Undergraduate Courses
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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 General Schedule 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

ECTE451

Engineering Project 1

Autumn/Spring

6

ECTE458

Engineering Project 2

Autumn/Spring

12

AND

3 Electrical Engineering Major Subjects

Autumn/Spring

18

AND

1 Elective Subject

Autumn/Spring

6

AND

1 General Schedule 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

3 Elective Subjects

Autumn/Spring

18

AND

1 General Schedule Subjects*

Autumn/Spring

6

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

*General Schedule Subjects are selected from the General Schedule and 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 nominee.

Elective Subjects

Subjects appearing on the Elective Subject list will only count as either a Major Subject or an Elective Subject.

Students will not be approved to have one subject count toward both their Major and Elective requirement.

Additional Information

Unless class numbers warrant, not all Electrical Engineering Major Subjects or Elective Subjects will be offered in any one year.

Professional Accreditation / Recognition

UOW's engineering programs are accredited by Engineers Australia and relevant world engineering bodies through the Washington Accord. This ensures recognition by equivalent professional engineering bodies in the USA, UK, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: eis@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 28 November, 2013