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Future international students

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

Year 2018 This PDF contains information about the course structure. For more information about the course
see the course information PDF
QUT code EN01

QTAC code 412502


Second Major (EN01SMJ-COMSOFT)
CRICOS 084921G
Course structure ● CAB202 replacement unit list
To graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (COMSFT-OPTIONS)
Duration 4 years full time (Honours), students are required to ● Mechanical Engineering Second
complete 384 credit points of course units, Major (EN01SMJ-MECHENG)
OP 10
as outlined below: ● Mathematical Sciences for
Rank 78 ● First year (96 credit points): four core
Engineering Second Major
units 48cp + one Maths option unit (MSENSMJ-ENGMATH)
Total credit 384
points 12cp + foundation strand options 36cp ● ***** MINORS - Important Enrolment
(include two discipline foundation Information [PLEASE READ] *****
International 2018: $35,000 per year units 24cp + one option unit 12cp) ● Advanced Electrical Minor
fee (indicative, full-time (96 credit ● Major: One (1) block of eight (8) major
(EN01MNR-ADVELEC)
subject to points) units 96cp plus eight (8) Honours level
annual review)
● Biotechnology for Engineers Minor
units 96cp (192 credit points) unit set (SCBXMNR-BIOTECH)
● Complementary Studies: 1 x 2nd
Course contact Freecall: ● Engineering Construction Minor
1800 181 848 major or 2 x minor (96 credit points) (EN01MNR-CONSTRU Version 2)
(within Australia)
Phone:
● Engineering Structures Minor
+61 3 9627 4853 Honours units to consist of: (EN01MNR-STRUENG)
(outside Australia) ● Research methods 12cp ● Engineering Management Minor
Mon - Fri, 8.30am - 5pm ● Project 24cp (EN01MNR-ENGMGMT)
Campus Gardens Point
● 5 x Advanced major units 60cp ● Environmental Management Minor
(SCBXMNR-ENVMGMT)
Start months February, July Structures ● Computational and Simulation
Science Minor unit set (MSBXMNR-
● Year 1 - February entry
COMPSSC)
● Electrical and Aerospace Major - ● Dynamics Minor (EN01MNR-
February entry
DYNAMIC)
● Year 1 - Mid-year entry ● IT Breadth Minor (INENMNR-
● Electrical and Aerospace Major - July
INFOTEC)
Entry ● Materials Minor (EN01MNR-
● Engineering Foundation Strand
MATERLS)
Option List ● Materials and Design Minor
(EN01MNR-MATLDES)
Unit Lists ● Engineering Mathematics Minor unit
● Intermediate Electrical & Aerospace set (MSENMNR-ENGMATH)
Unit Options List (Electrical & ● Oodgeroo Unit: Indigenous
Aerospace major) Knowledges Minor (OUBXMNR-
● Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit INDKNOW)
Options List (Electrical & Aerospace ● Robotics Minor (EN01MNR-
major) ROBOTIC)
● ***** SECOND MAJORS - Important ● Process Engineering Minor
Enrolment Information [PLEASE (EN01MNR-PROCENG)
READ] ***** ● Physics for Engineers Minor
● Applied Economics and Finance (STENMNR-PHYSICS)
Second Major unit set (BSBXSMJ- ● Project Collaboration Minor
AEFSEF) (BEBXMNR-PROJCOL)
● Computational and Simulation ● Software Engineering Minor
Science Second Major (MSENSMJ- (INENMNR-SOFTENG)
COMPSIM) ● Science and Mathematics Education
● Computer and Software Systems Minor unit set (SEBXMNR-

Accurate as at 06/04/2018. For the latest information see:


https://www.qut.edu.au/study/international-courses/bachelor-of-engineering-honours/bachelor-of-engineering-honours-electrical-and-aerospace
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
SCMAEDU) Code Title
● Thermofluids Minor (EN01MNR-THERMOS) Year 4, Semester 2
● Engineering Communication Minor (EN01MNR-
ENGCOMS) EGH400-2 Research Project 2
Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option
Year 1 - February entry 2nd Major/Minor unit
Code Title 2nd Major/Minor unit
Year 1 - Semester 1
Engineering Sustainability and Year 1 - Mid-year entry
EGB100
Professional Practice If you're intended to select Medical Engineering Major, please
EGB111 Foundation of Engineering Design refer your first year study plan at Medical major 1st Year - July
EGB113 Energy in Engineering Systems Entry
MZB125 Introductory Engineering Mathematics Code Title
OR Year 1 - Semester 2
MXB161 Computational Explorations MZB125 Introductory Engineering Mathematics
Year 1 - Semester 2 OR
MZB126 Engineering Computation MXB161 Computational Explorations
Plus 36cp from ONE of the Engineering Foundation Strands Engineering Sustainability and
EGB100
Professional Practice
Electrical and Aerospace Major - February entry EGB113 Energy in Engineering Systems
Semesters OR
● Year 2, Semester 1 PVB101 Physics of the Very Large
● Year 2, Semester 2
● Year 3, Semester 1 EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems
● Year 3, Semester 2 OR
● Year 4, Semester 1 Foundation Unit Option
● Year 4, Semester 2
Year 2 - Semester 1
Code Title MZB126 Engineering Computation
Year 2, Semester 1 EGB111 Foundation of Engineering Design
EGB240 Electronic Design EGB121 Engineering Mechanics
CAB202 Microprocessors and Digital Systems EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering
EGB242 Signal Analysis OR
EGB243 Aircraft Systems and Flight Foundation Unit Option
Year 2, Semester 2
EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems Electrical and Aerospace Major - July Entry
EGB346 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Semesters
Intermediate Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option ● Year 2, Semester 2
● Year 3, Semester 1
2nd Major/Minor unit ● Year 3, Semester 2
Year 3, Semester 1 ● Year 4, Semester 1
Systems Engineering and Design
● Year 4, Semester 2
EGB349 ● Year 5, Semester 1
Project
Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option Code Title
2nd Major/Minor unit Year 2, Semester 2
2nd Major/Minor unit EGB242 Signal Analysis
Year 3, Semester 2 CAB202 Microprocessors and Digital Systems
EGH445 Modern Control 2nd Major/Minor unit
Advanced Unmanned Aircraft 2nd Major/Minor unit
EGH450
Systems Year 3, Semester 1
2nd Major/Minor unit EGB240 Electronic Design
EGH404 Research in Engineering Practice EGB243 Aircraft Systems and Flight
Year 4, Semester 1 2nd Major/Minor unit
EGH400-1 Research Project 1 2nd Major/Minor unit
EGH446 Autonomous Systems Year 3, Semester 2
2nd Major/Minor unit EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems
2nd Major/Minor unit
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Code Title Code Title
EGB346 Unmanned Aircraft Systems EVB203 Geospatial Information Science
Intermediate Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option IFB104 Building IT Systems
2nd Major/Minor unit MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables
Year 4, Semester 1 MXB106 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Systems Engineering and Design MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling
EGB349
Project MXB161 Computational Explorations
2nd Major/Minor unit Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian
OUB110
2nd Major/Minor unit Representations
EGH404 Research in Engineering Practice Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics
OUB130
Year 4, Semester 2 and Protocols
EGH445 Modern Control PVB102 Physics of the Very Small
Advanced Unmanned Aircraft
EGH450 Intermediate Electrical & Aerospace Unit Options
Systems
Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option List (Electrical & Aerospace major)
EGH400-1 Research Project 1 Select 12 credit point from the Intermediate Electrical Unit
Options below
Year 5, Semester 1
Code Title
Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit Option
CAB403 Systems Programming
EGH446 Autonomous Systems
Telecommunications and Signal
EGH400-2 Research Project 2 EGB342
Processing
2nd Major/Minor unit EGB348 Electronics

Engineering Foundation Strand Option List Advanced Electrical & Aerospace Unit Options
Code Title
List (Electrical & Aerospace major)
Engineering Foundation Strand Option List Select 24 credit points from the Advanced Electrical Unit
Select the All Engineering Foundation Strand unless you have Options below
a preferred major. Code Title
All Engineering Foundation Strand (EN01STR-FNALLMJ) EGH442 RF Techniques and Applications
EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications
EGB121 Engineering Mechanics Digital Signals and Image
EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems EGH444
Processing
Civil Engineering Foundation Strand (EN01STR-FNCIVIL) EGH448 Power Electronics
EGB121 Engineering Mechanics EGH449 Advanced Electronics
EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems EGH455 Advanced Systems Design
Plus Select 12cp from the Foundation Unit Option List EGH456 Embedded Systems
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Foundation Strand
(EN01STR-FNECMEC) ***** SECOND MAJORS - Important Enrolment
EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering Information [PLEASE READ] *****
EGB121 Engineering Mechanics INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECOND MAJORS
Plus Select 12cp from the Foundation Unit Option List Code Title
Foundation Unit Option List * You must complete 96 credit points (normally eight 12 credit
MZB125 Introductory Engineering Mathematics point subjects) from the specified units to achieve a second
major.
(Only for students who haven't completed Maths C)
* Any unit(s) that is mandatory in your primary major, can NOT
BVB101 Foundations of Biology
be selected in your chosen second major.
CRB040 Learning Science Through Teaching
* Any unit(s) that appear in multiple second majors can only
CVB101 General Chemistry contribute towards the completion of one of these second
EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering majors.
EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems
ERB102 Evolving Earth Applied Economics and Finance Second Major
Deforming Earth: Fundamentals of unit set (BSBXSMJ-AEFSEF)
ERB204 Study Area Description
Structural Geology
This second major will develop broad economics and finance
ERB101 Earth Systems
knowledge applicable to all types of business activities.
EVB102 Ecosystems and the Environment Economics know-how guides the strategic direction of firms and
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

government to respond to changes in global economic Unit List


conditions, structural changes within the sector or changes in EGB422 Energy Management
policy settings from treasury to health and education and EGB424 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
everything in between. Finance is a dynamic field, focusing on
EGB485 Finite Element Analysis
the borrowing, lending and investing of money by individuals,
financial institutions, business and government Modelling and Simulation for Medical
EGH435
organisations. You will learn core concepts and skills in finance, Engineers
including financial instruments and financial analysis. Key MXB361 Aspects of Computational Science
concepts and knowledge, problem solving skills, critical and
analytical thinking are developed throughout the entire major to
Computer and Software Systems Second Major
enhance employability.
(EN01SMJ-COMSOFT)
SEF Student Zone EN01 Electrical major, EN01 Electrical and Aerospace major or
EN01 Mechatronics major students:
The Applied Economics and Finance Second Major consists of
eight units from the following: Please send an email to sef.enquiry@qut.edu.au and confirm
Code Title that you would like to be enrolled in the Computer and Software
Systems Second Major (EN01SMJ-COMSOFT), the staff will
EFB201 Financial Markets
assist you with your enrolment.
EFB210 Finance 1
EFB223 Economics 2 If you are majored in EN01 Electrical major, EN01 Electrical and
Aerospace major or EN01 Mechatronics and would like to
EFB225 Economics for the Real World
undertake Computer and Software Systems second major you
EFB343 Corporate Finance will need to take a replacement unit to substitute CAB202.
PLUS Select 3 units from: Please refer to the CAB202 replacement unit list.
BSB113 Economics
(Note: BSB113 is compulsory for all students who do not have
UDB104 on their Study Plan) Unit List
EFB222 Introduction to Applied Econometrics Code Title
EFB226 Environmental Economics and Policy CAB202 Microprocessors and Digital Systems
EFB312 International Finance Note: For Electrical, Mechatronics and Electrical and
EFB326 Applied Portfolio Management Aerospace students please refer to the CAB202 replacement
list as CAB202 is overlapping with major core unit
EFB332 Applied Behavioural Economics
CAB201 Programming Principles
EFB333 Applied Econometrics
CAB403 Systems Programming
EFB335 Investments
EGH456 Embedded Systems
EFB337 Game Theory and Applications
EGH455 Advanced Systems Design
EFB344 Risk Management and Derivatives
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Software Engineering
Unit Option List:
Computational and Simulation Science Second
CAB203 Discrete Structures
Major (MSENSMJ-COMPSIM)
Study Area Description CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity
For more details and description on this second major please CAB302 Software Development
refer to the EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s CAB401 High Performance and Parallel Computing
Student Zone under "Your Course" page.
CAB402 Programming Paradigms
Unit List CAB432 Cloud Computing
Code Title Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Electrical Engineering
MXB161 Computational Explorations Unit Option List:
MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science EGB240 Electronic Design
MXB262 Visualising Data EGB242 Signal Analysis
MXB362 Advanced Visualisation and Data Science EGB342 Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Plus four units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list: EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems
CAB201 Programming Principles EGB348 Electronics
CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing
High Performance and Parallel EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications
CAB401
Computing EGH445 Modern Control
EGB322 Thermodynamics EGH446 Autonomous Systems
Fundamentals in Numerical Modelling for EGH448 Power Electronics
EGB324
Engineering EGH449 Advanced Electronics
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List CAB202 replacement units
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from either - CAB402 Programming Paradigms
Electrical Engineering Unit Option List: CAB403 Systems Programming
EGB240 Electronic Design CAB420 Machine Learning
EGB242 Signal Analysis CAB430 Data and Information Integration
EGB342 Telecommunications and Signal Processing CAB431 Search Engine Technology
EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems CAB432 Cloud Computing
EGB348 Electronics CAB440 Network and Systems Administration
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications CAB441 Network Security
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing
EGH445 Modern Control Mechanical Engineering Second Major
EGH446 Autonomous Systems (EN01SMJ-MECHENG)
Please note Mechanical second major (EN01SMJ-MECHENG)
EGH448 Power Electronics
is offered only to Electrical Engineering major, Civil Engineering
EGH449 Advanced Electronics major, Computer and Software Systems major, Electrical and
Or Aerospace major.
Software Engineering Unit Option List:
If you are majoring in Mechatronics, Medical Engineering and
CAB203 Discrete Structures Process Engineering, please refer to Mechanical second major
CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity (EN01SMJ-MECHNCL).
CAB302 Software Development
Unit List
CAB401 High Performance and Parallel Computing
Code Title
CAB402 Programming Paradigms
EGB211 Dynamics
CAB432 Cloud Computing
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing
Fundamentals of Mechanical
CAB202 replacement unit list (COMSFT- EGB210
Design
OPTIONS) EGB323 Fluid Mechanics
If you are enrolled in EN01 Electrical major, EN01 Electrical and
Aerospace major or EN01 Mechatronics major and would like to EGB322 Thermodynamics
undertake Computer and Software Systems second major, EGB321 Dynamics of Machines
please send an email to sef.enquiry@qut.edu.au and confirm Plus two units (24 credit points) from the unit options list:
that you would like to be enrolled in the Computer and Software
EGB314 Strength of Materials
Systems second major, the staff will assist you with your
enrolment. EGB316 Design of Machine Elements
EGH421 Vibration and Control
You will need to take one of the units from below as replacement
EGH422 Advanced Thermodynamics
for CAB202 in the Computer and Software Systems second
major. EGH423 Fluids Dynamics

Mathematical Sciences for Engineering Second


CAB202 replacement units Major (MSENSMJ-ENGMATH)
Study Area Description
Code Title
For more details and description on this second major please
CAB201 Programming Principles refer to the EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s
CAB203 Discrete Structures Student Zone under "Your Course" page.
CAB210 People Context and Technology
CAB230 Web Computing
CAB240 Information Security Unit List
CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity Code Title
CAB302 Software Development Select 4 units (48 credit points) from Option List 1:
CAB303 Networks MXB101 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 1
CAB310 Interaction and Experience Design MXB102 Abstract Mathematical Reasoning
CAB320 Artificial Intelligence Introductory Computational
MXB103
Mathematics
CAB330 Data and Web Analytics
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables
CAB340 Cryptography
Linear Algebra and Differential
High Performance and Parallel MXB106
CAB401 Equations
Computing
MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List Example Pathways
Select 3 units (36 credit points) from Option List 2: Equations
MXB201 Advanced Linear Algebra MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling
MXB202 Advanced Calculus MXB231 Financial Mathematics 1
MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations MXB232 Introduction to Operations Research
MXB222 Computational Linear Algebra MXB332 Optimisation Modelling
MXB231 Financial Mathematics 1 Operations Research for Stochastic
MXB334
MXB232 Introduction to Operations Research Processes
MXB241 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2 Statistical Sciences
MXB242 Regression and Design MXB101 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 1
MXB251 Number Theory and Abstract Algebra Introductory Computational
MXB103
Mathematics
MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables
MXB321 Applied Transport Theory
MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling
MXB322 Partial Differential Equations
MXB241 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2
MXB323 Dynamical Systems
MXB242 Regression and Design
MXB324 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MXB341 Statistical Inference
MXB332 Optimisation Modelling
MXB342 Statistical Techniques
Operations Research for Stochastic
MXB334
Processes
MXB341 Statistical Inference ***** MINORS - Important Enrolment Information
MXB342 Statistical Techniques
[PLEASE READ] *****
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MINORS
MXB344 Generalised Linear Models
Code Title
MXB351 Coding Theory and Graph Theory
* Please refer to the study sequences to plan your program.
Select 1 unit (12 credit points) from Option List 3: You must complete 48 credit points (normally four 12 credit
MXB321 Applied Transport Theory point units) from the specified units to achieve a minor,
MXB322 Partial Differential Equations following semester of offer and unit prerequisites (where
MXB323 Dynamical Systems applicable) to determine the order of enrolment.
MXB324 Computational Fluid Dynamics * Any unit(s) that is mandatory in your primary major, can NOT
be selected in your chosen minors.
MXB332 Optimisation Modelling
* Any unit(s) that appear in multiple minors can only contribute
Operations Research for Stochastic towards the completion of one of these minors.
MXB334
Processes
* Minors offered by other faculties can be accessed through
MXB341 Statistical Inference 'University Wide Minor Options' and 'Language Minor Options'.
MXB342 Statistical Techniques
MXB344 Generalised Linear Models Advanced Electrical Minor (EN01MNR-ADVELEC)
MXB351 Coding Theory and Graph Theory Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Example Pathways EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
Code Title under "Your Course" page.
Applied and Computational Mathematics Unit List
MXB102 Abstract Mathematical Reasoning Code Title
Introductory Computational Choose four units (48 credit points) from the options list:
MXB103
Mathematics EGB241 Electromagnetics and Machines
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables EGB339 Introduction to Robotics
Linear Algebra and Differential EGB341 Energy Supply and Delivery
MXB106
Equations
Telecommunications and Signal
MXB201 Advanced Linear Algebra EGB342
Processing
MXB202 Advanced Calculus EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems
MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations EGB348 Electronics
MXB322 Partial Differential Equations EGB439 Advanced Robotics
Decision Science EGH440 Power Systems Analysis
MXB101 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 1 EGH441 Power System Modelling
MXB102 Abstract Mathematical Reasoning EGH442 RF Techniques and Applications
MXB106 Linear Algebra and Differential
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List Unit List
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications EGB381 Infrastructure Asset Management
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing EGB386 Design of Masonry Structures
EGH445 Modern Control EGB473 Composite Structures
EGH446 Autonomous Systems EGB475 Advanced Structural Analysis
EGH448 Power Electronics EGB476 Advanced Steel Design
EGH449 Advanced Electronics EGB485 Finite Element Analysis

Biotechnology for Engineers Minor unit set Engineering Management Minor (EN01MNR-
(SCBXMNR-BIOTECH) ENGMGMT)
Study Area Description Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
under "Your Course" page. under "Your Course" page.

