Online – Bachelor of Science (Civil & Structural Engineering)

Course Overview

BCS

Civil engineers are responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure around us gets developed, is safe, meets our needs, and improves our quality of life. This includes buildings, bridges, railways, tunnels, water distribution, and waste management networks. This practical qualification will ensure you graduate job-ready as a civil and structural engineering technologist. Upon completion of this program, you will gain skills and knowledge in the latest and developing technologies in civil and structural engineering.

At a glance

Duration
  • 3 Years Full-Time
Study Mode
  • Online
Fees
Location
  • Online
Intakes
31 January 2022
Course Type
  • Bachelors
  • Civil Engineering

Program Details

Civil and structural engineering is one of the oldest forms of engineering which involves the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. Engineers in this field are responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure around us gets developed, is safe, meets our needs, and improves our quality of life. This includes buildings, bridges, railways, tunnels, water distribution, and waste management networks. As a civil engineer, you could be involved in sustainable urban development, environmental protection, conservation of energy and water resources, or even geotechnical, hydraulic, or transport engineering. You could even specialize in fields such as earthquake and blast-resistant technologies.

With this qualification, you will have acquired the essential knowledge which underpins both this and other fields of engineering. More importantly, you will have become a civil and structural engineering technologist.

The degree consists of a combination of core units, sub-discipline specific ‘stream’ units, industrial work experience, and a final year project.

Year One

Unit Code Subjects Credit Points
BSC101C Engineering Mathematics 1 (Core) 3
BSC102C Electrical Circuit Theory and Analysis (Core) 3
BSC103C Engineering Dynamics + Mechanics (Core) 3
BSC203C Engineering Design and Drawing (Core) 3
BSC109C
(Part A)
Industrial Experience Research Project 0
BSC104C Engineering Mathematics 2 (Core) 3
BSC201C Engineering Programming (Core) 3
BCS106S Structural Mechanics 3
BSC107C Physics and Chemistry for Engineers (Core) 3
BSC109C
(Part B)
Industrial Experience Research Project 3
BSC110C Industrial Experience 0

Year Two

Unit Code Subjects Credit Points
BCS108S Construction Engineering 3
BSC105C Mechanics of Machines (Core) 3
BSC202C Engineering Mathematics 3 (Core) 3
BCS205S Engineering Surveying 3
BSC302C
(Part A)
Project Planning, Management and Costing (Core) 0
BCS204S Strength of Materials – Advanced Topics 3
BCS206S Applied Fluid Mechanics 3
BCS207S Soil Mechanics 3
BCS209S Structural Design and Concrete Structures 3
BSC302C
(Part B)
Project Planning, Management and Costing (Core) 3
BSC210C Industrial Experience

Year Three

Unit Code Subjects Credit Points
BCS208S Hydraulics 3
BCS301S Design of Steel Structures 3
BCS303S Geotechnical Engineering 3
BCS304S Road Design 3
BSC305C
(Part A)
Technology, Sustainability and Society (Core) 0
BCS306S Civil Design 3
BSC307C Final Year Project (Civil and Structural Engineering) 9
BSC305C Technology, Sustainability and Society (Core) 3

Additional Mandatory Units

Unit Code Subjects Credit Points
BXX001 Hands-on Workshop 1 0
BXX002 Hands-on Workshop 2 0
BXX003 Hands-on Workshop 3 0
BXX004 Hands-on Workshop 4 0

Work-Integrated Learning

EIT’s Bachelor of Science programs require students to undertake 240 hours of paid or unpaid professional work-integrated learning.  This can incorporate paid or unpaid internships, site visits, contributing to industry projects, and networking activities.

In undertaking an internship, students will interact with employees and become exposed to organizational policy and culture. You will familiarize yourself with organizational communication procedures, a variety of engineering disciplines, and obtain insight and practical aptitude in projects from the planning phase to completion.

If you already have some work experience in the relevant engineering field, you may apply to have credit granted by completing the associated recognition of prior learning form.

Entry into our online study mode requires applicants to hold:

  1. A Year 12 Australian Senior Certificate of Education (or equivalent for International Students), completed within the past two years, with the following level of achievement in Maths:
  • WA – WACE scaled score of 50.0 or more.
  • ACT – a scaled mark of 125 or more
  • NSW – performance Band 2 or above
  • QLD – a level of Sound Achievement (S) or above
  • SA/NT – a grade of C- or higher or a Subject achievement score of 10 or more
  • TAS – an award of Satisfactory Achievement or above
  • VIC – a study score of 25 or above

A minimum ATAR score is not an admissions requirement.

Applicants who have completed Year 12 (or equivalent for International Students) more than two years ago will also need to show relevant work experience in the field of study applied for; OR

  1. A relevant (to the sub-discipline) Engineering AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree (or higher) with successful completion of all Maths units/modules; OR
  2. An overseas qualification equivalent to Point 2 above from a structured program of learning that leads to the full or partial achievement of an officially accredited qualification undertaken at a tertiary institution such as a university, government technical college, or government recognized private college (EIT assesses overseas qualifications using Australian Government guidelines to determine their comparability to qualifications); OR
  3. International Baccalaureate (IB) Completion with a minimum score of 24 including English and Maths completion; OR
  4. Foundation studies or bridging course completion in a relevant discipline with completion of Mathematics and English. e.g., Engineering enabling course; AND
  5. Satisfactory English language proficiency at an English pass level in an Australian Senior Certificate of Education (or equivalent for International Students); OR
  6. A specified level of achievement in a recognized English language test such as IELTS  at a score of at least 6.0 (with no individual band score less than 5.5); or  (or equivalent) as outlined in the EIT Admissions Policy

Note: Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry to our programs.  All applications will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

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Like all Australian higher education providers and universities, EIT programs are accredited by the exacting standards of the Australian Government’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). This bachelor’s degree is provisionally accredited by Engineers Australia under the Sydney Accord. It is internationally recognized under the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) accords and the various signatories.

Find out more about country-specific accreditation and professional recognition.

Potential job roles include engineering and management positions in the following areas of expertise:

  • Civil and structural planning, design and development
  • Building contracts, sales, commissioning and consultation
  • Building control and surveying
  • Site management
  • Water and waste management
  • Civil and structural operations and maintenance
  • Civil and structural project management and business development

Our bachelor’s degrees take three years to complete full-time, and longer for those studying part-time (up to 6 years part-time). You will spend approximately 10 hours per week, per unit, learning the program material, and completing assessments. This includes attending tutorials.

Applications are open for our upcoming intakes. You must submit your application at least four weeks before the start date to be considered for your desired intake.

A census date is the date at which an enrolment is considered to be final. Any withdrawal you make after the study period census date will incur an academic penalty (for example, a fail grade) and a financial penalty (for example, no refund of your student contribution or tuition fees). See our current census dates.

Any student has a right to appeal a decision of the Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) or any member of the institute’s staff. EIT has a comprehensive Policy on Appeals and Grievances to assist students.

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C Groenewald, South Africa
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S Zeelie, South Africa
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P Pretorius, South Africa
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