Course Content
This degree program is available to students who have completed years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture) at Flinders University, South Australia.
The Bachelor of Maritime Engineering (Specialisation) (Honours) requires the completion of 400 credit points comprising:
- 300 credit points of Core units
- 75 credit point Specialisation
- 25 credit points of Electives
The Core units are compulsory for all students and consist of 8 units in Year 1 (100 credit points), 8 units in Year 2 (100 credit points), 3 units in Year 3 (37.5 credit points) and 5 units in Year 4 (inclusive of research project and design units) (62.5 credit points).
*24V4 students only need to complete Years 3 and 4 of 24V1
Core units
Year 1
- Materials Technology
- Engineering Design and Communication
- Engineering Problem Solving and Data Analysis
- Engineering Statics
- Engineering Dynamics
- Engineering Circuits
- Mathematics 1A
- Mathematics 1B
Year 2
- Mechanics of Solids
- Fluid Mechanics
- Thermal Engineering
- Hydrostatics
- Introduction to Maritime Science, Engineering and Technology
- Introduction to Maritime Engineering Design
- Production Processes for Maritime Infrastructure
- Maritime Dynamics and Waves
Year 3
- Structural Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Engineering at Sea
Year 4
- Research Project (Part:1/2)
- Research Project (Part:2/2)
- Design Project (Part:1/2)
- Design Project (Part:2/2)
- Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Engineering Professional Practice
- Honours
Specialisation (choose 1)
Marine and Offshore Engineering
Year 3
- Maritime Automation
- Marine Engineering Systems
- Marine Electrical Powering & Systems
- Maritime Engineering Design
Year 4
- Design of Offshore Systems
- Reliability Engineering
Naval Architecture
Advanced unit
- Seakeeping and Manoeuvring
- Resistance and Propulsion
- Applied Ship Design
- Hydrodynamics
- Advanced Ship Structures
- Underwater Vehicle Technology
Ocean Engineering
Advanced unit
- Applied Ocean Wave Mechanics
- Applied Offshore Structural Engineering
- Hydrodynamics
- Design of Floating Offshore Structures
- Design of Coastal Engineering Structures
- Special Topics in Ocean Engineering
Elective unit
You complete 2 electives (25 credit points) normally one in Year 3 and one in Year 4.In the Elective component you can choose from any units marked as "Student Electives" which you meet the pre-requisites for, at any level, from across the university.
