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Chemical Major

Code MAAAKQ

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About this Major

Provides students with a core set of relevant technical skills that will enable them to practice at the engineering technologist grade in the chemical engineering field.

When students graduate from this unit set, they are expected to have gained an understanding of heat and mass transfer, chemical thermodynamics, chemical reactors and general engineering concepts, which will enable them to contribute to solving problems faced within the chemical engineering industry.

Code MAAAKQ

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Joondalup
Mount Lawley
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Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ENS2115Process Engineering Fundamentals15
SCC1123Chemistry for the Life Sciences15
SCC1111General Chemistry15
ENS2116Process Systems Analysis15
ENS2160Thermodynamics15
ENM3218Fluid Mechanics15
ENS3111Chemical Thermodynamics15
ENS3113Reaction Engineering15
Elective Unitx 230

Note: Elective units must be approved by the Course Coordinator, and at least one must be an engineering unit.

For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

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Notes

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply broad discipline knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the chemical engineering domain.
  2. Think critically, and apply established engineering methods to broadly defined chemical engineering problems.
  3. Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage small-scale projects in the chemical engineering domain, with some intellectual independence.
  4. Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the chemical engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
  5. Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in technical and lay domains.
  6. Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the chemical engineering domain, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
  7. Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
  8. Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary practice in the chemical engineering domain.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Employment opportunities exist in many sectors, including industry, government, universities, research centres and consulting firms.

Possible future job titles

Chemical Operator, Process Engineer, Process Safety Officer, Laboratory Technician

This Major can be studied in the following courses

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