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Overview of undergraduate courses available at EECE

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Single Degrees

The University of Western Australia offers a number of courses leading to a Bachelor of Engineering degree (Electrical and Electronic), Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) and a Bachelor of Engineering (Process Instrumentation and Control). The course duration is 4 years full time.

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic)

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The Bachelor of Engineering covers the following major fields: Communication Engineering, Control Engineering, Power Systems Engineering and Electronic Engineering.

Communication Engineering deals with the transfer of information of diverse kinds by the modulation, transmission and subsequent demodulation or reception of electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals. These signals may be digital or analogue and may be transmitted over cable, radio or optical fibre media. National and international communication networks; television and telecommunication; cable, microwave, satellite and optical communication are among the topics included. Related topics include signal encryption, signal processing, decision theory and detection strategies.

Power Systems Engineering is a very large field of professional engineering practice in Australia and throughout the world. Every modern economy depends increasingly on electricity supply. Expansion of electricity supply throughout most of the Asian countries is now on a massive scale. The major field of expertise in this department is in all aspects of power generation, transmission, distribution and supply and especially computer-aided design and control of large integrated power network systems.

Control Engineering deals with automatic means by which the performance of a process or plant is controlled or regulated from measurements of its own response. Feedback control of this kind, and its fundamental concepts, has very wide applications and implications. Control engineers need wide knowledge and the ability to work with specialists in other fields. This branch of engineers involves the marriage of electrical and mechanical systems.

Electronic Engineering deals with the development and application of electronic devices, circuits and systems.

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer)

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Computer engineering encompasses a wide variety of areas including:

  • Computer Systems: hardware, software embedded, design, management;

  • Networks and Communications: local, global, wireless, concurrency, Internet;
  • Intelligent Information Systems: robotics, automation, manufacturing, vision, neural networks;
  • Signal Processing: adaptive systems, real-time, fuzzy logic;
  • Automotive Systems: motor management, brake systems, drive information, navigation.

The programme covers:

  • Computer Engineering: focuses in the areas of the design and development of hardware and software systems.
  • Communication and Network Engineering: concentrates on different service needs, and developing and applying hardware and software to meet them.
  • Software Engineering: focuses on the design and development of software.
  • Intelligent Systems: concentrates on the development of expert systems or neural network components of devices.

Bachelor of Engineering (Process Instrumentation and Control)

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To meet the demands of the oil and gas, manufacturing or downstream processing industries, modern plants are equipped with systems and devices which are needed to measure and regulate variables such as temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, liquid level, velocity and density. If these and other factors are not closely controlled the product being manufactured or processed can be completely ruined.

The Process Instrumentation and Control Engineering field encompasses all kinds of essential human activity and enterprise including:

  • Power generation
  • Semiconductor and Chemical manufacturing - production, control, design
  • Mining industry and downstream processing
  • Oil and gas and petroleum refining
  • Pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, aluminium, food and waste water processing.

The programme covers:

  • Modern process measurement and control instrumentation using working processes and simulations.
  • Field process instrumentation and control.

Combined Degrees

You can combine any of the single Bachelor of Engineering programmes with Arts, Law, Commerce and some Science courses. You can also combine any of the programmes with an integrated Masters course. Combined courses will involve a longer period of study.