Telecommunications Engineering Major

To satisfy the requirements for a major study in Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications Engineering Major subject in addition to any other specified pre- or co-requisite.

Year 3

Students should enrol in the following subjects in their third year of enrolment:

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
ECTE333	Digital Hardware 2	Annual	6
ECTE350	Engineering Design and Management 3	Annual	6
ECTE301	Digital Signal Processing	Autumn	6
ECTE344	Control Theory	Spring	6
ECTE323	Power Engineering 2	Autumn	6
ECTE399	Professional Experience	Autumn/Spring	0
ECTE364	Data Communications	Spring	6
ECTE365	Communication Systems Modelling	Spring	6
AND	1 Elective subject selected from the General Schedule*	Spring	6

Year 4

Students must enrol in the following subjects in their fourth year of enrolment:

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
ECTE457	Thesis	Annual	18
Three subjects (18 credit points) from the following list of Telecommunications Engineering Major subjects:
ECTE401	Multimedia Signal Processing	Autumn	6
ECTE431	Real-Time Computing	Autumn	6
ECTE433	Embedded Systems	Autumn	6
ECTE482	Network Engineering	Autumn	6
ECTE432	Computer Architecture	Spring	6
ECTE465	Wireless Communication Systems	Spring	6
ECTE402	Optimum Signal Processing	n/o 2010	6

Students must also complete either:

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

OR

• One Specialisation Subject (6 credit points) and one Elective subject selected from the General Schedule*.

*Note: 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.

Unless class numbers warrant, not all Telecommunications Major subjects will be offered in any year.