Program Overview

Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering offers you an industry-connected university experience in which you will learn how to create solutions to societal challenges, to improve the quality of life for communities around the world.

Your studies will begin with the Engineering Foundation Year (EFY). Designed in extensive consultation with industry, the EFY will teach you the fundamental concepts and skills required by all areas of engineering. Importantly, the EFY allows you to explore Curtin's range of engineering majors before choosing your preferred major.

Major: Civil and Construction Engineering
Civil engineers design and construct society's infrastructure. They are key members of teams involved in providing buildings, bridges, roads and highways, harbours, dams, irrigation and water supplies, municipal infrastructure and other large projects.

As our built environment becomes more complex, ambitious construction projects require teams of people with different skills, working together. The civil engineer is central to this process.

In this course, you will develop scientific, mathematical and practical skills, and apply these skills to develop your civil engineering capabilities and create engineering solutions.

You’ll learn to apply these skills in structural analysis and design, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, hydraulics, construction, water and environmental resources, and professional practice.

In your final year, you’ll integrate your design, construction and management skills in large civil engineering projects, and undertake a major civil engineering research project.

You'll also choose specialisation units in the areas of structural, geotechnical, transportation, water resources and environmental engineering.

What you'll learn

• Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, and computing underpinning the broad field of engineering, GC1
• Solve complex civil and construction engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles, GC1
• Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical, and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens, GC4, GC5
• Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global civil and construction engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of civil and construction engineering, GC2
• Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3
• Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond, GC6