BH088 - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business

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Plan: BH088CIHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business (Management)
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

In this program, you will develop graduate capabilities through successively more complex projects across the breadth of civil engineering disciplines, such as structures, water, geomechanics/geological, transport and environmental engineering. These projects will include the whole infrastructure life cycle - for example, planning and conceptual design, detailed design, construction, operations and maintenance, decommissioning and recycling.

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.

Themes - Years 1 to 5 

The program has been designed as five thematic years that concentrate on different aspects of your personal and professional development.

Year 1: Developing commitment

In first year, the aim is to assist you in making the transition to a university-style of education, connect you with fellow students, and to start the process of making you think like an engineer. An important emphasis in first year is to provide a concrete experience of engineering through site visits, practical studies, visual materials and small projects. By the end of the year, you should be able to confidently reflect on why you have chosen engineering, the type of engineer that you want to become, and have developed a commitment to become such an engineer. 

Year 2: The Big Ideas

While first year establishes the 'need to know' through practical engagement, second year establishes the key theoretical ideas, such as equilibrium, mass and energy conservation, management and macroeconomics and introduces the 'Big (theoretical) Ideas' of engineering and management disciplines.

Years 3 and 4: Practical application

Third year extends the foundations of civil engineering and business management that you have learnt previously, into more sophisticated applications in each of the disciplines. At the end of this year, and having mastered the basics, you should feel comfortable seeking vacation employment.

Year 5: Connection to the profession

Final year provides ample opportunity to extend your knowledge in some chosen areas of engineering, where you will perform tasks under the guidance of industry personnel and an academic, in readiness for the world of work.

Learning styles

The following themes have been incorporated into the program as a direct result of adopting an approach to learning that is reinforced by many authors in higher education research. This approach sees learning moving through four stages:

  • concrete experience of the problem
  • exploring theoretical ideas
  • applying knowledge to solving the problem
  • extending the knowledge to new, related areas

Collaboration

Engineers work in teams. Our educational approach has been built on developing the full range of graduate capabilities needed by young engineers. This includes teamwork and communication skills, and you will be moved through a number of stages of collaborative work while you are with us. 

Please note that if you have a disability, long-term medical condition and/ or mental health condition ELS can support you to create reasonable adjustments to ensure you can participate in your studies. You can contact the Equitable Learning Services (ELS) unit if you would like to find out more. Information about ELS can be found at: www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/equitable-learning

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): 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.

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. 

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 

  • OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience

You can enrol in OENG1165 while you are undertaking engineering work experience at any time during your program as a University elective course or you can enrol in it as a technical option course in some programs in your final year.

The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) courses for the Bachelor of Business (Management) program are BUSM3125 Strategy (12 credit points) and BUSM4177 Leadership (12 credit points). These courses will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context. 

In particular, you will:

  • undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice; and
  • be involved in authentic engagement with partner organisations that includes industry feedback.

These learning opportunities may be in the form of industry-based projects, simulations or placements.

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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 in each semester

 

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Nine (9) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1166 City Campus
Accounting in Organisations and Society 12 ACCT1044 East Gippsland TAFE Bairnsdale
ACCT1046 City Campus
ACCT2061 Bundoora Campus
ACCT2282 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1206 City Campus
Engineering Science 12 OENG1208 City Campus
Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1204 City Campus
Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2393 City Campus
Introduction to Civil & Infrastructure Engineering 12 CIVE1265 City Campus
Site Investigation Geology and Surveying 12 GEOM2131 City Campus
Macroeconomics 1 12 ECON1010 City Campus
ECON1293 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
 
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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Nine (9) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Structural Analysis 12 CIVE1188 City Campus
Steel Structures 1 12 CIVE1179 City Campus
Water Engineering 12 CIVE1181 City Campus
Engineering Practice 3- Mathematical Modelling for Engineers 12 MATH2115 City Campus
Concrete Structures 1 12 CIVE1177 City Campus
Geotechnical Engineering 1 12 CIVE1178 City Campus
Transport Engineering 1 12 CIVE1180 City Campus
Introduction to Management 12 BUSM4176 City Campus
BUSM4400 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Prices and Markets 12 ECON1020 City Campus
ECON1297 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
 