Unit Set Unit List


Code Title Code Title
BVB317 Principles of Biotechnology Choose one unit (12 credit points) from the Engineering
BVB328 Applications in Biotechnology Management 1 Unit Options list:
PLUS Select 2 units (24 credit points) from: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project
EFB106
Appraisal
BVB101 Foundations of Biology
EGB422 Energy Management
BVB201 Biological Processes
Plus two units (24 credit points) from the Engineering
BVB305 Microbiology and the Environment
Management 2 Unit Options list:
(Note: Only select BVB305 if you have passed BVB101 outside
Operations Management and Process
this minor.) EGB362
Economics
[EGB260 replaced by EGB362 in 2018]
Engineering Construction Minor (EN01MNR-
EGB336 Lean Manufacturing
CONSTRU Version 2)
Study Area Description EGB363 Safety and Environmental Management
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the EGB432 Asset Management and Maintenance
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone Plus one unit (12 credit points) from either the Engineering
under "Your Course" page. Management 1 Unit Options list:
Unit List Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project
EFB106
Appraisal
Code Title
EGB422 Energy Management
Select 4 units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
OR
EGB273 Principles of Construction
The Engineering Management 2 Unit Options List:
EGB381 Infrastructure Asset Management
Operations Management and Process
EGB382 Construction Methodologies EGB260
Economics
Bidding, Estimating and Cost
EGB384 EGB336 Lean Manufacturing
Management
EGB363 Safety and Environmental Management
EGB387 Project Value and Innovations
EGB432 Asset Management and Maintenance
Contracting and Construction
EGB482
Regulations
Environmental Management Minor (SCBXMNR-
Engineering Structures Minor (EN01MNR- ENVMGMT)
Study Area Description
STRUENG) For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Study Area Description
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
under "Your Course" page.
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
under "Your Course" page. Unit List
Unit List Code Title
Code Title Choose four units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
Choose four units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list: EGB213 Energy Systems Fundamentals
EGB275 Structural Mechanics EGB274 Environmentally Sustainable Design
EGB376 Steel Design EGB313 Energy Optimised Buildings
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List Unit List
Safety and Environmental Choose four units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
EGB363
Management CAB201 Programming Principles
EGB383 Environmental Resource Management CAB210 People Context and Technology
ERB101 Earth Systems CAB230 Web Computing
ERB201 Destructive Earth: Natural Hazards CAB240 Information Security
ERB310 Groundwater Systems CAB303 Networks
EVB203 Geospatial Information Science IFB130 Database Management
EVB302 Environmental Pollution

PQB360
Global Energy Balance and Climate Materials Minor (EN01MNR-MATERLS)
Change Study Area Description
UXH331 Environmental Analysis and Planning For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
PLEASE NOTE: EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
under "Your Course" page.
EVB201 and EV301 which have been discontinued will still
count towards this minor. Unit List
Code Title
Computational and Simulation Science Minor EGB414 Advanced Materials
unit set (MSBXMNR-COMPSSC) Plus three units (36 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
Study Area Description
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Complementary Studies for your course at the Faculty’s EGB315 Materials Degradation
Student Zone under "Your Course" page. EGB434 Tribology
EGB435 Advanced Manufacturing
Unit List
EGH438 Biomaterials
Code Title
LSB142 Human Anatomy and Physiology
MXB161 Computational Explorations
PVB301 Materials and Thermal Physics
MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science
MXB262 Visualising Data
Materials and Design Minor (EN01MNR-
MXB361 Aspects of Computational Science
MATLDES)
OR Study Area Description
Advanced Visualisation and Data For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
MXB362
Science EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
under "Your Course" page.
Dynamics Minor (EN01MNR-DYNAMIC) Unit List
Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the Code Title
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone Fundamentals of Mechanical
EGB210
under "Your Course" page. Design
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing
Unit List
EGB314 Strength of Materials
Code Title
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
EGB211 Dynamics
EGB316 Design of Machine Elements
EGB321 Dynamics of Machines
EGH414 Stress Analysis
EGH421 Vibration and Control
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Unit Option list:
Engineering Mathematics Minor unit set
Fundamentals of Mechanical
EGB210
Design (MSENMNR-ENGMATH)
Study Area Description
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
IT Breadth Minor (INENMNR-INFOTEC) under "Your Course" page.
Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the This minor offers a lot of flexibility. Depending on your area of
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone interest you can choose units focusing on statistical science
under "Your Course" page. (suggested pathway: MXB101, MXB107, MXB202, MXB242),
mathematical and statistical modelling (suggested pathway:
Unit List MXB101, MXB105, MXB221, MXB241), applied mathematics
Code Title (suggested pathway: MXB105, MXB106, MXB202, MXB221),
simulation (suggested pathway: MXB101, MXB106, MXB232,
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

MXB261), computation and modelling (suggested pathway: Applied Mathematics


MXB103, MXB105, MXB221, MXB261). MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations

In this list Simulation Science


● Unit List Code Title
● SUGGESTED PATHWAYS
● Statistical Science Probability and Stochastic Modelling
MXB101
● Mathematical and Statistical Modelling 1
● Applied Mathematics Linear Algebra and Differential
● Simulation Science MXB106
Equations
● Computation, modelling and simulation
MXB232 Introduction to Operations Research
Unit List MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science
Code Title
Select 2 units (24 credit points) from Unit Option List 1: Computation, modelling and simulation
Probability and Stochastic Modelling Code Title
MXB101
1 Introductory Computational
MXB103
Introductory Computational Mathematics
MXB103
Mathematics MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations
Linear Algebra and Differential MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science
MXB106
Equations
MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling Oodgeroo Unit: Indigenous Knowledges Minor
Select 2 units (24 credit points) from Unit Option List 2: (OUBXMNR-INDKNOW)
MXB202 Advanced Calculus Unit List
MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations Code Title
MXB232 Introduction to Operations Research Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous
OUB100
Probability and Stochastic Modelling Australian context
MXB241 Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian
2 OUB110
MXB242 Regression and Design Representations
MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian
OUB120
Politics
SUGGESTED PATHWAYS Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics
OUB130
Code Title and Protocols

Statistical Science Robotics Minor (EN01MNR-ROBOTIC)


Code Title Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Probability and Stochastic Modelling
MXB101 EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
1
under "Your Course" page.
MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling
MXB202 Advanced Calculus Unit List
MXB242 Regression and Design Code Title
EGB339 Introduction to Robotics
Mathematical and Statistical Modelling EGB439 Advanced Robotics
Code Title Choose two units (24 credit points) from the option list:
Probability and Stochastic Modelling CAB201 Programming Principles
MXB101
1 CAB320 Artificial Intelligence
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables CAB420 Machine Learning
MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations
Probability and Stochastic Modelling Process Engineering Minor (EN01MNR-
MXB241
2
PROCENG)
Study Area Description
Applied Mathematics
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Code Title EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables under "Your Course" page.
Linear Algebra and Differential Unit List
MXB106
Equations
Code Title
MXB202 Advanced Calculus
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List Unit List
CVB101 General Chemistry CAB320 Artificial Intelligence
EGB262 Process Principles High Performance and Parallel
CAB401
[CVB220 replaced by EGB262 in 2018] Computing
Plus two units (24 credit points) from the Unit Option list: CAB402 Programming Paradigms
EGB261 Unit Operations CAB403 Systems Programming
[EGB461 replaced by EGB261 in 2018] CAB432 Cloud Computing
EGB361 Minerals and Minerals Processing IFB130 Database Management
EGH411 Industrial Chemistry CAB240 Information Security

Physics for Engineers Minor (STENMNR- Science and Mathematics Education Minor unit
PHYSICS) set (SEBXMNR-SCMAEDU)
Study Area Description Study Area Description
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the Build your education and communication skills in science and
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone mathematics.
under "Your Course" page.
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Unit List Complementary Studies for your course at the Faculty’s
Code Title Student Zone under "Your Course" page.
PVB102 Physics of the Very Small Unit List
PVB204 Electromagnetism Code Title
PVB302 Classical and Quantum Physics CRB040 Learning Science Through Teaching
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Unit Options list: Communicating Science and Mathematics
SEB200
PVB301 Materials and Thermal Physics to Diverse Audiences
PVB303 Nuclear and Particle Physics Science and Mathematics Education
SEB300
Capstone
Project Collaboration Minor (BEBXMNR- PLUS Select ONE unit from:
PROJCOL) CRB204 Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1
Unit List CRB215 Science Curriculum Studies 1
Code Title
Choose four units (48 credit points) from the Unit Options list: Thermofluids Minor (EN01MNR-THERMOS)
Study Area Description
Organising and Managing Project
BEB110 For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
Team
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone
BEB111 Managing Project Quality under "Your Course" page.
BEB112 Principles of Project Management
Unit List
BEB113 Managing Project Cost
Code Title
BEB114 Project Financing
EGB211 Dynamics
UDB313 Programming and Scheduling
EGB323 Fluid Mechanics
UXB232 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
EGB322 Thermodynamics
Plus one unit (12 credit points) from the Unit Option list:
Software Engineering Minor (INENMNR-
SOFTENG) EGH422 Advanced Thermodynamics
Study Area Description EGH423 Fluids Dynamics
For more details and description on this minor please refer to the
EN01 Complementary Studies at the Faculty’s Student Zone Engineering Communication Minor (EN01MNR-
under "Your Course" page.
ENGCOMS)
Unit List The Engineering Communication Minor forms part of
Complementary Studies component of EN01 and is only be
Code Title
available to those students that have articulated from EN02 into
Choose four units (48 credit points) from the option list: EN01 and who, during the course of their EN02 studies,
CAB201 Programming Principles completed the two communication units QCD110 Professional
CAB203 Discrete Structures Communication 1 and QCD210 Professional Communication 2.
CAB230 Web Computing Students who complete EN02 will be placed in the
CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity communication minor and will be required to choose an
CAB302 Software Development additional minor as required by the course.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Unit List includes planning, estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs
Code Title so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.
QCD110 Academic Communication 1 View unit details online | View unit timetable
QCD210 Academic Communication 2 BEB114 Project Financing
Introduction to the Language of Credit Points 12
QCS300
Research
Gardens Point
Plus 1 units (12 cps) to be selected from the following options: Availabilities
- SEM-2
KWB114 Scientific and Technical Writing
Project is growing in complexity and size. Many projects never
KWB213 Corporate Writing and Editing get off the ground due to insufficient financing. It is therefore
necessary for project managers to know the sources and cost of
Unit Synopses project funds in order to package a financially viable project for
approval. This unit introduces capital budgeting, project finance,
BEB110 Organising and Managing Project Team and risk analysis. It covers the capital allocation framework,
Credit Points 12 project cash flows, cost of capital, financial risk analysis, and
Gardens Point how various types of projects are financed.
Availabilities
- SEM-1 View unit details online | View unit timetable
The unit focus is on the dynamics of managing and organising
project teams involved in delivering built environment, BSB113 Economics
engineering or infrastructure projects. Recent literature has BSD113, BSX113, CTB113,
Equivalents
identified the need for managers and leaders to acquire UDB104
knowledge in the areas of self management and the Credit Points 12
management of others to contribute to project effectiveness. You Gardens Point
will be introduced to key managerial and human resource Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2, SUM
theories to assist in the development of analytical and
interpretive skills to enable you to proactively and effectively lead This unit introduces students to the key economic concepts and
project teams. their practical applications. It comprises twelve topics each
View unit details online | View unit timetable focusing on a current economic issue. Microeconomic topics
include demand and supply, elasticity, production and cost
BEB111 Managing Project Quality theory and market structure. Macroeconomic topics include
Credit Points 12 measuring GDP, inflation and unemployment, money and
banking, and fiscal and monetary policy.
Gardens Point View unit details online | View unit timetable
Availabilities
- SEM-1
This unit is one of four within the BEE minor in Project BVB101 Foundations of Biology
Collaboration and is designed to provide you with appropriate Credit Points 12
knowledge and skills needed for your involvement in delivering Gardens Point
projects in professional organisations in the public and private Availabilities
- SEM-2
sectors, by ensuring that the achieved project quality outcomes
accord with client requirements and satisfy customer Biology is the study of living things. But what is “living”? Cells are
expectations. considered the basic structural unit of life, existing in diverse
View unit details online | View unit timetable forms from simple single-celled microbes to complex
multicellular organisms such as plants and animals. Using
BEB112 Principles of Project Management collaborative approaches in workshops and the laboratory you
Credit Points 12 will investigate the diverse nature of cells and consider how they
are built and powered and how they interact and reproduce. You
Gardens Point will use the concepts developed in this unit to discuss more
Availabilities
- SEM-2 complex questions such as “are viruses alive” and “can we
Project Management is the overall planning, control and synthesise life”?
coordination of a project, from inception to completion, aimed at View unit details online | View unit timetable
meeting a client’s requirements in order that the project will be
completed on time within authorized cost and to the required BVB201 Biological Processes
quality standards. The aim of this unit is to provide the key Pre-requisites BVB101 or SCB112
concepts and foundation knowledge in project management, and Credit Points 12
to describe, clarify, and formalise project management process.
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2
BEB113 Managing Project Cost An understanding of processes which occur at the cellular level
Credit Points 12 is fundamental to all aspects of biology. Using a combination of
Gardens Point theoretical and laboratory-based approaches to enquiry you will
Availabilities explore the biochemical pathways and processes that facilitate
- SEM-2
biological function and the genetic mechanisms that control
Cost is a major metric of a successful project management. This them.
unit introduces the process of managing project cost which View unit details online | View unit timetable
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BVB305 Microbiology and the Environment IFB104 or ITD104 or MZB126 or EGD126


Pre-requisites or ENB246 or MXB103 or INB104 or
Pre-requisites BVB201
MAB220
Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
Gardens Point Availabilities
Availabilities - SEM-1, SEM-2
- SEM-1
This unit gives you a positive introduction to modern
Microbiology and the Environment will explore fundamental programming concepts and techniques. Although some
principals in the biology and ecology of microorganisms in the theoretical aspects of programming are covered in lectures, the
context of the environment, agriculture industry and research. overall emphasis of the unit is to learn programming concepts
You will deepen your understanding of the problems and and related problem-solving strategies though an exploratory
challenges of modern scientific inquiry using a range of problem based approach. Through this means, you will be
multidisciplinary perspectives. This unit links to the work building abstractions with procedures, data and objects, thereby
previously undertaken in BVB201 Biological Processes. designing, coding and debugging programs of increasing
View unit details online | View unit timetable complexity. The unit gives you the foundation for subsequent
programming courses within the Computer Science major.
BVB317 Principles of Biotechnology View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites BVB101
Credit Points 12 CAB202 Microprocessors and Digital Systems
Gardens Point ((IFB104 or ITD104) and (IFB102 or
Availabilities Pre-requisites INB102 or ITD102)) or ENB240 or
- SEM-1
MZB126 or EGD126
Biotechnology describes the use of biological organisms to make
Equivalents ENB244
products or to solve problems of importance to society. It is
anticipated that biotechnology will provide solutions to emerging Credit Points 12
challenges facing humanity including food security, pest and Gardens Point
Availabilities
disease management, quality of life as well as issues arising - SEM-1, SEM-2
from climate change. This unit will provide you with an
This unit introduces you to the components inside a computer
understanding of the fundamental principles that underpin
and how these components work together. Modern digital
biotechnology.
electronic systems rely on embedded microcomputers in order to
View unit details online | View unit timetable
achieve the level of sophistication present in today's
applications. The design and development of such systems
BVB328 Applications in Biotechnology requires knowledge of the hardware and software to program the
Pre-requisites BVB317 system. This unit identifies these design requirements and lets
Credit Points 12 you develop embedded microcontroller-based system solutions.
Gardens Point In particular, the unit ·%emsp;covers computer instruction sets
Availabilities and the binary representation of information; ·%emsp;an
- SEM-2
introduction to low-lelvel programming in a command line
Biotechnology is the area of research and development using environment; ·%emsp;describes the processes that implement
biological and cellular systems to produce many kinds of this relationship; ·%emsp;provides practical experience through
products that are used in different applications during everyday laboratory exercises which progressively expose features of a
household living, at research institutions/organizations, as well typical microprocessor; and ·%emsp;explains how an embedded
as in different biotechnological companies and industries. Some computer can interact with its environment (through the addition
specific examples of products and applications in Biotechnology of I/O, sensors, actuators). The gives you a valuable foundation
include the use of yeast for dough rising (leavening) during for further studies in areas such as robotics and networking.
bread making, using yeast in the fermentation and production of View unit details online | View unit timetable
alcohol, use of filamentous fungi to produce enzymes that
hydrolyse woody biomass to fermentable sugars, use of
CAB203 Discrete Structures
enzymes in laundry detergents, use of bacteria or animal cell
IFB104 or ITD104 or MZB126
cultures to produce proteins/antibodies for diagnostic kits in Pre-requisites
or EGD126
disease monitoring and control, application of genetic
manipulation, recombinant gene technology and biochemical Equivalents INB250
pathway engineering to obtain better producing/performing Credit Points 12
microorganisms and animal cell cultures, drought/disease Gardens Point
resistant and more nutritious plants, and much more. Availabilities
- SEM-1
View unit details online | View unit timetable
This unit introduces you to basic mathematical principles which
CAB201 Programming Principles underlie all computing systems, thus giving you a deeper
IFB104 or ITD104 or MZB126 or EGD126 appreciation for the way computing technology works. All
Pre-requisites or ENB246 or MXB103 or INB104 or established technological disciplines have a sound theoretical
MAB220 foundation and Information Technology is no different. Discrete
Structures concerns the branches of mathematics and the
Anti-requisites ITD121 formalisms especially relevant to Computer Science. It covers
Equivalents INB270, IND270 topics such as set theory, relations and functions, formal logic,
Credit Points 12 regular languages, finite-state automata and information
theory. These formalisms define the principles underlying
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

