Course list for the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Dual Major

Information valid for students commencing 2015

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Available in the dual major only.
Students must complete for the BE(Hons) (Chemical & Environmental Engineering Plan code: CHENVW2342), #64 comprising -

  1. #60, comprising #58 of compulsory courses listed in Part A of the Chemical & Environmental Engineering list plus #2 from B1, B2 or B4 lists; and
  2. Balance from electives, being courses from the BE(Hons) list or other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1 Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
ENGG1100 2 Engineering Design

Year 1, Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1500 2 Engineering Thermodynamics
MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [1]

Year 1, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1200 2 Engineering Modelling & Problem Solving
MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

Year 2 Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2001 2 Process Principles
CHEM1200 2 Chemistry 2
MATH2000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II
CHEE1001 2 Principles of Biological Engineering

Year 2 Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2010 2 Engineering Investigation & Statistical Analysis
CHEE2003 2 Fluid & Particle Mechanics
CHEM2056 2 Physical Chemistry for Engineering
CHEE2501 2 Environmental Systems Engineering I: Processes

Year 3 Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE3020 2 Process Systems Analysis
CHEE3002 2 Heat & Mass Transfer
CHEE3003 2 Chemical Thermodynamics
ENVM3103 2 Regulatory Frameworks for Environmental Management & Planning

Year 3 Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE3004 2 Unit Operations
CHEE3005 2 Reaction Engineering
CIVL3141 2 Catchment Hydrology
[ CIVL3150 2 Modelling of Environmental Systems
[ or
[ CHEE3007 2 Process Modelling & Dynamics

Year 4 Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE4002 2 Impact and Risk in the Process Industries
CHEE4009 2 Transport Phenomena
CHEE4060 2 Process & Control System Synthesis
CHEE4024 2 Energy Systems in Sustainable Development

Year 4 Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE4001 4 Process Engineering Design Project
CHEE4012 2 Industrial Wastewater & Solid Waste Management

Part B1 - Introductory Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems
ENGG1400 2 Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics
ENGG1600 2 Introduction to Research Practices - The Big Issues
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
ERTH1501 2 Earth Processes & Geological Materials for Engineers
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics

Part B2 - Electives
Note: Non-compulsory courses may be pre-requisites for some electives.

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE3301 2 Polymer Engineering
CIVL4140 2 Ground Water & Surface Flow Modelling
ENGG4103 2 Engineering Asset Management
ENVM2522 2 Carbon & Energy Management
ENVM3524 2 Business Management in a Carbon Constrained World
ENVM3526 2 Systems Thinking Systems Dynamics (For a Complex World)
ENVM3528 2 Industrial Ecology & Life Cycle Thinking
MINE2201 2 Physical & Chemical Processing of Minerals

Part B4 - Advanced Electives
Note: Non-compulsory courses may be pre-requisites for some electives.

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE4020 2 Biomolecular Engineering
CHEE4022 2 Principles of Adsorption
CHEE4305 2 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
CHEE4301 2 Nanomaterials & Their Characterisation
CHEE4302 2 Electrochemistry & Corrosion
ENGG4900 2 Professional Practice and the Business Environment
MINE4203 2 Flotation
MINE4204 2 Aqueous Solution Processing & Electrometallurgy

End notes

  • [1] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051