Students also have access to sporting facilities, counselling and health services, language and learning support and careers advice. The Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture administers nine undergraduate and over 40 postgraduate courses. The Bachelor degree courses offered are in Applied Science, Architecture, Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Information Environments, Information Technology, Regional and Town Planning and Science. First year engineering, information technology and science lectures are relatively large, but the accompanying tutorials and laboratories usually have smaller numbers of students. Students in architecture, information environments and town planning will generally be enrolled in classes of consistently small sizes.
All undergraduate courses require attendance on campus for all or part of the semester.
The quantity surveyor's prime responsibility is the budgeting and cost control of a project throughout the total process from inception, through design and construction, to final commissioning. This involves the analysis of the design elements to ensure that they are economical in the particular circumstances. During the progress of the contract, the quantity surveyor is responsible for valuation of work completed and all variations to the contract. Following negotiations with the contractor, the quantity surveyor calculates the final completed cost of the work. The course is non-stranded but elective units are offered in the later years for students to develop their special interests.