Unit of study table
Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Professional Engineering (Telecommunications) |
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To qualify for the award of the Master of Professional Engineering in this specialisation, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, including core and elective units of study as listed below. | |||
Candidates with a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent in the relevant discipline, and who have reached an acceptable level of academic achievement in their prior degree, may be eligible for a reduction of volume in learning of up to 48 credit points. | |||
Core units |
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Year One |
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Year One covers Foundation units only. Candidates with a prior Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent in the field related to this specialisation may be exempted from Foundation units. | |||
Year One - Semester One |
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COMP5212 Software Construction |
6 | A Some prior knowledge of programming is preferred; for students without programming experience, extra assistance is given in the first 6 weeks of the semester. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5710 Electrical & Electronic Engi (Fund) |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation & integration, and HSC Physics |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5722 Foundations of Digital Systems Design |
6 | A ELEC1601. This unit of study assumes some knowledge of digital data representation and basic computer organisation. |
Semester 1 |
ENGG5011 Foundation Engineering Studies A |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Year One - Semester Two |
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ELEC5711 Foundations of Computer Systems |
6 | A HSC Mathematics extension 1 or 2 |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5720 Foundations Electronic Devs and Circuits |
6 | A Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws; action of Current and Voltage sources; network analysis and the superposition theorem; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; inductors and capacitors, transient response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; the ability to use power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc. N ELEC2104 |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5721 Foundations of Signals and Systems |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation & integration, differential equations, and linear algebra. |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5723 Found: Simulations & Numerical Solutions |
6 | A ELEC1103. Understanding of the fundamental concepts and building blocks of electrical and electronics circuits and aspects of professional project management, teamwork, and ethics. N COSC1001 and COSC1901 |
Semester 2 |
Year Two - Semester One |
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ELEC5736 Foundations of Digital Signal Processing |
6 | A Specifically the following concepts are assumed knowledge for this unit: familiarity with basic Algebra, Differential and Integral Calculus, continuous linear time-invariant systems and their time and frequency domain representations, Fourier transform, sampling of continuous time signals |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5739 Foundations of Communications |
6 | A Confidence in mathematical operation usually needed to handle telecommunications problems such as Fourier transform, fundamental in signals and systems theory, convolution, and similar techniques. |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5744 Foundations of Digital Comm Systems |
6 | Semester 1 |
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ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and understanding of basic principles of chemistry, physics and mechanics |
Semester 1 |
Year Two - Semester Two |
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ELEC5740 Foundations of Data Comm & the Internet |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Select 18 credit points from the Specialist Electives unit block. |
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Year Three - Semester One |
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ENGG5204 Engineering Professional Practice |
6 | A Competences and experience in engineering obtained during an accepted engineering degree |
Semester 1 |
ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
Students should have completed one year of their MPE program before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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ELEC5020 Capstone Project A |
6 | P 48 credits from MPE degree program Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. See Project units. | |||
Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway and may replace ELEC5020 and 6cp of recommended electives with ELEC5222 Dissertation A. | |||
Select 6 credit points from the Specialist Electives unit block. |
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Select 6 credit points from the Management Electives unit block. |
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Year Three - Semester Two |
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ELEC5021 Capstone Project B |
6 | C ELEC5020 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. See Project units. | |||
Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway and may replace ELEC5021 and 6cp of recommended electives with ELEC5223 Dissertation B. | |||
Select 12 credit points from the Specialist Electives unit block. |
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Select 6 credit points from the Management Electives unit block. |
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Specialist Elective units |
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Candidates must complete 36 credit points from the following table of Specialist Elective units of study. | |||
ELEC5101 Antennas and Propagation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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ELEC5403 Radio Frequency Engineering |
