Course list for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Field of Study

Information valid for students commencing 2020

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering program

Students must complete for the BE(Hons)/ME (Electrical & Computer Engineering Plan code: ELECEX2350), 80 units comprising:

  1. 60 units from part A - compulsory, and
  2. 16 units from the combination of parts B, C and N - electives; with
    3. (i) a minimum of 8 units from part B (including at least 4 units at level four); and
    (ii) a minimum of 4 units from part N; and
  3. 4 units from electives, being courses on the BE(Hons)/ME list or other courses approved by the executive dean.

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 6 units for

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
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
CSSE4010 2 Digital System Design
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ENGG3800 2 Team Project II

Year 4, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE4011 2 Advanced Embedded Systems

Year 4, Semester 1 or Semester 2

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

Year 4, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures

Year 4, or Year 5

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE7610 2 Concurrency: Theory and Practice

Year 5, Semester 1

8 units for

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7290 8 Engineering Placement Semester

Year 5, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7701 2 Engineering Grand Challenges

Part B - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3301 2 Operating Systems Architecture
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP3702 2 Artificial Intelligence
COMP3710 2 Pattern Recognition and Analysis
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS3000 2 Information Security
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
COMS4103 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Engineering
COMS4105 2 Communication Systems
COMS4200 2 Computer Networks II
COMS4507 2 Advanced Topics in Security
CSSE4004 2 Distributed Computing
DECO1400 2 Introduction to Web Design
DECO2500 2 Human-Computer Interaction
ELEC3300 2 Electrical Energy Conversion & Utilisation
ELEC4300 2 Power Systems Analysis
ELEC4400 2 Advanced Electronic & Power Electronics Design
ELEC4620 2 Digital Signal Processing
ELEC4630 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision
ENGG2000 2 Humanitarian Engineering
ENGG4800 2 Project Management
INFS1200 2 Introduction to Information Systems
INFS2200 2 Relational Database Systems
METR4201 2 Control Engineering 1
METR4202 2 Robotics & Automation

Part C - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP4403 2 Compilers and Interpreters
COMP4500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
COSC3000 2 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis
COSC3500 2 High-Performance Computing
CSSE3002 2 The Software Process
CSSE3100 2 Reasoning About Programs
DECO2800 2 Design Computing Studio 2 - Testing & Evaluation
DECO3500 2 Social & Mobile Computing
DECO3800 2 Design Computing Studio 3 - Proposal
DECO3801 2 Design Computing Studio 3 - Build
DECO6500 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
ENGG4020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
INFS3200 2 Advanced Database Systems
INFS3202 2 Web Information Systems
INFS3208 2 Cloud Computing
INFS4203 2 Data Mining
INFS4205 2 Advanced Techniques for High Dimensional Data

Part N Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS7305 2 Advanced Microwave Engineering
COMS7307 2 Advanced Photonics [3]
COMS7309 2 Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics [4]
ELEC7901 2 Advanced Medical Device Engineering
ELEC7902 2 Biomedical Signal Processing
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
ENGG7811 2 Research Methods
INFS7410 2 Information Retrieval and Web Search [4]
METR7203 2 Control Engineering 2

Courses offered on an occasional basis

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS7000 2 Advanced Topics in Communications I
CSSE7080 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems A
CSSE7081 2 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems B
CSSE7090 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering A
CSSE7091 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering B
ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II

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] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.
  • [4] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.