BH096 - Bachelor of Environmental Science/Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (Honours)

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Plan: BH096ESDD - Bachelor of Environmental Science/Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (Honours)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment

Work integrated learning

Program structure

Program transition plan

Approach to learning and assessment

You will experience a wide range of learning environments – lectures, tutorials, online delivery and individual and group work. Lectures, tutorials and seminars will be used extensively in the program to communicate knowledge and ideas about environmental processes, problems and solutions. Of particular importance will be the high proportion of time spent in the laboratory and undertaking project work, which will give practical emphasis, develop teamwork and time-management skills and provide context for your learning. In particular, your final year projects in both environmental science and engineering will give you the opportunity to put your learning into context. Such projects offer the opportunity for you to undertake projects offered jointly by the School of Science and the School of Engineering and so allow you to integrate your learning from the two different disciplines.

Innovative teaching methods will be used to develop graduate capabilities:

Collaboration is a powerful way of helping you to be more effective learners and of helping staff to become more effective teachers. In particular, team-based project-based learning will be the dominant teaching method across the engineering strand of the program.
Attention to learning styles is a means of creating an inclusive teaching environment.
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.
Teaching and assessment will follow a problem-based approach to learning that combines the development of core academic skills with the acquisition of capabilities relevant to the fields of both science and engineering.

Assessment measures

Your technical competence through assignments, quizzes and exams as well as professional capabilities through class presentations, reports, debates, peer and self assessment of team contributions. In Engineering, project-based learning builds your professional skills in every semester of the program.

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 Equitable 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): http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he

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Work 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.

Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment.

The final years of the program include two Environmental Science work integrated learning courses in which you have the opportunity to work on research projects with industry partners. These courses are:

ONPS2186 Applied Science Project
ONPS2668 Science Project 2

These courses are research project engaged with one of our many industry partners. Here the emphasis is on teamwork, research and professional report writing.

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.

Engineering Professional Practice Module

If you are a student commencing a higher education engineering coursework degree from Semester 1 2024, completing the Engineering Professional Practice (EPP) module will be a requirement for graduation. This applies to all students in all locations. Students commencing before Semester 1 2024 may opt into the module. The EPP module will help you to prepare for a career as a fully accredited professional engineer. Completing the module will showcase your sound proficiencies in engineering knowledge, applications of engineering processes, professional skills and values that align with the competencies expected from a professional engineer in the workplace. This will be through a whole-of-program embedded e-portfolio that captures artefacts and reflection on learning for the purpose of professional accreditation, career development learning and employability.

The EPP module is ongoing throughout your degree, providing continuous development and requires you to complete a minimum number of hours of engineering-related activities. 420 hours are required for bachelor students. Articulating and masters students will complete a number of hours in proportion to the number of years of study in their offer letter. The total hours can comprise a combination of work, volunteering, roles in clubs, organisations and events, and professional development activities.

RMIT will support you in completing your EPP module by providing opportunities to participate in engineering-related activities. You will receive an annual summary statement documenting your achievements and verifying your continual professional development throughout your degree. The summary statement can be used as supporting material for job applications.

For further details on EPP, please contact RMIT Student Connect.

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 courses such as

OENG1065 Professional Engineering Experience.
MIET1066 Industrial Placement Program

You can enrol in OENG1065 or MIET1066 while you are undertaking engineering work experience at any time during your program as a University elective course.

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Program 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.

For more information about the weighted average mark, please click here.

To graduate you must complete the following:

All courses listed may not be available each semester.

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Environmental Issues in Chemical Perspective	12	CHEM1014	City Campus
Engineering Mathematics	12	MATH2393	City Campus
Introduction to Engineering Design	12	OENG1250	City Campus
The Changing Environment	12	ENVI1146	City Campus
Physical Sciences in Action	12	ONPS2701	City Campus
Digital Fundamentals	12	OENG1206	City Campus
Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice	12	OENG1166	City Campus
Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering	12	CIVE1186	City Campus

AND

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
The Hydrosphere	12	ENVI1008	City Campus
Pollution Control	12	OENG1036	City Campus
Ecology & Conservation	12	BIOL2182	Bundoora Campus
		BIOL2183	City Campus
Geology	12	EASC1075	City Campus
The Soil Environment	12	ENVI1012	City Campus
Environmental Chemical Issues	12	CHEM1015	City Campus
Plant Diversity	12	BIOL2270	City Campus
Energy and Earth's Environment	12	PHYS2066	City Campus

AND

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Year Three of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Geological Site Investigation	12	EASC1076	City Campus
Water Engineering	12	CIVE1181	City Campus
Solid Waste Management and LCA	12	OENG1035	City Campus
Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers	12	MATH2114	City Campus
Catchment Water Management	12	CIVE1145	City Campus

AND

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from either the Environmental Biology or Environmental Chemistry Minor (Note: You will need to complete this minor in Year Four): Please refer to the list of courses at the end of this program structure document.

