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.

A pre-requisite of “all Year 2 subjects or equivalent” applies to EACH Electrical Engineering Major subject in addition to any other pre- or co-requisite given.

Year 3

Students should enrol in the following subjects in Spring Session of Year 3:

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
ECTE323	Power Engineering 2	Spring	6
ECTE364	Data Communications	Spring	6
AND	1 General Schedule Subject - 100/200/300/400-Level Choice - excluding ECTE181, ECTE182, ECTE282 and ECTE283, and subject to Head of School approval	Spring	6

Year 4

Students must enrol in:

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
ECTE457	Thesis	Annual	18
Three subjects (18 credit points) from the following list of Electrical Engineering Major subjects:
ECTE402	Optimum Signal Processing	n/o 2009	6
ECTE412	Power Electronics and Drives	Autumn	6
ECTE423	Power System Analysis	Autumn	6
ECTE426	Power Distribution Systems	Spring	6
ECTE433	Embedded Systems	Autumn	6
ECTE441	Intelligent Control	Autumn	6
ECTE442	Computer Controlled Systems	Spring	6
ECTE465	Wireless Communication Systems	Spring	6
ECTE471	Robotics and Flexible Automation	Spring	6

Students must also complete either:

• Two subjects from the following list of Final Year Specialisation Subjects (12 credit points);

OR

• One subject from the following list of Final Year Specialisation Subjects (6 credit points) and one General Schedule Subject - 100/200/300/400-Level Choice - excluding ECTE181, ECTE182, ECTE282 and ECTE283, and subject to Head of School approval (6 credit points).

Final Year Specialisation Subjects

A pre-requisite of “all Year 2 subjects or equivalent” applies to EACH Final Year Specialisation subject in addition to any other pre- or co-requisite given.

ECTE401	Multimedia Signal Processing	Autumn	6
ECTE402	Optimum Signal Processing	n/o 2009	6
ECTE412	Power Electronics and Drives	Autumn	6
ECTE423	Power System Analysis	Autumn	6
ECTE426	Power Distribution Systems	Spring	6
ECTE431	Real-Time Computing	Autumn	6
ECTE432	Computer Architecture	Spring	6
ECTE433	Embedded Systems	Autumn	6
ECTE441	Intelligent Control	Autumn	6
ECTE442	Computer Controlled Systems	Spring	6
ECTE465	Wireless Communication Systems	Spring	6
ECTE468	Coding and Error Correction	n/o 2009	6
ECTE471	Robotics and Flexible Automation	Spring	6
ECTE482	Network Engineering	Autumn	6

Note: Unless class numbers warrant, not all Electrical Engineering Major and Final Year Specialisation subjects will be offered in any year.