BH075 - Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) (Honours)

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Plan: BH075HKG - Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) (Honours)
Campus: SHAPE, VTC

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

Approach to learning and assessment

This program is delivered primarily in face-to-face mode on campus. Some courses are delivered in blended mode, which includes a combination of online, self-directed and some face-to-face activities.

The following teaching and learning approaches form the basis of your learning experiences:

  • You will be offered a learner-centred curriculum that encourages more learner engagement and participation than traditional lecture style delivery, thereby, providing you with opportunities to communicate in a variety of modes.
  • You will engage in projects that require you to report results qualitatively, quantitatively, graphically, electronically and textually.
  • Assessment in all courses will emphasise a range of written and oral skills.
  • You will undertake learning activities and projects that require you to work in multi-disciplinary teams and critically engage with aspects of team development and conflict resolution.
  • You will engage in learning activities and projects that require you to conceptualise, plan, design, develop and manage solutions to engineering problems.
  • Learning activities will focus on practical application of technical skills and you will be assessed on technical competence both in practice and theory.
  • You will undertake projects that require you to access a wide variety of knowledge repositories including professional journals, discussion lists and online sources of material.
  • You will be required to solve complex, interconnected problems.
  • You will be engaged in projects and authentic tasks that require you to work in multidisciplinary teams on multidisciplinary problems.
  • You will be given problems that require you to consider the business context and commercial positioning of designed devices or systems.

Assessment
To ensure that you have achieved the required learning outcomes and developed critical capabilities you must be assessed.  Assessment is designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate your capabilities.  You will find that the forms of assessment used may be different for each course, as the assessment you receive must be appropriate to the objectives of each course.

The assessment you receive is critical to the success of your degree program, and to your future success in the workplace.  The Graduate Capabilities designed into your program (a pre-requisite for your success) are satisfied only if the Learning Outcomes specified for each course are known to have been satisfied.  Assessment does this, and because of the different types of courses, assessment may be expected to take different forms, such as:

  • Time limited Tests: an individual form of assessment where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to explain fundamental principles and solve problems.
  • Assignment and Projects (which may be done individually or in groups).  These methods may also enable you to demonstrate your ability to work alone or as a member of a team.
  • Assessed tutorials: a form of in-class test, which may be done individually or as a team.
  • Laboratory reports: which provide an exercise in experimentation, report writing and critical analysis of data.
  • Self-assessment and peer-assessment: for assessment activities such as seminars you will assess yourself or your own group, or assess the work of other groups.  This is part of equipping you to become more independent in your own learning and assessing your own and others’ performance.

Most of the assessment you receive will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your strengths and weaknesses.  This will enable you to improve your performance in the future.

Inherent requirements  

The following information on inherent requirements outlines the tasks you will be required to undertake during professional placement and on-campus learning activities. The non-academic abilities listed are provided for information only and are not entry requirements.

If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, there are a range of adjustments to your study conditions available to enable and support you to demonstrate these abilities. Please contact the Equitable Learning Service to discuss any adjustments you may require.

Information about Inherent Requirements can be found here https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/program-and-course-information/inherent-requirements

By understanding the types of activities you’ll participate in, you can:

  • understand more about the program
  • determine if you may need support during your studies
  • make an informed decision about whether the program is suitable for you

If you are living with disability, long-term illness and/or a mental health condition, we can support you by making adjustments to activities in your program so that you can participate fully in your studies. To receive learning adjustments, you need to register with Equitable Learning Service.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he.

In addition to your studies for this program you also have the opportunity of undertaking an Industry Placement for six or twelve months either locally as advertised by local businesses, or internationally through the RMIT International Industry Experience and Research Program (RIIERP) http://www.rmit.edu.au/riierp.

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Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience.  As a student enrolled in this RMIT program you will:

  • undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and  demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
  • interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities; and
  • complete these activities in real or simulated work contexts or situations.

Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment. 

In this program, you will be doing specific course(s) that focus on work integrated learning (WIL).  You will be assessed on professional or vocational work in a work place setting (real or simulated) and receive feedback from those involved in your industry.

You will benefit in a number of ways from the various forms of employment experience described above: (i) it helps put your studies in perspective and to see the relevance of what you are being taught; (ii) it makes you more mature and responsible thereby improving your attitude to study in subsequent years; (iii) it often provides a topic for your final year project, and (iv) it frequently opens doors of employment opportunity.

As part of your program you will undertake OENG1170 Engineering Capstone Project Part A in one trimester and OENG1172 Engineering Capstone Project Part B in the subsequent trimester. These projects either are directly connected with industry or simulate the situation of a young engineer in industry reporting to a supervisor with whom they meet regularly. In the cases where the project is directly connected with industry the industry partner is usually involved in some components of the assessment. Industrial practitioners can become involved in the assessment of some component of the work done by students involved in projects that simulate the situation of a young engineer in industry.

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Program Structure

For students who commence their study in this program from 1 January 2016 onwards, please note that some courses listed in this structure will have their course marks count toward your program's weighted average mark. Your weighted average mark will determine the honours level of your award once you have completed the program. If a course counts toward your weighted average mark, that fact will be stated in its course guide:
 

For more information about the weighted average mark, please click here

 

To graduate you must complete the following:

 

All courses listed may not be available each Trimester

 

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Eight (8) courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Mathematics 12 MATH2442 SHAPE, VTC
Engineering Science 12 OENG1228 SHAPE, VTC
Engineering Computing 1 12 EEET2459 SHAPE, VTC
Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice 12 OENG1197 SHAPE, VTC
Digital Fundamentals 12 OENG1227 SHAPE, VTC
Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 EEET2462 SHAPE, VTC
Creative Engineering CAD 12 OENG1226 SHAPE, VTC
Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics: What We Make and How We Make It 12 MANU2530 SHAPE, VTC
 
AND

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following six (6) courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Mathematics for ECE 12 MATH2258 SHAPE, VTC
Electrical Engineering 1 12 EEET2193 SHAPE, VTC
Electronics 12 EEET2466 SHAPE, VTC
Introduction to Embedded Systems 12 EEET2303 SHAPE, VTC
Engineering Design 2 12 EEET2467 SHAPE, VTC
Signals and Systems 1 12 EEET2469 SHAPE, VTC
AND
Select and complete one (1) of the following courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Communication Engineering 1 12 EEET2465 SHAPE, VTC
Network Fundamentals and Applications 12 EEET2468 SHAPE, VTC
Software Engineering Design 12 EEET2463 SHAPE, VTC
AND
Select and complete one (1) course from any:
University Elective
 
AND

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Year Three of Program

Complete the following Six (6) courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Design 3 12 EEET2611 SHAPE, VTC
Power System Analysis and Control 12 EEET2202 SHAPE, VTC
Control Systems 12 EEET2197 SHAPE, VTC
Electrical Plant 12 EEET2304 SHAPE, VTC
Electrical Energy Conversion 12 EEET2306 SHAPE, VTC
Research Methods for Engineers 12 EEET2450 SHAPE, VTC
AND
Select and complete one (1) of the following course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Industrial Automation 12 EEET2204 SHAPE, VTC
Communication Engineering 1 12 EEET2465 SHAPE, VTC
Network Fundamentals and Applications 12 EEET2468 SHAPE, VTC
Switched Mode Power Supplies 12 EEET2402 SHAPE, VTC
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
 