AND

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

University Elective

AND

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Year Four of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Urban Systems	12	OENG1037	City Campus
Hydrogeology	12	CIVE1184	City Campus
Waste Water Treatment and Recycling	12	CIVE1199	City Campus
The Atmosphere	12	ENVI1011	City Campus
Environmental Analysis	12	OENG1038	City Campus
Land Contamination and Remediation	12	OENG1039	City Campus

AND

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from either the Environmental Biology or Environmental Chemistry Minor (Note:You need to complete the minor you selected in Year Three) Please refer to the list of courses at the end of this program structure document

AND

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Year Five of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Environmental Sampling and Analysis	12	ENVI1145	City Campus
Engineering Capstone Project Part A	12	OENG1167	City Campus
		OENG1180	Bundoora Campus
		OENG1224	Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Engineering Economics and Infrastructure Planning	12	CIVE1217	City Campus
Ethics, Policy and Law in Environmental Engineering	12	OENG1041	City Campus
The Professional Scientist	12	ENVI1225	City Campus
Engineering Capstone Project Part B	12	OENG1168	City Campus
		OENG1179	Bundoora Campus
		OENG1231	Melbourne transfer to Vietnam

AND

Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Applied Science Project	12	ONPS2186	City Campus
Science Project 2	12	ONPS2668	City Campus

AND

Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Advanced Hydrogeology	12	CIVE1122	City Campus
China's Environmental Challenges	12	OENG1113	City Campus
Professional Engineering Experience	12	OENG1165	City Campus
Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project	12	OENG1164	City Campus

AND

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Minor: Environmental Biology

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Plant Diversity	12	BIOL2270	City Campus
Animal Diversity	12	BIOL2151	City Campus
		BIOL2153	Bundoora Campus
Evolution	12	BIOL2546	City Campus
Marine Biology	12	BIOL2128	Bundoora Campus
		BIOL2255	City Campus
Ecotoxicology	12	BIOL2162	City Campus
Field Experience Practicum	12	BIOL2061	Bundoora Campus

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Minor: Environmental Chemistry

Complete the following Two (2) courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Aquatic and Soil Chemistry: Natural Processes	12	CHEM1058	City Campus
Aquatic Chemistry	12	CHEM1059	City Campus

AND

Complete the following Two (2) courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Environmental Analytical and Soil Chemistry	12	CHEM1085	City Campus
Atmospheric Chemistry and Emerging Contaminants	12	CHEM1086	City Campus

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Minor: Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Complete the following Four (4) Courses: Note: This is a specialist minor for the Chemistry Major.

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Environmental Analysis in Action	12	CHEM1315	City Campus
Environmental and Chemical Analysis	12	CHEM1316	City Campus
Advanced Topics in Chemistry	12	CHEM1068	City Campus
Advanced Instrumental Analysis and Spectroscopy	12	CHEM1080	City Campus

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Program transition plan

Transition Plan for 2024

A minor amendment has been made to your program as detailed in the table below. If you have already completed any of the courses replaced, credit from the course will count towards your completion and you will not be required to enrol in the replacement courses.

1) Details of amendment to core courses:

Year level	Old Course	Replacement Course
Year 2	BIOL2547 Plant and Animal Biology	BIOL2182 Ecology & Conservation
Year 2	BIOL2546 Evolution	BIOL2270 Plant Diversity
Year 5	ENVI1144 Environmental Sustainability Project	ONPS2886 Science Project 2

2) The following amendments have been made to the Environmental Biology Minor:

Removed from minor	Added to minor
BIOL2156 Plant Structure and Function	BIOL2546 Evolution
BIOL2258 Animal Structure and Function	BIOL2061 Field Experience Practicum
BIOL2324 Environmental Biotechnology

If you have already completed the courses that are now removed from the Environmental Biology minor, your credit will be counted towards the minor and your completions of the program. If you have begun this minor but have not completed it yet, please contact your program manager, Andrew Hung via andrew.hung@rmit.edu.au for enrolment advise.

3) A new minor has been introduced to your program: Environmental and Analytical Chemistry. If you have already begun the Environmental Chemistry minor, please contact your program manager Andrew Hung via andrew.hung@rmit.edu.au for enrolment advise.

Transition Plan for 2023

Minor amendments have been made in the program to Year One and Year Two of the program as listed below. If you have already completed courses from the list of removed courses below, your credit from these courses will be counted towards your completion.

If you have commenced Year One and have not yet completed one or more of the removed courses in the list below, please contact your Program Manager, Associate Prof. James Tardio, for enrolment advice.

Year One of program

The following core courses have been removed

ONPS2334 - Scientific Skills and Communication
CHEM1015 - Environmental Chemistry 1B
PHYS2066 - Energy and Earth's Environment
ENVI1142 - Life on Earth

The following core courses have been added

CHEM1014 - Environmental Issues in Chemical Perspective
ONPS2701- Physical Sciences in Action
OENG1206 - Digital Fundamentals
OENG1166 - Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice
CIVE1186 - Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering

Year Two of program

The following core courses have been removed

OENG1208 - Engineering Science
OENG1166 - Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice
CIVE1186 - Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering
ENVI1009 – Ecology

The following core courses have been added

BIOL2546 - Evolution and Ecology
CHEM1015 - Environmental Chemical Issues
BIOL2547 - Plant and Animal Biology
PHYS2066 - Energy and Earth’s Environment

Transition Plan 2021

The following table shows core courses that will be replaced from Semester 1 2021 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2021 they will continue to count as courses and contribute towards the successful completion of your program. Please note that this information is for transitioning purposes only not necessarily course equivalencies.

Year 1

Prior to 2021	Credit Points	Replacement Courses	Credit Points
MATH2128 Engineering Mathematics B	12	MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics	12
MATH2129 Mathematics and Statics	12	OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD	12