6 | A Students will be expected to be familiar with ELEC3404 - Electronic Circuit Design , ELEC3104 - Engineering Electromagnetics and the third year course in Circuit Design: ELEC3105 - Circuit Theory and Design. |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5507 Error Control Coding |
6 | A Basic knowledge on digital communications. Fundamental mathematics including probability theory and linear algebra. |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5508 Wireless Engineering |
6 | A Basic knowledge in probability and statistics, analog and digital communications, error probability calculation in communications channels, and telecommunications network. |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5509 Mobile Networks |
6 | A Basically, students need to know the concepts of data communications and mobile communications, which could be gained in one the following units of study: ELEC3505 Communications, ELEC3506 Data Communications and the Internet, or similar units. If you are not sure, please contact the instructor. |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5510 Satellite Communication Systems |
6 | A Knowledge of error probabilities, analog and digital modulation techniques and error performance evaluation studied in ELEC3505 Communications and ELEC4505 Digital Communication Systems, is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5511 Optical Communication Systems |
6 | A (ELEC3505 Communications) and (ELEC3405 Communications Electronics and Photonics) or equivalent |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5512 Optical Networks |
6 | A Knowledge of digital communications, wave propagation, and fundamental optics |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5514 Networked Embedded Systems |
6 | A ELEC3305, ELEC3506, ELEC3607 and ELEC5508 or equivalent |
Semester 2 |
ELEC5614 Real Time Computing |
6 | A SOFT2130 Software Construction (or SOFT2004 Software Development Methods 1) and ELEC3607 Embedded Computing (or ELEC2601 Microprocessor Systems) N MECH5701 |
Semester 1 |
ELEC5616 Computer and Network Security |
6 | A A programming language, basic maths. |
Semester 1 |
Management Elective units |
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Candidates must complete 12 credit points from the following Management Elective units of study. | |||
ENGG5203 Quality Engineering and Management |
6 | A First degree in Engineering or a related discipline, |
Semester 2 |
ENGG5205 Professional Practice in PM |
6 | A Basic engineering or science knowledge. At least 2-3 years of work experience preferred. This is a core unit for all Master of Professional Engineering students as well as all students pursuing Project Management studies (including Master of Project Management, Graduate Certificate in Project Management and Graduate Diploma in Project Management). No prerequisite or assumed knowledge. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
ENGG5214 Management of Technology |
6 | A Sound competence in all aspects of engineering, and some understanding of issues of engineering management |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
ENGG5215 International Eng Strategy & Operations |
6 | A Sound competence in all aspects of engineering, and some understanding of issues of engineering management and globalisation |
Semester 2 |
ENGG5216 Management of Engineering Innovation |
6 | A Sound competence in all aspects of engineering, and some understanding of issues of engineering management |
Semester 1 |
Project units |
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All candidates are required to complete a minimum of 12 credit points of Project units. | |||
Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. | |||
Extended Capstone Project candidates take Capstone Project units ELEC5020 and ELEC5022 (total 18 cp) in place of Capstone Project ELEC5021 and 6 cp of elective units. | |||
ELEC5020 Capstone Project A |
6 | P 48 credits from MPE degree program Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
ELEC5021 Capstone Project B |
6 | C ELEC5020 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
ELEC5022 Capstone Project B Extended |
12 | P 42 credit points in the Master of Engineering and WAM >70, or 66 credit points in the Master of Professional Engineering and WAM >70 or exemption Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Research pathway |
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Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway. | |||
Research pathway candidates take Dissertation units Research pathway students take Dissertation units ELEC5222 and ELEC5223 (total 24 cp) in place of Capstone Project units and 12 cp of elective units. | |||
ELEC5222 Dissertation A |
12 | N ELEC8901, ELEC8902, ENGG5222, ENGG5223 Note: Department permission required for enrolment In order to enrol in a project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. The supervisor can come from any of the Engineering Departments, however, they need to send confirmation of their supervision approval to the Postgraduate Administrator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
ELEC5223 Dissertation B |
12 | N ELEC8901, ELEC8902, ENGG5222, ENGG5223 Note: Department permission required for enrolment In order to enrol in a project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. The supervisor can come from any of the Engineering Departments, however, they need to send confirmation of their supervision approval to the Postgraduate Administrator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Exchange units |
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Exchange units require the approval of the Program Director. With approval, up to 12 credit points of Exchange units may taken in place of other units, towards the requirements ofthe degree. | |||
ENGG5231 Engineering Graduate Exchange A |
6 | P Permission from faculty and school. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int January Int July |
ENGG5232 Engineering Graduate Exchange B |
6 | P Permission from faculty and school. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int January Int July |
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