400-level

ENCN401
Engineering in Developing Communities
Description
Water supply and sanitation (solid and liquid waste management) issues in developing communities, agricultural issues and impacts of land-use changes, humanitarian aid during natural disaster relief, engineering in a cultural and sustainable context using appropriate technology.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, ENCN205
Restrictions
ENNR451
ENEL445
Applied Engineering Optimisation
Description
An advanced course on optimisation techniques and their engineering applications. The course first provides a review of mathematical background, and then covers the formulation of unconstrained/constrained optimisation problems, gradient descent, method of Lagrangian multipliers, and first-order KKT conditions. Other topics include model predictive control, power system optimisation, evolutionary algorithms, constraint satisfaction methods, Bayesian optimization, nonlinear least squares,adaptive filtering and backpropagation for deep neural networks.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Either ENEL320 or ENMT301; and either ENEL321 or ENME303
ENEL480
Electrical Power Systems
Description
This course is designed to build on Electric Power and Machines (ENEL382) by giving a more in-depth treatment of some areas (power-flow, fault analysis and protection) while covering in detail new areas such as reliability assessment, power quality, electromagnetic transients, harmonic analysis and substation earthing. New developments in electrical power systems are covered. In the process of teaching this course and by using a design assignment as a problem-based learning tool, students will learn how a large real power system will perform and how to engineer solutions to identified problems.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
ENEL382

Postgraduate

GISC405
Environmental and Climate Data Analytics
Description
This course will develop students' ability to use open-source programming methods for problem-based geospatial analytics. The knowledge and skills learned in this course will support applications including energy, water, climate change, and hazards by interacting with meteorological and climate model outputs and transforming data into impact-based research applications.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
GISC101 or GISC401 or equivalent.
ENCI604
Practical Modelling and AI
Description
This course introduces students to robust practices for the quality-assured application of mathematical models in engineering problem solving. Using simple ODE, machine-learning, and generative AI models drawn from Civil Engineering subdisciplines, students will apply a structured approach to model design, testing and utilisation, including key steps of conceptualisation, verification & validation, calibration, prediction, and uncertainty analysis. By the end of this course, students will appreciate the importance of modelling for solving engineering problems, its limitations, and how model insights must be weighed against financial, sociocultural and legal considerations. They will further have an in-depth appreciation of how such practices can be integrated in engineering workplaces, and what risks and opportunities this introduces.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Restrictions
ENCN404
ENAE605
Sustainable Building Design Practice
Description
Sustainable building design philosophy, strategies and practice. Materials, water, airflow and energy in buildings. High-performance, low energy buildings. Building performance simulation. Coordination and integration with other building design disciplines.
Occurrences
General non-calendar-based 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to approval of the Head of Department
ENCM620
Construction Procurement and Contract Administration
Description
Construction procurement processes, contract fundamentals and responsibilities, contract administration, integrated project delivery, analysis of trends in procurement and contract administration.
Occurrences
Semester One 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to approval of Programme Director
ENCM650
Cost Engineering
Description
Work Break-down Structure; Project Cost Scoping; Cost Databases; Pricing & Indexing; Feasibility & Conceptual Estimating; Quantity Surveying (Earthworks, Pavements, Structures); Variation Order Scoping; Contingencies; Stochastic Estimating; Industry Trends.
Occurrences
General non-calendar-based 2026
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
RP: BE (Hons) or equivalent

Not Offered Courses in 2026

Postgraduate

CHEM436
Sustainable Chemistry: Catalysis, Energy and Green Materials
Description
Sustainable chemistry is basically doing more with less: reducing the environmental impact of products and processes, optimising or rather completely avoiding the use of limited raw materials and minimising waste. This course will introduce the importance of catalysis, energy and green materials in the context of reducing the impact that synthetic chemistry has on our planet.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 , 2025
For further information see CHEM436 course details
Points
15 points
MGMT616
Leadership
Description
The course addresses the topic of leadership in relation to the responsibility of the leader towards various stakeholders (e.g. employees, shareholders, community, suppliers, and environment) in both national and international context. In the course we evaluate advanced leadership theory and build practical leadership capabilities.
Occurrences
Not offered 2026, offered in 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 , 2025
For further information see MGMT616 course details
Points
15 points