Electrical and Electronic Engineering [MJD-EELEC] : Handbook 2024 : The University of Western Australia

Extended Major Overview

Description

Electrical and electronic engineering spans from the nanometres-thick scale of advanced electronic devices to the kilometres-long scale of power transmission, and everything in between. Electrical and Electronic Engineering at UWA is designed to produce graduates who are not only capable of finding successful and rewarding lifelong careers as electrical and electronic engineers in existing industries, but who can also apply their skills and knowledge to new and emerging fields such as sustainable energy solutions, technologies to improve individual and community health, innovations in communications and sensor systems, and the design of electronics that transform lives.

In the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major, you will learn to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems concerned with the generation and transmission of information and electric power; design and test electrical and electronic devices, circuits and systems; and consider the context of the broader system application within which all of this falls, including economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability constraints.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

demonstrate the fundamental principles of electrical and electronic engineering to enter industry with the critical-thinking skills required to solve real-world problems
apply technical, numerical and computing knowledge and tools to the analysis, design, construction, and operation of electrical and electronic components, circuits, and systems
adapt new and existing knowledge and practice to current and emerging areas of electrical and electronic engineering
communicate competently and effectively through written, oral and visual means
contribute effectively as a team member in a multi-disciplinary environment being mindful of ethical, economic, and safety concerns.

Broadening guidelines

All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and shape your degree in line with your personal aspirations. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering are encouraged to take units or a minor from outside of engineering, to satisfy broadening. However, you may also select engineering units that are not listed in the unit sequence of your engineering major. Advice can be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.

The following units are recommended broadening for the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major in the BE(Hons):

Recommended units for Level 1/2/3 broadening slots:

CITS1003; CITS1402; GENG1101; PHYS1002; CITS2002; GENG2012; MATH2021; MATH2031; AUTO3002.

Recommended units for Level 3/4 broadening slots:

Electronic Devices, Circuits, and Systems Focus: ELEC4405; ELEC5503; ELEC5504; ELEC5508.

Communications and Networking Focus: CITS5506; ELEC5501; ELEC5510.

Automation, Robotics, and Control Focus: AUTO4507; AUTO4508; CITS4402; GENG5503.

Power Systems and Renewable Energy Focus: ELEC5509; ELEC5510; GENG5506; GENG5517.

Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing Focus: CITS4012; CITS4404; CITS5017; CITS5508.

Suggested units to broaden your study area, are:
(1) CITS1003 Introduction to Cybersecurity
(2) CITS1402 Relational Database Management Systems
(3) GENG1101 Engineering Drawings
(4) PHYS1002 Modern Physics
(5) CITS2002 Systems Programming
(6) GENG2012 Data Collection and Analysis
(7) MATH2021 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
(8) MATH2031 Introduction to Pure Mathematics
(9) AUTO3002 Mechatronics
(10) ELEC4405 Photovoltaics and its Application to Power Systems
(11) ELEC5503 Digital Microelectronics System Design
(12) ELEC5504 Power Electronics
(13) ELEC5508 Semiconductor Nanoelectronics
(14) CITS5506 The Internet of Things
(15) ELEC5501 Advanced Communications
(16) ELEC5510 Design and Analysis of Smart Grids and Microgrids
(17) AUTO4507 Robot Manipulators and Automation
(18) AUTO4508 Mobile Robots
(19) CITS4402 Computer Vision
(20) GENG5503 Modern Control Systems
(21) ELEC5509 Grid Integration of Renewable Energy
(22) GENG5506 Renewable Energy
(23) GENG5517 Renewable Energy Case Studies
(24) CITS4012 Natural Language Processing
(25) CITS4404 Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems
(26) CITS5017 Deep Learning
(27) CITS5508 Machine Learning

Incompatibilities

MJD-ENGSC Engineering Science

Courses

Electrical and Electronic Engineering can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

*Students enrolling in this as part of a combined course must use the code MJDC-EELEC when selecting this as their extended major.

Example Study Plans

See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:

S1: Semester 1
S2: Semester 2
NS: non-standard teaching period

The list below includes the Bachelor of Engineering foundation units as well as the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major units.

