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MC233 - Master of Engineering (Electronic Engineering)
Plan: MC233 - Master of Engineering (Electronic Engineering)
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
Several courses in the program are delivered online, rather than on-campus, and you are likely to find that other courses transition to online delivery as you progress through the program.
The following teaching and learning approaches form the basis of your learning experiences:
- You will be offered a learner-centred curriculum that encourages more active engagement and participation than traditional lecture style delivery.
- You will engage in projects that require you to communicate outcomes to a range of audiences both verbally and in writing e.g. report results qualitatively, quantitatively, graphically, electronically.
- 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, construct 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 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
The assessment in all courses has been designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have obtained. You will find that the forms of assessment used will vary according to the specific learning objectives and aspects of capability development to be achieved in each course.
Over the duration of the program you will encounter the following forms of assessment.
- Examinations: 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. This method may also enable you to demonstrate your ability to work alone or as a member of a team;
- Reflective journals: where you pause to consider what you have learnt, along with the easy and hard issues associated with that learning;
- 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 complete (the exception is exams) will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your strong and weak points. This will enable you to improve your performance in the future.
To view the Assessment Policy go to: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/governance-and-management/policies/assessment-policy
If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
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.
Top of pageWork integrated learning
RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University 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;
- complete these activities in real work contexts or situations; and
- these interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.
Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be in a simulated workplace learning environment.
In this program the Year 2 Research courses provide experiences that meet the requirements of the RMIT Work Integrated Learning (WIL) policy.
In Research Project (OENG1088 Masters Research Project or OENG1089 Masters Research Project Part 1 and OENG1090 Masters Research Project Part 2) you will work on a project that requires you to produce an individual research/project outcome (which may be part of a larger project). You will work under the guidance of a professional engineer who may be from industry or be an academic or research staff member.
In addition to these courses you are strongly recommended to undertake at least 10 weeks of engineering work experience supervised by a professional engineer. If your work experience meets the requirements it may be assessed concurrently with your work experience as part of
- EEET2471 Professional Experience Postgraduate.
You can enrol in EEET2471 Professional Experience Postgraduate while you are undertaking engineering work experience at any time during MC233 Master of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) as an option course.
These courses provide realistic work situations allowing you to learn, apply and demonstrate professional engineering practice.
Top of pageProgram Structure
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Program transition plan
Transition Plan 2021
The following table shows courses that will be replaced from Semester 1 2021 for program transition purposes only and not necessarily course equivalencies. If you have successfully completed any of the old courses before the commencement of Semester 1 2021 they will continue to count as courses in your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.
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Year 1 |
EEET2346 Professional Engineering Project Part A |
12 | Option course |
12 |
Year 1 |
EEET2347 Professional Engineering Project Part B |
12 | Option course |
12 |
Year 1 |
EEET1142 Project Preparation Planning and Problem Solving |
12 | OENG1120 Research Methods in Engineering |
12 |
Year 2 |
EEET2312 Research Project |
48 | OENG1088 Masters Research Project |
48 |
Year 2 |
EEET2313 Research Project Part 1 |
24 | OENG1089 Masters Research Project Part 1 |
24 |
Year 2 |
EEET2314 Research Project Part 2 |
24 | OENG1090 Masters Research Project Part 2 |
24 |
The year 2 Option B, which included EEET2349 Professional Engineering Advanced Project Part A, and EEET2350 Professional Engineering Advanced Project Part B, has been removed as an option. If you have completed these courses prior to the commencement of Semester 1 2021 they will continue to count towards your program. Students who have begun, but not yet completed this option, please see your program manager for a completion plan.
Transition Plan 2014
If you commenced the program MC043 Master of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) in 2013 or earlier you may continue on the old program(MC043) structure and graduate after completing 144 credit points or you may transition into the new 192 credit point program structure. If you want to continue on the old program structure you must complete the degree by 31/12/2016 as the old program (MC043) will be discontinued after that date. The school will contact you during 2013 to ascertain your preference. If you transition into the new program structure you will need to consult the Program Manager to determine what courses you need to take to graduate.
From 2014 six courses change title as listed in the following table. These courses are equivalent for transition purposes only (not necessarily content equivalent). All courses listed are 12 credit points.
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| EEET2035 | HDL & High Level Synthesis | Design With Hardware Description Languages |
| EEET2044 | Microsystems Technology | MicroNanoSystems, MEMS, and NEMS |
| EEET2151 | Advances and Applications of Micro- and Nano-Technologies | Recent Advances in MicroNanoEngineering |
| EEET2152 | Semiconductor Physics and Materials | Semiconductor Device Physics |
| EEET2227 | Microcomputer Systems Design | Smart Embedded Systems |
| EEET2391 | Microfluidic and Lab-on-a-chip Devices | Lab-on-a-chip, Biomedical Devices, and BioNanoEngineering |
Retained Credit
All credit points successfully completed in a prior version of this program will count towards completion of this program.
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