programming language semantics, relational database systems. Information systems are vital, but also vulnerable.
operators, secure digital communication, and so on. An Information security is about protecting information and the
understanding of these topics gives you a deep appreciation for systems that use, store and transmit it. This unit provides an
why computer systems and languages are designed and work introduction to information security, from the perspective of an IT
the way they do. This unit introduces each of these topics in user, including how to identify fundamental security issues with
separate modules, thus providing a broad overview of the field. information systems ranging from single-user systems to those
View unit details online | View unit timetable of large multinational organisations. It considers both technical
and non-technical measures used to provide security for
CAB210 People Context and Technology information systems, and examines guidelines on best practice
IFB103 or INB103 or ITD103 or implementation of information security measures.
Pre-requisites View unit details online | View unit timetable
INB182 or EGB100 or ENB100
Credit Points 12
CAB301 Algorithms and Complexity
Gardens Point
Availabilities Pre-requisites CAB201 or ITD121
- SEM-2
Equivalents INB371
This unit develops a human-centred view of technology and
Credit Points 12
information systems. Individuals and groups interact with
information, technology, and other people in a wide variety of Gardens Point
Availabilities
information environments of increasing complexity. Using a - SEM-1
number of User Experience (UX) methods, you will learn to This unit teaches you the fundamental principles used to assess
explore and model interactions from a variety of perspectives; the efficiency of software algorithms, allowing you to distinguish
cognitive, social, emotional, experiential, cultural, contextual and solutions that can process large amounts of data or perform
technological. You will learn to characterise users of complex calculations effectively from those that run
technologies and to evaluate their interactions in order to unacceptably slowly or not all. Despite extraordinary advances
understand their information, communication and learning in computer processing speeds and memory capacity, we still
behaviours. A variety of evaluation techniques will allow you to encounter software applications with unacceptable performance,
investigate and represent human experience of technologies and especially on mobile, low-powered devices. Often this is due to
information systems at a variety of scales. basic limitations associated with the program's design, i.e., the
View unit details online | View unit timetable algorithm it uses and the associated data structures it
implements. In this unit you will examine a range of different
CAB230 Web Computing algorithm types, review the principles used to predict their
IFB104 or ITD104 or MZB126 efficiency (so-called "complexity" analysis), and perform
Pre-requisites
or EGD126 empirical measurements of specific algorithms to confirm the
Equivalents INB271 theoretical predictions.
Credit Points 12 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point CAB302 Software Development
Availabilities
- SEM-1
CAB201 or INB270 or
Pre-requisites
The World Wide Web has become our most important computer ITD121
system. However, designing software for the web is rather Equivalents INB370
different from designing for standalone PC applications. The unit
Credit Points 12
starts with the protocols and architecture of the Internet and
World Wide Web, including how search engines like Google Gardens Point
Availabilities
work. After reviewing the latest W3C standards for HTML5, - SEM-1
Javascript and CSS, the unit moves to designing web based This unit teaches you how to advance your skills from
user interfaces and to programming web based applications. 'programming-in-the-small' to 'programming-in-the-large' through
Issues covered include client and server-side data validation, the application of a sound software development process and
authentication, authorization and combating security threats appropriate tools and techniques for development and
including SQL injection. The unit concentrates mostly on simple maintenance of large-scale, long-lived software. Software
data driven applications, but contrasts these with more complex Development introduces you to the processes and practical
n-tier, MVC and AJAX based architectures. Beyond web techniques of professional application development, providing a
applications, the unit introduces web services and the move foundation for you to work productively as part of a professional
toward the cloud. team in the workplace. Software Development uses large-scale
View unit details online | View unit timetable projects to introduce you to a modern software development
process and the technologies that support its effective and
CAB240 Information Security efficient application in industry. Motivated via a modern agile
Equivalents INB255 development process, you will be introduced to principles such
Credit Points 12 as unit testing, test driven development (TDD), version control
Gardens Point and build management, using an industrial-strength
Availabilities programming language and development tools widely used in
- SEM-2
industry. The unit also introduces advanced aspects of object
Information systems are increasingly used to store, process and oriented programming relevant to large-scale program
exchange information, with most sectors of the economy development and maintenance, and gives you practice in
dependent on electronic and often automated information working with important Application Programming Interfaces
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(APIs) for data access and presentation. Some aspects of large- CAB330 Data and Web Analytics
scale program design are also introduced through concepts such Pre-requisites CAB220 or CAB230
as programming patterns and refactoring.
Equivalents INB342
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Credit Points 12
CAB303 Networks Gardens Point
Availabilities
Pre-requisites CAB202 - SEM-2
Equivalents INB251 With every organisations housing massive data sources, data
Credit Points 12 analytics has become an increasingly popular way to turn an
Gardens Point organization's data into useful information and knowledge about
Availabilities their customers and business processes. Data analytics has
- SEM-2
direct applications in social networks, information retrieval,
You will be introduced to the technical underpinnings of business processes, search-engines, e-commerce, digital
computer networks. Computer networks are essential to the libraries, bioinformatics, web information systems and many
activities of modern organisations and daily life and are the basis other utilities. This unit covers the concepts of data and web
of a wide range of application systems, noticeably the Internet analytics, both of which aim to improve decision making by
and the World Wide Web. You will be introduced to practical and discovering and making use of knowledge which might be found
theoretical knowledge on a wide range of modern networking in large databases and on the Web.
topics to be able to design, implement and maintain network- View unit details online | View unit timetable
based applications. You will participate in practical networking
exercises, and design and develop a network device to provide CAB340 Cryptography
hands-on experience with network-based computing. Pre-requisites CAB203 or MXB102
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Anti-requisites INB355
CAB310 Interaction and Experience Design Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites CAB210 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Credit Points 12 - SEM-2
Gardens Point Common information security goals are confidentiality, integrity
Availabilities and availability of stored or transmitted information.
- SEM-1
Cryptography provides a rich collection of tools that can be used
Human centred design is investigated from theoretical and
to guarantee confidentiality (by encrypting private information),
practical perspectives. This unit extends on the fundamental
authentication and integrity of communicated messages (by
human-centred view of technology to explore theories and
appending a massage authentication code or a MAC).
design approaches for particular kinds of interactions, relations
Cryptographic protocols can be used to achieve specific security
and technologies. We will explore interactional stances (e.g.
goals in multiuser environments. In this unit, you will learn about
embodied interaction, persuasive technology, game interaction,
symmetric-key cryptography and the adversarial model used in
mobile interaction), emerging human-technology relations (e.g.
private-key cryptography, You will study basic tools for
technology in developing countries, interaction with the internet
cryptanalysis (such as linear and differential attacks). You will
of things, human-robot interaction), and holistic service
investigate public-key cryptography (PKC) and its basic security
approaches (service design, experience design). Methods that
notions. You will learn about cryptographic protocols such as
respond to the particular interaction/technology context are
zero knowledge protocols, multiparty computation and secret
explored. Methods and philosophical perspectives on engaging
sharing.
participation from stakeholders in design are investigated. The
View unit details online | View unit timetable
co-evolution of interaction and technology is explored from a
historical perspective to inform and examine current and future
CAB401 High Performance and Parallel
human-computer interaction approaches. Students will develop
an innovative interaction/experience design and construct a Computing
theory of interaction that they will then test. Pre-requisites CAB301
View unit details online | View unit timetable Equivalents INB375
Credit Points 12
CAB320 Artificial Intelligence Gardens Point
(INB270 or CAB201 or ITD121 or CAB202) Availabilities
- SEM-2
Pre-requisites and (MZB151 or ENB246 or MZB126 or
EGD126 or MXB103) Building on your skills in "sequential" programming, this unit
Credit Points 12 teaches you the tools and techniques needed to exploit multi-
processor computer systems to achieve dramatic performance
Gardens Point improvements for computationally intensive
Availabilities
- SEM-1 problems. Parallelism is the fundamental way to overcome the
This unit introduces you to the basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) performance limitations of individual computer processors when
ranging from Intelligent Search techniques to Machine solving computationally challenging problems or when
Learning. It lays the foundations for further studies in Games, processing massive amounts of data. However, expressing an
Robotics, Pattern Recognition, Information Retrieval, Data algorithm in a form that can be executed efficiently on parallel
Mining and Intelligent Web Agents. hardware is generally a very challenging task even for
View unit details online | View unit timetable experienced software developers. This unit gives you an
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understanding of why future computer hardware will be CAB201 and (MZB151 or ENB246 or
Pre-requisites
increasingly parallel and the challenges this poses for software MZB126 or MXB100 or MXB103)
development. It gives you an understanding of parallel hardware Gardens Point
Availabilities
and practical skills in creating high-performance programs using - SEM-1
today's best tools and techniques.
Machine learning concerns the construction and study of
View unit details online | View unit timetable
systems that can learn from data by generalizing from examples.
This approach is often feasible and cost-effective when
CAB402 Programming Paradigms traditional programming is not. This unit provides you with a
(CAB201 or ITD121) and broad introduction to machine learning and its statistical
Pre-requisites
CAB203 foundations. Topics include: definition of machine learning tasks;
Credit Points 12 classification principles; dimensionality reduction/subspace
Gardens Point methods; support vector machines, graphical models and deep
Availabilities learning. Application examples are taken from areas such as
- SEM-1
computer vision, finance, market prediction and information
This advanced unit exposes you to special-purpose retrieval.
programming languages that operate under different paradigms View unit details online | View unit timetable
than the conventional "imperative" languages you have used in
the course so far. A paradigm is a distinct set of concepts and
CAB430 Data and Information Integration
pattern of thinking. The way software developers think and
CAB220 or CAB201 or
express themselves is profoundly influenced by the Pre-requisites
ITD121
programming paradigm that they adopt. A variety of different
programming paradigms have been developed over the years, Credit Points 12
each with their own strengths and weaknesses. This unit will Gardens Point
Availabilities
expose you to new ways of thinking about and expressing - SEM-1
software solutions. It will explore advanced programming
The ever increasing variety (values, raw text, sensors, etc.) and
language constructs, principles for the sound design of new
volume of data available, together with recent advances on
languages and how they evolve. We take a look under the
standards to describe and organise data (e.g. semantic web,
covers, and remove the "magic" by exploring how high level
relational databases, noSQL) brings both new opportunities and
programming languages are practically implemented and
challenges for innovation. In particular, data integration can lead
ultimately executed as machine code on contemporary
to a better understanding of business processes, increased
hardware. The unit provides both a deep theoretical foundation
security of systems and improved decision making. The
for programming languages by abstracting them to basic
challenges lie in selecting the data, transforming the data in a
mathematical forms as well as showcasing practical application
way that computers can deal with, and also organise the data in
of those advanced principles for software development in the
a scalable manner in order to provide powerful visualisations of
real world.
important phenomena. The unit will start with the principles of
View unit details online | View unit timetable
data warehouse and data visualizations with OLAP (on- line
analytical processing). The students will then be exposed to
CAB403 Systems Programming information extraction techniques meant for non-relational data
(CAB201 or MZB126) and using NoSQL and others.
Pre-requisites
CAB202 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Anti-requisites INN365
Equivalents INB365, ITB706, ITB745 CAB431 Search Engine Technology
Credit Points 12 Pre-requisites CAB201 or ITD121
Gardens Point Credit Points 12
Availabilities
- SEM-2 Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1
This unit gives you experience in programming at the level of a
computer's operating system, as is needed for IT system This unit aims to equip you with a solid foundation in a broad
administration or to interface computer processors with range of topics that are required in order to effectively design,
peripheral hardware devices. Systems programming is one of develop and improve Web search and text analysis systems.
the many specialisations of software development and Through this study, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge of
maintenance. It concerns software that works at the level of the the principles and techniques of Web search, information
computer's physical architecture. This unit introduces some of retriveal, information filtering, text classification and topic
the principles and practices associated with writing programs modelling.
that operate at such a low level of abstraction. It builds on the View unit details online | View unit timetable
knowledge you have already acquired about general applications
software development and computer architectures. CAB432 Cloud Computing
View unit details online | View unit timetable CAB301 or CAB302 or
Pre-requisites
INB370 or INB371
CAB420 Machine Learning Equivalents INB356
CAB201 and (MZB151 or ENB246 or
Pre-requisites Credit Points 12
MZB126 or MXB100 or MXB103)
Gardens Point
Credit Points 12 Availabilities
- SEM-2
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Cloud Computing is among the most important developments in confidence in presenting to others in a variety of formats. The
the IT industry in recent years, and one which has received unit can be taken as a single elective or as the initial unit in the
enormous, and at times ill-informed, media attention. In many Science and Mathematics Education minor.
respects, Cloud may be seen as a natural progression from View unit details online | View unit timetable
earlier trends in service and infrastructure outsourcing and
virtualisation, but it differs in the essential characteristic of CRB204 Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1
elasticity: service and infrastructure provisioning is scalable in Equivalents CRB923, MDB021
response to variations in demand, allowing clients to cater for Credit Points 12
unexpected spikes in load without tying up capital in expensive
and potentially underutilised assets. This unit provides an Kelvin Grove
Availabilities
advanced-level overview of the most important issues in the - SEM-1
field, enabling you to understand the environment and the This unit introduces the principles and pedagogies of
business and technical trade-offs at its heart. mathematics teaching used in secondary school mathematics
View unit details online | View unit timetable classrooms. The unit explores mathematics curricula typically
encountered in Queensland secondary schools. The foundations
CAB440 Network and Systems Administration of mathematics teaching developed in this unit will be further
Pre-requisites CAB303 or INB251 deepened in the following mathematics curriculum studies
Credit Points 12 unit(s).
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1
CRB215 Science Curriculum Studies 1
Computer networks are essential for the running of organisations Equivalents CRB930, MDB031
today. To ensure the effective and efficient operation of Credit Points 12
computer networks, they need to be administered and managed
by competent technical people. This unit introduces the theory Kelvin Grove
Availabilities
and practical aspects of network administration, management - SEM-1
and security policies in an environment (Unix or Linux) This unit is the introductory curriculum unit in your major
commonly used in industry. It includes aspects of system teaching area of science focussing on teaching practices and
administration relevant to networking. planning processes in junior science (years 7-10). Skills and
View unit details online | View unit timetable knowledge specific to science teaching and learning will be
developed. The unit develops a foundation for science
CAB441 Network Security curriculum 2 or intermediate science curriculum studies.
(CAB240 or INB255) and View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites
(CAB440 or INB351)
Anti-requisites INN251 CVB101 General Chemistry
Credit Points 12 Anti-requisites CZB190
Gardens Point Equivalents SCB111
Availabilities Credit Points 12
- SEM-2
Government and private organisations currently face an Gardens Point
Availabilities
unprecedented level of malicious computer network activity from - SEM-1, SEM-2
a wide range of sources, including hackers, activist groups, Chemistry deals with the fundamental building blocks of our
organised crime syndicates and nation states. IT professionals universe. An understanding of chemistry is essential to
are expected to have an understanding of the vulnerabilities and understanding our world and to addressing big challenges faced
threats that computer systems under their protection may be by our society. The knowledge and skills you will learn in this
exposed to. This unit provides the knowledge and skills needed unit, complemented by CVB102 Chemical Structure and
to better defend electronic system services and applications. It Reactivity, provide the broad foundation to progress to more
introduces techniques and tools that demonstrate how attackers specialised topics in analytical, inorganic, and physical
may exploit system services and applications. The challenge is chemistry.
illustrated using potential attacks on industrial control systems. View unit details online | View unit timetable
View unit details online | View unit timetable
EFB106 Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project
CRB040 Learning Science Through Teaching Appraisal
Credit Points 12 Credit Points 12
Kelvin Grove Gardens Point
Availabilities Availabilities
- SEM-2 - SEM-2
This unit provides an opportunity for students to identify and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a key technique used to assess
develop their potential as educators and communicators of the relative desirability of competing alternative uses of limited
science and mathematics. Students will develop insights into the resources. CBA has a well-established theoretical foundation
processes that drive people's thinking, learning and and is a commonly used method of economic evaluation. CBA is
communication about science and mathematics. They will used to appraise investment projects, socio-economic
consolidate their own understanding of scientific or mathematical programmes and policies with the results from CBA providing
concepts through the planning process and build their decision makers with useful information to make informed
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

decisions. This unit provides students with opportunities to BSB113 or CTB113 or


Pre-requisites
understand, analyse and apply the analytical framework of CBA UDB104
across a range of industries in the public and private sector. Credit Points 12
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
EFB201 Financial Markets
Pre-requisites BSB113 or CTB113 Consumer behaviour, the role of the government in market
intervention, allocative efficiency and market structure are some
Equivalents EFX201 of the fundamental issues in microeconomics addressed in this
Credit Points 12 unit. Business cycles and the related issue of macroeconomic
Gardens Point stabilisation policy are analysed and explained within the
Availabilities Australian context. The significance of the international economy
- SEM-1, SEM-2
is described through a discussion of foreign exchange markets,
This unit introduces students to the institutional structure of the Australian dollar and the terms of trade.
global financial markets, and thereby complements the View unit details online | View unit timetable
understanding of theoretical finance gained in EFB210. Topics
covered include the functions of financial markets, the banking
EFB225 Economics for the Real World
and payments system, financial system deregulation, non-bank
Pre-requisites BSB113 or CTB113
financial institutions, stock exchange operations, debt markets,
foreign exchange markets and markets for financial derivatives. Equivalents EFX225
View unit details online | View unit timetable Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
EFB210 Finance 1 Availabilities
- SEM-2
BSB113 or MAB126 or MXB105 or
Pre-requisites In this unit economic concepts and theories at the introductory
UDB104 or MZB126
level will be used to forensically and critically investigate current
Equivalents EFX210 social and public issues of interest. These issues relate to
Credit Points 12 consumer choice, business procing strategies, education,
Gardens Point inequality, unemployment and poverty, population policy, tax
Availabilities reform, economic growth, the environment and globalisation.
- SEM-1, SEM-2, SUM
View unit details online | View unit timetable
This unit covers the following topics: an introduction to the
financial institutional framework; an introduction to debt and
EFB226 Environmental Economics and Policy
equity instruments; financial mathematics applied to the pricing
Pre-requisites BSB113
of debt and equity securities; a firm's investment decision
including Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return EFB334,EFX334,EFX
Equivalents
(IRR); introduction to risk and uncertainty using the Capital Asset 226
Pricing Model (CAPM) and Weighted Average Cost of Capital Credit Points 12
(WACC) concept and risk management. Gardens Point
View unit details online | View unit timetable Availabilities
- SEM-1

