1997 QUT Handbook

■ CEP109 MUNICIPAL LAW & REGULATIONS
The legislative framework for municipal engineering in
Queensland. The various acts and regulations affecting the
practising municipal engineer including powers and responsibilities
are covered.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP127 ROAD & TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Urban traffic management, parking systems, surveys, intersection
analysis; the design and evaluation of the urban road
network; design of rural roads and pavement structures; pavement
management.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP128 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING PLANNING
The principles of town and regional planning for municipal
engineers in Queensland. The objectives and methodology of
planning, practical problem solving, legislation and other factors
of concern to the municipal and development engineer.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP131 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT &
ADMINISTRATION
Management principles and functions. Strategic and tactical
planning, forecasting, decision-making. Budgeting and controls
in organisations, techniques of project control. Human
resources, managing change and development. Formulation
of policy within a local authority. Local authority internal organisation,
management, powers, responsibilities and functions,
accounting and budgetary cycles, sources of finance and
expenditure patterns.
Courses: CE63, CE74, IF64
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP172 WATER QUALITY ENGINEERING
Liquid wastes and their effect on receiving waters. Dispersion
and decay of pollutants in the water environment. Water
quality standards and objectives.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP174 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
PRACTICE
Water supply network analysis, water sources, reservoirs,
pumps, water hammer, sewerage systems, pump stations, corrosion,
water quality, water and wastewater treatment
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP200 PROCESS MODELLING
Role of models in engineering design and investigation. Principles
of modelling techniques and their uses, limitations and
relevant applications.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP215 ADVANCED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Traffic flow theory and traffic management. Analytical and
computer analysis routines for urban intersection design, their
background and applications.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP218 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Techniques for the appraisal of rural and urban area road systems,
bus operations, airport design, construction and maintenance.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP276 ADVANCED TREATMENT PROCESSES
The design and operation of water and wastewater treatment
plants, including conventional and alternative processes. Current
practice and development.
Courses: CE63, CE74 Prerequisites: CEP174
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP277 WASTE MANAGEMENT
Characteristics and analysis of solid wastes. Collection, storage,
transportation, handling, recycling and disposal. Sources
and characteristics of industrial liquid wastes. Treatment design
methodology. Pilot scale modelling and investigation.
Case studies of selected classes of industrial wastes.
Courses: CE63, CE74 Corequisites: CEP174
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEP290 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW &
ASSESSMENT
Introduction to environmental law. Commonwealth and state
legislation. Development controls. Trends in environmental
control. The framework for environmental assessment. Description
of the environmental setting. Impact assessment and
analysis.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP310 URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Transportation planning applications; road needs, urban transport,
local area planning. Macro land use/transportation and
micro urban transportation models; urban transportation zone
selection and data needs; trip generation; model splits; surveying.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP361 DRAINAGE ENGINEERING
Drainage engineering for municipal engineers, road and railway
designers, irrigation and general civil engineers. Rainfall
and runoff models, both rational and computer models; drainage
hydraulics of roof, streets, pipes, open channels, retention
basins, culverts and bridges; erosion, sedimentation aspects
of drainage, costs, planning policies and the law.
Courses: CE63, CE74
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ CEP491 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
A prescribed program of individual supervised study in a selected
area within the field of municipal engineering, involving
one or more major assignments together with appropriate
tutorials.
Courses: CE63
Credit Points: 16 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ CEP998 PROJECT B
The student is required to investigate in depth a shorter approved
topic than that required in CEP999. The results are
presented in a major formal report.
Courses: CE74
Credit Points: 20 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ CEP999 PROJECT A
The student is required to investigate in depth a substantial
approved topic within the range of civil engineering practice
and to carry out design, computing, model or experimental
design and construction, experimental work and testing. The
results are presented in a major formal report.
Courses: CE74
Credit Points: 36 Contact Hours: 9 per week
■ CHA110 LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Introduces safe and proficient procedures in the laboratory,
and gives practice in the manipulation of common laboratory
apparatus, equipment and reagents. On completion the student
should be able to handle, correctly and safely, all the
basic pieces of laboratory equipment and be familiar with their
main functions and limitations. The program includes a formal
treatment of laboratory safety and occupational health.
Courses: SC15
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CHA140 CHEMISTRY
An integrated course of fundamental chemistry covering: the
nature of chemistry; atomic, molecular and nuclear structure;
bonding and types of bonds; the structure and nature of matter;
molecular formulae, atomic and molecular weights; the
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