Course list for the Electrical Engineering Single Major

Information valid for students commencing 2011

Electrical Engineering

Students must complete for the BE (Electrical Engineering Plan code: ELECTX2001), #64 comprising -

  1. One of the following -
    • a major - #50 (#54 for students undertaking the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS)), comprising #34 (#38 for students undertaking PEPS) being all compulsory courses listed in Part A of the Electrical Engineering List, plus #16 from Part B Electives List, including at least -
      1. #8 of introductory electives listed in Part B1;
      2. #6 of advanced electives listed in Part B2; and
      3. #2 of electives, to be chosen from introductory (Part B1), advanced (Part B2)or coverage (Part B3) electives; or
    • a extended major - #60 (#62 for students undertaking PEPS), comprising a major plus an additional #10 (#8 for students undertaking PEPS) as set out in Part B Electives under extended major; or
    • a major and a minor - #60 (#64 for students undertaking PEPS), comprising a major plus an additional #10 as set out in Part B Electives under the approved minor field; and

  2. balance from electives -
    • with a maximum of #8 of level one courses; and
    • students are encouraged to choose their electives from the Part B electives. Selection of courses which are not in the BE list require the approval of the Executive Dean.

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC1000 2 Introduction to Electrical Engineering
ENGG1000 2 Introduction to Professional Engineering

Year 1, Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering I
MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [1]

Year 1, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1000 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2000 2 Introduction to Digital Systems
ELEC2003 2 Electromechanics & Electronics
ENGG2800 2 Team Project I
MATH2000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC2004 2 Circuits, Signals & Systems
MATH2010 1 Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics
STAT2202 1 Probability Models for Engineering & Science

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC3002 2 Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG3800 2 Team Project II

Year 4

(i) Students not attending the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS) -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ENGG4801 4 Thesis Project [2]
[ ENGG4802 4 Thesis Project [2]

(ii) Students attending the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS) -

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4010 2 Professional Development
ENGG4011 6 Professional Engineering Project

Part B Electives

B1 -Introductory Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS3100 2 Introduction to Communications
CSSE3000 2 Digital System Design
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ELEC3300 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits
ELEC3600 2 Signal & Image Processing I
METR3200 2 Introduction to Control Systems

B2 Advanced Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS4100 2 Digital Communications
COMS4103 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Subsystems & Antennas
CSSE4001 2 Computer System Design Project
ELEC4300 2 Power Systems Analysis
ELEC4400 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
ELEC4600 2 Signal & Image Processing II
METR4202 2 Advanced Control & Robotics

B3 - Coverage Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2303 2 Network & Operating Systems Principles
COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
ELEC3401 2 Medical & Industrial Instrumentation
ELEC3601 2 Introduction to Image Formation
ELEC4302 2 Power System Protection
ELEC4320 2 Modern Asset Management and Condition Monitoring in Power System
ELEC4601 2 Medical Imaging
ENGG4000 2 Introduction to Systems Engineering
ENGG4800 2 Project Management

B4 - Other Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
MATH1050 2 Mathematical Foundations [3]

Extended Major

Students enrolled in the extended major are required to obtain the major, plus #10 (#8 for students participating in the PEPS program) from -

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems

(i)#4 from advanced (Part B2) electives, and
(ii)#4 from Parts B1, B2 or B3 electives (#2 for students participating in the PEPS program).

Minors

Students enrolled in a minor field of study are required to obtain the major, plus an additional #10 as set out below for the minor.

Biomedical Engineering

No new enrolments from 2007 (see Electrical and Biomedical Engineering)
Students enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering minor are required to obtain #10 from the courses listed below, including #6 from Group A and #4 from Group B -

Group A

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC3401 2 Medical & Industrial Instrumentation [4]
ELEC3601 2 Introduction to Image Formation
ELEC4601 2 Medical Imaging

Group B

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms
BIOM2011 2 Integrative Cell & Tissue Biology
BIOM2012 2 Systems Physiology
BIOM2019 2 Human Anatomy
BIPH2000 2 Foundations of Biophysics
CHEE3305 2 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
CHEM1020 2 Chemistry - Energetics & Reactivity
CHEM1030 2 Chemistry - Structure & Reactions
BIOL1900 2 Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement

Software Engineering

Students enrolled in the Software Engineering minor are required to obtain #10 from the courses listed below, including #2 from Group A and #8, with at least #2 at level 3, from Group B.

Group A

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large

Group B

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2303 2 Network & Operating Systems Principles
COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems
COMP2506 2 Human-Computer Interaction
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
CSSE2003 2 Software Engineering Studio
CSSE3002 2 The Software Process
INFS1200 2 Introduction to Information Systems
MATH1061 2 Discrete Mathematics

Telecommunications Engineering

Students enrolled in the Telecommunications Engineering minor are required to obtain #10 from the courses listed below, including #4 from Group A and #6 from Group B -

Group A

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS3100 2 Introduction to Communications
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves

Group B

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2303 2 Network & Operating Systems Principles
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
COMS4100 2 Digital Communications
COMS4103 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Subsystems & Antennas

End notes

  • [1] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [2] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
  • [3] MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Maths C. MATH1050 is not available to students who have passed MATH1051 and/or MATH1052.
  • [4] Students are recommended to take ELEC2003 before undertaking ELEC3401.