EFB222 Introduction to Applied Econometrics The unit introduces students to some of the current
BSB122 or BSB123 or MAB101 or environmental and natural resource issues confronting society
Pre-requisites and how planners and decision-makers could better understand
MAB233 or MXB107
and address these problems using economics. This unit
Anti-requisites EFB101 demonstrates that economics has a major role to play in helping
Equivalents EFX222 us to understand and solve some of the environmental problems
Credit Points 12 facing societies. It will be demonstrated that economics can
Gardens Point often be used to help protect the environment rather than harm
Availabilities it. The unit would benefit those who wish to work either in the
- SEM-1
public or the private sector.
This unit will provide students with the necessary background for View unit details online | View unit timetable
advanced study in economics, econometrics and finance. It
should also enable them to use basic mathematical and EFB312 International Finance
statistical techniques for economic and financial analysis and Pre-requisites EFB201 and EFB210
enable the confident and independent use of these skills.
Anti-requisites EFB240, IBB202
Students will be helped to understand the use of these
techniques with reference to real world applications drawn from Equivalents EFX312
the fields of economics and finance. Credit Points 12
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
EFB223 Economics 2
BSB113 or CTB113 or This unit examines the theory and practice of international
Pre-requisites finance, including: the mechanics and uses of the spot, forward,
UDB104
swap, futures and options markets in foreign exchange; the
Equivalents EFB102, EFX223 relationship between domestic and international capital markets;
interest rate and exchange rate determination; risk management
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of foreign exchange; international trade finance; and evaluation EFB335 Investments


