Electronics and Communications Major
Code MAAAKT
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About this Major
Provides students with a core set of relevant technical skills that will enable them to practice at the engineering technologist grade in the electronic or communications engineering fields.
Students graduating with units from this set will understand a broad range of engineering concepts including electrical technology, instrumentation, analog and digital electronics, data communication and networks, wireless communications and general engineering. This knowledge enables them to contribute to problem solving challenges faced in the engineering industry.
Code MAAAKT
Availability & Campus
| Location | Availability |
|---|---|
| Joondalup | |
| Mount Lawley | |
| South West | |
| Online |
Details
Structure
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| ENM2104 | Instrumentation and Measurement | 15 |
| ENS2456 | Digital Electronics | 15 |
| ENS2457 | Analog Electronics | 15 |
| ENS3553 | Signals and Systems | 15 |
| ENS3554 | Data Communications and Computer Networks | 15 |
| ENS3555 | Communication Systems 1 | 15 |
| ENS3556 | Wireless Communication | 15 |
| ENS2257 | Microprocessor Systems | 15 |
| Elective Unit | x 2 | 30 |
Note: Elective units must be approved by the Course Coordinator, and at least one must be an engineering unit.
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the electronics and communication engineering domain.
- Think critically, and apply established engineering methods to broadly defined electronics and communication engineering problems.
- Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage small-scale projects in the electronics and communications engineering domain, with some intellectual independence.
- Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the electronics and communications engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
- Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in technical and lay domains.
- Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the engineering domain, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
- Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary practice in the electronics and communications engineering domain.
Career Opportunities
Possible future job titles
Electronics Technologist, Wireless Technician
This Major can be studied in the following courses
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