Overview 2023
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Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
Students are required to complete a minimum of 12 weeks practical experience in an engineering environment outside the university where they are exposed to professional engineering practice. This is normally achieved through a summer placement during the course, but relevant prior experience may be counted.
Career outcomes
Course structure
Specialisations
Civil and Structural
Year 1
Compulsory units
The applicability of calculus and linear algebra is so broad that fluency in it is essential for a successful career in a variety of areas including science and engineering. This unit is devoted to the conceptual and logical development of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
This unit is a continuation of KMA152, with emphasis on the application of single-variable calculus and linear algebra to problems in mathematics, the physical and biological sciences, economics, and engineering. The units KMA152 and KMA154 also provide an excellent introduction…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
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This unit aims to further develop engineering analysis and design knowledge and skills within a muliti-disciplinary context to design and build a prototype. You will work in a team to analyse a problem in terms context, dilemma and objective, develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit aims to further develop engineering analysis and design knowledge and skills within a multi-disciplinary contextto design and build a prototype. You will work in a team to analyse a problem in terms of its context, dilemma andobjective prior…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Elective Units
This unit aims to continue the introduction of design, and will cover professional engineering skills of communication (written, oral, visual and technical), teamwork, project management, sustainability, ethics and creativity and innovation. This unit will further enhance design in the context…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
View all details for ENG102 Engineering Design and Sustainable Development
The main objective of this unit is to introduce students to the fundamental thermodynamic and fluid mechanics physical laws, and develop in students the ability to apply these fundamental principles in thermal and fluid energy systems. It emphasizes understanding basic…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
The unit introduces civil and mechanical engineering students to the engineering properties of materials and manufacturing processes. It aims to develop a basic understanding of the properties of engineering materials, including metals, metal alloys and non-metallic materials.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit will provide students with an overview of programming and its role in problem-solving, and strategies for designing solutions to programming problems with reference to the Java programming language. Beginning with the fundamental characteristics of computers and how they…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
The unit has two major topic streams: computational techniques and probability and statistics. Probability and Statistics. An important aspect of engineering is the study, evaluation, and management of the reliability of systems, where reliability is defined as the ability of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Year 2
Compulsory units
This unit of study aims to provide you with practical engineering experience in an environment outside the University and improve your awareness of the issues associated with professional practice. In so doing, it will ensure your perceptions of engineering during…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 - other | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 - other |
The unit aims to give students the skills to analyse structures as a foundation skill to the design, construction and supervision of structural and mechanical projects. Topics include analysis of internal forces, stresses and deflections in statically determinate and indeterminate…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for ENG703 Civil and Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals
This unit develops students’ conceptual knowledge of fluid mechanics and their ability to solve complex problems in fluid mechanics. The governing equations in integral form are explored and applied to a range of practical problems including boundary layers, pipe flows,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
This unit familiarises students with concrete theory, and the analysis and design of concrete structures. Students will be using Australian Standards in addition to Limit Sate Design to determine the loads and load combinations and then analyse and design concrete…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
This unit builds on the basic concepts and fundamental principles of engineering geology and soil mechanics and focuses on geotechnical engineering design. It introduces the following topics to students: soil stress path, soil shear strength, critical state model, bearing capacity…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
View all details for ENG706 Foundation Engineering and Design
This unit familiarises students with steel and timber materials technology, and the analysis and design of steel and timber structures. Students are introduced to the Australian Standards for Structural Design. There are design tasks and assignments, supported by weekly tutorial…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit extends concepts from single variable calculus into the domain of several variables. Particular attention is given to the 3 dimensional Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems.Topics include the analysis of general surfaces, quadric surfaces and countour surfaces; parameterisation…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Elective Units
Asset management fundamentals addresses the important emerging field of infrastructure asset management. The course is a joint arrangement with the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education and UTAS. CPEE has worked with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) to…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
The unit introduces civil and mechanical engineering students to the engineering properties of materials and manufacturing processes. It aims to develop a basic understanding of the properties of engineering materials, including metals, metal alloys and non-metallic materials.…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit combines two very important topics for civil engineers: asset management and road transportation engineering. Asset management addresses the important emerging field of infrastructure, and in this unit the key principles of asset management will be taught alongside principles…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for ENG710 Road Transportation and Asset Management
Year 3
Compulsory units
Engineering Project A and Engineering Project B will normally be taken consecutively in the final two semesters of the degree. Each student is required to undertake a substantial high level two-semester project within their engineering discipline, which may involve aspects…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Engineering Project A and Engineering Project B will normally be taken consecutively in the final two semesters of the degree. Each student is required to undertake a substantial high level two-semester project within their engineering discipline, which may involve aspects…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Elective Units
This unit of explores the principles of uniform flow in open channels (Bernoulli equation; surface waves, the significance of Froude). These will be extended into a study of the principles of slowly varying and rapidly varying flow, the calculation of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for ENG712 Channel Flow and Hydraulic Structures
This unit introduces the students to composite structures and their design for strength and serviceability in accordance with Australian Standards and Eurocode. The units further explore the research of these structures and ways of their evaluation and optimisation. The syllabus…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for ENG713 Composite Steel Concrete Structures
This unit introduces students to computational analysis using finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The unit covers background theory and numerical methods and explores the application of commercial software in solving practical problems with an emphasis on…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit introduces the principles and materials used in prestressed concrete design. The unit explores in details the design of prestressed concrete structures for serviceability and strength by covering essential topics such as the design of statically determinate and indeterminate…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
International students should refer to the International Students course fees page to get an indicative course cost.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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