of offshore investment. Pre-requisites EFB201 and EFB210
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Anti-requisites EFB318
EFB326 Applied Portfolio Management Equivalents EFX335
Pre-requisites EFB210 Credit Points 12
Equivalents EFX326 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Credit Points 12 - SEM-1, SEM-2
Availabilities Last run in 2017 This unit advances the students’ understanding of how
investment decisions are made, what securities to invest in, how
This unit introduces the student to the treasury environment in
they fit in a portfolio, the impact of transaction costs, the risks
which financial institutions operate. The key to the unit is the
associated with investing and performance evaluation of the
raising of funds and the management of interest rate risk. This
investment process. This unit aims to provide students with an
unique hands-on unit allows students to develop these skills by
intermediate to advanced level of investment decision making
trading in a simulated environment of international economic
skills which are essential for finance students in their personal
uncertainty. Students have trading parameters within which they
and professional lives.
should operate. Students must make decisions concerning
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source of funds, term and duration, interest rate re-set, and risk
management with derivatives. Trading will be conducted over a
EFB337 Game Theory and Applications
simulated four quarter year.
Pre-requisites EFB223
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Equivalents EFX337
EFB332 Applied Behavioural Economics Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites EFB331 or EFB337 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Equivalents EFX332 - SEM-1
Credit Points 12 This unit presents the basic concepts of game theory and its
Gardens Point application to economic phenomena, focussing on how
Availabilities individuals and firms deal with uncertainty and situations
- SEM-2
involving strategic interactions. The theoretical concepts are
This unit is designed to expose students to current and practical
illustrated with applications from both the private and public
applications of behavioural economics that can be used to
sectors. Contents include the economics of uncertainty and
improve the understanding of important topics in the area of
information, asymmetric information, auctions, bargaining,
sports, arts and entertainment. It uses an economic approach to
strategy and voting and evolutionary game theory.
explore topics such as superstardom, fakes, fads and herding
View unit details online | View unit timetable
behaviour, favouritism, awards and creativity, pressure, pay and
performance, positional concerns or outcome uncertainty. The
EFB343 Corporate Finance
theories and methodological tools learned in this unit can also be
Pre-requisites EFB210
applied to other economic areas and industries.
View unit details online | View unit timetable Anti-requisites EFB307
Equivalents EFX343
EFB333 Applied Econometrics Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites EFB222 or EFB101
Gardens Point
Anti-requisites EFB200 Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
Equivalents EFX333 This unit develops and extends the knowledge and skills
Credit Points 12 fundamental to the financial management of an organisation
Gardens Point introduced in EFB210 Finance 1. Topics examined include:
Availabilities working capital management, capital investment decisions
- SEM-2
(including: estimation of required rates of return, sensitivity and
This unit develops and applies econometric methods introduced
scenario analysis, and the valuation of real options), issuance of
in earlier units. As a final year unit the focus is primarily on
corporate securities and capital structure, payout policy, mergers
applied skills using common methods that business, economics
and acquisitions, and financial restructuring.
and finance graduates will encounter in practice. Students will
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develop technical and critical thinking skills and gain an
appreciation of many of the theoretical results underpinning
EFB344 Risk Management and Derivatives
econometric models to assist in their application. The knowledge
Pre-requisites EFB201 and EFB210
and skills gained in this unit will enable students to address
problems encountered across the areas of microeconomics, Equivalents EFX344
macroeconomics and finance. These skills are essential for Credit Points 12
research in economics and finance and for use in future Gardens Point
employment. Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
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This unit develops knowledge and skills required to identify,
measure and hedge the risks associated with an exposure to
financial securities. It also develops knowledge of a variety of
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derivative contracts with a specific focus on how these securities and used to describe simple engineering systems. This is then
are priced and how they are used to manage and hedge risk. expanded to include the generation and transport of energy
Topics in risk management include: understanding risk, through these systems.
measuring risk, managing risk and exploring the value of risk View unit details online | View unit timetable
management. Subsequent topics on derivatives include: the
pricing and use of forwards, futures, swaps and options EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering
contracts. Anti-requisites EGD120
View unit details online | View unit timetable Equivalents ENB120
EGB100 Engineering Sustainability and Credit Points 12
Professional Practice Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
Equivalents ENB100
Credit Points 12 This unit introduces you to basic electrical circuit concepts. It
requires you to perform circuit analysis, circuit synthesis, and the
Gardens Point
Availabilities measurement and testing of relevant quantities within circuits.
- SEM-1, SEM-2
View unit details online | View unit timetable
This is an introductory unit for all engineering disciplines. It
provides you with a wide appreciation of the engineering EGB121 Engineering Mechanics
profession, its achievements and current and future challenges. EGB111 or EGB113 or EGD113 or
It will introduce you to the concept of sustainability and how Pre-requisites PVB101. EGB111 can be enrolled in the
sustainability impacts current and future engineering ventures. It same teaching period as EGB121
will also develop your professional skills that will be essential to
Anti-requisites EGD121
your functioning as an effective professional engineer both
individually and as part of a team. Equivalents ENB110
View unit details online | View unit timetable Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
EGB111 Foundation of Engineering Design Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
EGB100 (can be enrolled in the
Pre-requisites This is a foundation engineering unit that will develop the
same teaching period)
necessary skills in analysing mechanical and civil engineering
Equivalents ENB150 systems (cranes, buildings, bridges and mechanical equipment)
Credit Points 12 to maintain equilibrium leading to the determination of direct,
Gardens Point bending and shear stresses. This unit forms the foundation for
Availabilities the units in Stress Analysis and Structural Analysis.
- SEM-1
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Analysis, designing, building, testing and maintaining are the
core elements of engineering; Foundations of Engineering EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems
Design provides you with fundamental knowledge and skills to
Credit Points 12
design, build and test simple engineering systems through a
number of exploratory, hands-on activities, leading to the design Gardens Point
Availabilities
and build of a practical engineering system. This unit is the first - SEM-2
of a series of engineering design units which form the backbone This is a foundation civil engineering unit that will introduce you
of the engineering program. to civil engineering systems and thinking through local urban site
View unit details online | View unit timetable investigations and large industry project contexts. You will
integrate systems thinking and information science with skills in
EGB113 Energy in Engineering Systems investigation, analysis and synthesis, and written and visual
Anti-requisites EGD113,PVB101 literacy that underpins civil engineering practice. You will
Equivalents ENB130 develop both independent and collaborative strategies for
managing and completing tasks on time in real world contexts
Credit Points 12
taking into account social, economic, environmental and political
Gardens Point issues with guidance from academic and industry leaders. This
Availabilities
- SEM-1 unit provides the foundation for most of your second year units in
Engineers work with numerous kinds of systems where a major civil engineering study area. It also exposes you to areas
consideration must be given to the energy within the system. of future work and study choice (e.g. Study Area B options).
This unit introduces the student to the concepts of energy in the View unit details online | View unit timetable
context of real engineering systems. The inter-relationships of
between forces, motion and energy (in systems composed of EGB210 Fundamentals of Mechanical Design
liquids, solids or gases) is described as related to the flow of EGB111 or ENB150 or EGB113 or
Pre-requisites
energy within these engineering systems. After an introduction to EGD113 or PVB101
engineering units, concepts and data, Newton's first and second Equivalents ENB215
laws are used in the description of system motion and the
Credit Points 12
concepts of force and energy, conservation of momentum and
conservation of energy are introduced and described. Gardens Point
Availabilities
Thermodynamic processes, certain thermo-physical parameters - SEM-1
and the first and second law of thermodynamics are introduced Mechanical Design forms the backbone of the Mechanical
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Engineering Degree. It brings together fundamental engineering and how mechanical properties of materials can be tailored by
units such as Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid mechanical processing and heat treatments. This knowledge
Mechanics and Materials Study and is a common unit for along with a range of complex deformation and machining
students studying Mechanical Engineering, Medical Engineering processes (including casting, bulk deformation, material removal,
and Mechatronics. It will develop systematic knowledge and mechanics of metal cutting and other non-traditional
practice of procedures of design, design for sustainability, manufacturing processes) are important to graduate engineers in
universal design, concept development, creative problem their design and decisions.
solving, basic component design, computational schemas in View unit details online | View unit timetable
design, manufacture & materials. It lays the basis for advanced
study in Mechanical Design. EGB240 Electronic Design
View unit details online | View unit timetable (EGB120 or EGD120 or ENB120) and
Pre-requisites CAB202. CAB202 can be enrolled in the
EGB211 Dynamics same study period as EGB240
(EGB113 or EGD113 or ENB130 or Equivalents ENB245
PCB136 or PCB150 or PVB101) and
Pre-requisites Credit Points 12
(MZB126 or EGD126 or MAB126 or
MAB180 or MAB131 or equivalencies) Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1
Equivalents ENB211
Credit Points 12 This unit is an introduction to applied electronic circuit design. It
will provide you with experience and confidence to draw upon
Gardens Point
Availabilities theory, literature and CAD tools to synthesise electronic circuit
- SEM-1, SEM-2
designs to solve real world problems. In this unit you will
In this introductory unit, you are introduced to the concepts of complete two practical projects (individually and as part of a
dynamics in the context of real engineering systems. The basic team) to design, build, evaluate and document simple electronic
principles for dynamics of particles and rigid bodies in 2D are circuits.
introduced and discussed as related problems within various View unit details online | View unit timetable
engineering systems. A brief introduction to the vibration of the
single-degree-of-freedom systems is also included. EGB241 Electromagnetics and Machines
View unit details online | View unit timetable (EGB120 or EGD120 or ENB120 ) and
Pre-requisites (MZB126 or EGD126 or MAB127 or
EGB213 Energy Systems Fundamentals ENB246 )
Credit Points 12 Credit Points 12
Gardens Point Gardens Point
Availabilities Availabilities
- SEM-2 - SEM-1
This unit immerses students in an integrated systems approach The unit covers static electric and magnetic fields and carries on
to the provision of energy services that are responsive to the to time varying fields used in transformers AC and DC machines.
global imperative for a transition to a low-carbon society in the The generalised concepts of capacitance and inductance as well
21st century. An Earth System Science (ESS) approach is as the interaction of fields with materials are developed. It also
utilised to develop an understanding the Earth's systems and the covers electromagnetic induction, wave propagation,
interactions between these systems, energy systems and social, transmission line theory and the basics of the DC machines as
technological and economic systems.The unit incorporates well as 3 phase power. It links to work previously developed in
identification, analysis and evaluation of existing, transitional and EGB120 Foundations in Electrical Engineering, and prepares
future energy systems, with a core focus on the optimisation of students for more advanced studies in RF and Power
the integrated system and sub-systems through effective Engineering.
knowledge-driven decision making. View unit details online | View unit timetable
View unit details online | View unit timetable
EGB242 Signal Analysis
EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing (EGB120 or EGD120 or ENB120 ) and
EGB121 or EGD121 or Pre-requisites (MZB126 or EGD126 or MAB127 or
Pre-requisites
ENB110 ENB246 or equivalencies)
Equivalents ENB231, ENB331 Equivalents ENB242
Credit Points 12 Credit Points 12
Gardens Point Gardens Point
Availabilities Availabilities
- SEM-1 - SEM-1, SEM-2
Engineers design and make product out of materials using The unit introduces concepts of signals and systems in the
appropriate processing methods with minimum environmental context of electrical and electronic circuits. In particular, the unit
impact and costs. They need to know the interactions and introduces frequency domain analysis of signals and systems,
interrelationship between processing, microstructure, properties and provides the foundation for later units in EGB348
and performance of various engineering materials in order to Electronics, EGB342 Telecommunications and Signal
utilize new designs and fabrication. This unit introduce the Processing, and EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems. The
fundamentals of engineering materials and their unit introduces important mathematical concepts and transforms,
manufacturability, deformation of materials at the micro-scale such as Fourier and Laplace, which are used across a large
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number of electrical engineering units. full scale industrial implementation. Aspects such as health and
View unit details online | View unit timetable safety considerations, environmental issues, quality control,
product design, process constraints, economics, mass & heat
EGB243 Aircraft Systems and Flight balance, chemistry and process engineering will be
(EGB113 or EGD113 or PVB101) discussed. Examples of how professionals integrate this
Pre-requisites knowledge into practice will be provided and the design process
and (MZB126 or EGD126)
Equivalents ENB121 for improvement illustrated. Students will gain an understanding
of how to interact with a multi-disciplinary team to obtain
Credit Points 12 satisfactory technical solutions to a wide range of
Gardens Point problems. This introductory (second year) unit prepares you for
Availabilities
- SEM-1 more advanced study in process modelling.
Aircraft systems and flight introduces you to aircraft systems and View unit details online | View unit timetable
the principles of flight. Utilising the skills and knowledge you
acquired in Introductory Engineering Mathematics and EGB273 Principles of Construction
Engineering Computation, this unit introduces the principles of Equivalents ENB275
flight through aerodynamics, examines the systems on an Credit Points 12
aircraft with a particular focus on aircraft avionics, and examines Gardens Point
the regulatory and air management environment in which aircraft Availabilities
- SEM-2
operate. Your skill and knowledge in this area will be further
advanced in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems unit. This is an intermediate level unit that introduces students to the
View unit details online | View unit timetable principles of construction, and its tools and techniques
necessary for their infrastructure designs to be turned to reality.
EGB260 Operations Management and Process The student will learn how to combine these tools and
techniques and apply them diligently to ensure safety and
Economics constructability of designs.
Pre-requisites EGB363 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Equivalents ENB260
Credit Points 12 EGB274 Environmentally Sustainable Design
Availabilities Last run in 2017 Pre-requisites EVB201 or EGB111
Equivalents ENB274
The unit will cover material that allows the Process Engineer to
maximise the profitability of a factory. The Operations Credit Points 12
Management subsection covers quality management, Gardens Point
Availabilities
operational scheduling and project management systems. The - SEM-1
financial implications of decisions are covered in the Process
The knowledge and skills associated with site investigation and
Economics subsection through cost estimation, Discounted Cash
planning for sustainable development are essential for civil and
Flow analysis and sensitivity analysis as measured against
environmental engineers, as is the ability to work within
standard financial performance measurements. The unit will also
multidisciplinary teams to achieve balanced solutions on social,
cover communication and leadership in an operations
economic and environmental grounds. This sustainable
management context.
development design project requires you to undertake typical
View unit details online | View unit timetable
site investigations, analyses and designs for a selected site
covering sustainability issues in the following areas: Sustainable
EGB261 Unit Operations Transport, Land Planning including assessment of the
Equivalents CVB221 EGB461 surrounding suburbs, Water and Wastewater Management and
Credit Points 12 Environmental Impact Assessment. This unit extends and
Gardens Point applies the knowledge developed in first year design based
Availabilities engineering units to important issues such as site analysis, site
- SEM-1
investigation, development of site planning criteria, site planning,
This unit fosters a deeper understanding of the unit operations environmental management and quality, pollution prevention and
which are the main components in process flow diagrams. You control, and resource and waste management.
will be introduced to, amongst other concepts, chemical reactor View unit details online | View unit timetable
design, distillation theory, absorption processes, ion exchange
and adsorption. Complimentary theory regarding mass and heat
EGB275 Structural Mechanics
transfer operations will also be used to ultimately provide a
EGB121 or EGD121 or
comprehensive overview of chemical processes. Pre-requisites
ENB110
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Credit Points 12
EGB262 Process Principles Gardens Point
Availabilities
Equivalents CVB220 - SEM-1, SEM-2
Credit Points 12 As an engineer, you will need to understand the mechanics of
Gardens Point structures through analysis for appropriate design of
Availabilities components and systems such as buildings and bridges. In this
- SEM-1
unit the principles learnt in the introductory unit of engineering
This unit introduces students to the fundamental approach mechanics will be developed to enhance your understanding of
involved when taking a chemical reaction from the laboratory to
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the methods of analysis of statically determinate and materials for various applications will also be covered. The unit
indeterminate structures and their response to loads. The topics will cover topics such as corrosion and mechanical failure of
taught include moment distribution, bending moment and shear metals, polymer degradation, and the combined effect of
force diagrams for structures using indeterminate analytical and mechanical stresses and chemical change such as stress
computer methods, principle of virtual work and its application for corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement and fretting.
deflection calculations, transformation of stresses, Mohr's circle, View unit details online | View unit timetable
torsion, shear flow, shear centre, unsymmetrical bending, the
principle of compatibility and combined loading of structural EGB316 Design of Machine Elements
members. EGB314 and (EGB210 or
View unit details online | View unit timetable Pre-requisites
ENB215)
Equivalents ENB316
EGB313 Energy Optimised Buildings
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
Gardens Point Availabilities
Availabilities - SEM-1
- SEM-2
You will learn the fundamental theories of mechanical design
The global built environment consumes a very large percentage
analysis, and will apply this in the design and analysis of a
of the earth's resources and contributes significantly to air, land
variety of machine elements. Methodical design process is
and water pollution. A low-carbon environmentally sustainable
emphasized, as is the application of relevant design standards,
future is dependent on the optimisation of energy efficiency and
and advanced solid modelling software packages. A key focus of
embedded renewable energy systems at a building and precinct
the unit is the repeated application of design concepts to real
level, requiring an integrated systems approach by all
machine components that you interact with each week, to make
professions involved in the design, construction, operation and
you comfortable with both mechanical systems as a whole, and
performance evaluation of our built environment. The aim of this
the determination, estimation, or selection of open ended
unit is to guide you in an exploration of the fundamental
quantities within the design process.
concepts of energy use in buildings, the processes to determine
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energy service needs of domestic, industrial and commercial
buildings and energy efficient and low carbon options for
providing these services in both new and existing buildings. You
EGB321 Dynamics of Machines
will also learn tools and techniques for the evaluation, Pre-requisites EGB211 or ENB211
measurement, operation and optimisation of the subsystems, the Equivalents ENB312
building as an integrated system, and collections of buildings Credit Points 12
that form precincts and communities.
Gardens Point
View unit details online | View unit timetable Availabilities
- SEM-1
EGB314 Strength of Materials This unit is focuses on the application of the theory of kinematics
(EGB121 or EGD121 or ENB110) and and kinetics to the typical components of real world machines.
Pre-requisites This unit will enable you to analyse displacement, velocity,
(MZB126 or EGD126 or equivalencies)
acceleration and forces in machine components (gears, cams,
Equivalents ENB212
linkages) including vibrations in multi degree of freedom
Credit Points 12 systems. . Mathematical concepts required for this unit will be
Gardens Point introduced in the lectorials to scaffold the learning of Dynamics
Availabilities
- SEM-2 of machines. The capability of analysing these are essential to
graduates in Mechanical Engineering, to ensure safe operation
This unit introduces the analysis of stress and strain in
of the engineering system to improve productivity hence
engineering components and systems such as principal stress
eliminating waste and leading to a sustainable environment.
and maximum shear stresses, stress transformation, thin walled
View unit details online | View unit timetable
structures, combined loading, yield criteria, and introduces the
buckling of columns. This unit is located in second year and
builds on your first year work in engineering mechanics.
EGB322 Thermodynamics
View unit details online | View unit timetable Pre-requisites EGB323 or ENB221
Equivalents ENB222
EGB315 Materials Degradation Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites EGB214 or PVB101 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Credit Points 12 - SEM-2
Gardens Point Thermodynamic behaviour of substances; theory and application
Availabilities
- SEM-2 of the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic
This unit will provide an appreciation and understanding of the cycles, including gas cycles, vapour power cycles and
environmental degradation mechanisms of the primary refrigeration cycles; gas-vapour mixtures and the principles of
engineering materials. The chemical and combined mechanical air-conditioning; fuels and combustion.
degradation of metals, ceramics and polymers will be studied View unit details online | View unit timetable
across a wide range of examples. Practical illustrations and
experimentation of materials degradation will be provided. Also EGB323 Fluid Mechanics
an introduction to the importance and methods used to select
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EGB113 or EGD113 or mathematical foundations of robotics. The unit introduces the
Pre-requisites
PVB101 or ENB130 technologies and methods used in the design and programming
Equivalents ENB221 of modern intelligent robots, and encourages critical thinking
Credit Points 12 about the use of robotic technologies in various applications. The
unit emphasizes the practical application of robotic theory to the
Gardens Point design and synthesis of robotic systems that respond accurately
Availabilities
- SEM-1 and repeatably.
Engineers work with numerous kinds of systems where View unit details online | View unit timetable
consideration must be given to the motion within, and
interactions between the system and its environment. This unit EGB341 Energy Supply and Delivery
introduces the student to the concepts of fluid mechanics in the Pre-requisites EGB241
context of real engineering systems. The basic principles and Credit Points 12
equations of fluid mechanics are presented and discussed as
Gardens Point
related fluids within various engineering systems. After an Availabilities
- SEM-2
introduction to the units and properties of fluids, pressure,
hydrostatics and the energy and momentum equations are The unit covers the technical and market aspects Electric Energy
presented followed by an application of these principals to real delivery. The structure of energy delivery from power stations
fluids in piping systems. A brief introduction to the methods of through transmission and distribution to customers will be
computational fluid dynamics is presented and this methods addressed, including discussion of electricity markets and
utility to the solution of real world problems illustrated. reliability. Transformers, transmission lines and synchronous and
View unit details online | View unit timetable induction motors will be studied as key components of electricity
network. This subject will lay the foundations for EGH441 Power
EGB324 Fundamentals in Numerical Modelling System Modelling and EGH440 Power Systems Analysis.
for Engineering View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites MZB126 or EGD126
EGB342 Telecommunications and Signal
Anti-requisites MXB324
Processing
Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites EGB242 or ENB242
Gardens Point
Availabilities Credit Points 12
- SEM-2
Gardens Point
An essential skill for engineers is the derivation and Availabilities
- SEM-2
implementation of computer models for solving the equations
that govern many of the physical processes encountered in Revolutionary developments in the field of Analogue and Digital
research and industry. Through the investigation of specific case Telecommunications and Signal Processing Technology have
studies, the derivation of numerical techniques, the enabled improvement in the characteristics of communication
implementation of efficient algorithms and the visualisation of the systems in order to meet the performance requirements for
simulation results, you will develop knowledge and skills in the transmission of information for private, business and industrial
application of numerical modelling for engineering problem applications. This unit addresses analogue modulation
solving. This unit is a core unit to the Computer Modelling for techniques (AM and FM), base-band digital data communication
Engineering Minor and option unit to the Computational and techniques using time and frequency domain analyses. It also
Simulation Science second major. covers elements of a Digital Communication Systems and
View unit details online | View unit timetable provides students with an in-depth understanding of the theory
and applications of digital communication systems and
EGB336 Lean Manufacturing technology.
Equivalents ENB336 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Credit Points 12 EGB345 Control and Dynamic Systems
Gardens Point EGB242 or (ENB120 and
Availabilities Pre-requisites
- SEM-1 MAB126)
Aim of this unit is to develop skills and understanding the Equivalents ENB301, ENB348
concepts and techniques of lean manufacturing (methods Credit Points 12
engineering). These includes identifying wastes using Value
Gardens Point
Stream Mapping (VSM), 5S, SMED, JIT, plant layout, cell design Availabilities
- SEM-2
with proper material handling and balance and job design with
due consideration to ergonomics. This unit further develops your knowledge, skills and application
View unit details online | View unit timetable for control systems. The unit focuses on classical control system
modelling and design. It links to the work previously undertaken
EGB339 Introduction to Robotics in EGB242 Signal Analysis and prepares you for control units at
Equivalents ENB339 the advanced level.
Credit Points 12 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point EGB346 Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Availabilities
- SEM-2
This unit introduces you to the components, systems and
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EGB243 and (MZB126 or emphasis will be placed on: 1) characterisation of ores, 2) ore
Pre-requisites
EGD126) preparation, 3) physical separations and 4) chemical
Credit Points 12 separations. This unit will use current Australian mining
Gardens Point industries to demonstrate the importance and significance of
Availabilities each stage of mineral processing.
- SEM-2
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This unit introduces you to unmanned aircraft systems which
builds upon your knowledge gained in aircraft systems and flight, EGB362 Operations Management and Process
and applies it to the field of unmanned aircraft systems. In this
Economics
unit, you will apply principles of aircraft systems understanding in
Pre-requisites EGB261 or EGB461
the context of unmanned aircraft systems, identify and analyse
the context and implications of unmanned systems in the Equivalents ENB260 EGB260
airspace environment, and apply a risk based approach to the Credit Points 12
operation of unmanned aircraft systems. Completion of this unit Gardens Point
equips you with the knowledge and skill to undertake advanced Availabilities
- SEM-1
unmanned aircraft systems.
View unit details online | View unit timetable The unit will cover material that allows the Process Engineer to
maximise the profitability of a factory. The Operations
EGB348 Electronics Management subsection covers quality management,
Pre-requisites EGB242 or ENB242 operational scheduling and project management systems. The
financial implications of decisions are covered in the Process
Equivalents ENB240 Economics subsection through cost estimation, Discounted Cash
Credit Points 12 Flow analysis and sensitivity analysis as measured against
Gardens Point standard financial performance measurements.
Availabilities View unit details online | View unit timetable
- SEM-2
This unit focuses on Electronic devices and circuits, which are
EGB363 Safety and Environmental Management
the building blocks of most electrical and computing devices. It
Equivalents ENB363
builds on basic electrical circuit theory, and applies frequency
domain analysis introduced in EGB242. It forms the foundation Credit Points 12
for later units in Advanced Electronics and Power Electronics. Gardens Point
Availabilities
View unit details online | View unit timetable - SEM-1
Legislation, regulation and WHS risk management strategies is
EGB349 Systems Engineering and Design included. The unit includes hazard identification and risk
Project assessment techniques, and the design of relief systems. The
Pre-requisites EGB240 or EGB220 issues, design considerations and preventative strategies for
Credit Points 12 fires and explosions will be covered. The learnings from
Gardens Point contemporary disasters, such as Beaconsfield Mine and the
Availabilities Japanese Nuclear Disaster will be covered as Case Studies.
- SEM-1
This unit covers material related to minimising the impact of a
This intermediate unit further develops your knowledge, skills process on the environment in both the planning and operational
and application of design concepts introduced in electronic stages. It contains a mixture of theory and team-centred
design. This unit focuses on experimental design. Using a learning. Specifically the unit includes environmental
systems engineering approach, this unit aims to replicate management principles Environmental Impact Assessment and
industry or government systems engineering practices as closely dispersion modelling techniques for quantifying the
as possible.by providing the opportunity for you to work on an environmental impact as well as a team-based case study.
aircraft concept. Working in teams you will start from a basic View unit details online | View unit timetable
need and opportunity description, identify customers, formulate a
basic business case, establish a basic concept of operations, EGB376 Steel Design
develop the system requirements, generate concepts, conduct (EGB270 or EGD270 or ENB273) and
trade studies and determine the most promising aircraft design, Pre-requisites
(EGB121 or EGD121 or ENB110)
and pursue a conceptual design of the systems. This will
Equivalents ENB375
provide you with the necessary skills, experience and knowledge
to undertake the capstone projects. Credit Points 12
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2
EGB361 Minerals and Minerals Processing This is an intermediate level civil engineering unit that will
Pre-requisites CVB101 provide in-depth knowledge and understanding about the
Equivalents ENB361 behaviour, analysis and design of steel structures. It will also
Credit Points 12 provide you the necessary skills and experience in analysing and
Gardens Point designing simple steel structures. This unit forms the foundation
Availabilities for a number of advanced civil engineering units in later years of
- SEM-1
the course.
The unit will provide an understanding of the principles of View unit details online | View unit timetable
physical and chemical mineral processing operations. An
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EGB381 Infrastructure Asset Management of estimates in cost control systems and type of cost estimation
Pre-requisites EGB123 is carried by contractors in the preparation of bids. It will also
develop cognitive skills and applications of investigation,
Credit Points 12
analysis, synthesis and problem solving, written and visual
Gardens Point literacy, needed to be specialised in predicting the cost of
Availabilities
- SEM-2 construction.
This unit introduces the planning, design, analysis and View unit details online | View unit timetable
maintenace of civil infrastructure systems. In particular, the unit
will cover asset management concept and principles, technical EGB386 Design of Masonry Structures
aspects of infrastructure management within social, economic, Pre-requisites EGB275
and environmental context, infrastructure management planning Equivalents ENB384
and funding, and interdependent nature of various civil Credit Points 12
infrastructure across different sectors.
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1
EGB382 Construction Methodologies This is core unit for study area B (Structural Engineering) that
Pre-requisites EGB273 will develop the knowledge essential for the design of masonry
Equivalents ENB381 structural elements. Design of masonry structural elements
subject to bending, shear and axial forces will be developed from
Credit Points 12
the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics.
Gardens Point Appropriate clauses in masonry structures design standard
Availabilities
- SEM-1 (AS3700) will be referenced where applicable. Application of
This unit develops your knowledge, skill and application for these principles to the design of a medium rise residential or
construction methodologies. Having studying this unit you will industrial building.
identify, develop or modify construction methodologies to deliver View unit details online | View unit timetable
infrastructure project. It ensure the solutions are quality, safe and
environmentally and community sensitive. EGB387 Project Value and Innovations
View unit details online | View unit timetable Pre-requisites EGB382
Equivalents ENB472
EGB383 Environmental Resource Management Credit Points 12
Equivalents ENB383
Gardens Point
Credit Points 12 Availabilities
- SEM-2
Gardens Point
Availabilities This unit covers in detail the project engineer role and tools and
- SEM-2
techniques they will use in infrastructure planning, Innovation
This unit addresses management of solids and hazardous and engineering economics analysis.
wastes generated from domestic, commercial, and industrial View unit details online | View unit timetable
sources. It includes the following: waste minimisation; promotion
of efficient use of resources; promotion the use of waste through EGB414 Advanced Materials
recycling and energy production; viewing waste as a resource; Pre-requisites EGB214
reducing the mass, volume and toxicity of the waste; disposing Credit Points 12
of waste in a socially and environmentally acceptable manner;
waste avoidance; recycling; energy production; treatment; Gardens Point
Availabilities
disposal. Waste management is an important aspect of civil and - SEM-1
environmental engineering education. With a rapidly growing and ageing world population, the need for
View unit details online | View unit timetable novel materials with advanced properties to address critical
issues from energy to environment and healthcare is increasing.
EGB384 Bidding, Estimating and Cost You are introduced to the breadth of advanced materials
Management research and their engineering applications. Selected structural
Pre-requisites EGB273 or ENB275 and functional metallic, ceramic and polymer materials, their
composites, and nanostructured materials are examined in more
Equivalents ENB382
depth in the context of their processing, characterisation,
Credit Points 12 performance and applications in robust designs. Where
Gardens Point appropriate, relevant engineering cases, research papers that
Availabilities
- SEM-2 outline the latest developments in research, and laboratory
experiments provide an in-depth understanding of the selected
This is an advanced Civil Engineering unit that will:
material or applications. The processes by which these scientific
1.%emsp;Develop the necessary theoretical and analytical
discoveries can be taken to the commercial world are also
knowledge and practical skill for the preparation of “contractor's
discussed. EGB414 is built from knowledge you previously
estimate” and tender submission for civil engineering projects.
learned in EGB214 Materials and Manufacturing.
2.%emsp;Provide an understanding of the use of specification
View unit details online | View unit timetable
and contracts for estimating. 3.%emsp;Provide an understanding
of the different stages of capital works and the type of estimating
process for each stage. 4.%emsp;Provide introduction to the use
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EGB422 Energy Management EGB435 Advanced Manufacturing


