Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering

For Domestic and those International students not required to complete the English Language Enhancement course

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering [BEng(Hons)], a student must acquire 320 credit points as prescribed below:

• gain 300 credit points as prescribed
• gain 20 credit points for Undergraduate free-choice elective/s
• complete no more than 120 credit points at first year level
• complete a minimum of 80 credit points of courses at final year level
• complete a minimum of 12 weeks (60 days) of approved experience in an engineering practice environment (or a satisfactory alternative) during their degree studies.

Exit point

To be eligible to exit the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering program with the Bachelor of Engineering Science award, a student must acquire 240 credit points as prescribed below:

• at least 210 credit points from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering course list including all first year level and second year level core courses
• no more than 30 credit points of Undergraduate free-choice elective/s
• at least 60 credit points of courses at third year level or higher
• no more than 100 credit points of courses at first year level.

Note: Students undertaking the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic and Biomedical Engineering (1424) or Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Software Engineering (1478) will need to have completed some Year 4 courses to meet the above requirements.

To exit, a student should apply for a program transfer.

For International students required to complete the English Language Enhancement course

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering [BEng(Hons)], a student must acquire 320 credit points as prescribed below:

• gain 300 credit points as prescribed
• gain 10 credit points for 5903LHS Language and Communication for Sciences
• complete no more than 120 credit points at first year level
• complete a minimum of 80 credit points of courses at final year level
• gain 10 credit points for Undergraduate free-choice elective/s
• complete a minimum of 12 weeks (60 days) of approved experience in an engineering practice environment (or a satisfactory alternative) during their degree studies.

Exit point

To be eligible to exit the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering program with the Bachelor of Engineering Science award, a student must acquire 240 credit points as prescribed below:

• at least 210 credit points from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering course list including all first year level and second year level core courses
• 10 credit point English Language Enhancement course (5903LHS)
• no more than 20 credit points of Undergraduate free-choice elective/s
• at least 60 credit points of courses at third year level or higher
• no more than 100 credit points of courses at first year level.

Note: Students undertaking the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic and Biomedical Engineering (1424) or Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Software Engineering (1478) will need to have completed some Year 4 courses to meet the above requirements.

To exit, a student should apply for a program transfer.

Classification of Honours

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering

Honours in this program is awarded on the basis of sustained performance in the final two years of the program and in accordance with the Honours Weighted Average (HWA). The Honours Weighted Average is calculated using specified courses (third and fourth year level including the research component) which are referred to as the Honours Calculable Courses (HCC) and these courses are identified in the course lists within the program structure.

The Honours Weighted Average is calculated by multiplying the 120 credit points of Honours Calculable Courses by the percentage mark and the relevant weighting assigned for each course, divided by 120 credit points multiplied by the relevant weighting factor.

Cut-offs for Honours Classification

• Class I Honours:
  • Overall HWA Range: 80 - 100%
  • Minimum Thesis Mark - 80%
• Class IIA Honours:
  • Overall HWA Range: 70 -79%
  • Minimum Thesis Mark - 70%
• Class IIB Honours:
  • Overall HWA Range: 55 - 69.9%
  • Minimum Thesis Mark - 60%
• Class III Honours:
  • Overall HWA Range: < 54.9%
  • Minimum Thesis Mark - 50%

All undergraduate International students are required to complete an English Language Enhancement Course unless specific criteria are met as specified in Section 5.0 Qualifications Procedure.

The following course must be completed in the first trimester of study:

• 5903LHS Language and Communication for Sciences

Advice regarding the requirement to complete the English Language Enhancement Course is available via the myGriffith portal (in the To Do List).

Students whose first language is English are not permitted to undertake this course.

Program Learning Outcomes communicate to the community the value of the Griffith educational experience as benchmarked against national qualification standards.

Program Learning Outcomes for this award describe the knowledge, skills and the application of knowledge and skills you will acquire through studying the Griffith program of your choice.