Course list for the Electrical Engineering Field of Study

Information valid for students commencing 2021

Electrical Engineering - Field of Study

Students enrolled in the 48 unit ME(Electrical Engineering) (Plan Code: ELECTX5709),48 units comprising;

  1. 18 units from part A1 (48 unit program Compulsory); and
  2. 6 units from part A2 (program Compulsory); and
  3. 4 or 8 units from part A3 (Research Thesis); and
  4. 6 units from part B (Advanced BE (Hons) Electives); and
  5. 6 units from part C (ME Electives); and
  6. the balance (4 to 8 units) from electives, being courses from part B, part C, part D or part E or other courses approved by the associate dean (academic) with a maximum of 4 units from courses not on the ME list.

Part A1 - 48 unit program Compulsory

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2010 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
CSSE2310 2 Computer Systems Principles and Programming
CSSE3010 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
ELEC3004 2 Signals, Systems & Control
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ELEC3310 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits
ENGG2800 2 Team Project I
MATH7000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Part A2 - program Compulsory

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
ENGG7901 2 Professional Engineering and the Business Environment: Global Practice
ENGG7902 2 Engineering Innovation and Leadership

Part A3 - Compulsory Research/Thesis

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ENGG7817 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [1]
[ or
[ ENGG7818 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [2]
[ or
[ ENGG7813 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [1]
[ or
[ ENGG7814 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [2]

Part B - Advanced BE (Hons) Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS4113 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Engineering
COMS4105 2 Communication Systems
CSSE4010 2 Digital System Design
ELEC4310 2 Power Systems Analysis
ELEC4410 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
ELEC4620 2 Digital Signal Processing
ELEC4630 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision
METR4201 2 Control Engineering 1
METR4202 2 Robotics & Automation

Part C - ME Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE6901 2 Medical Device Engineering
BIOE7902 2 Biomedical Signal Processing
COMS7305 2 Advanced Microwave Engineering
COMS7307 2 Advanced Photonics [3]
COMS7309 2 Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics
ELEC7051 2 Transformer Technology Design and Operation [3]
ELEC7309 2 Power System Planning and Reliability
ELEC7310 2 Electricity Market Operation and Security
ELEC7313 2 Renewable Energy Integration: Technologies to Technical Challenges
METR6203 2 Control Engineering 2

Courses offered on an occasional basis

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS7000 2 Advanced Topics in Communications I
CSSE7080 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems A
CSSE7081 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems B
ELEC7300 2 Advanced Topics in Power
ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

Part D - Other ME Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7811 2 Research Methods

Part E - Other BE (Hons) Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE6403 2 Biomedical Instrumentation
BIOE6601 2 Medical Imaging
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
COMS6200 2 Computer Networks II
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
CSSE4011 2 Advanced Embedded Systems
ELEC4302 2 Power System Protection
ELEC4320 2 Modern Asset Management and Condition Monitoring in Power System
ENGG4800 2 Project Management

End notes

  • [1] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 1. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 2.
  • [2] Code for full-time students in year long courses commencing in Semester 2. Students must re-enrol in the same code in Semester 1 the following year.
  • [3] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.