Pre-requisites EGB323 Pre-requisites EGB214
Equivalents ENB422 Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Gardens Point - SEM-2
Availabilities
- SEM-2 This unit introduces the shear deformation mechanisms of
Topics covered in this unit include: Global energy and climate engineering material and how these properties can be used to
issues, the systematic process by which energy use is monitored understand the mechanics of metal cutting. Descriptive and
and analysed; individual treatment of electricity, fuels and their analytical information about different material removal processes
properties, compressed air, buildings, cycle requirements, and material failure mechanisms are provided to you through
energy recovery equipment; financial analysis of proposals. lectures, tutorials, practical laboratory and case studies. The unit
Environmental aspects will be considered for each topic. also provides you with an excellent opportunity to apply the
View unit details online | View unit timetable knowledge in the design and manufacture of a component.
View unit details online | View unit timetable
EGB424 Advanced Computational Fluid
Dynamics EGB439 Advanced Robotics
Pre-requisites EGB339 or ENB339
Pre-requisites EGB324
Equivalents ENB439
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
Availabilities Gardens Point
- SEM-1 Availabilities
- SEM-1
This unit will provide core knowledge of CFD (Computational
Fluid Dynamics) for engineers based on the numerical methods This unit extends the robotic concepts introduced in Introduction
and computational techniques that are incorporated in current to Robotics and introduces you to the components, systems and
CFD software. Commercial codes Ansys-CFX and Fluent will be mathematical foundations of mobile robots. The unit introduces
used to accurately perform CFD simulations and critically the fundamental approaches and techniques which enable
analyse practical engineering flow problems. Experimental modern mobile robots to usefully and safely navigate an
techniques and measurements will be introduced to validate the environment to perform useful tasks. The unit encourages critical
numerical simulations. thinking about the use of robotic technologies in various
View unit details online | View unit timetable applications, and emphasizes the practical application of robotic
theory to the design and synthesis of mobile robotic systems that
EGB432 Asset Management and Maintenance can understand their environment and plan their actions
EGB316 or ENB316 or accordingly.
Pre-requisites View unit details online | View unit timetable
EGB319 or ENB319
Equivalents ENB432
EGB473 Composite Structures
Credit Points 12 Pre-requisites EGB476
Gardens Point Equivalents ENB473
Availabilities
- SEM-1
Credit Points 12
This unit includes the following: engineering asset management Gardens Point
policy statement; overhaul and replacement of engineering Availabilities
- SEM-1
assets; organisation for maintenance; maintenance planning and
control; failure mode and effect analysis; reliability, This is an advanced structural design unit that provides in-depth
maintainability and availability analysis; risk assessment; spare knowledge about composite multistorey building design and
parts inventory management. construction where students will be introduced to the various
View unit details online | View unit timetable theoretical and practical issues of composite multistorey building
construction in the context of a real building project.
EGB434 Tribology View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites EGB323
EGB475 Advanced Structural Analysis
Equivalents ENB434
Pre-requisites EGB275
Credit Points 12
Equivalents ENB475
Gardens Point
Availabilities Credit Points 12
- SEM-2
Gardens Point
Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. In this unit, Availabilities
- SEM-2
the knowledge you acquire is applied to solve problems
prevalent in engineering. Topics covered range from the theory This is a third year unit which will develop advanced knowledge,
of friction, lubricant properties and chemistry, to the control of concepts and methodologies in structural analysis. These will
friction and wear by proper selection of both materials and enable the analysis of complex structures, evaluation of collapse
lubricants. mechanisms of structures, dynamic and seismic analysis of
View unit details online | View unit timetable structures and introduce the students to structural health
monitoring techniques.
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View unit details online | View unit timetable these units is to prepare you for your transition to the
professional world or to further research studies.
EGB476 Advanced Steel Design View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites EGB376
Equivalents ENB373 EGH400 Research Project 2
Pre-requisites EGH400-1
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
Availabilities Gardens Point
- SEM-2 Availabilities
- SEM-2
This is an advanced structural design unit that provides the
required knowledge and skills for the analysis, design and Research Project 1 and 2 are the capstone research units for the
construction of steel buildings by engaging in a steel building Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree. They draw together
project on a real site. the theory and practice of the engineering study area A that have
View unit details online | View unit timetable been covered in the previous six semesters of the program. You
are required to identify a research related issue or problem and
EGB482 Contracting and Construction apply your learning to carry out a comprehensive, independent
research informed project designed to extend and broaden your
Regulations understanding of the chosen topic. The purpose of these units is
Pre-requisites EGB273 to prepare you for your transition to the professional world or to
Equivalents ENB277 further research studies.
Credit Points 12 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point
Availabilities EGH404 Research in Engineering Practice
- SEM-1
192 Credit Points of completed
A construction engineer must have an appreciation of the Pre-requisites
study or Admission to EN60
regulated environment in which he/she works. The law and
Equivalents EGH403
particularly the law relating to construction has a significant
impact upon that working environment. This unit will provide a Credit Points 12
framework and sufficient detail of the law for you to have a Gardens Point
Availabilities
significantly increased awareness of how the law governs their - SEM-1, SEM-2
and their organisation's actions within the industry.
This unit introduces you to methods, principles and processes
View unit details online | View unit timetable
that are fundamental to doing good research, and relates them
to professional engineering practice. It builds on your
EGB485 Finite Element Analysis understanding of fundamental concepts and language in your
Pre-requisites EGB475 engineering discipline and directly prepares you for your final
Equivalents ENB474 year engineering project, as well as research-based professional
Credit Points 12 engineering practice.
Gardens Point View unit details online | View unit timetable
Availabilities
- SEM-1
EGH411 Industrial Chemistry
This is a final year unit which will develop advanced knowledge Pre-requisites CVB101
and methodology in computer based structural analysis. These
Equivalents CVB211, PQB623
will enable the analysis of complex structures under both static
and dynamic load the use of vibration data in structural health Credit Points 12
monitoring. Gardens Point
Availabilities
View unit details online | View unit timetable - SEM-2
This unit focuses on technologies central to the modern chemical
EGH400 Research Project 1 industry such as catalysis and zeolites. Catalysts are used in
(EGH403 or EGH404) and Completion of the manufacture of 90 % of all chemicals produced in the world
288cp in an Engineering course. EGH404 today. As such, students will be introduced to the basic theories
Pre-requisites
can be studied in the same teaching period of catalysis and surface science. These theories will then be
as EGH400-1 expanded into industrial practice by discussion of real world
Credit Points 12 industries such as methanol, ammonia, formaldehyde and nitric
Gardens Point acid synthesis. The drive towards the implementation of green
Availabilities chemistry will also be shown and the translation of “old
- SEM-1, SEM-2
chemistry” into modern sustainable processes illustrated.
Research Project 1 and 2 are the capstone research informed View unit details online | View unit timetable
units for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree. They
draw together the theory and practice of your major engineering
EGH414 Stress Analysis
studies, covered in the previous six semesters of the
(EGB314 or ENB212) or
program. You are required to identify a research related issue or Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN55 or EN60)
problem and apply your learning to carry out a comprehensive,
independent research informed project designed to extend and Equivalents ENB311
broaden your understanding of the chosen topic. The purpose of Credit Points 12
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
(EGB314 or ENB212) or (EGB322 or ENB222) or
Pre-requisites Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN55 or EN60) Admission to (EN55 or EN60)
Gardens Point Gardens Point
Availabilities Availabilities
- SEM-1 - SEM-2
As a mechanical engineer, you must have the expertise to Hydraulic and pneumatic systems; design, analysis and
analyse components and systems to produce safe effective performance of pumps, turbines and fluid couplings; unsteady
designs, innovate new products and improve existing devices. pipe flow; flow around solid bodies, including potential flow and
To be competent in doing this, you must understand how boundary layers; compressible flow and shock waves.
engineering components respond to loads and the nature and View unit details online | View unit timetable
impact of the stresses and strains that are set up in them as a
result of loading. Stress analysis is an essential analytical EGH435 Modelling and Simulation for Medical
process that is used to ensure that structures are safe for the Engineers
intended service condition. In its traditional form it combines Pre-requisites EGH414
basic mathematical manipulations and theory of elasticity with
engineering design decisions, while in the modern era Equivalents ENB335
computational analysis add to your capacity to analyse and Credit Points 12
design and optimize more complex product. If appropriately Gardens Point
done, stress analysis results in light, reliable and robust Availabilities
- SEM-2
structures with significant implication for cost saving and
durability. This unit is located in third year and builds on your first This unit further develops your knowledge and skills for
and second year's work in Engineering Mechanics in EGB121 analysing biomechanical components and systems. The unit
and Strength of Materials in EGB314. focuses on modelling and simulation techniques applicable to
View unit details online | View unit timetable the field using industry specific software. It links to the work
previously undertaken in Biomechanics and Biodesign and
prepares you for the final semester of the capstone project.
EGH421 Vibration and Control
View unit details online | View unit timetable
(EGB321 or ENB312) or
Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN55 or EN60)
EGH438 Biomaterials
Equivalents ENB313 Pre-requisites EGB314
Credit Points 12 Equivalents ENB338
Gardens Point Credit Points 12
Availabilities
- SEM-1
Gardens Point
This is a capstone unit that builds on the earlier dynamics units Availabilities
- SEM-1
(EGB321 Dynamics of Machines, EGB211 Dynamics). The focus
of this unit is design of control measures for machinery and Topics covered in this unit include: an understanding of the
processes. Dynamic behaviour of a system, its stability, steady relationships between the properties, failure mechanisms,
state behaviour forms the basis of the control system design processing and microstructures of various materials used for
using root-locus and frequency response methods. Mathematical medical applications and their interaction with human tissues; an
concepts will be introduced to scaffold the learning of control understanding of the fundamentals of the use of materials in a
concepts. medical environment and an understanding of the fundamentals
View unit details online | View unit timetable of materials properties and processing; consideration of metallic,
ceramic, polymeric implant materials; composites as
biomaterials; structure-property relationships of biomaterials;
EGH422 Advanced Thermodynamics
tissue response to implants; soft tissue replacements; hard
(EGB322 or ENB222) or Admission
Pre-requisites tissue replacements.
to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Equivalents ENB421
Credit Points 12 EGH440 Power Systems Analysis
Gardens Point EGB341 or Admission to (EN50,
Availabilities Pre-requisites
- SEM-2 EN55 or EN60)
Applications of heat transfer theory in steam power plant, Equivalents ENB452
refrigeration and gas turbines; steady state and transient Credit Points 12
conduction; convection with internal or external flow; free Gardens Point
convection in stationary fluids; boiling and condensation; thermal Availabilities
- SEM-2
resistance networks; heat exchangers; radiation heat transfer.
View unit details online | View unit timetable The unit covers the topics related to power system analysis and
control, which will enable one to understand various technical
considerations in model power system operations and planning.
EGH423 Fluids Dynamics
This unit includes discussion about industry practices in load
(EGB322 or ENB222) or
Pre-requisites flow and stability analysis. Different types of power system
Admission to (EN55 or EN60)
stability problems such as transient, small signal, voltage and
Equivalents ENB321 frequency stability are covered in detail.
Credit Points 12 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

EGH441 Power System Modelling (EGB342 or ENB342 or ENB346) or


Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
EGB341 or Admission to (EN50,
Pre-requisites - SEM-2
EN55 or EN60)
Credit Points 12 The unit covers the area of digital signal and image processing
Gardens Point with detailed study of Statistics of multiple random variables,
Availabilities Detection of signals by feature extraction using Fourier, wavelet,
- SEM-1
Discrete Cosine Transform features, Z-Transform and filter
The unit covers the technical aspects related to power system design. The unit also covers digital image processing including
modelling. Electric Energy system consists of various image representation and acquisition, Image spatial and
components from generation transmission and distribution. frequency domain techniques, Image enhancement and filtering.
Power system modelling helps to simulate these components View unit details online | View unit timetable
appropriately and plan the system operation for reliable
distribution of electricity to the customers. This unit includes EGH445 Modern Control
discussion about industry practices in load flow, fault (EGB345 or ENB301 or ENB348) or
calculations, protection and planning. Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Equivalents ENB458, ENB347
EGH442 RF Techniques and Applications Credit Points 12
EGB342 or ENB342 or Gardens Point
Pre-requisites Availabilities
ENB346 - SEM-2
Equivalents ENB440 This unit further develops your knowledge, skills and application
Credit Points 12 for control systems. The unit focuses on modern and discrete-
Gardens Point time control system modelling and design. It links to the work
Availabilities previously undertaken in the EGB345 Control and Dynamic
- SEM-1
Systems and is a unit at the advanced level.
This unit develops skills and knowledge on radio-frequency (RF) View unit details online | View unit timetable
devices, components and systems used in wireless
communications. The unit focuses on microwave network EGH446 Autonomous Systems
theory, impedance matching and high-frequency effects for the EGB345 and (EGB340 or EGB349 or
design of RF circuits and systems, including antennas and Pre-requisites CAB301 or CAB302 or EGB320) or
antenna arrays. The unit also develops knowledge of antenna Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
measurement procedures, RF system noise figure calculations
and measurement, optic fibres and electromagnetic compatibility Credit Points 12
(EMC). It links to work previously undertaken in EGB241 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Electromagnetics and Machines and EGB342 Telecoms and - SEM-1
Signal Process . This unit presents the principles of modern sensors and
View unit details online | View unit timetable navigation approaches for autonomous systems moving in a 2
and 3 dimensional world. It introduces the student to the systems
EGH443 Advanced Telecommunications common to most autonomous vehicles with focus on those that
(EGB342 or ENB342 or ENB346) or deal with perception, path planning and navigation. Specific
Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60) emphasis is placed upon multisensory navigation and its
Equivalents ENB446 integration with vehicle guidance.
Credit Points 12 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point
Availabilities EGH448 Power Electronics
- SEM-1
(EGB348 or ENB240) or Admission
Telecommunication serves as an enabling technology for many Pre-requisites
to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
industrial applications such as sensor networks, smart grid and Equivalents ENB455
remote health services. Relevant concepts include cellular
planning, traffic engineering, transmission systems such as Credit Points 12
cellular networks and optical fibre and error control in Gardens Point
Availabilities
communications networks. This unit focuses on various standard - SEM-1
and components of advanced communication systems. This unit Power processing or energy conversion can be considered as
builds on prior knowledge of telecommunications and signal one of the major applications of electronics in industrial
processing fundamentals. applications. A broad understanding of basic industrial electronic
View unit details online | View unit timetable circuits and systems will provide the foundation not only to
design advanced power processing circuits for complex systems
EGH444 Digital Signals and Image Processing but also to operate and maintain them properly. This background
(EGB342 or ENB342 or ENB346) or will be beneficial for all electrical engineering disciplines. You
Pre-requisites
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60) will learn the basic characteristics of power semiconductor
Equivalents ENB448 switches and how to modulate, protect and apply them in DC-
Credit Points 12 DC, AC-DC and DC-AC power converter circuits.
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Availabilities Gardens Point
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

EGH449 Advanced Electronics shared memory, scheduling and real-time aspects. It involves
((EGB348 or ENB240) and CAB202) or practical laboratory exercises and a group project
Pre-requisites implementation of a device driver. Embedded systems builds on
Admission to (EN50, EN55 or EN60)
the knowledge and skill you acquired in systems programming.
Credit Points 12
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2 ERB101 Earth Systems
This unit builds on EGB348 Electronics, developing theoretical Equivalents NQB201
knowledge and application skills including experimental Credit Points 12
investigation in the areas of precision electronics, low noise Gardens Point
electronics, low power electronics, high speed electronics (both Availabilities
- SEM-2
analogue and digital), FPGAs, and the interface of analogue and
digital electronics. In ERB101 Earth System you will focus on the key components
View unit details online | View unit timetable of our planet - the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
The focus will be on these large-scale processes and how these
EGH450 Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems systems interact and determine the landscapes we live on, how
(EGB243 and EGB346) or they change in time and the potential impacts on society. This
Pre-requisites provides a fundamental introduction to Earth Sciences, building
Admission to (EN55 or EN60)
on the knowledge and skills developed through Semester 1, and
Credit Points 12
prepares you for more in depth exploration of Earth evolution,
Gardens Point natural hazards, environmental management, resource
Availabilities
- SEM-2 sustainability and climate change.
This unit further develops your knowledge, skills and application View unit details online | View unit timetable
of aerospace concepts, building on aircraft systems and flight
and unmanned aircraft systems. The unit focuses on ERB102 Evolving Earth
experimental design, integration and test of an Unmanned Equivalents NQB202
Aerials System. You will also gain skills in setting design Credit Points 12
specifications and carrying out detailed design analysis to Gardens Point
design, build and flight test a UAV. Availabilities
- SEM-2
View unit details online | View unit timetable
In ERB102 Evolving Earth you will focus on key events in the
EGH455 Advanced Systems Design history of our planet – the formation of our planet, the concept of
Pre-requisites CAB403 geologic time, the origin of the oceans and atmosphere and the
evolution of life. You will learn about the connections between
Credit Points 12
the evolution of life and geological processes and events, to
Gardens Point appreciate the complexity of life that exists on Earth today. This
Availabilities
- SEM-2 provides a fundamental introduction to evolution and geological
This advanced unit further develops your investigation, analysis, time, building on the knowledge and skills developed through
synthesis and problem solving skills when solving complex Semester 1, Imagine Science, and prepares you for more in
engineering tasks. The unit focuses on experimental design depth exploration of Earth system connectivity, natural hazards,
using a systems engineering approach to work on an environmental management and climate change.
engineering concept, starting from a basic need and opportunity View unit details online | View unit timetable
description. You work in teams to identify customers, formulate a
basic business case, establish a basic concept of operations, ERB201 Destructive Earth: Natural Hazards
develop the system requirements, generate concepts, conduct Credit Points 12
trade studies, determine the most promising design, and pursue Gardens Point
a design and testing and verification of the system. The unit Availabilities
- SEM-1
replicates industry or government systems engineering practices
In ERB201 Destructive Earth, we will focus on the Science of
as closely as possible.
Natural Hazards. By understanding the conditions and
View unit details online | View unit timetable
processes that lead to, and cause, severity of natural processes
such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides,
EGH456 Embedded Systems
cyclones, tornadoes, storms/blizzards, floods, bushfire, and
CAB403 or Admission to (EN50,
Pre-requisites asteroid impacts, you will be better informed as to why there are
EN55 or EN60)
natural hazards and disasters, and how to prepare and mitigate
Equivalents ENB350 for future events that will have a range of social, economic and
Credit Points 12 political impacts. We will build on the knowledge and skills
Gardens Point developed in Year 1 to provide you with a global perspective of
Availabilities how we, as a society, will continually be confronted by natural
- SEM-1
hazards.
This advanced unit gives you practical experience with advanced View unit details online | View unit timetable
software development for embedded systems. It leads on from
fundamental computer architecture and C programming covered
in first and second year units. It covers programming with C and
assembly, input/output programming, concurrent software,
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