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Year Three of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Practice 5 Construction Management 12 CIVE1149 City Campus
Geotechnical Engineering 2 12 CIVE1108 City Campus
Analysis of Complex Structures 12 CIVE1143 City Campus
Steel Structures 2 12 CIVE1210 City Campus
Organisations 12 BUSM1094 City Campus
BUSM4454 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Work, Health, Safety & Wellbeing 12 BUSM3122 City Campus
Marketing Principles 12 MKTG1025 City Campus
MKTG1337 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Business Law 12 LAW2442 City Campus
LAW2501 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
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Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Concrete Structures 2 12 CIVE1151 City Campus
Stormwater Management 12 CIVE1153 City Campus
Catchment Water Management 12 CIVE1145 City Campus
Hydrogeology 12 CIVE1184 City Campus
Waste Water Treatment and Recycling 12 CIVE1199 City Campus
Geotechnical Engineering 3 12 CIVE1159 City Campus
Industrial Environment 12 BUIL1266 City Campus
Solid Waste Management and LCA 12 OENG1035 City Campus
Digital Transformation for Sustainable Construction 12 OENG1254 City Campus
Introduction to Modular Design and Construction 12 OENG1255 City Campus
 
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Year Four of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Infrastructure Management 12 CIVE1173 City Campus
Professional Values, Ethics & Attitudes 12 ACCT1081 City Campus
Engineering Practice 6 - Sustainable Infrastructure Design 12 CIVE1155 City Campus
Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2449 City Campus
EEET2572 Bundoora Campus
EEET2606 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Work in Global Society 12 BUSM4558 City Campus
BUSM4669 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Leadership 12 BUSM4177 City Campus
BUSM4479 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Strategy 12 BUSM3125 City Campus
BUSM4386 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
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Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus
Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus
Concrete Structures 2 12 CIVE1151 City Campus
Long span and High rise Structures 12 CIVE1163 City Campus
CIVE1163 City Campus
Stormwater Management 12 CIVE1153 City Campus
Catchment Water Management 12 CIVE1145 City Campus
Hydrogeology 12 CIVE1184 City Campus
Geotechnical Engineering 3 12 CIVE1159 City Campus
Rock Mechanics 12 CIVE1105 City Campus
Transport Engineering 2 12 CIVE1157 City Campus
Transport Engineering 3 12 CIVE1182 City Campus
Waste Water Treatment and Recycling 12 CIVE1199 City Campus
Industrial Environment 12 BUIL1266 City Campus
Construction Specialisation 12 BUIL1264 City Campus
Solid Waste Management and LCA 12 OENG1035 City Campus
Structural Optimization and 3D Printing 12 OENG1189 City Campus
Building Information Modelling 12 OENG1191 City Campus
Digital Transformation for Sustainable Construction 12 OENG1254 City Campus
Introduction to Modular Design and Construction 12 OENG1255 City Campus
 