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (30 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S2	ELEC1303	Digital Systems	Incompatibility ENSC3020 Digital Embedded Systems
NS	GENG1000	Engineering Practice 1	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and GENG1010 Introduction to Engineering
S1, S2	GENG1010	Introduction to Engineering	Incompatibility ENSC1003 Introduction to Professional Engineering
S1, S2	MATH1011	Multivariable Calculus	Prerequisites Mathematics Specialist ATAR or MATH1722 Mathematics Foundations: Specialist or equivalent
S1, S2	MATH1012	Mathematical Theory and Methods	Prerequisites Mathematics Specialist ATAR or MATH1722 Mathematics Foundations: Specialist or equivalent
S1, S2	PHYS1001	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	Prerequisites Physics ATAR or PHYS1030 Physics Bridging Unit and Mathematics Methods ATAR or MATH1721 Mathematics Foundations: Methods or MATX1721 Mathematics Foundations Co-requisites MATH1722 Mathematics Foundations: Specialist or equivalent Incompatibility Unit(s) PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers

Bridging units

Students can only take up to 12 points of bridging in the BE.

Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Mathematics Specialist ATAR or equivalent are required to complete MATH1722. Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Physics ATAR or equivalent are required to complete PHYS1030. Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Chemistry ATAR or equivalent are required to complete CHEM1003.

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1, S2	CHEM1003	Introductory Chemistry	Incompatibility ATAR Subject(s) Chemistry or equivalent
S1, S2	MATH1722	Mathematics Foundations: Specialist	Prerequisites Mathematics Methods ATAR or MATH1721 Mathematics Foundations: Methods or MATX1721 Mathematics Foundations or Mathematics Specialist ATAR [with a scaled score of less than 50] or equivalent Incompatibility Mathematics Specialist ATAR [with a scaled score of 50 or greater] or Equivalent or higher
S1, S2	PHYS1030	Physics Bridging Unit	Prerequisites Mathematics Methods ATAR or MATH1721 Mathematics Foundations: Methods or MATX1721 Mathematics Foundations or Mathematics Specialist ATAR or MATH1722 Mathematics Foundations: Specialist Incompatibility a scaled score greater than or equal to 50 per cent in Physics ATAR or equivalent or PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers or PHYX1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers or PHYS1002 Modern Physics or PHYS1100 Classical and Frontier Physics or PHYS1200 Modern and Frontier Physics

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (36 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1, S2	CITS2401	Computer Analysis and Visualisation	Prerequisites ATAR Subject(s) Mathematics Methods or MATH1721 Mathematics Foundations: Methods or equivalent or MATX1721 Mathematics Foundations or Enrolment in MJD-AGTDM Agricultural Science and Technology or MJD-IEMDM Integrated Earth and Marine Sciences or MJD-MARDM Marine Science MJD-AGTEC Agricultural Technology MJD-MARCP Marine and Coastal Processes and SCIE1500 Analytical Methods for Scientists Incompatibility CITS1401 Computational Thinking with Python or CITX1401 Computational Thinking with Python
S2	ELEC2311	Digital System Design	Prerequisites ELEC1303 Digital Systems (ID 7984) and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility ELEC4406 Digital System Design
S1, S2	ENSC2003	Engineering Electrical Fundamentals	Prerequisites Physics ATAR or PHYS1030 Physics Bridging Unit and MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus Co-requisites MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods Or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods
S1, S2	ENSC2004	Engineering Mechanics	Prerequisites Math Specialist ATAR or MATH1722 Mathematics Foundations: Specialist and Physics ATAR or PHYS1030 Physics Bridging Unit Co-requisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus Incompatibility ENSC2001 Motion and ENSC1002 Material Behaviour from Atoms to Bridges
NS	GENG2000	Engineering Practice 2	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and GENG1000 Engineering Practice 1 or ENSC1003 Introduction to Professional Engineering
S1	PHYS2003	Physics for Electrical Engineers	Prerequisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus and MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers or PHYX1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility PHYS2001 Quantum Physics and Electromagnetism
S1	STAT2063	Probabilistic Methods and their Applications	Prerequisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus and MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility STAT2062 Fundamentals of Probability with Applications

