BE(Hons) - Environmental Engineering

at University of Waikato

Note:

Choose 15 points of electives from: BIOMO101 or CHEMY102.
 

Second year includes ENGEN271 Work Placement 1, and third year includes ENGEN371 Work Placement 2. These are compulsory but are 0-point papers.
 

If you are studying the Diploma in Engineering Professional Practice concurrent with the BE(Hons), you must complete ENGEN272 Engineering Work Placement 1 and ENGEN372 Engineering Work Placement 2 (in place of ENGEN271 and ENGEN371).
 

Programme Elective Papers
 

Year 3

• BIOMO203 Microbiology

• CHEMY201 Organic Chemistry

• CHEMY202 Physical Chemistry

• ENGCV212 Structural Engineering 1

• ENGCV251 Construction 1

• ENGEN390 Special Topics in Engineering 1

• ENVPL306 Planning for a Changing Environment
   

Year 4

• ENGCB523 Advanced Energy Engineering

• ENGCV523 Advanced Hydrology and Marine Engineering

• ENGEV541 Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering

• ENGEV542 Waste Minimisation Engineering
   

  The Environmental Engineering programme combines fundamentals of engineering, science, mathematics and computing with supporting papers from water resources, water quality, earth and ocean environments, environmental planning, modelling and sustainability, chemistry, and biology. Environmental engineers develop and evaluate and assess options, design equipment and systems, and develop regulations and controls to solve issues of water quality, water supply, waste reduction and disposal, soil and air quality management, and control noise. These help protect and improve the air, water and soil environments. Prospective careers include local and regional government, engineering consultancies, companies and suppliers.
   

  Environmental Engineering is available as a specified programme for the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)).
   

  To complete the specified programme in Environmental Engineering, students must complete the following programme.
   

  Year 1

  Students must take the following papers: ENGEN101, ENGEN102, ENGEN103, ENGEN111, ENGEN112, ENGEN170 and ENGEN180.

  Plus 15 points of electives from: BIOMO101 or CHEMY102.
   

  Year 2

  Students must take the following papers: ENGEV280, ENGCV223, ENGCV231, ENGEN201, ENGEN270, ENGEN271, ENGEV241, ENGME221 and ENVPL203.

  If you are studying the Diploma in Engineering Management, concurrent with the BE(Hons), you must complete ENGEN272 (in place of ENGEN271).
   

  Year 3

  Students must take the following papers: BIOMO203, CHEMY201, ENGCV323, ENGEN370, ENGEN371, ENGEV341, ENGEV343, ENGEV380 and ENVPL306.

  If you are studying the Diploma in Engineering Management, concurrent with the BE(Hons), you must complete ENGEN372 (in place of ENGEN371).
   

  Year 4

  Students must take the following papers: ENGEV581, ENGEN570 and ENGEN582.

  Plus 45 points of electives from: ENGCB523, ENGCV523, ENGEV541 or ENGEV542.

Entry into the BE(Hons) in the specified programme of Environmental Engineering will be guaranteed to applicants who gain University Entrance, including a minimum of 16 credits in NCEA at Level 3 in Calculus. Applicants must also gain at least 16 credits in NCEA at Level 3 in Chemistry and 14 credits in NCEA at Level 3 in Physics.
 

All other applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis and pathways are available
 

English language entry requirements
 

To provide flexibility to students during COVID-19 who are affected by the closure of testing centres, the University of Waikato will accept the following alternative tests for all 2021 and 2022 intakes. Please note this policy is subject to review.
 

• IELTS Indicator (this is an online version of the regular IELTS test)

• TOEFL iBT Home (Plus) (this is an online version of the regular TOEFL test)

• Duolingo English Test (DET) with the following scores:

  • DET score of 90 for pre-degree programmes (IELTS 5.5 equivalent)

  • DET score of 100 for undergraduate programmes (excluding those listed below)

  • DET score of 110 for postgraduate programmes (excluding doctoral programmes)
     

The University of Waikato will accept Duolingo (DET) as an alternative means of meeting the English language entry requirements for the majority of its programmes (excluding all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, BSW and LLB) while test centres remain closed and until further notice.

Students who are accepted into their programme using any of the three language tests named above will be issued an unconditional offer, but will be required to undertake a supplementary online language assessment. For doctoral students using DET to gain admission, you will be required to undertake a supplementary assessment prior to an offer being issued.
 

The University teaches in the medium of English and requires all students to demonstrate proficiency in written and spoken English.
 

The University’s English language entry requirements are set out below. If you do not meet the English language entry requirements you can enrol in an English Language programme with our University of Waikato College.
 

If English was the language of instruction in the last two years of secondary/tertiary studies, an English language waiver may be considered. Students need to provide evidence of this at the time of application.
 

Estimated Fees* (International):    $39,770 per year (any of years 1-3)

• Environmental Engineer

• Water and Sanitary Engineer

• Public/Environmental Health Engineer

• Infrastructure Engineer

• Sustainability Engineer

• Restoration Engineer

• Resource/Waste Management Engineer