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Civil engineers plan, design, build and maintain infrastructures including buildings, roads and transportation, water, and environment. This four year embedded honours program focuses on engineering design, project management, sustainability, water supply and construction.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
- * Campus note: some Minor options contain courses that are supplied by the University of Southern Queensland and are undertaken as cross institutional enrolment.
- * Campus note: some Minor options contain courses that are supplied by the University of Southern Queensland and are undertaken as cross institutional enrolment.
Civil engineers plan, design, build and maintain infrastructures including buildings, roads and transportation, water, and environment. This four year embedded honours program focuses on engineering design, project management, sustainability, water supply and construction.
Our program is designed to qualify you as a civil engineer for registration with the accrediting body, Engineers Australia, and is internationally recognised to allow you to work in Australia and overseas. You’ll learn how things operate, and work out better ways to do them to benefit all people.
Choose to specialise in an area that interests you most and major in construction, or environment and water. You’ll get plenty of hands-on experience including 12 weeks work experience with professional engineers and engineering associates.
You’ll also get to recreate real life interactive scenarios in our state-of-the art visualisation lab and dedicated engineering laboratories. Learn from industry professionals with guest lectures that expose you to current engineering professional practice.
Majors
Construction; Environment and water
Special selection criteria
Students who enter the program having achieved a 'Very High Achievement' in a Maths B and Maths C in secondary school will be eligible for an exemption for the course MTH102 on application to the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering they may substitute another mathematically based and engineering relevant course for MTH102 as a Variation to Program in order to fulfil the requirements of the degree.
Post-admission requirements
Students must complete 60 days of suitable field experience.
Career opportunities
Government agencies, construction companies, engineering consultancies, building industry, water supply authorities, mining industry, research organisations.
Membership
Full accreditation at the level of professional engineer was awarded from Engineers Australia for this program from 2014. Graduate membership of Engineers Australia (Professional Engineer).
Program structure
For students commencing 2015.
Introductory courses (7)
COR109 Indigenous Australia and the State
ENG101 History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
ENG102 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
MTH102 Justice and the Australian Legal System
SCI107 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
SCI110 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
SET111 Historical Geographies
Advanced courses (13)
ENG202 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
ENG203 Explorations in Environmental History
ENG211 Talking History: Memory and the Past
ENG302 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
ENG312 Research Project in History and Australian Studies
ENG401 Indigenous Australia and the State
ENG402 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
ENG403 Animal Habitats
ENG422 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ENS253 Coastal and Marine Ecology
MTH202 Numerical Techniques in Ecology
MTH312 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
PHY201 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
Major studies courses
Students must complete one (1) of the available major studies in the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Honours).
Construction major
Required courses (8)
ENG212 Biodiversity and Ecology
ENG221 Communication and Thought
ENG225 Engineering Professional Practice
ENG340 Engineering Statics
ENG404 Mathematics Foundations
ENG432 Physics
ENG451 Science Research Methods
ENS281 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Environment and Water major
Required courses (8)
ENG330 Introduction to Engineering Design
ENG411 Engineering Computer Programming
ENG412 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
ENG421 Engineering Project Management
ENS242 Soil Mechanics
ENS353 Engineering Project 1
MTH381 Engineering Project 2
SCI105 Engineering Research Methodology
Minor courses (4)
Students must select one (1) of the following minor study areas:
- Climate Change and Coastal Zone Studies
- Construction Engineering (for Environment and Water major students only)
- Environmental Engineering (for Construction major students only)
- Environmental Studies for Engineers
- Management for Engineers
- Mechanical Engineering (not available to International students on a Student visa)
- Physics for Engineers (not available to International students on a Student visa)
- Planning Studies
- Property
- Public Health for Engineers
- Wider Engineering Studies
Total units: 384
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Select a major in either Construction or Environment and Water.
- Select a minor from one of the minors as listed below. Students must choose the minor to be studied before the completion of Semester 1, Year 3. *
- Register your selected major and minor with your Faculty.
- Complete a minimum of 60 days of suitable work experience. Students must meet all costs associated with the acquisition of practical experience to satisfy this requirement.
- Apply to enrol in USQ courses via Student Administration on the appropriate form and prior to the USQ Cross Institutionally closing date.*
*Note some minor options include courses that are studied Cross Institutionally at USQ and therefore not all Minors are available to international students on a Student visa.
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling please refer to the relevant Study Plan: