Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2014

Master of Engineering Science (#16)

Electrical Engineering

A student is required to obtain -

  • for the GCEngSc (Electrical Engineering Plan code: ELECTX5527), #8 comprising -
    • up to #6 from Part A; and
    • the balance from Part B and Part C and Part D.

  • for the MEngSc (#16) (Electrical Engineering Plan code: ELECTX5528) #16 comprising -
    • up to #4 from Part B; and
    • #2 from Part C; and
    • at least #4 from Part D; and
    • at least #4 from Part E.

  • for the MEngSc (#24) (Electrical Engineering Plan code: ELECTX5529), #24 comprising -
    • up to #12 from Part A and Part B with a maximum of #6 from Part A; and
    • #2 from Part C; and
    • at least #4 from Part D; and
    • at least #4 from Part E.

      • Students may enrol in other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

        Part A

        Course Code Units Course Title
        COMP7308 2 Operating Systems Architecture
        COMS7201 2 Computer Networks I
        CSSE7301 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
        ELEC7101 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
        ELEC7302 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
        ELEC7312 2 Signals, Systems & Control
        ELEC7401 2 Electronic Circuits

        Part B

        Course Code Units Course Title
        COMS7104 2 Microwave Subsystems and Antennas
        COMS7200 2 Computer Networks II
        COMS7400 2 Photonics
        COMS7410 2 Communication Systems
        CSSE7410 2 Digital System Design
        CSSE7411 2 Advanced Embedded Systems
        ELEC7303 2 Power Systems Analysis
        ELEC7311 2 Power System Protection
        ELEC7403 2 Medical & Industrial Instrumentation
        ELEC7402 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
        ELEC7420 2 Modern Asset Management and Condition Monitoring in Power System
        ELEC7462 2 Digital Signal Processing
        ELEC7463 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision
        ELEC7606 2 Medical Imaging
        ENGG7000 2 Systems Engineering
        ENGG7020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
        METR7200 2 Introduction to Control Systems
        METR7202 2 Advanced Control & Robotics

        Part C

        Course Code Units Course Title
        ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering

        Part D

        Field: Biomedical Engineering

        Course Code Units Course Title
        ELEC7901 2 Advanced Medical Device Engineering
        ELEC7902 2 Clinical Biomedical Signal Processing

        Field: Microwave Telecommunications

        Course Code Units Course Title
        COMS7305 2 Advanced Microwave Circuit Design
        COMS7307 2 Advanced Photonics [1]
        COMS7308 2 Antenna Design [2]
        COMS7309 2 Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics [2]

        Field: Power Systems

        Course Code Units Course Title
        ELEC7051 2 Transformer Technology Design and Operation [2]
        ELEC7309 2 Power System Planning and Reliability
        ELEC7310 2 Electricity Market Operation and Security
        ELEC7313 2 Renewable Energy Integration: Technologies to Technical Challenges [1]

        Field: Control

        Course Code Units Course Title
        METR7203 2 Advanced Topics in Control Engineering [1]

        Courses offered on an occasional basis

        Course Code Units Course Title
        COMS7000 2 Advanced Topics in Communications I
        COMS7310 2 Radar and Electronic Warfare Fundamentals
        COMS7311 2 Microwave Remote Sensing
        CSSE7500 2 Modelling and Simulation
        CSSE7510 2 Reconfigurable Embedded Systems - Concepts and Practice
        CSSE7520 2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Avionics
        CSSE7530 2 VLSI Circuits and Systems
        ELEC7300 2 Advanced Topics in Power
        ELEC7903 2 Biomedical Engineering in Sports Medicine
        ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
        ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

        Part E

        Course Code Units Course Title
        ENGG7803 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
        ENGG7804 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]

        Courses offered on an occasional basis

        Course Code Units Course Title
        ENGG7802 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [4]
        ENGG7806 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [4]
        ENGG7807 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]
        ENGG7808 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]

Electricity Market

A student is required to obtain -

  • for GCEngSc (Electricity Market Plan code: ELMKTX5527), #8 comprising -
    • up to #6 from Part A, and
    • the balance from Part B and Part C and Part D.