AND

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Year Four of Program

Complete the following Two (2) courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Engineering Capstone Project Part A 12 OENG1170 SHAPE, VTC
Engineering Capstone Project Part B 12 OENG1172 SHAPE, VTC
AND
Select and complete Six (6) of the following technical option courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Variable Speed Drives 12 EEET2203 SHAPE, VTC
Advanced Control Systems 12 EEET2206 SHAPE, VTC
Industrial Automation 12 EEET2204 SHAPE, VTC
Professional Engineering Experience 12 OENG1203 SHAPE, VTC
Software Engineering Design 12 EEET2463 SHAPE, VTC
Real Time Estimation and Control 12 EEET2222 SHAPE, VTC
Protection and High Voltage Engineering 12 EEET2305 SHAPE, VTC
Power Electronic Converters 12 EEET2411 SHAPE, VTC
Renewable Electrical Energy Systems 12 EEET2412 SHAPE, VTC
Advanced Power Systems 12 EEET2403 SHAPE, VTC
Electrical Transport Engineering 12 EEET2406 SHAPE, VTC
Extended Professional Engineering Project 1 12 EEET2407 SHAPE, VTC
Extended Professional Engineering Project 2 12 EEET2408 SHAPE, VTC
Introduction to Electrical Building Design 12 EEET2410 SHAPE, VTC
Switched Mode Power Supplies 12 EEET2402 SHAPE, VTC
Signals and Systems 2 12 EEET2405 SHAPE, VTC
Electronic Circuits 12 EEET2404 SHAPE, VTC
Electronic Engineering 3 12 EEET2409 SHAPE, VTC
Embedded System Design and Implementation 12 EEET2470 SHAPE, VTC
Introduction to Electrical Building Design 12 EEET2410 SHAPE, VTC
Intelligent Systems 12 EEET2629 SHAPE, VTC
Smart Grids 12 EEET2631 SHAPE, VTC
 

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Program transition plan

Transition Plan 2022

If you commenced prior to September 2022 you will continue to complete the program structure that was applicable at the time of your commencement.

Transition Plan 2019

The following table lists normal course equivalencies for transition purposes only (not necessarily content equivalent). All courses listed are 12 credit points.

 

Old course

New course

Year 1

EEET2460 Electrical Engineering Practice

OENG1197 Introduction to Professional Engineering Practice

Year 4

EEET2307 Engineering Design 4A

OENG1170 Engineering Capstone Project A

EEET2308 Engineering Design 4B

OENG1172 Engineering Capstone Project B

OENG1098 Professional Engineering Experience Undergraduate

One (1) Technical option from Year 4 Technical option list

Transition Plan 2017

The following table lists normal course equivalencies for transition purposes only (not necessarily content equivalent). All courses listed are 12 credit points.

2016 course   From 2017  
EEET2460 Enterprise Engineering EEET2460 Electrical Engineering Practice
EEET2461 Engineering Methods EEET2461 Electrical Engineering Analysis
EEET2464 Engineering Design 1 EEET2464 Digital Systems Design 1
EEET2469 Signals and Systems EEET2469 Signals and Systems 1
EEET2465 Communication Engineering EEET2465 Communication Engineering 1
EEET2405 Digital Signal Processing 1 EEET2405 Signals and Systems 2

Transition Plan 2015

From 2015, Professional Engineering Experience Undergraduate (OENG1098) is added to the program structure as a stand-alone course. 

If you commenced the program before 2015 one of the following transition cases will apply.

Case 1: If you have already completed the professional experience component in 2014 or earlier, you must take a technical elective in place of the new course Professional Engineering Experience Undergraduate.

Case 2:  In all other cases you must take and complete the new course Professional Engineering Experience Undergraduate to satisfy the professional experience requirement for your degree.

You should consult the Program Manager for advice on which courses to take in order to graduate.

Retained Credit

You will retain credit in this program for all Credit Points earned and taken pursuant to any previously approved Program Structure for BH075HKG or its predecessor BP064 (Hong Kong).

If you have completed the full 96 Credit Points of any Program Year as previously prescribed you will retain full credit for that Program Year and will not be required to undertake any further courses to meet the requirements of that Program Year even if the program structure has changed.

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