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Year Five of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Capstone Project Part A 12 OENG1167 City Campus
OENG1180 Bundoora Campus
OENG1224 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1168 City Campus
OENG1179 Bundoora Campus
OENG1231 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Organisational Experience 12 BUSM4546 City Campus
BUSM4705 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems 12 BUSM4583 City Campus
Innovation Management 12 BUSM4550 City Campus
BUSM4704 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
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Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1165 City Campus
Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project 12 OENG1164 City Campus
Concrete Structures 2 12 CIVE1151 City Campus
Long span and High rise Structures 12 CIVE1163 City Campus
Stormwater Management 12 CIVE1153 City Campus
Catchment Water Management 12 CIVE1145 City Campus
Hydrogeology 12 CIVE1184 City Campus
Geotechnical Engineering 3 12 CIVE1159 City Campus
Rock Mechanics 12 CIVE1105 City Campus
Transport Engineering 2 12 CIVE1157 City Campus
Transport Engineering 3 12 CIVE1182 City Campus
Waste Water Treatment and Recycling 12 CIVE1199 City Campus
Industrial Environment 12 BUIL1266 City Campus
Construction Specialisation 12 BUIL1264 City Campus
Solid Waste Management and LCA 12 OENG1035 City Campus
Structural Optimization and 3D Printing 12 OENG1189 City Campus
Building Information Modelling 12 OENG1191 City Campus
Digital Transformation for Sustainable Construction 12 OENG1254 City Campus
Introduction to Modular Design and Construction 12 OENG1255 City Campus
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Select and Complete One (1) Course from the following Business Option courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Employment Relations 12 BUSM1080 City Campus
BUSM2698 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
International Human Resources Management 12 BUSM2449 City Campus
BUSM4492 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 12 BUSM1074 City Campus
Issues in International Business 12 BUSM4178 City Campus
BUSM4456 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Culture and Business Practice in Asia 12 SOCU1016 City Campus
SOCU2274 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Applied Entrepreneurship 12 BUSM4052 City Campus
BUSM4455 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Driving Innovation in Organisations 12 BUSM1321 City Campus
BUSM4469 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Entrepreneurship and Global Challenges 12 BUSM4054 City Campus
BUSM4540 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management 12 OMGT1082 City Campus
OMGT2341 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Financial Accounting and Analysis 12 ACCT2033 City Campus
ACCT2220 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Managerial Advisory Finance 12 ACCT1060 City Campus
ACCT2219 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Company and Finance Law 12 LAW2450 City Campus
LAW2507 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Financial Markets and Institutions 12 BAFI1002 City Campus
BAFI3216 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Corporate Finance 12 BAFI1008 City Campus
BAFI3217 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
International Monetary Economics 12 ECON1082 City Campus
ECON1566 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Internet for Business 12 ISYS2061 City Campus
ISYS3346 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Business IT Infrastructure 12 INTE2043 City Campus
Human Resource Development 12 BUSM1137 City Campus
People Analytics 12 BUSM1228 City Campus
Entrepreneurial Finance 12 BUSM1313 City Campus
Family Business and Entrepreneurship 12 BUSM4053 City Campus
BUSM4381 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Global Political Economy 12 SOCU2112 City Campus
SOCU2275 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Intelligent Enterprise Systems 12 ISYS2425 City Campus
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Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
 

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Program transition plan

Very Important: This plan is being phased out. 
  
BH088CIHDD - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure)(Honours) / Bachelor of Business plan has been discontinued and will no longer accept new students after Semester 2 2022. The plan will be taught out to current students until semester 2, 2028. If you are unable to complete your program by the end of 2028, you may consider applying to other programs within RMIT subject to entrance requirements. You may also consider applying to the new plan: 

BH088CIH23 Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business

If you commenced the program before Semester 1 2022, please refer to the following transition rules:

  • BUSM3115 Ethics and Governance has been replaced with ACCT1081 Professional Values, Ethics & Attitudes.
  • BUSM4554 Contemporary Management: Issues and Challenges has been replaced with BUSM4583 Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems.
  • If you have completed LAW2442 Commercial Law, you do not need to complete LAW2442 Business Law, as this is a course title change only.
  • If you have completed BUSM1094 Organisational Analysis, you do not need to complete BUSM1094 Organisations, as this is a course title change only.
  • If you have completed BUSM4177 Leadership and Decision Making, you do not need to complete BUSM4177 Leadership, as this is a course title change only.
  • If you have completed BUSM3125 Strategic Management, you do not need to complete BUSM3125 Strategy, as this is a course title change only.
  • If you have completed BUSM4550 Creativity, Innovation and Design, you do not need to complete BUSM4550 Innovation Management, as this is a course title change only.
  • If you have completed BUSM4546 Management in Practice, you do not need to complete BUSM4546 Organisational Experience, as this is a course title change only.

