Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

This course list contains information for pre-2021 BE (Hons) students only. It is recommended that students go to the transition checklists for course information, as a number of courses may now be renamed, recoded or unavailable due to the program re-structure in 2021. Approved substitutions for your courses can be found in the relevant checklist . Please view the Faculty website for further information.

If you commenced the BE(Hons) in 2021 please follow the 2021 structure.

Available in the dual major only.
Students must complete for the BE(Hons) (Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Plan code: ELBIOW2342), 64 units comprising

  1. 60 units, comprising
    1. 52 units, being all courses from part A - compulsory; and
    2. 8 units from the combination of part B and part C electives with
    3. (i) a minimum of 4 units from part C; and
      (ii) a maximum of 4 units at level one courses; and
  2. 4 units from electives

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1
4 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1100 2 Engineering Design
ENGG1200 2 Engineering Modelling & Problem Solving
ENGG1211 4 Engineering Design, Modelling & Problem Solving [1]

and 4 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
[ MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [2]
[ or
[ MATH1071 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I
[ MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations
[ or
[ MATH1072 2 Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

and 4 units for

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems

Year 1 or Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2010 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
ELEC2003 2 Electromechanics & Electronics
MATH2001 2 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2310 2 Computer Systems Principles and Programming
ELEC2004 2 Circuits, Signals & Systems
ENGG2800 2 Team Project I
MATH2010 1 Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations
STAT2202 1 Probability Models for Engineering & Science

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE3010 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing
ELEC3004 2 Signals, Systems & Control
ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ELEC4620 2 Digital Signal Processing
ELEC6403 2 Biomedical Instrumentation
ENGG3800 2 Team Project II

Year 4

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ENGG4801 4 Thesis Project [3]
[ or
[ ENGG4802 4 Thesis Project [4]
[ or
[ ENGG4805 4 Thesis Project [5]

Year 4, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC4630 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision

Year 4, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC6601 2 Medical Imaging

Year 4, Semester 1 or Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4900 2 Professional Practice and the Business Environment

Part B - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3710 2 Pattern Recognition and Analysis
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
COMS4103 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Engineering
COMS4105 2 Communication Systems
COMS4200 2 Computer Networks II
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
CSSE4010 2 Digital System Design
CSSE4011 2 Advanced Embedded Systems
ELEC3300 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
ELEC4000 2 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 4A [6]
ELEC4001 2 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 4B [6]
ELEC4300 2 Power Systems Analysis
ELEC4400 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
ENGG2000 2 Humanitarian Engineering
ENGG4020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
ENGG4800 2 Project Management
METR4201 2 Control Engineering 1
METR4202 2 Robotics & Automation

Part C - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BIOL1020 2 Genes, Cells & Evolution
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms
BIOL2200 2 Cell Structure & Function
BIOL2202 2 Genetics
BIOL3014 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
BIOM2011 2 Integrative Cell & Tissue Biology
BIOM2012 2 Systems Physiology
BIOM2020 2 Human Anatomy
BIOM2208 2 Differentiation & Development
BIOM2402 2 Principles of Pharmacology
BIPH2000 2 Foundations of Biophysics
CHEE1001 2 Principles of Biological Engineering
CHEE4020 2 Biomolecular Engineering
CHEE4034 2 Cell & Tissue Engineering
CHEE4305 2 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
MATH3104 2 Mathematical Biology
MICR2000 2 Microbiology & Immunology
SCIE2100 2 Introduction to Bioinformatics

End notes

  • [1] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same code in each semester.
  • [2] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [3] This is a year-long course commencing in semester 1. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
  • [4] This is a year-long course commencing in semester 2. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
  • [5] Code for students completing the course in one semester.
  • [6] Course offered on an occasional basis.