Program Overview

Engineering Software (TU808)

Overview

The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Engineering Software is a four-year program designed to produce professional engineers who can design and optimize complex hardware, software, and communications systems.

Course Description

The first year of this course is a common year, and students study the same fundamental modules with elements of hardware, software, and electronic principles. In the following years, students have the opportunity to choose to specialize in their chosen discipline of Electronic Engineering or Engineering Software in greater depth.

This course is designed to produce professional engineers who can design and optimize complex hardware, software, and communications systems, and you will be at the forefront of developing the connected world. You’ll develop the skills you need to work in all aspects of the ICT industry, including software design, information technology, telecommunications, and computer network engineering.

Minimum Entry Requirements

To qualify for Advanced Entry, applicants must be currently studying, completing, or have successfully completed studies at Level 6, 7, or 8 in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or an equivalent, in a related area. You must demonstrate by providing transcripts of results that you have achieved the learning outcomes for each stage you wish to advance past.

Career Opportunities

Electronic Engineers are responsible for the design, development, and testing of hardware and software components or systems. The modern Electronic Engineer will work in a diverse and very dynamic field spanning from the design and operation of mobile phones to robotics.

Typical career opportunities will include:

• Telecommunications Engineer
• Hardware Design Engineer
• Computer Network Engineer
• Radio Frequency Design Engineer
• Integrated Circuit Design Engineer
• Engineering Systems Engineer
• Instrumentation Engineer
• Networks Operation Engineer
• Nanotechnology Design Engineer

Module Listing

Year One

• Critical Skills Development [Mandatory]
• Electrical Circuits 1 [Mandatory]
• Electronic Workshop [Mandatory]
• Interactive Computer Programming [Mandatory]
• Mathematics 1 [Mandatory]
• Physics [Mandatory]

Year Two

• Analogue Electronics Fundamentals [Mandatory]
• Computer Aided Design [Mandatory]
• Digital Systems 1 [Mandatory]
• Electrical Circuits 2 [Mandatory]
• Interactive Embedded Systems [Mandatory]
• Mathematics 2 [Mandatory]

Year Three

• Digital Systems 2 [Mandatory]
• Java [Mandatory]
• Mathematics 3 [Mandatory]
• Computer Network Fundamentals [Mandatory]
• Software Project 1 [Mandatory]
  • Introduction to Smart Sensors [Elective]
  • Radio Systems [Elective]

Year Four

• Network Design [Mandatory]
• Computer Programming [Mandatory]
• Mathematics 5 [Mandatory]
• Management Techniques [Mandatory]
• Object Oriented Software Design [Mandatory]
• Software Project 3 [Mandatory]

Advanced Entry

Advanced Entry applications are accepted to this course. To qualify for Advanced Entry, applicants must be currently studying, completing, or have successfully completed studies at Level 6, 7, or 8 in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or an equivalent, in a related area.

What Our Students Say

The B.Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering has allowed me gain a senior position with an engineering company.

Thanks to the B.Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering I now work with a company designing integrated circuits for next-generation equipment.

When I received my B.Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering I was able to travel abroad and make a career in software development.