  • for the MEngSc (#16) (Electricity Market Plan code: ELMKTX5528), #16 comprising -
    • up to #6 from Part B and Part D with a maximum of #4 from Part B; and
    • #6 from Part C; and
    • at least #4 from Part F; and
    • the balance from Part E.

  • for MEngSc (Electricity Market Plan code: ELMKTX5529), #24 comprising -
    • up to #6 from Part A; and
    • up to #8 from Part B and Part D with a maximum of #6 from Part B; and
    • #6 from Part C; and
    • at least #4 from Part F; and
    • the balance from Part E.

    • Students may enrol in other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

    Part A

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7308 2 Operating Systems Architecture
    COMS7201 2 Computer Networks I
    CSSE7301 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
    ELEC7101 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
    ELEC7302 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
    ELEC7312 2 Signals, Systems & Control
    ELEC7401 2 Electronic Circuits

    Part B

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ACCT7101 2 Accounting
    ACCT7107 2 Management Accounting and Control
    ECON7010 2 Consumer and Firm Behaviour
    ECON7030 2 Microeconomic Analysis
    ECON7300 2 Statistics for Business & Economics
    ECON7740 2 Benefit-Cost Analysis & Project Evaluation
    ELEC7303 2 Power Systems Analysis
    ELEC7311 2 Power System Protection
    ELEC7420 2 Modern Asset Management and Condition Monitoring in Power System
    ENGG7000 2 Systems Engineering
    ENGG7020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
    FINM7403 2 Portfolio Management
    IBUS7302 2 Operating International Business
    LAWS7000 2 Introduction to the Legal System
    LAWS7001 2 Law of Contract
    LAWS7002 2 Law of Torts
    LAWS7136 2 Commercial Law
    METR7200 2 Introduction to Control Systems

    Part C

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ELEC7309 2 Power System Planning and Reliability
    ELEC7310 2 Electricity Market Operation and Security
    ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering

    Part D

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ECON7430 2 Competition & Regulation Policy
    FINM7405 2 Financial Risk Management

    Part E

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ELEC7051 2 Transformer Technology Design and Operation [5]
    ELEC7313 2 Renewable Energy Integration: Technologies to Technical Challenges [4]

    Courses offered on an occasional basis

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ELEC7300 2 Advanced Topics in Power
    ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
    ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

    Part F

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7803 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
    ENGG7804 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]

    Courses offered on an occasional basis

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7802 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [4]
    ENGG7806 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [4]
    ENGG7807 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]
    ENGG7808 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]

Power Generation

[From 1.1.2013 this Plan is no longer offered.]

Prior to 2013 - Available in the Graduate Certificate and #16 Master program only.
A student is required to obtain -

  • For the GCSc (Power Generation Plan code: POWGNX5527), #8 comprising -
    #4 from Part A1; and
    #2 from Part B1; and
    the balance from Parts A2 and B2.

  • For the MESc (#16) (Power Generation Plan code: POWGNX5528), #16 comprising -
    #4 from Part A1; and
    a minimum of #2 from Part A2; and
    #6 from Part B1; and
    the balance from Part B2.

    Part A - Courses at Univ of Qld

    A1

    Course Code Units Course Title
    MECH7350 2 Rotating Machinery
    MECH7650 2 Regulation, Compliance & Safety

    A2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ELEC7050 2 Generator Technology Design & Application
    ELEC7051 2 Transformer Technology Design and Operation
    ELEC7052 2 Plant Control Systems
    MECH7260 2 Gas & Plant Systems

    Part B - Courses at CQU and/or QUT

    B1

  • Introduction to Power Plant
  • Asset Management Systems
  • Project Delivery

B2

  • Advanced Power Plant
  • Applied Thermodynamics
  • Bulk Materials & Waste Products
  • Industrial Electrial Power Distribution
  • Protection of Industrial Power Systems
  • Plant Materials
  • Power Plant Chemistry

    • Software Engineering

    A student is required to obtain -

    • for the GCEngSc (Software Engineering Plan code: SOFTWX5527), #8 comprising -
      • up to #6 from Part A;
      • the balance from Part B and Part C and Part D.

