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[Print-friendly version] Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering. BEE Applications Minor (BEE Students only) BAP Purpose This minor will allow you to use the knowledge and skills gained in the study of your first major in a range of settings – the project team, workplace, and the study of a specialisation Minor Contents Up to two units of work-integrated learning (WIL) One or two problem-based multidisciplinary project units One or two specialisation units Notes To ascertain the particular BEE Applications Minor Unit Set for your primary major, please contact your Subject Area Coordinator. Listed below is information regarding the WIL and Project units which could be part of your BEE Applications Minor Unit Set. A BEE Applications Minor web page providing more detailed information will be available soon. Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week BEB701 Work Integrated Learning 1 1 + 2 12 BEB702 Work Integrated Learning 2 1 + 2 12 BEB801 Project 1 1 + 2 12 BEB802 Project 2 1 + 2 12             BEE Work-integrated Learning Minor 1 (BEE Students only) BWO Purpose This minor will allow you to undertake structured work experience for academic credit. Minor Contents Four units of work-integrated learning (WIL) This minor will allow you to acquire work experience guided by academic objectives for this experience. Notes Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week BEB701 Work Integrated Learning 1 1 + 2 12 BEB702 Work Integrated Learning 2 1 + 2 12 BEB703 Work Integrated Learning 3 12 BEB704 Work Integrated Learning 4 12 BEB705 Work Integrated Learning 5 12 BEB706 Work Integrated Learning 6 12 BEB707 Work Integrated Learning 7 12               BEE Work-integrated Learning Minor 2 (BEE Students only) BWT Purpose This minor will allow you to undertake structured work experience for academic credit. Minor Contents Four units of work-integrated learning (WIL) Faculty WIL minor 1 is a prerequisite to this second minor, which is designed to develop learning through the work place in more depth. This minor will allow you to acquire work experience guided by academic objectives for this experience. Notes Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week BEB705 Work Integrated Learning 5 12 BEB706 Work Integrated Learning 6 12 BEB707 Work Integrated Learning 7 12 BEB708 Work Integrated Learning 8 12               BEE Sustainability Minor BSU Purpose This minor will allow you to develop deeper understandings of and specialisations in the future role of your profession in the sustainable development of modern societies. The minor will build on Faculty-wide common units in Professional Learning and Sustainability. Minor Contents Up to two units of work-integrated learning (WIL) Up to two problem-based multidisciplinary project units One to four specialisation units Notes Students would be expected to complete BEB200 first, but this would not be a prerequisite. All students in the Bachelor of Design seeking a Minor in Sustainability must take a minimum of two of the following units: BEB901 Retrofitting for Sustainability BEB902 Greening the Built Environment BEB903 Greenhouse Solutions BEB904 Eco-Innovation for Sustainability If you are NOT a student from Built Environment and Engineering, you cannot undertake a BEB coded WIL or project unit as part of your unit set. You must choose an alternative unit. Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week BEB901 Retrofitting for Sustainability 1 (odd numbered years only) 12 BEB902 Greening the Built Environment 1 (even numbered years only) 12 BEB903 Greenhouse Solutions 2 (odd numbered years only) 12 BEB904 Eco-Innovation for Sustainability 2 (even numbered years only) 12 HHB269 Ethics, Technology and the Environment 2 12 3 NRB600 Sustainable Environmental Management 2 12 4 NRB500 Environmental Systems and Modelling 1 12 4 HHB127 Environment and Society 12 BEB701 Work Integrated Learning 1 (where the unit addresses sustainability objectives) 1 + 2 12 BEB702 Work Integrated Learning 2 (where the unit addresses sustainability objectives) 1 + 2 12 BEB801 Project 1 (where the unit addresses sustainability objectives) 1 + 2 12 BEB802 Project 2 (where the unit addresses sustainability objectives) 1 + 2 12               BEE Research Minor (BEE Students only) BRN Purpose This minor is designed to ensure that students with interest and capacity for higher degree research have the opportunity, during their undergraduate degree, to be well-prepared to undertake further study following graduation. This minor provides a pathway to HDR. Minor Contents This minor contains units that allow you to develop, implement and evaluate research knowledge and skills. Units will be offered to illustrate a broad range of research types such as practice-led research, experimentally-based research, and work-based research. Units will be sourced in other Faculties & Divisions. Notes: Students must select 4 units within the research minor. Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week HHB224 Qualitative Research Methods 2 SSB969 or HUB133 12 3 HHB232 Survey Methods 1 HUB120,HHB104 or SSB000 12 3 EDN612 Conducting Innovative Research in Educational Contexts 1 + 2 EDN611 or equiv 12 PYB110 Psychological Research Methods 2   12 3 ENB379 Transport Engineering and Planning Applications 1 ENB274,ENB372 12 4 ENB474 / CEB507 Finite Element Methods 2 1 ENB102 CEB413 12 12 4 ENB441 Applied Image Processing 1 ENB342 12 4 MAB210 Statistical Modelling 1 1 + 2 Senior Maths B 12 4 MAB314 Statistical Modelling 2 1 MAB101, MAB111, MAB112, MAB210 12 4 MAB524 Statistical Inference 2 MAB314,MAB414 12 4 MAB536 Time Series Analysis 1 MAB314,MAB414 12 4 Or choose one of: EEB941 Modern Signal Processing 1 EEB640 12 4 OR ENB448 Signal Processing and Filtering 2 ENB342, MAB233 12 4               BEE International Minor BNT Purpose This minor will allow you to focus on international issues and prepare for global professional practice. The focus on business languages and international business is designed to equip students who choose this minor to work more readily in international environments. Minor Contents This minor will include choices of units in business language studies, International Business and field studies/study abroad units developed in consultation with QUT International. Units will be sourced in other Faculties & Divisions. Notes Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week BSB119 International and Electronic Business 1, 2, Summer 12 3 IBB213 International Marketing 1, 2, Summer BSB119 & BSB126; or BSB116 12 3 IBB210 Export Management 1, 2 BSB119 or 96cp of approved study 12 3 IBB303 International Logistics 2 IBB210 or 96 cp of approved study 12 3 IBB205 Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation 1, 2 BSB119 12 3 Foreign Language (minimum 2 units)               BEE Indigenous Studies Minor BIS Purpose This minor with allow you to focus on indigenous issues. The minor will build on Faculty-wide common units in Professional Learning and Sustainability. Minor Contents This minor will be developed in consultation with the Oodgeroo Unit, and with QUT Carseldine to focus on indigenous perspectives on built environment and engineering and the professions served by these fields of study. Units will be sourced in other Faculties & Divisions. Notes If you are NOT a student from Built Environment and Engineering, you cannot undertake a BEB coded WIL or project unit as part of you unit set. You must choose an alternative unit. Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week Students undertaking the BEE Indigenous Studies Minor must enrol in any four units from the following set: One (1) unit of Work-integrated Learning (BEB701 – BEB708); work experience must be conducted in a professional or community organisation focusing on Indigenous issues EDB007 Cultural Studies: Indigenous Studies Education 2 12 3 HHB210 Indigenous Australia: Country, Kin & Culture 1 + 2 12 3 HHB254 Indigenous Australian Culture Studies HHB255 Indigenous Politics & Political Culture 2 12 3 CLB402 Issues in Indigenous Education 1 + 2 12 3 There are no prerequisites for these units. It is, however, recommended that students undertake HHB210 prior to HHB254 and/or HHB255.