part A1 and 18 units from part A2; and
  2. 0 to 6 units from part B3 (Advanced BE (Hons) Electives); and
  3. at least 4 units from part C (ME Electives); and
  4. 0 to 6 units from one of part B1 (for students with a Chemistry background) or part B2 (for students with a background in a different field in engineering);and
  5. 0 to 4 units from part D (Non-engineering ME Electives).

Part A1 - 48 unit program Compulsory

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2001 2 Process Principles
CHEE3002 2 Heat & Mass Transfer
CHEE3003 2 Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEE3004 2 Unit Operations
CHEE3005 2 Reaction Engineering
CHEE3007 2 Process Modelling & Dynamics
CHEE3020 2 Process Systems Analysis
CHEE4060 2 Process & Control System Synthesis

Part A2 - program Compulsory

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE4001 4 Process Engineering Design Project
CHEE4002 2 Risk in Process Industries
ENGG7901 2 Professional Engineering and the Business Environment: Global Practice
ENGG7902 2 Engineering Innovation and Leadership
[ ENGG7381 8 Research Thesis [1]
[ or
[ ENGG7382 8 Research Thesis [2]

Part B1 - Electives 48 unit program

Students with a Chemistry background

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2003 2 Fluid & Particle Mechanics
ENGG1500 2 Thermodynamics : Energy and the Environment
MATH7000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Part B2 - Electives 48 unit program

Students with an Engineering background

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
CHEM1200 2 Chemistry 2
CHEM2056 2 Physical Chemistry for Engineering

Part B3 - Advanced BE (Hons) Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE4305 2 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
BIOE6028 2 Metabolic Engineering
BIOE6034 2 Cell and Tissue Engineering
CHEE4009 2 Transport Phenomena
CHEE4012 2 Industrial Wastewater & Solid Waste Management
CHEE4020 2 Bioprocess Engineering
CHEE4022 2 Principles of Absorption
CHEE4060 2 Process & Control System Synthesis
ENGY4000 2 Energy Systems
MECH4304 2 Net Shape Manufacturing
MINE4203 2 Flotation
MINE4204 2 Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy

Part C - ME Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE7111 2 Advanced Process and System Modelling
CHEE7112 2 Integrated Safety Design and Management
CHEE7113 2 Whole of Process Optimisation and Control
CHEE7501 2 Advanced Water Technology and Management
CHEE7502 2 Sustainable Bioresource Engineering
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
ENGY7000 2 Energy Principles and Renewable Energy
ENGY7003 2 Low Emission Technologies and Supply Systems
MATE7001 2 Environmental Performance of Materials
MATE7013 2 Advanced Manufacturing
MATE7014 2 Advanced Materials Characterization
MATE7015 2 Additive Manufacturing
MECH7101 2 Design of Experiments
WATR7103 2 Advanced Wastewater and Biosolids Treatment
WATR7104 2 Sewer Networks - Design, Operation and Maintenance
WATR6108 2 Advanced Unit Operations in Water Management
WATR6109 2 Drinking Water Supply: Source, Treatment, Distribution

Part D - Non-Engineering ME Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ECON7540 2 Economics of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
EIBS7300 2 Creativity for Innovation and Design Thinking
EIBS7301 2 Idea Management
EIBS7302 2 Managing Innovation
EIBS7303 2 Building Innovation Capability
EIBS7304 2 Entrepreneurial Leadership
EIBS7305 4 Commercialisation in Practice Project
EIBS7307 4 Lean Start Up
IBUS7302 2 Operating International Business
IBUS7306 2 Globalisation & the World Economy
IBUS7312 2 Doing Business in Asia
IBUS7316 2 International Supply Chains
IBUS7322 2 International Service Operations Management
MKTG7501 2 Fundamentals of Marketing
MKTG7502 2 Strategic Branding
MKTG7510 2 Market & Consumer Research
MKTG7512 2 Strategic Marketing Management
MKTG7513 2 Marketing for Social Change
MGTS7303 2 Principles of Strategic Management
MGTS7308 2 Social Enterprises and Not for Profits
MGTS7309 2 Decision Making & Reporting for Sustainability
MGTS7310 2 Business Negotiation
MGTS7329 2 Cross Cultural Management
MGTS7604 2 International Human Resource Management
MGTS7605 2 Performance Leadership
MGTS7607 2 Ethical Issues in Management
MGTS7611 2 Employee and Organisational Development
MGTS7612 2 The Fundamentals of Designing and Staffing Organisations
MGTS7619 2 Leadership: Theory & Practice
ORGC7610 2 Communication and Organisation
TIMS7301 2 Principles of Entrepreneurship
TIMS7317 2 Corporate Sustainability
TIMS7323 2 Bio-Entrepreneurship and Innovation
TIMS7326 2 Management of Intellectual Property
TIMS7328 2 Strategies for Business Sustainability and Innovation
TIMS7329 2 Social Entrepreneurship in Practice

End notes

  • [1] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 1. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 2.
  • [2] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 2. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 1 the following year.