Faculty of Informatics
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Electrical Engineering Major

To satisfy the requirements for a major study in Electrical 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

ECTE323

Power Engineering 2

Spring

6

ECTE364

Data Communications

Spring

6

AND

1 Elective Subject*

Spring

6

Year 4

To be considered for the award of Honours students must enrol in the following subjects in their fourth year of enrolment:

Subjects

Session

Credit Points

ECTE457

Thesis

Annual

18

OR

ECTE451

Engineering Project 1

Autumn/Spring

6

ECTE458

Engineering Project 2

Spring

12

AND

 

3 Electrical Engineering Major Subjects

Autumn/Spring

18

AND

1 Specialisation Subject

Autumn/Spring

6

AND

1 Elective Subject*

Autumn/Spring

6

To be considered for the award of a pass degree (no Honours) students must enrol in the following subjects in their fourth year of enrolment:

ECTE451

Engineering Project 1

Autumn/Spring

6

AND

3 Electrical Engineering Major Subjects

Autumn/Spring

18

AND

2 Specialisation Subjects

Autumn/Spring

12

AND

2 Elective Subjects*

Autumn/Spring

12

Electrical Engineering Major Subjects

ECTE412

Power Electronics and Drives

Autumn

6

ECTE423

Power System Analysis

Autumn

6

ECTE433

Embedded Systems

Autumn

6

ECTE441

Intelligent Control

Autumn

6

ECTE426

Power Distribution Systems

Spring

6

ECTE442

Computer Controlled Systems

Spring

6

ECTE465

Wireless Communication Systems

Spring

6

ECTE471

Robotics and Flexible Automation

Spring

6

*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 t nominee.

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 Electrical Engineering Major Subjects or Specialisation Subjects will be offered in any one year.

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: informatics_studenq@uow.edu.au