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Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Master of Engineering Science - MEngSc8338 - Engineering Science

Specialisation Structure
96 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 96 UOC.

Disciplinary Knowledge Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

PTRL5006
6 UOC
Field Development Geology
PTRL5009
6 UOC
Well Drilling Equipment and Operations
PTRL5014
6 UOC
Petroleum Geophysics
PTRL5019
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering A

Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge Courses

Students must take at least 30 UOC of the following courses.

PTRL5003
6 UOC
Well Pressure Testing
PTRL5004
6 UOC
Numerical Reservoir Simulation
PTRL5007
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering B
PTRL5010
6 UOC
Natural Gas Engineering
PTRL5011
6 UOC
Petroleum Production Engineering
PTRL5012
6 UOC
Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery
PTRL5016
6 UOC
Well Completions and Stimulation
PTRL5021
6 UOC
Reservoir Characterisation
PTRL5022
6 UOC
Drilling Systems Design and Optimisation
PTRL5024
6 UOC
Drilling Fluids and Cementing Techniques
PTRL5100
6 UOC
Geomechanics A
PTRL5101
6 UOC
Petroleum Geomechanics B
PTRL5102
6 UOC
Digital Core Analysis
PTRL5107
6 UOC
Petrophysics
PTRL5119
6 UOC
Geothermal Engineering

Research Core Courses

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

PTRL5005
6 UOC
Design Project for Petroleum Engineers
PTRL9451
4 UOC
Masters Project A
PTRL9452
4 UOC
Masters Project B
PTRL9453
4 UOC
Masters Project C

Disciplinary Knowledge Electives

Students must take 18 UOC electives, from the courses listed below, or with approval from the Stream Authority, courses from Adanced Disciplinary Knowledge courses or courses from another specialisation within the Master of Engineering Science program.

CEIC8330
6 UOC
Process Engineering in the Petroleum Industry
COMP9021
6 UOC
Principles of Programming
COMP9417
6 UOC
Machine Learning and Data Mining
MATH5305
6 UOC
Computational Mathematics
PTRL5008
6 UOC
Petroleum Production Economics

Engineering & Technical Management (ETM) Courses

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses.

COMP9021
6 UOC
Principles of Programming
CVEN9888
6 UOC
Environmental Management
CVEN9892
6 UOC
Sustainability Assessment and Risk Analysis
GSOE9210
6 UOC
Engineering Decision Structures
GSOE9360
6 UOC
Academic Discourse in Engineering
GSOE9445
6 UOC
Entrepreneurial Engineering
GSOE9510
6 UOC
Ethics and Leadership in Engineering
GSOE9712
6 UOC
Engineering Statistics and Experiment Design
GSOE9810
6 UOC
Process and Product Quality in Engineering
MANF6860
6 UOC
Strategic Manufacturing Management
MANF9400
6 UOC
Industrial Management
MANF9472
6 UOC
Production Planning and Control
MATH5165
6 UOC
Optimization
MATH5846
6 UOC
Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes
SOLA9004
6 UOC
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
SOLA9016
6 UOC
Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries
SOLA9103
6 UOC
Renewable Energy System Modelling & Analysis

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