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (42 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1	ELEC3014	Electronic Materials and Devices	Prerequisites MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers or PHYX1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers and ENSC2003 Engineering Electrical Fundamentals and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility ENSC3014 Electronic Materials and Devices (ID 344)
S2	ELEC3015	Signals and Systems	Prerequisites MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and CITS2401 Computer Analysis and Visualisation and ENSC2003 Engineering Electrical Fundamentals and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility ENSC3015 Signals and Systems
S2	ELEC3016	Power and Machines	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and ENSC2003 Engineering Electrical Fundamentals Incompatibility ENSC3016 Power and Machines
S2	ELEC3020	Embedded Systems	Prerequisites GENG2000 Engineering Practice 2 and CITS1001 Software Engineering with Java or CITX1001 Software Engineering with Java or CITS1401 Computational Thinking with Python or CITX1401 Computational Thinking with Python or CITS2005 Object Oriented Programming or CITS2401 Computer Analysis and Visualisation (ID 343) and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility ELEC4403 Digital and Embedded Systems and ENSC3020 Digital Embedded Systems
S1	ELEC3021	Circuits and Electronics	Prerequisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus and ENSC2003 Engineering Electrical Fundamentals and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility ENSC3021 Circuits and Electronics
NS	GENG3000	Engineering Practice 3	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and GENG2000 Engineering Practice 2
S2	GENG3402	Control Engineering	Prerequisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus and MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Incompatibility GENG4402 Control Engineering (ID 2588)
S2	MATH3023	Advanced Mathematics Applications	Prerequisites MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus or MATX1011 Multivariable Calculus Co-requisites MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods Or MATX1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods or Equivalent Incompatibility MATH2501 Advanced Mathematical Methods and GENG4407 Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Level 4

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (60 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S2	ELEC4402	Communications Systems	Prerequisites STAT2063 Probabilistic Methods and their Applications and ENSC3015 Signals and Systems and MATH3023 Advanced Mathematics Applications Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree or Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation)
S1	ELEC4404	Signal Processing	Prerequisites STAT2063 Probabilistic Methods and their Applications and ELEC3015 Signals and Systems and CITS2401 Computer Analysis and Visualisation and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree or Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation)
S1	ELEC4407	Engineering Electromagnetics	Prerequisites MATH3023 Advanced Mathematics Applications (ID 6149) and PHYS2003 Physics for Electrical Engineers (ID 7947) and ELEC3021 Circuits and Electronics (ID 8033) and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree
S1	ELEC4408	High Frequency Circuits and Systems	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and ELEC3021 Circuits and Electronics and MATH3023 Advanced Mathematics Applications Incompatibility ELEC4401 Circuits and Electronic Systems
S1	ELEC4505	Power System Analysis	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and Successful completion of 96 points and ELEC3016 Power and Machines or Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering (ID 356) specialisation in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or 62560 Master of Renewable and Future Energy (ID 1454) Incompatibility ELEC5505 Power System Analysis (ID 2585)
S1	ELEC5506	Process Instrumentation and Control	Prerequisites Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering Electrical and Electronic specialisation or Chemical Engineering specialisation or Mechanical Engineering specialisation or Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree Successful completion of 120 Points and GENG3402 Control Engineering Incompatibility ELEC3320 Process Instrumentation and Control
S2	ELEC5552	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Project 2	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and Successful completion of 120 Points and GENG3000 Engineering Practice 3 or Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering ( Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation and ELEC5551 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design Project 1 )
S1, S2	GENG4411	Engineering Research Project Part 1	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and Successful completion of 144 Points including level 3 24 points and GENG3000 Engineering Practice 3
S2	GENG4412	Engineering Research Project Part 2	Prerequisites GENG4411 Engineering Research Project Part 1 and Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree
S1, S2	GENG5010	Professional Engineering Portfolio	Prerequisites Enrolment in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and Successful completion of 144 Points or Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering and Successful completion of 48 points of level 4/ level 5 Incompatibility GENG5000 Professional Practicum Report
S1, S2	GENG5505	Project Management and Engineering Practice	Prerequisites Enrolment in 62550 Master of Professional Engineering or Enrolment in 62510 Master of Information Technology or Enrolment in 62530 Master of Data Science or Enrolment in 62540 Master of Ocean Leadership or Enrolment in 62560 Master of Renewable and Future Energy or Enrolment in 62570 Master of Offshore and Coastal Engineering or Enrolment in ( Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and Successful completion of 120 Points )

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