    • for the MEngSc (#16) (Software Engineering Plan code: SOFTWX5528), #16 comprising -
      • up to #6 from Part B; and
      • at least #4 from Part C; and
      • at least #4 from Part E; and
      • the balance from Part D.

    • for the MEngSc (#24)(Software Engineering Plan code: SOFTWX5529), #24 comprising -
      • up to #14 from Part A and Part B with a maximum of #6 from Part A; and
      • at least #4 from Part C; and
      • at least #4 from Part E; and
      • the balance from Part D.

    Students may enrol in other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

    Part A

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7308 2 Operating Systems Architecture
    COMP7505 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
    COMP7702 2 Artificial Intelligence
    COMS7003 2 Information Security
    COMS7201 2 Computer Networks I
    CSSE7001 2 The Software Process
    CSSE7301 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
    INFS7202 2 Web Information Systems
    INFS7204 2 Service-Oriented Architectures
    INFS7907 2 Advanced Database Systems

    Part B

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7402 2 Compilers and Interpreters
    COMP7500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
    COMP7703 2 Machine Learning
    COMS7200 2 Computer Networks II
    COMS7507 2 Advanced Computer and Network Security
    CSSE7014 2 Distributed Computing
    CSSE7411 2 Advanced Embedded Systems
    DECO7450 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
    ENGG7000 2 Systems Engineering
    ENGG7800 2 Engineering Project Management
    INFS7203 2 Data Mining
    INFS7205 2 Spatial and Multimedia Databases

    Part C

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE7032 2 Models of Software Systems
    CSSE7610 2 Concurrency: Theory and Practice
    INFS7410 2 Information Retrieval and Web Search

    Part D

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
    ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering

    Courses offered on an occasional basis

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7000 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 7A
    COMP7001 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 7B
    COMP7510 2 Programming Language Theory
    CSSE7090 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering A
    CSSE7091 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering B
    CSSE7500 2 Modelling and Simulation
    CSSE7620 2 Model-Driven Software Engineering
    DECO7000 2 Special Topics in Design Computing 7A
    DECO7001 2 Special Topics in Design Computing 7B
    ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
    ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

    Part E

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7803 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
    ENGG7804 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]

    Courses offered on an occasional basis.

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7802 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [4]
    ENGG7806 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [4]
    ENGG7807 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]
    ENGG7808 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]

    Systems Engineering

    A student is required to obtain -

    • for the GCEngSc (Systems Engineering Plan code: SYENGX5527), #8 comprising -
      • up to #2 from Part A, and
      • #4 from Part C1 and
      • the balance from Part B and Part C2 and Part D.

    • for the MEngSc (#16) (Systems Engineering Plan code: SYENGX5528) #16 comprising -
      • up to #2 from Part B
      • #4 from Part C1; and
      • #6 from Part C2; and
      • at least #4 from Part E; and
      • the balance from Part D.

    • for the MEngSc (#24)(Systems Engineering Plan code: SYENGX5529), #24 comprising -
      • up to #6 from Part A and Part B with a maximum of #2 from Part A; and
      • #4 from Part C1; and
      • #6 from Part C2; and
      • at least #4 from Part E; and
      • the balance from Part D.

