- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Computer Engineering Major
To satisfy the requirements for a major study in Computer Engineering a student shall satisfactorily complete the Bachelor of Engineering core subjects, as listed in the Course Program plus those subjects as detailed in the following program.
Year 3
Students should enrol in the following subjects in their third year of enrolment:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
ECTE333 |
Microcontroller Architecture and Applications |
Annual |
6 |
ECTE350 |
Engineering Design and Management 3 |
Annual |
6 |
ECTE301 |
Digital Signal Processing |
Autumn |
6 |
ECTE344 |
Control Theory |
Autumn |
6 |
ECTE363 |
Communication Systems |
Autumn |
6 |
ECTE399 |
Professional Experience |
Autumn/Spring |
0 |
ECTE331 |
Embedded Java Systems |
Spring |
6 |
ECTE364 |
Data Communications |
Spring |
6 |
AND |
1 Elective Subject* |
Spring |
6 |
Year 4
Students must enrol in the following subject in their fourth year of enrolment:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
ECTE432 |
Computer Architecture |
Spring |
6 |
AND
To be considered for the award of honours students must also enrol in the following subjects in their fourth year of enrolment:
ECTE457 |
Thesis |
Annual |
18 |
OR | |||
ECTE451 |
Engineering Project 1 |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
ECTE458 |
Engineering Project 2 |
Spring |
12 |
AND | |||
2 Computer Engineering Major Subjects |
Autumn/Spring |
12 | |
AND |
1 Specialisation Subject |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
AND |
1 Elective Subject* |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
OR
To be considered for the award of a pass degree (no honours) students must also enrol in the following subjects in their fourth year of enrolment:
ECTE451 |
Engineering Project 1 |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
AND |
2 Computer Engineering Major Subjects |
Autumn/Spring |
12 |
AND |
2 Specialisation Subjects |
Autumn/Spring |
12 |
AND |
2 Elective Subjects* |
Autumn/Spring |
12 |
Computer Engineering Major Subjects
ECTE401 |
Multimedia Signal Processing |
Autumn |
6 |
ECTE431 |
Real-Time Computing |
Autumn |
6 |
ECTE433 |
Embedded Systems |
Autumn |
6 |
CSCI318 |
Software Engineering Practices and Principles |
Spring |
6 |
ECTE471 |
Robotics and Flexible Automation |
Spring |
6 |
Specialisation Subjects
Subjects appearing on the Specialisation Subject list will only count as either a Major Subject or a Specialisation Subject.
Students will not be approved to have one subject count toward both their Major and Specialisation requirement.
Additional Information:
Unless class numbers warrant, not all Computer Engineering Major Subjects or Specialisation Subjects will be offered in any year.
*Elective Subjects are selected from the General Schedule. General Schedule subjects may be 100/200/300/400-level excluding ECTE181, ECTE182, ECTE282 and ECTE283 and are subject to the approval of the Head of School or their nominee.
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Informatics - informatics_studenq@uow.edu.au