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Unit Set Information

Instrumentation Control and Automation Engineering Specialisation

Effective from 01-JAN-2024 : Code SPAALT

This specialisation is designed for students interested in instrumentation control and automation. It will provide students with knowledge and expertise in fields such as data communication and computer networks, instrumentation and measurement, control systems, advanced industrial control and process control.

Disclaimer

This unit set 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. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

This Specialisation can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at Joondalup

Unit Set Coordinator

A/Prof Alexander RASSAU

Learning Outcomes

  1. Reflect critically on a complex body of technical and theoretical Engineering knowledge, research principles and methods with advanced knowledge in instrumentation control and automation engineering professional practice.
  2. Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, evaluate and synthesise complex ideas, concepts and theories in authentic engineering situations.
  3. Apply high level communication and collaboration skills in a professional engineering context.
  4. Use high level self-management skills to initiate, plan and execute a substantial instrumentation control and automation engineering project.

Professional recognition

This Specialisation has been Accredited by: Engineers Australia

This professional recognition only applies when you study this Specialisation in the following course:

Specialisation Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ENS6161Data Communication and Computer Networks15
ENS5175Distributed Control Systems15
ENS6146Instrumentation and Measurement15
ENS5230Electrical Machines and Transformers15
ENS6155Microprocessor Systems15
ENS6160Signals and Systems15
ENS5191Electrical Engineering Design15
ENS6162Communication Systems 115
ENS5253Control Systems15
ENS5130Advanced Industrial Control15
ENS5240Industrial Control15
ENS5209Process Control15

Where a student has completed the equivalent of one or more of the above units in prior undergraduate level studies at an appropriate level, the Course Coordinator may, in some cases, consider substitutions with other available units. Students should consult with their course coordinator to see whether this is possible.

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.

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