Electrical & Computer Engineering

Part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering program

Students must complete for the BE(Hons)/ME (Electrical & Computer Engineering Plan code: ELECEX2350), 80 units comprising:

    60 units from part A - compulsory; and
    1. 16 units from the combination of parts B, C and N - electives, including:
        (i) a minimum of 8 units from part B list with at least 4 units at level four; and
        (ii)a minimum of 4 units from part N; and
    2. 4 units from electives, being courses on the BE(Hons)/ME list or other courses approved by the executive dean.

    Part A - Compulsory

    Year 1
    4 units from

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG1100 2 Engineering Design
    ENGG1200 2 Engineering Modelling & Problem Solving
    ENGG1211 4 Engineering Design, Modelling & Problem Solving [1]

    and 4 units for

    Course Code Units Course Title
    [ MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [2]
    [ or
    [ MATH1071 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I
    [ MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations
    [ or
    [ MATH1072 2 Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

    and 6 units for

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
    ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems
    PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics

    Year 2, Semester 1

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
    CSSE2010 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
    ELEC2003 2 Electromechanics & Electronics
    MATH2001 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra II

    Year 2, Semester 2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE2310 2 Computer Systems Principles and Programming
    ELEC2004 2 Circuits, Signals & Systems
    ENGG2800 2 Team Project I
    MATH2010 1 Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations
    STAT2202 1 Probability Models for Engineering & Science

    Year 3, Semester 1

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE3010 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
    ELEC3004 2 Signals, Systems & Control
    ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits

    Year 3, Semester 2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE4010 2 Digital System Design
    ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
    ENGG3800 2 Team Project II

    Year 4, Semester 1

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE4011 2 Advanced Embedded Systems

    Year 4, Semester 1 or Semester 2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG4900 2 Professional Practice and the Business Environment

    Year 4, Semester 2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures

    Year 4, or Year 5

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE7610 2 Concurrency: Theory and Practice

    Year 5, Semester 1

    8 units

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7290 8 Engineering Placement Semester

    Year 5, Semester 2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7701 2 Engineering Grand Challenges

    Part B - Electives

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP3301 2 Operating Systems Architecture
    COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
    COMP3702 2 Artificial Intelligence
    COMP3710 2 Pattern Recognition and Analysis
    COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
    COMS3000 2 Information Security
    COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
    COMS4103 2 Photonics
    COMS4104 2 Microwave Engineering
    COMS4105 2 Communication Systems
    COMS4200 2 Computer Networks II
    COMS4507 2 Advanced Computer and Network Security
    CSSE4004 2 Distributed Computing
    DECO1400 2 Introduction to Web Design
    DECO2500 2 Human-Computer Interaction
    ELEC3300 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
    ELEC4300 2 Power Systems Analysis
    ELEC4400 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
    ELEC4620 2 Digital Signal Processing
    ELEC4630 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision
    ENGG4800 2 Project Management
    INFS1200 2 Introduction to Information Systems
    INFS2200 2 Relational Database Systems
    METR4201 2 Control Engineering 1
    METR4202 2 Robotics & Automation

    Part C - Electives

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP4403 2 Compilers and Interpreters
    COMP4500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
    COSC3000 2 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis
    COSC3500 2 High-Performance Computing
    CSSE3002 2 The Software Process
    CSSE3100 2 Reasoning About Programs
    DECO2800 2 Design Computing Studio 2 - Testing & Evaluation
    DECO3500 2 Social & Mobile Computing
    DECO3800 2 Design Computing Studio 3 - Proposal
    DECO3801 2 Design Computing Studio 3 - Build
    DECO4500 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
    ENGG4020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
    INFS3200 2 Advanced Database Systems
    INFS3202 2 Web Information Systems
    INFS3208 2 Cloud Computing
    INFS4203 2 Data Mining
    INFS4205 2 Advanced Techniques for High Dimensional Data
    MATH1061 2 Discrete Mathematics
    STAT2203 2 Probability Models and Data Analysis for Engineering

    Part N Electives

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMS7305 2 Advanced Microwave Engineering
    COMS7307 2 Advanced Photonics [3]
    COMS7309 2 Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics [4]
    ELEC7901 2 Advanced Medical Device Engineering
    ELEC7902 2 Biomedical Signal Processing
    ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
    ENGG7811 2 Research Methods
    INFS7410 2 Information Retrieval and Web Search [4]
    METR7203 2 Control Engineering 2

    Courses offered on an occasional basis

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMS7000 2 Advanced Topics in Communications I
    COMS7308 2 Antenna Design
    COMS7310 2 Radar and Electronic Warfare Fundamentals
    CSSE7080 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems A
    CSSE7081 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems B
    CSSE7090 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering A
    CSSE7091 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering B
    ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
    ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

End notes

  • [1] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
  • [2] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [3] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.
  • [4] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.