For more information and advice on your enrolment, please contact your program manager, Saman De Silva (saman.desilva@rmit.edu.au).

Transition Plan 2020

The following table shows courses that will be replaced/ amended from Semester 1 2020 as part of a program transition. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2020 it will continue to count as a core course in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

Old course

Credit Points

Replacement / amended course/s

Credit Points

CIVE1187 Statics (Year 1)

MATH2113 Differential Equations for Engineers (Year 1)

ONPS2320 Applied Science 1 - Physics and Chemistry (Year 1)

CIVE1194 Construction Engineering (Year 1)

MATH2114 Numerical Methods/Statistics for Engineers (Year 1)

ONPS2321 Applied Science 2 - Physics and Chemistry (Year 1)

12 CP each

OENG1206 Digital Fundamentals (Year 1)

OENG1208 Engineering Science (Year 1)

OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD (Year 1)

MATH2393 Engineering Mathematics (Year 1)

CIVE1265 Introduction to Civil & Infrastructure Engineering
(Year 1)

4th-Year Discipline Option
(Year 4)*

12 CP each

* Students who have successfully completed 96CP or more before start of semester 1 2020 are only required to complete a Discipline Option course in their 4th year.

Transition Plan 2018

-From Semester 1 2018, CIVE1185 Engineering Practice 1 (Skills for Engineering) will be replaced by OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice.  Students who have not successfully completed CIVE1185 Engineering Practice 1 (Skills for Engineering) before the commencement of Semester 1 2018 will be able to take OENG1166 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice as a substitute.

-From Semester 1 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) and CIVE1216 Research Project Part 2 (12cp) will be replaced by OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp) and OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project Part B (12cp)respectively.

Students who completed CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A in 2017 will be able to complete CIVE1216 Research Project Part 2 in Semester 1 2018.

-Before 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) incorporated 12 credit points of compulsory WIL work experience.

From 2018, CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) will be replaced by OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp).

If you have not successfully completed CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A (24cp) before the Commencement of Semester 1 2018, you will take OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Project Part A (12cp) and you may choose to take the Option course OENG1165 Professional Engineering Experience or any other option course in your year four program structure.

Program Amendment 2017

This program was amended in 2017. The amended structure was implemented from Semester 1 2017 for all students. All credits gained prior to these amendments will count towards the amended program plan.
The following Table advises students who have failed an old course as to the substitute course they should complete.

Old course(s) no longer offered Credit points Substitute course Credit points
BUSM1094 Organisational Behaviour 12 BUSM1094 Organisational Analysis 12
BUSM4177 Leading for Change 12 BUSM4177 Leadership and Decision Making 12
BUSM1222 International Business 12 BUSM4558 Work in Global Society 12
BUSM3123 Organisational Theory 12 BUSM4546 Management in Practice 12
BUSM3119 Human Resource Management 12 BUSM4554 Contemporary Management: Issues and Challenges 12
BUSM1311 The Entrepreneurial Process 12 BUSM4550 Creativity Innovation and Design   12

For any enrolment or transition advice regarding these changes, you should contact the College of Business.

Program Amendment 2014

If you have completed CIVE1215 Research Project Part 1 in 2014 or earlier you will need to undertake one additional discipline elective from those listed in the Program Structure. This is required for you to graduate with the correct number of credit points.

Final Year Old course/s no longer offered CreditPoints New or amended course Credit Points
Semester 1 CIVE1215 Research Project Part 1        12 CIVE1250 Research Project Part 1A           24
Semester 1 Reduction in Discipline elective choice 12 as above*  as above*

* The new 24 credit point course CIVE1250 replaces two previous 12 credit point couses.

Change of two optional courses to core courses:

CIVE1210 Steel Structures 2 and CIVE1173 Infrastructure Management have changed from options to core.  To allow for your previous course selections, this requirement will not be strictly applied as a graduation requirement in 2016/2017.

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