ERB204 Deforming Earth: Fundamentals of understanding of the environment. It builds on knowledge and
skills from Ecosystems and the Environment (EVB102) or Earth
Structural Geology
Systems (ERB101) from first year.
Pre-requisites ERB101
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Equivalents NQB412
Credit Points 12 EVB302 Environmental Pollution
Gardens Point Pre-requisites BVB202 or MZB126
Availabilities
- SEM-2 Credit Points 12
This unit will introduce the geological "fingerprints" and Gardens Point
Availabilities
fundamental mechanics of the continuous deformation - SEM-2
processes that shape our planet. The deformation of Earth This unit deals with major problems of pollution of water, the land
materials is intimately related to earthquakes, the formation of surface and the atmosphere. It covers processes responsible for
tectonic plates, mountain building, volcanoes, fluid flow in the the occurrence and release of pollutants in the environment,
lithosphere, and the generation of resource deposits. All rocks dispersion mechanisms, the hazards associated with different
exposed at the surface of Earth have experienced some form of types of pollutant, accumulation of toxic substances, and
deformation. Therefore, this unit provides essential tools for the procedures for the reduction of emissions and remediation of
field geologist, geotechnical engineers, rock physicists, etc., and contaminated environments. It applies your learning from the
paves the way for the capstone unit "Geodynamic Earth". Quantitative Skills in Environmental Science unit, EVB202 to
View unit details online | View unit timetable assess and report on environmental pollution.
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ERB310 Groundwater Systems
Pre-requisites ERB101 or EVB312 IFB104 Building IT Systems
Equivalents NQB614 Anti-requisites ITD104
Credit Points 12 Equivalents INB104, IND104, ITB001
Gardens Point Credit Points 12
Availabilities
- SEM-2 Gardens Point
Availabilities
This unit focuses on the origin, occurrence and movement of - SEM-1, SEM-2
groundwater; aquifer properties; chemistry and quality of This introductory unit gives you practical experience with the
groundwater; exploration methods for groundwater; drilling various kinds of computer languages used to build IT
methods and well testing equipment; assessment of systems. Modern IT applications are built in a variety of ways
groundwater problems, both supply and quality; and introduction ranging from "mash ups" of existing applications, to adding new
to modelling of groundwater systems. Groundwater resources of mobile interfaces on top of legacy enterprise systems, to
Australia and current issues associated with these resources are "scratch" development of entirely new applications. This is done
covered. using a wide range of computer languages: programming,
View unit details online | View unit timetable scripting, querying, pattern matching, mark-up, user interface,
etc. This unit uses small in-class exercises and larger practical
EVB102 Ecosystems and the Environment assignments to give you hands-on experience with such
Credit Points 12 languages, working both individually and collaboratively. The
Gardens Point focus is not on the details of programming per se, but on how
Availabilities
- SEM-2 technologies are used by IT developers and what they can do.
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In EVB102 Ecosystems and the Environment you will focus on
broad-scale factors that shape ecological systems to assess
ecosystem change and human impacts on the environment. As
IFB130 Database Management
well as providing an introduction to the science of ecology, this Anti-requisites INN210
unit further develops foundation knowledge and skills developed IAB130, INB210, IND210,
Equivalents
through Semester 1, and prepares you for the exploration of ITB004
global environmental issues. Credit Points 12
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Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
EVB203 Geospatial Information Science
Pre-requisites ERB101 or EVB102 Data management is an essential aspect of all large-scale IT
systems and has important applications in many industries (e.g.,
Equivalents UDB181
banking, finance health, education and entertainment).
Credit Points 12 Databases are crucial for ensuring information is available,
Gardens Point reliable, secure and able to be used by other applications. This
Availabilities
- SEM-1 unit introduces the basic knowledge and skills required to
manage and control large amounts of data. Students will learn
This unit encourages spatial thinking by introducing geographic
about data representation, manipulation and storage, as well as
information sources, presentation and basic spatial data
techniques for processing and retrieving information from
collection skills. It explores real world applications of
databases. The unit assists with the development of critical
geographical information technologies including GIS, remote
thinking skills required to design, use and evaluate database
sensing and global positioning system for scientific
systems. It links to key application areas such as health and
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finance, providing students with the opportunity to apply the explains foundational tools such as logic and sets to develop
knowledge they develop. number systems, elementary number theory, and algebra. The
View unit details online | View unit timetable importance of these techniques is demonstrated with
applications in algorithmic analysis and public key
KWB114 Scientific and Technical Writing cryptography. The tools established in this unit will serve as a
Credit Points 12 foundation throughout your mathematics studies.
Gardens Point View unit details online | View unit timetable
Availabilities
- SEM-2
MXB103 Introductory Computational
The unit will provide foundational skills and concepts for written
Mathematics
communication in scientific and technical environments.
Equivalents MAB220
Students will be introduced to the principles of writing clearly in a
science-based context, and to the discursive frameworks that Credit Points 12
inform scientific and technical writing. Gardens Point
Availabilities
View unit details online | View unit timetable - SEM-1
This unit develops your knowledge, skills and application of
KWB213 Corporate Writing and Editing computational methods and techniques for solving real world
Equivalents KWB106 problems using computers. The units focuses on both theoretical
Credit Points 12 development of computational methods and their pratical
Kelvin Grove implementation using the world-leading computational software
Availabilities MATLAB. The fundamental skills you aquire will be essential
- SEM-2
throughout your degree. More advanced study is this area is
This unit deals with both the fundamentals of language provided in the Applied and Computational Mathematics major.
(grammar, punctuation, style) and mainstream corporate writing View unit details online | View unit timetable
genres (manuals, reports, speeches, brochures).
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MXB105 Calculus of One and Two Variables
MAB111, MAB121, MAB131,
LSB142 Human Anatomy and Physiology Equivalents
MAB182
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Kelvin Grove
Availabilities Gardens Point
- SEM-1 Availabilities
- SEM-2
The aim of this unit is to provide grounding in the principles of
human anatomy and physiology. Following an introduction to the This unit introduces you to university level single variable
structure of the cell and the organisation of tissues, each of the calculus and simple multivariable calculus, building on prior
major systems that constitute the human body are examined by assumed knowledge equivalent to high school differential and
the integrated study of their anatomy and physiology. integral calculus. Topics include continuity and differentiability of
View unit details online | View unit timetable functions, differential calculus (single and multi variable), Taylor
series, integral calculus (single and multi variable). Multivariable
and vector-valued functions are introduced and explored and
MXB101 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 1
natural extensions of the concepts of differentiation and
Equivalents MAB210
integration to such functions are developed and investigated.
Credit Points 12 This unit builds fundamental skills for you to transition to second
Gardens Point year units and the majors, including applications of interest in
Availabilities
- SEM-1 each Major area of study.
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This unit provides you with an introduction to probability and
shows you how to apply its concepts to solve practical problems.
The unit will lay the foundations for further studies in statistics,
MXB106 Linear Algebra and Differential
operations research and other areas of mathematics and help Equations
you to develop your problem-solving and modelling skills. The Anti-requisites PVB202
topics covered include: basic probability rules, conditional MAB112, MAB122,
probability and independence, discrete and continuous random Equivalents
MAB132
variables, bivariate distributions, central limit theorem, goodness- Credit Points 12
of-fit tests, introduction to Markov chains.
View unit details online | View unit timetable Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2
MXB102 Abstract Mathematical Reasoning This unit introduces you to university level linear algebra and
Equivalents MAB461 ordinary differential equations. Linear algebra, assumed
Credit Points 12 knowledge for this unit, is extended with you investigating non-
square linear systems of equations and the Eigenvalue problem.
Gardens Point
Availabilities Differential equations, also assumed knowledge for the unit, are
- SEM-1
investigated in more detail including exposure to second order
This unit establishes the foundations of abstract mathematical equations. This unit builds fundamental skills for you to transition
reasoning. It introduces the view of mathematics as axiomatic to second year units and the Majors of the Bachelor of
and emphasizes the role of proof in mathematics. The unit Mathematics, including applications of interest in each major
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area of study. (MXB105 or MAB111 or MAB121) and


Pre-requisites
View unit details online | View unit timetable (MXB106 or MAB112 or MAB122)
Gardens Point
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MXB107 Introduction to Statistical Modelling - SEM-2
Credit Points 12 Studying this unit will allow you to develop further the ideas and
Gardens Point techniques that were studied in first year calculus. Advanced
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2 calculus allows you to consider more realistic applied
Describing and understanding relationships in data is important mathematics problems that are set in the context of our
in both scientific exploration and understanding. Building on multivariable world. The unit prepares you for later studies in
methodology from prior studies in probability and stochastic applied and computational mathematics such as partial
modelling, this unit focuses on the statistical modelling of data differential equations, transport theory and fluid dynamics. This
with an emphasis on relationships and effects for purposes of unit covers topics including multivariable functions and
statistical inference, prediction and validation. Attention is also coordinate systems, vector-valued functions, differential and
given to the challenges that analysing real-world datasets pose integral calculus of multivariable functions, and related
with alternative statistical techniques which yield the valid applications.
inference. This unit provides an introduction to some of the View unit details online | View unit timetable
advanced material covered in the latter parts of the Statistical
Science major. MXB221 Ordinary Differential Equations
View unit details online | View unit timetable Pre-requisites MXB105
Equivalents MAB413
MXB161 Computational Explorations Credit Points 12
MS01 or IX30 or SE20 or SE30 or SE40 or
Gardens Point
Pre-requisites SE70 or 48 credit points of study in current Availabilities
- SEM-1
course
Credit Points 12 Differential Equations are essential tools for developing real
world mathematical models. This unit extends the knowledge
Gardens Point and skills related to differential equations that you have already
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2 acquired in introductory calculus, differential equations and linear
This unit provides you with a practical understanding of algebra. You will develop the ability to model real world
computer-based solutions to scientific problems from a wide phenomena using ordinary differential equations. You will also
range of interdisciplinary application areas. You will have the acquire a wide range of methods and techniques for solving
opportunity to develop computing and visualisation skills and these equations, and interpreting the results. This unit also
apply these to solve real problems involving topics such as provides a framework for studying partial differential equations in
image and sound processing, fractals and random walk later years.
simulations. These skills are developed further in later View unit details online | View unit timetable
semesters, where there are opportunities to study MXB262
(Visualising Data), MXB362 (Advanced Visualisation and Data MXB222 Computational Linear Algebra
Science), and MXB261 (Modelling and Simulation Science). Pre-requisites MXB103 and MXB201
View unit details online | View unit timetable Equivalents MAB420
Credit Points 12
MXB201 Advanced Linear Algebra
(MXB102 or MAB461) and (MXB106 Gardens Point
Pre-requisites Availabilities
or MAB112 or MAB122) - SEM-2
Equivalents MAB312 This unit combines and extends your knowledge and skills
Credit Points 12 acquired in introductory computational mathematics and earlier
studies in linear algebra. The focus is on deriving, solving and
Gardens Point analysing structured linear systems of equations, such as those
Availabilities
- SEM-1 that arise from the discretisation of boundary value problems in
The main aim of this unit, which is intended for students majoring one and two spatial dimensions. Algorithms and data structures
in mathematics and students in other courses who require the that facilitate the efficient solution of such systems are
foundations of linear algebra, is to develop the theory of linear developed and implemented in MATLAB. This unit develops
algebra and to provide you with the necessary skills to apply this your computational skills to the level required for the final
theory in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It semester capstone project.
seeks to foster an appreciation of the historical development and View unit details online | View unit timetable
the value of the principles and methods presented. You will also
be well prepared for later studies in computational mathematics. MXB231 Financial Mathematics 1
View unit details online | View unit timetable Equivalents MAB313
Credit Points 12
MXB202 Advanced Calculus
Availabilities Last run in 2017
(MXB105 or MAB111 or MAB121) and
Pre-requisites Finance is an area in which mathematics is heavily utilised.
(MXB106 or MAB112 or MAB122)
Equivalents MAB311 Understanding the fundamental principles involved will provide
an essential tool for those who intend to pursue further studies or
Credit Points 12
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careers in the financial area. The finance sector, which includes Pre-requisites MXB107
banks, insurance companies and investment houses, is currently Credit Points 12
a growing area of employment for graduates with a financial Gardens Point
mathematics background. The aim of this undergraduate unit is Availabilities
- SEM-1
therefore to provide you with an introduction to the methods
used in obtaining relevant solutions to financial and business This unit is intended for students who have completed
problems. In this unit, you will apply tools from calculus and foundation studies in statistics and who wish to develop further
algebra in financial contexts. Topics covered include: skills in applied information analysis. Its exploration of
Compound, nominal and effective interest rates; valuation of regression, including consideration of covariates, model
immediate annuities and their applications; valuation of money selection, sampling theory and experimental design will be of
and fixed interest market securities; project evaluation using interest to students undertaking the mathematics course as well
quantitative techniques in economics and finance. as students in other disciplines who need to quantitatively
View unit details online | View unit timetable summarise and analyse data and/or collect data through
controlled experiments. The focus is on the application of the
MXB232 Introduction to Operations Research theoretical building blocks that are constructed as part of the unit
Pre-requisites MXB101 and MXB106 and this is enhanced by the introduction to and extensive use of
mathematical and statistical software packages such as the R-
Equivalents MAB315 package. The unit leads to further study for students who wish to
Credit Points 12 obtain a strong background in applied information analysis.
Gardens Point View unit details online | View unit timetable
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- SEM-1
MXB251 Number Theory and Abstract Algebra
Operations research (OR) techniques are used in industries that
Pre-requisites MXB102
apply scientific methods in decision making, especially for the
allocation of limited resources. These industries need graduates Credit Points 12
who can apply techniques from mathematical modelling, Availabilities Last run in 2017
statistical analysis, and mathematical optimization to decide how
Number theory is one of the oldest areas of mathematics and
to best solve a particular problem using appropriate computer
remains among its most important. Not only does number theory
software packages. Building on earlier studies in mathematical
underlie most further study in pure mathematics, it has in recent
modelling, this unit develops a number of basic OR techniques
years become an essential tool for securing and modelling
to solve generic problems and studies the theoretical
communication in our digital world. As the understanding of
foundations of these techniques. You will learn to apply various
number theory advanced over the centuries, many of its ideas
OR methods, algorithms and techniques in the solution of
were abstracted into various types of algebraic structures that
practical, real-world problems. This unit leads to study of more
have surprising applications throughout mathematics, physics,
advanced OR problem solving techniques in 3rd year. Topics
and computer sciences. This unit will investigate advanced
covered include: The general nature of OR, fundamentals of
ideas, methodologies, and techniques in number theory and
linear programming, network analysis, project scheduling,
algebra and apply these ideas to information security via
transportation problems, transhipment problems and assignment
cryptography. This unit will build upon the algebra content and
problems.
proof skills from earlier studies in abstract mathematical
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reasoning and can lead to future study in other areas of discrete
mathematics and cryptography.
MXB241 Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2 View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites MXB101 and MXB105
Equivalents MAB314 MXB261 Modelling and Simulation Science
Credit Points 12 Equivalents INB360, MAB480
Gardens Point Credit Points 12
Availabilities
- SEM-2 Gardens Point
Availabilities
It is important to develop skills and knowledge in both statistics - SEM-2
and mathematics. Building on the methodology and skills This unit aims to provide you with the knowledge to apply
developed in previous studies in probability and stochastic computational techniques used for simulations (and
modelling, this unit provides formal statistical tools such as visualisation) in a selection of application areas where the
stochastic process models and statistical methods for theoretical scientific problems are characterised by widely varying scales,
and applied development in a wide range of areas, from both in space and time. Through this study you will be able to
communication systems and networks to traffic to law to biology demonstrate knowledge of the development and implementation
to financial analysis linking with other modern areas of of simulation algorithms. You can further develop your
mathematics. The skills developed in mathematical statistics will knowledge of visualisation through units MXB262 (Visualising
be integral in the understanding of material throughout the Data) and MXB362 (Advanced Visualisation and Data Science),
student's studies in statistics and mathematical modelling. as well as extending your knowledge of computational science
View unit details online | View unit timetable through the unit MXB361 (Aspects of Computational Science).
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MXB242 Regression and Design
Pre-requisites MXB107 MXB262 Visualising Data
Equivalents MAB414
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MXB161 or MXB261 or “Dynamical Systems” is a descriptive term used to represent the
Pre-requisites
MZB126 analysis of time varying systems. Such systems exhibit a variety
Equivalents MAB481 of behaviours including exponential approaches to equilibrium
Credit Points 12 states, periodic or oscillatory solutions, or unpredictable chaotic
responses to simple inputs. The study of dynamical systems
Gardens Point employs topological and function space concepts to provide the
Availabilities
- SEM-1 analytic structure to systems of nonlinear (and linear) ordinary
This unit introduces students to data visualisation concepts and differential equations, and as such forms the basis for the
techniques, along with practical experience in the use of modern mathematical interpretation and understanding of numerous real
day data visualisation software tools to allow students to explore world systems. This unit is an exploration of the more technical
complex systems and dynamically visualise simulations. These aspects of the theory of solutions to systems of ordinary
skills can developed further in a later semester through an differential equations and as such builds on your prior
advanced visualisation unit (MXB362 Advanced Visualisation understanding of such equations while providing the support for
and Data Science). the exploration of an exciting area of modern mathematics.
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MXB321 Applied Transport Theory MXB324 Computational Fluid Dynamics


