Bachelor of Engineering Systems (Honours) (Civil Engineering)
Southern Cross University - Gold Coast
Overview
This degree equips students with skills and knowledge to provide a range of professional services in civil engineering in regional, national and international environments. The course prepares graduates for work involving the planning, design, construction and maintenance of facilities of critical civil engineering infrastructure such as buildings, roads, bridges, dams, pipelines, transport systems and water supply and waste water treatment facilities.
The course is structured around the 16 competencies identified by Engineers Australia as being essential to the graduating engineer. These competencies are broadly grouped in: knowledge and skills, application, and personal and professional skills.
The final year of the course contains a mixture of advanced core units and advanced discipline-specific units that are designed to build skills in independent investigation, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and ethical and professional behaviour.
Majors
Areas of study
Civil construction, computer-aided design, construction materials, fracture mechanics, geotechnical and structural engineering, road design and safety, stormwater and drainage.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Civil engineer in a range of settings, including municipal and government road authorities, water supply and management agencies, construction companies, railway departments and companies, natural resource management organisations, consulting engineering companies, airport authorities, mining companies, irrigation authorities, research organisations, and in tertiary education (with further study).
ATAR & Selection Rank
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 80 | 100 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 81 | 81 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 71 | 71 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the Southern Cross University website for admission criteria information.
This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.
University
Southern Cross University
Campus
Gold Coast
Course Type
Bachelors Honours
Study Area
Engineering
Indicative ATAR
71.00
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 2 years, Part-time: 4 years
Course Link
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- State
- NSW
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 243
- Campuses
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Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Southern Cross University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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