School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS6160
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Asma AZIZ

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronic, communication, control and mechanical systems.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Model and represent signals mathematically for systems analysis.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  4. Apply signals and systems analysis approaches in discrete-time contexts including application of the Discrete Fourier Transform and Z-Transform.
  5. Formulate and apply system analysis methods using state variable analysis.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.
  8. System analysis using state variables.
  9. Fourier transform of sampled signals.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets20%
AssignmentApplication to design problem20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports20%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets20%
ExerciseVirtual laboratory activities 20%
Assignment ^Summative assessment of unit content 40%
AssignmentApplication to design problem20%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS6160
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Asma AZIZ

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronic, communication, control and mechanical systems.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate mathematical tools and techniques to model, represent and interpret continuous and discrete time signals and systems, in both time-domain and frequency-domain.
  2. Analyse the time and frequency domain performance of signals and systems for linear time invariant classification.
  3. Use software simulation tools to predict the behaviour of signals and systems.
  4. Evaluate and characterise signals, sampling and aliasing phenomena in order to convert signals from continuous to discrete time.
  5. Research, model and apply signals and systems techniques for real world applications.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.
  8. System analysis using state variables.
  9. Fourier transform of sampled signals.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercise20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports20%
AssignmentResearch, model and analysis -based problem20%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem solving exercise20%
ExerciseVirtual laboratory activities 20%
AssignmentResearch, model and analysis -based problem20%
Assignment ^Summative assessment of unit content 40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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