Pre-requisites MXB202 or MAB311 Pre-requisites MXB222 or MAB420
Co-requisites MXB322 Anti-requisites EGB324
Equivalents MAB521 Equivalents MAB522
Credit Points 12 Credit Points 12
Gardens Point Gardens Point
Availabilities Availabilities
- SEM-1 - SEM-2
Applied Transport Theory is the study of the exchange of mass, This capstone unit provides students with the opportunity to
momentum and energy in physical systems. An understanding apply their knowledge and skills in applied and computational
of the equations that govern these transport phenomena is mathematics to simulate complex real-world problems. Students
fundamental to understanding how the physical world will be presented with several real-world case studies, which will
behaves. This unit builds upon knowledge you will have involve model formulation, examining the impact of varying
developed in studies of advanced calculus. You will learn how to model parameters, and formulating and presenting
derive equations from fundamental conservation laws and recommendations for the best course of action to take based on
develop an understanding of the commonality between the model predictions. Your previous learning in deriving and
equations. Furthermore, in deriving analytical solution solving partial differential equations that describe transport
techniques for these equations you will develop further skills in phenomena will be extended to include numerical methods of
calculus and differential equations. Completion of this unit will solution. Combined with the computational expertise you have
prepare you for the final semester capstone project. acquired over your degree, you will be able to formulate and
View unit details online | View unit timetable solve these complex mathematical models using MATLAB.
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MXB322 Partial Differential Equations
Pre-requisites MXB221 or MAB413 MXB332 Optimisation Modelling
Equivalents MAB613 Pre-requisites MXB232 or MAB315
Credit Points 12 Equivalents MAB525
Gardens Point Credit Points 12
Availabilities Gardens Point
- SEM-1 Availabilities
- SEM-1
Previously you have discovered the power of differential
equations for modelling real world processes. In this unit you will Operations research techniques are used in numerous industries
extend your capabilities to problems that simultaneously exhibit and are critical for decision making. These industries need
both spatial and temporal variation. Such problems can be graduates who can apply techniques of mathematical modelling,
described by partial differential equations. You will learn a statistical analysis, mathematical optimization and simulation
variety of analytical solution techniques for these equations, and can implement these techniques using appropriate computer
which bring together many of the skills you have learned in software packages. This unit will build upon the content of
earlier study of advanced calculus and ordinary differential MXB232 by introducing more advanced “intermediate” level
equations. You will also learn the techniques of Fourier and operations research methods and techniques. The topics
complex analysis, which have applications far beyond the realm addressed in this subject are vital in this field and are critical for
of differential equations. advanced applications and studies in this field. Topics covered
View unit details online | View unit timetable include: model building in mathematical programming, modelling
language - OPL, integer programming and branch-and-bound
MXB323 Dynamical Systems method, introduction to inventory theory, dynamic programming;
Pre-requisites MXB221 or MAB413 and computer solutions of advanced linear programming
problems and their analysis.
Credit Points 12
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Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2
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MXB334 Operations Research for Stochastic MXB344 Generalised Linear Models


Processes Pre-requisites MXB242 or MAB414
Pre-requisites MXB232 or MAB315 Equivalents MAB624
Equivalents MAB625 Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Gardens Point - SEM-2
Availabilities
- SEM-2 This capstone unit for the Statistical Sciences major provides
This unit builds upon the content of MXB232 and introduces methods for investigating relationships between variables that
stochastic operations research techniques and other more arise in data from a variety of areas including science,
advanced techniques. This unit will develop and manipulate technology and commerce. You will partake in independent and
mathematical and computer models of complex systems guided learning exercises to tackle common challenges
composed of people, machines, money and their operating encountered in applied data analysis. The unit is designed such
procedures. You will also look at the applications of operations that it provides you with the opportunity to integrate knowledge
research techniques to solve real-world problems using and skills from their entire course in preparation for a career in
computer software packages. The topics addressed in this statistics. There is also a focus on the clear communication and
subject are vital in this field and are critical for advanced reporting of results and conclusions from statistical
applications and post-graduate studies in this field. Topics analyses. You will undertake this learning experience through
covered include: decision analysis; queuing theory; simulation the use of the SAS computing environment.
and real life case studies; implementation of heuristic View unit details online | View unit timetable
techniques; meta-heuristics; recent developments in stochastics
for operations research. MXB351 Coding Theory and Graph Theory
View unit details online | View unit timetable MXB102 and
Pre-requisites
MXB106
MXB341 Statistical Inference Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites MXB241 or MAB314 Availabilities Last run in 2017
Equivalents MAB524
Discrete mathematical structures play an important role in a
Credit Points 12 variety of applications. This unit focuses on two related areas of
Gardens Point discrete mathematics: coding theory and graph theory. Coding
Availabilities
- SEM-1 theory applies algebraic techniques to ensure reliable
communication of digital information. Graph theory models
This unit introduces advanced statistical inference techniques
relationships between discrete objects. It is useful for analysing
that are important tools in describing data and developing
networks in communication, transportation, and computation,
models. Indeed, such methods are essential when drawing
and is a starting point for tackling a large number of optimization
conclusions from a data generation process that is subject to
problems. This unit will introduce and investigate the theory of
random variability. The theoretical and computational inferential
these two areas, and examine their applications to a variety of
methodology will be developed through software packages such
computational problems. This unit builds on the basic structures
as MATLAB and the R-package. This unit provides the statistical
and techniques from abstract mathematical reasoning and linear
basis for the honours and postgraduate units in statistics.
algebra. Techniques from graph theory support combinatorial
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optimization algorithms in operations research and decision
science.
MXB342 Statistical Techniques View unit details online | View unit timetable
(MXB101 or MAB210) and
Pre-requisites
(MXB242 or MAB414)
MXB361 Aspects of Computational Science
Equivalents MAB533 Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12 Gardens Point
Availabilities
Gardens Point - SEM-1
Availabilities
- SEM-1
This unit comprises a number of computational science modules
In an information society there is an increasing range and variety from a variety of disciplines within the Science and Engineering
of workplaces in which data and statistical analyses are Faculty. It allows students to develop computational techniques
important in enabling good management and decision-making. applied to a selection of application areas such as computational
This unit will introduce a range of statistical techniques in usage statistics, computational chemistry, computational physics,
in a variety of disciplines including how to plan experiments, how computational biology, environmental science and machine-
to model survival data and also how to manage large data learning. This unit further develops your skills in computational
sets. This will provide you with the skills to analyse data sets problem-solving, building on work that may have been previously
from a variety of areas in industry and government, such as undertaken in MXB161 “Computational Explorations”, MXB261
health science and marketing research, and to also critically “Modelling and Simulation Science”, and MXB262 “Visualising
evaluate procedures, methods and inferences. You will be Data”.
exposed to a range of computing packages such as MATLAB View unit details online | View unit timetable
and the R-package.
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MXB362 Advanced Visualisation and Data potential impacts underpins the journey of becoming a culturally
safe practitioner.
Science
View unit details online | View unit timetable
Pre-requisites MXB262 or MAB481
Equivalents MAB681 OUB110 Am I black enough? Indigenous
Credit Points 12 Australian Representations
Gardens Point Anti-requisites EDB039
Availabilities
- SEM-2 Credit Points 12
This unit further develops the knowledge and skills in data Kelvin Grove
visualisation that were developed in the unit MXB262 Availabilities
- SEM-1
(Visualising Data). This unit focuses on the exploration of a
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, images and
range of advanced data visualisation techniques and tools
cultures, have been represented in a variety of media since
through lectures and practicals. Students conduct a data
colonisation. The purpose of this unit is to deconstruct these
visualisation case study that further develops practical
representations from Indigenous standpoints. You will develop
knowledge and experience in visualisation.
understandings and skills to critically analyse media
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representations.
View unit details online | View unit timetable
MZB125 Introductory Engineering Mathematics
Anti-requisites EGD125, MXB100
OUB120 Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian
MAB125, MAB100,
Equivalents Politics
MAB120
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Kelvin Grove
Gardens Point Availabilities
Availabilities - SEM-2
- SEM-1, SEM-2
This unit investigates the distinctive feature of Indigenous
This unit introduces to you the foundational mathematical knowledges and perspectives as the philosophical underpinning
concepts of function, matrix and vector algebra, together with the of Indigenous Australian politics. This unit is delivered through
operations of differentiation and integration. Through the authentic experiences and individualized instruction, and
exploration and solution of contextualised problems you will learning through enjoyment, including learning by observation,
develop an understanding of these mathematical concepts as doing and being in a shared learning environment. Indigenous
well as competency in appropriate solution methods. pedagogy supports students’ cognitive search for learning and
View unit details online | View unit timetable processes where they can internalize, reflect, deconstruct and
reconstruct contemporary Indigenous Australian politics.
MZB126 Engineering Computation Indigenous knowledges are both empirical (that is, based on
Pre-requisites MZB125 or MXB161 experience) and normative (that is, based on social values).This
Anti-requisites EGD126 unit embraces both the circumstances people find themselves in
Credit Points 12 and their beliefs about those circumstances in a way that is
unfamiliar to Eurocentric knowledge systems.
Gardens Point View unit details online | View unit timetable
Availabilities
- SEM-1, SEM-2
The rational solution of real-world engineering problems often OUB130 Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics
requires the combination of multiple skill sets across multiple and Protocols
disciplines. In this unit you will develop key skills in mathematics, Anti-requisites EDB040
statistics, modelling and programming that will equip you with a
Credit Points 12
set of fundamental tools for problem solving in the engineering
context. Kelvin Grove
Availabilities
View unit details online | View unit timetable - SEM-2
This unit critically analyses and articulates culturally safe
OUB100 Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in research that reflects de-colonising methodologies as an
Indigenous Australian context underpinning framework for Indigenous Australian research. The
Credit Points 12 need for culturally safe research is supported by the obvious
Kelvin Grove gaps in knowledge of the ongoing life differentials and social
Availabilities determinants that impact on Indigenous Australians. This in part
- SEM-1
is due to a profound lack of culturally safe research which has
Cultural Safety in an Indigenous Australian Context is an effectively neglected historical and Indigenous knowledges that
Indigenous knowledge developed by Maori Nurse Irihapiti can address the outstanding social determinants influencing
Ramsden. Culturally Safe practice is an essential element in a Indigenous Australians and their communities.
professional's ability to work as a holistic and accountable View unit details online | View unit timetable
professional with Indigenous Australian peoples and their
communities. Whilst Cultural Safety commenced as a nursing PQB360 Global Energy Balance and Climate
and midwifery specific response, the need for a much wider
Change
discipline approach to educating culturally safe professionals is
essential. An understanding of your own cultures and their
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)
Equivalents PCB563 PVB301 Materials and Thermal Physics
Credit Points 12 PVB200 or MXB105 or
Pre-requisites
Gardens Point PVB202
Availabilities
- SEM-1 Credit Points 12
Modern societies are becoming increasingly aware of potential Gardens Point
Availabilities
environmental problems associated with conventional energy - SEM-1
production technologies. Application of alternative technologies
This unit provides you with an overview of materials science and
is therefore increasing, with ambitious targets and plans to
of the basic crystallographic and thermodynamic principles that
support research and development for reducing energy related
describe the behaviour of solids and fluids. The three areas you
environmental consequences. This unit is designed to offer
will study in this unit, thermal physics, physical properties and
science and engineering students an opportunity to gain
the physics of solids are core concepts that underpin a physical
awareness about the expanding field of alternative energy
science degree. This unit builds upon knowledge and skills
technologies and to understand relationships between use of
obtained in PVB102 and PVB203 and it is a companion unit with
energy and its impact on local and global environment.
PVB302 (Classical and Quantum Physics).
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PVB101 Physics of the Very Large PVB302 Classical and Quantum Physics
EGB113, ENB130,
Anti-requisites Pre-requisites PVB202 or PVB204
PCB150
Credit Points 12
Credit Points 12
Gardens Point
Gardens Point Availabilities
Availabilities - SEM-1
- SEM-2
Quantum mechanics is the last great conceptual hurdle for a
This unit introduces you to the physics that affects the universe
physics graduate to overcome in an undergraduate degree,
on a large scale, stretching from the edge of the observable
irrespective of any bias towards the theoretical or experimental
universe down to the Earth’s atmosphere, and addresses the
aspects. Counter-intuitive concepts such as quantum tunnelling
underlying physics of some of the big questions of our time, for
are the cornerstone of many technological advances in recent
example dark energy and global warming. The topics presented
times and other quantum mechanical concepts form the physical
include gravity, special relativity, thermodynamics, and fluid
basis of the universe. The ability to find counter-intuitive
mechanics and form a foundation for a degree in physics.
solutions to problems when necessary is one of the attributes
Theory will be complemented by practical exercises.
that sets physicists apart.
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PVB102 Physics of the Very Small PVB303 Nuclear and Particle Physics
Credit Points 12
Pre-requisites PVB302
Gardens Point
Availabilities Credit Points 12
- SEM-2
Gardens Point
This unit introduces physics which affects the universe on a Availabilities
- SEM-2
microscopic scale. The concepts and phenomena studied here,
such as atomic and nuclear physics, physical optics and waves This unit examines the microscopic universe from the nucleus
are fundamental to later studies. Theory will be complemented down to the fundamental particles and forces from which matter
by practical exercises. is built. Some current theories of particle physics will be
View unit details online | View unit timetable introduced, along with applications of nuclear physics such as
chain reactions and medical applications. Theory will be
PVB204 Electromagnetism complemented with experimental laboratory work. The unit
PVB200 or MXB105 or synthesises previous study in the course including mathematics
Pre-requisites and classical and quantum mechanics to develop advanced
MZB125
scientific experimental, communication and report writing skills.
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Gardens Point
Availabilities
- SEM-2 QCD110 Academic Communication 1
Electromagnetism is one of the fundamental forces in the Anti-requisites QCD111, QCD120
universe and is present in almost all aspects of modern Credit Points 12
technology. In this unit you will develop theoretical knowledge Kelvin Grove
and understanding of electromagnetism from electric charge to Availabilities - 13TP1, 13TP2, 13TP3, SEM-
more advanced topics such as electrostatics, Maxwell's 2
equations, electromagnetic waves and applications such as
waveguides. It will extend your mathematical knowledge and Academic Communication 1 is a designated unit for Diploma and
techniques from earlier units to explore and analyse these University Certificate in Tertiary Preparation for Undergraduate
advanced physics concepts. Studies students. The unit provides foundation knowledge and
View unit details online | View unit timetable understanding of academic literacies required for undergraduate
studies in an Australian higher education context. Academic
Communication 1 supports learning and success within your
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

discipline specific units which you are studying concurrently. The Students will gain insights into how to gauge the audience's
unit works towards preparing you to enter your chosen QUT response to their teaching approach and how to redirect their
undergraduate program in its second year. teaching strategy as needed to improve learning outcomes. They
View unit details online | View unit timetable will appreciate the many applications of good science and
mathematics communication outside of teaching and will have
QCD210 Academic Communication 2 opportunities to produce quality educational materials for
Anti-requisites different audiences that could be adopted for future use by the
Credit Points 12 relevant organisation, business, educational body or research
scientist. The unit is taken as the final unit in the science
Kelvin Grove education minor.
Availabilities - 13TP1, 13TP2, 13TP3, SEM- View unit details online | View unit timetable
2
Academic Communication 2 is a designated unit for Diploma and UDB313 Programming and Scheduling
University Certificate in Tertiary Preparation for Undergraduate Equivalents CNB335
Studies students. The unit provides the knowledge and Credit Points 12
understanding of academic literacies required for undergraduate
Availabilities Last run in 2016
studies in an Australian higher education context. Academic
Communication 2 supports learning and success within your This unit covers the following: Project time and resource
discipline specific units, which you are studying concurrently. planning techniques such as bar charts, critical path networks
The unit works towards preparing you to enter your chosen QUT (precedence, time scales, and activity on arrows); Line of
undergraduate program in its second year. balance; Resource allocation and levelling; Schedule updates
View unit details online | View unit timetable and progress control; Delays and claims analysis. Applications
of computer-based project planning software will form an
QCS300 Introduction to the Language of important part of the study in this unit.
Research View unit details online | View unit timetable
Credit Points 12
UXB232 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Kelvin Grove
Availabilities UXB231 or UDB240 or UDB266 or
- 13TP1, 13TP3, SEM-2 Pre-requisites
144cp of completed study
International students studying at a postgraduate level need a Equivalents UDB369
grounding in research processes that includes the ability to
critically engage with research on a range of issues. In particular, Credit Points 12
this unit focusses on an introduction to language that relates to Gardens Point
Availabilities
quantitative and qualitative research common to a range of - SEM-2
disciplines. In addition, the centrality of research ethics and This unit introduces you to the theory and practice of negotiation
academic integrity to research is highlighted. Successful and conflict resolution. In this unit you will acquire skills in
completion of this unit provides students with the foundations effective communication, analysis of disputes and creative
needed to progress at the postgraduate level. problem solving through active participation in role playing
View unit details online | View unit timetable activities and intense investigation of real world conflicts that
arise through the development of land. While it links to a
SEB200 Communicating Science and previous unit in planning processes undertaken by students in
Mathematics to Diverse Audiences the planning course, students from other fields will be able to
Credit Points 12 participate fully in the unit. This unit prepares students for
Gardens Point negotiations implicit in the more complex group projects
Availabilities undertaken in the third and fourth years of study, as well as for
- SEM-2
early career professional practice.
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that you gain a range of language tools to articulate research
and convey complex scientific and mathematical ideas. You will UXH331 Environmental Analysis and Planning
learn how to engage different audiences and gain awareness of (UXB230 or UDB265) or (ENB274 or
responsible communication in these areas. Pre-requisites
EGB274 or DLB600 or DAB525)
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Equivalents UDB370
SEB300 Science and Mathematics Education Credit Points 12
Capstone Gardens Point
Availabilities
CRB040 and SEB200 and - SEM-2
Pre-requisites
(CRB215 or CRB204) This unit increases your understanding of environmental analysis
Credit Points 12 and planning issues, policies, and methods, aiming to prepare
Gardens Point you for incorporation of environmental objectives and constraints
Availabilities in professional practice. In this unit you will engage in dialogues
- SEM-1, SEM-2
on contemporary environmental dilemmas, exploring ethical and
This unit provides more challenging opportunities for students to practical aspects which underpin conflict. You will further refine
put into practice their learning on effective communication of skills acquired in site analysis units by learning to create and
scientific and mathematical concepts to different audiences. modify spatial models to facilitate collaborative problem-solving.
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Aerospace)

These skills will aid in preparations for final year planning studio
units as well as professional practice.
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This information has been prepared for International students and temporary visa holders. For more information and to check if a course
is available, visit www.qut.edu.au/international. Last updated on: 06/04/2018. Information contained in this document was correct at the
time of printing. The university reserves the right to amend any information, and to cancel, change or relocate any course. CRICOS
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