Master of Environmental Engineering (206EC) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On the successful completion of the Master of Environmental Engineering students should have:

• Gained advanced knowledge of the principles of environmental engineering underpinning sustainable development
• Had the opportunity to develop research principles and methods in the field of environmental engineering
• Cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice of environmental engineering
• Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice in environmental engineering
• Cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate complex ideas concepts at an abstract level
• Communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to engineering and non-engineering audiences
• Technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse, theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship in the field of environmental engineering

Graduates of Master of Environmental Engineering will demonstrate the application of knowledge & skills in the fields of waste management, water resource management or energy studies:

• With creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning
• With high level personal autonomy and accountability
• To plan and execute a substantial piece of scholarship

Graduate attributes

The Melbourne School of Engineering closely maps subject level attributes and knowledge to align with the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), whilst also aligning with Attributes of the University of Melbourne Graduate, Engineers Australia competencies and its own School attributes.