Co-operative engineering education is a structured method of combining an academic education with periods of practical work experience and provides academic credit for structured job experience. These periods of job experience will be with engineering employers where the students should work under the supervision of professional engineers. The programme provides students with the opportunity to better evaluate their career choices. Career choice and the choice of engineering discipline will be aided by industrial exposure during the early years of the programme. Students will also have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of sectors of the industry and types of engineering work as well as to evaluate specific companies. This will make for a mature graduate who is more informed and therefore able to make better choices on graduation. Course structure: Students in the Bachelor of Engineering (Ocean Engineering - Co-operative Education) (Honours) have the choice of undertaking a specialisation in either Ocean and Subsea Structures, or Marine Aquaculture

Graduates will have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of sectors of the industry and types of engineering work as well as to evaluate specific companies.