    Students may enrol in other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

    Part A

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7308 2 Operating Systems Architecture
    COMP7702 2 Artificial Intelligence
    COMS7003 2 Information Security
    COMS7201 2 Computer Networks I
    CSSE7001 2 The Software Process

    Part B

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP7402 2 Compilers and Interpreters
    COMP7500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
    COMP7703 2 Machine Learning
    COMS7200 2 Computer Networks II
    COMS7410 2 Communication Systems
    COMS7507 2 Advanced Computer and Network Security
    CSSE7014 2 Distributed Computing
    CSSE7410 2 Digital System Design
    CSSE7411 2 Advanced Embedded Systems
    DECO7450 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
    ENVM7523 2 Systems Thinking for Sustainability
    METR7200 2 Introduction to Control Systems
    METR7202 2 Advanced Control & Robotics

    Part C1

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7000 2 Systems Engineering
    [ ENGG7800 2 Engineering Project Management
    [ or
    [ PLAN7901 2 Principles of Project Management

    Part C2

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ECON7010 2 Consumer and Firm Behaviour
    ENGG7020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
    MGTS7601 2 Managing Organisational Behaviour

    Part D

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CSSE7032 2 Models of Software Systems
    ECON7740 2 Benefit-Cost Analysis & Project Evaluation
    ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
    ENGG7601 2 Experimental Design
    HUFA7500 2 Human Factors in the Minerals Industry
    LAWS7023 2 Business and Corporate Law
    TIMS7318 2 Technology & Innovation Strategy
    TIMS7320 2 New Product & Services Development

    Courses offered on an occasional basis -

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
    ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

    Part E

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7803 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
    ENGG7804 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]

    Courses offered on an occasional basis.

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7802 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [4]
    ENGG7806 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [4]
    ENGG7807 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]
    ENGG7808 8 Engineering Postgraduate Project D [3]

    Undeclared

    A student is required to obtain -

    • for the MEngSc (#16) (Undeclared Plan code UNDECX5528), #16 comprising:
      • #6 from Part A;
      • one field of study comprising #4 or #8 from Part B; and
      • balance from Part C.

    Part A

    (Core)

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7600 2 Advanced Engineering Practice
    ENGG7601 2 Experimental Design
    MATE7001 2 Environmental Performance of Materials

    Part B

    Field: Chemical Engineering
    Maximum #8 from:

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7240 4 Engineering Project 4A [4]
    ENGG7241 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7242 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7244 4 Engineering Project 4B
    ENGG7281 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]
    ENGG7282 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]

    Field: Civil Engineering
    One of:

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7240 4 Engineering Project 4A [4]
    ENGG7241 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7242 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]

    Field: Materials Engineering
    Maximum #8 from:

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7240 4 Engineering Project 4A [4]
    ENGG7241 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7242 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7244 4 Engineering Project 4B
    ENGG7281 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]
    ENGG7282 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]

    Field: Mechanical Engineering
    One of:

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7240 4 Engineering Project 4A [4]
    ENGG7241 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7242 4 Engineering Project 4A [3]
    ENGG7280 8 Engineering Project 8A [4]
    ENGG7281 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]
    ENGG7282 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]

    Field: Mechatronic Engineering
    One of:

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7802 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [4]
    ENGG7803 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
    ENGG7804 4 Engineering Postgraduate Project B [3]
    ENGG7280 8 Engineering Project 8A [4]
    ENGG7281 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]
    ENGG7282 8 Engineering Project 8A [3]

    Part C

    Course Code Units Course Title
    ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
    ENGG7602 2 Advanced Engineering Laboratory Techniques
    METR7203 2 Advanced Topics in Control Engineering
    PLAN7901 2 Principles of Project Management
    PLAN7902 2 Applications of Project Management

    Courses offered on an occasional basis -

    Course Code Units Course Title
    CHEE7600 2 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
    CIVL7603 2 Special Topics in Civil Engineering
    MATE7605 2 Special Topics in Materials Engineering
    MECH7900 2 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
    METR7603 2 Special Topics in Mechatronic Engineering

    End notes

    • [1] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.
    • [2] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.
    • [3] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
    • [4] Code for students completing the course in one semester.
    • [5] Not offered every year.