MC235 - Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)

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Plan: MC235 - Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

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

Approach 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 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, 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 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 complete 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: 

  • 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/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams

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.

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Work 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 MC235 Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) as an option course. 

These courses provide realistic work situations allowing you to learn, apply and demonstrate professional engineering practice.

Some of the core courses such as Protection and High Voltage Engineering (EEET2336) and Renewable Electrical Energy Systems (EEET2335), feature talks by guest speakers from the industry as well as site visits to industrial sites such as power plants and substations will be conducted as part of the course delivery. The program supports you for these work related learning experiences.

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Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following. Please note, all courses listed may not be available each semester.
 

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Renewable Electrical Energy Systems 12 EEET2335 City Campus
Protection and High Voltage Engineering 12 EEET2336 City Campus
Electrical Energy Conversion 12 EEET2337 City Campus
Advanced Control Systems (PG) 12 EEET1368 City Campus
Research Methods in Engineering 12 OENG1120 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete Three (3) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Digital Signal Processing 12 EEET1123 City Campus
Optical Fibre Systems and Networks PG 12 EEET1126 City Campus
Antennas for Mobile and Satellite Communications PG 12 EEET1131 City Campus
Optical Fibre Technology PG 12 EEET1133 City Campus
Satellite Communication Systems Engineering PG 12 EEET1138 City Campus
Mobile and Personal Commun Systems Engineering PG 12 EEET1141 City Campus
Network Access Systems (PG) 12 EEET1148 City Campus
Network Services and Internet Applications (PG) 12 EEET1152 City Campus
Image Systems Engineering 12 EEET1255 City Campus
Real Time Systems Design 12 EEET1262 City Campus
Electronic Manufacturing (PG) 12 EEET1457 City Campus
Audio Engineering (PG) 12 EEET1462 City Campus
Sensors and Measurement Technologies 12 EEET1464 City Campus
Circuit and System Simulation (PG) 12 EEET1467 City Campus
Design With Hardware Description Languages 12 EEET2035 City Campus
MicroNanoSystems, MEMS, and NEMS 12 EEET2044 City Campus
Semiconductor Device Fabrication 12 EEET2045 City Campus
Electronic Materials 12 EEET2148 City Campus
Real Time Estimation and Control 12 EEET2223 City Campus
Network Engineering 12 EEET2291 City Campus
RF and Microwave Circuits 12 EEET2309 City Campus
Radar Systems 12 EEET2310 City Campus
Intelligent Systems 12 EEET2316 City Campus
Network Design and Performance 12 EEET2317 City Campus
Variable Speed Drives 12 EEET2338 City Campus
Power System Analysis and Control 12 EEET2339 City Campus
Introduction to Electrical Building Design 12 EEET2385 City Campus
Industrial Automation 12 EEET2388 City Campus
Switched Mode Power Supplies 12 EEET2387 City Campus
Advanced Power Systems 12 EEET2381 City Campus
Power Electronic Converters 12 EEET2389 City Campus
Smart Grids 12 EEET2614 City Campus
Humanitarian Engineering 12 OENG1114 City Campus
Professional Experience Postgraduate 12 EEET2471 City Campus
 
AND

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Year Two of Program

Select and Complete Forty Eight (48) Credit Points from the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Masters Research Project 48 OENG1088 City Campus
Masters Research Project Part 1 24 OENG1089 City Campus
Masters Research Project Part 2 24 OENG1090 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Variable Speed Drives 12 EEET2338 City Campus
Power System Analysis and Control 12 EEET2339 City Campus
Real Time Estimation and Control 12 EEET2223 City Campus
Power Electronic Converters 12 EEET2389 City Campus
Switched Mode Power Supplies 12 EEET2387 City Campus
Industrial Automation 12 EEET2388 City Campus
Intelligent Systems 12 EEET2316 City Campus
Introduction to Electrical Building Design 12 EEET2385 City Campus
Smart Grids 12 EEET2614 City Campus
Advanced Power Systems 12 EEET2381 City Campus
Professional Experience Postgraduate 12 EEET2471 City Campus
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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 within your program and contribute towards the successful completion of your program.

 

Old course

Credit Points

Replacement

Credit Points

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 commenced option B, but not yet completed it, please see your program manager for a completion plan.

EEET2331 Bioelectromagnetism and EEET2332 Biosignal Processing and Computing have also been removed from the option lists, if you completed these courses prior to the commencement of Semester 1 2021, they will continue to count towards the completion of your program as an option course.

Transition Plan 2014

If you commenced the program MC176 Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) in 2013 or earlier you may continue on the old program 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 (MC176) 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. 

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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