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BH077 - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)
Plan: BH077 - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
In this program, you will develop graduate capabilities through successively more complex projects across the breadth of civil engineering disciplines, such as structures, water, geomechanics/geological, transport and environmental engineering. These projects will include the whole infrastructure life cycle - for example, planning and conceptual design, detailed design, construction, operations and maintenance, decommissioning and recycling.
Several courses in the program are delivered online, rather than on-campus, and you are likely to find that other courses transition to online delivery as you progress through the program.
Themes - Years 1 to 4
The program has been designed as four thematic years that concentrate on different aspects of your personal and professional development.
Year 1: Developing commitment
In first year, the aim is to assist you in making the transition to a university-style of education, connect you with fellow students, and to start the process of making you think like an engineer. An important emphasis in first year is to provide a concrete experience of engineering through site visits, practical studies, visual materials and small projects. By the end of the year, you should be able to confidently reflect on why you have chosen engineering, the type of engineer that you want to be, and have developed a commitment to become such an engineer.
Year 2: The Big Ideas
While first year establishes the 'need to know' through practical engagement, second year establishes the key theoretical ideas, such as equilibrium, mass and energy conservation, and introduces the 'Big (theoretical) Ideas' of engineering disciplines.
Year 3: Practical application
Third year extends these ideas into more sophisticated applications in each of the disciplines. At the end of this year, and having mastered the basics, you should feel comfortable seeking vacation employment.
Year 4: Connection to the profession
Fourth year provides ample opportunity to extend your knowledge in some chosen areas of engineering, where you will perform tasks under the guidance of industry personnel and an academic, in readiness for the world of work.
Learning styles
The following themes have been incorporated into the program as a direct result of adopting an approach to learning that is reinforced by many authors in higher education research. This approach sees learning moving through four stages:
- concrete experience of the problem
- exploring theoretical ideas
- applying knowledge to solving the problem
- extending the knowledge to new, related areas.
Collaboration
Engineers work in teams. Our educational approach has been built on developing the full range of graduate capabilities needed by young engineers. This includes teamwork and communication skills, and you will be moved through a number of stages of collaborative work while you are with us.
If you have a long-term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equiatable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he
Top of pageWork integrated learning
RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience. Work Integrated Learning will be undertaken in many courses in your program. As a student enrolled in this RMIT program you will:
- undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
- interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities and receive feedback through assessment tasks; and
- complete these activities in real or simulated work contexts or situations.
The following two 12 CP core course include WIL activities where 50% or more of the assessment involves assessors from a WIL partner organisation:
- OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice where you will participate in an "Engineers Without Borders (EWB)" project which is focussed on sustainable development as identified by EWB and community organisations.
- OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B where you will work under the guidance of a professional engineer who may be from industry or be an academic or research staff member. You will apply your technical knowledge, research, design and professional engineering skills to either discipline specific, or cross disciplinary engineering problems, through robust research and established engineering design processes.
In these WIL courses, you will interact with organisations (industry, government and community) through discipline relevant projects and activities. These interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.
In addition to these courses you are strongly recommended to undertake at least 10 weeks of engineering work experience supervised by a professional engineer. If your work experience meets the requirements it may be assessed concurrently with your work experience as part of a course such as
- OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience.
You can enrol in OENG1165 while you are undertaking engineering work experience at any time during your program as a University elective course or you can enrol in it as a technical option course in some programs in your final year.
Please note: students may be required to undertake additional screening/compliance checks as advised by Government, Industry or RMIT University as the need arises. If applicable, further information will be provided once enrolment has been completed.
International Students will need to check their Visa requirements and any work regulations/limitations before they can commence any WIL Activity. Further information can be found under the Visa Requirements for International Students section.
Top of pageProgram Structure
| For students who commence their study in this program from 1 January 2016 onwards, please note that some courses listed in this structure will have their course marks count toward your program's weighted average mark. Your weighted average mark will determine the honours level of your award once you have completed the program. If a course counts toward your weighted average mark, that fact will be stated in its course guide. In Enrolment Online, after you completed your course enrolment, you will be notified which of the enrolled courses will count toward the weighted average mark. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Program transition plan
Very Important: This plan is being phased out.
BH077 - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure)(Honours) plan has been discontinued and will no longer accept new students after Semester 2 2022. The plan will be taught out to current students until semester 2, 2027. If you are unable to complete your program by the end of 2027, you may consider applying to other programs within RMIT subject to entrance requirements. You may also consider applying to the new plan:
BH077P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)
For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Dilan Robert (dilan.robert@rmit.edu.au).
Transition Plan 2020
The following table shows courses that will be replaced/ amended from Semester 1 2020 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2020 it will continue to count as a core course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.
Old course |
Credit Points |
Replacement / amended course/s |
Credit Points |
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CIVE1187 Statics (Year 1) MATH2113 Differential Equations for Engineers (Year 1) ONPS2320 Applied Science 1 - Physics and Chemistry (Year 1) CIVE1194 Construction Engineering (Year 1) MATH2114 Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers (Year 1) ONPS2321 Applied Science 2 - Physics and Chemistry (Year 1) |
12 CP each |
OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals (Year 1) OENG1208 Engineering Science (Year 1) OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD (Year 1) MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics (Year 1) CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil & Infrastructure Engineering 4th-Year Discipline Option |
12 CP each |
* Students who have successfully completed 96CP or more before start of semester 1 2020 are only required to complete three Discipline Option courses in their 4th year.
Transition Statement 2018
-From Semester 1 2018, CIVE1185 Engineering Practice 1 (Skills for Engineering) will be replaced by OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice. Students who have not successfully completed CIVE1185Engineering Practice 1 (Skills for Engineering) before the commencement of Semester 1 2018 will be able to take OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice as a substitute.
-From Semester 1 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) and CIVE1216 Research Project Part 2 (12cp) will be replaced by OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp) and OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B (12cp)respectively.
Students who completed CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A in 2017 will be able to complete CIVE1216 Research Project Part 2 in Semester 1 2018.
-Before 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) incorporated 12 credit points of compulsory WIL work experience.
From 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) will be replaced by OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp).
If you have not successfully completed CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) before the Commencement of Semester 1 2018, you will take OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp) and you may choose to take the Option course OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience or any other option course in your year four program structure.
Transition Statement 2016
Change of two optional courses to core courses:
CIVE1210 Steel Structures 2 and CIVE1173 Infrastructure Management have changed from options to core. To allow for your previous course selections, this requirement will not be strictly applied as a graduation requirement in 2016/2017.
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