Higher degrees by coursework
Master of Electronic Systems and Network Engineering – Melbourne (Bundoora) (SMESNE)
The two-year Master of Electronic Systems and Network Engineering program provides specialised education in the high demand areas of:
- computer networks
- biomedical engineering
- communication engineering
- distributed computing
- electronic systems engineering
- microelectronics design
- mobile communications
- optical engineering
- wireless networks.
Graduates can work in a wide range of industries, including:
- information technology
- communications
- microelectronics
- automotive
- defence organisations
- electronic equipment design and manufacturing
- hospitals
- medical equipment industries.
Admission requirements
Applicants should have a four-year engineering degree or an Honours degree in science in an appropriate field, or the equivalent, with a minimum background in digital logic, computer architecture, mathematics at second year level and programming skills in C or C++. Candidates who do not strictly meet the above requirements may be considered for admission following the successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering.
Advanced standing
Applications for advanced standing will be considered in accordance with University policy.
Course structure
The two-year course requires the completion of units from electronic engineering and computer science and an electronic engineering project for a total value of 240 credit points.
Students may select a maximum of 60 credit points of Level 2 or 3 units (offered from either computer science or electronic engineering), depending on their background and the area(s) in which they wish to specialise. Students then choose a minimum of 60 credit points of specialised computer networks units and a minimum of 30 credit points of specialised electronic engineering units. They must include a 30-credit point, 45-credit point, or 60-credit point electronic engineering project. Elective units from the list of specialised and advanced units offered by the Departments of Computer Science and Computer Engineering (CS and CE), and Electronic Engineering (EE) (which may include CSE4THA and CSE4THB) comprise the remaining credit points. Students who take less than the maximum four Level 2 or 3 units choose additional electives from the pool of units offered by CS and CE and EE. Subject to approval by the course coordinator, students may enrol in up to two relevant units to the value of 30 credit points from other areas of the University.
A typical enrolment for students with a background in electronic systems would be:
| Course type | Credit points |
|---|---|
| Two Level 2 or 3 computer networks units | 30 credit points |
| Four specialised computer networks units | 60 credit points |
| Two specialised electronic engineering units | 30 credit points |
| One electronic engineering project | 30, 45 or 60 credit points |
| Two advanced computer science electives | 30 credit points |
| Two, three or four advanced electronic engineering electives | 30, 45 or 60 credit points |
| Total 240 credit points |
A typical enrolment for students with a background in computer science would be:
| Course type | Credit points |
|---|---|
| Minimum of two Level 2 or 3 electronic engineering units | 30 credit points |
| Two specialised electronic engineering units | 30 credit points |
| One electronic engineering project | 30 or 45 credit points |
| Four specialised computer networks units | 60 credit points |
| One or two advanced electronic engineering electives | 15 or 30 credit points |
| Four advanced computer science electives | 60 credit points |
| Total 240 credit points |
Compulsory Electronic Engineering Project/Design Units (30, 45, or 60 credit points) plus the 15-credit point core unit, ELE5PRA.
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or | Engineering Practice | ELE5PRA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 |
Students must select a design/project option from the following:
(a) A 30-credit point single-semester design exercise:
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Electronic Engineering Design | ELE5EDE** | 30 |
| or | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | Network Design Exercise | ELE5NDE** | 30 |
| or | |||
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Biomedical Design Exercise | ELE5BDE** | 30 |
(b) A 45-credit point two-semester electronic engineering project (student must enrol in both units):
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Electronic Engineering Project A1 | ELE5ERA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Electronic Engineering Project B1 | ELE5ERB | 30 |
(c) A 60-credit point two-semester electronic engineering major project (student must enrol in both units):
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Electronic Engineering Major Project A1 | ELE5MPA | 30 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Electronic Engineering Major Project B1 | ELE5MPB | 30 |
- Key **Under special circumstances a student may enrol in more than one design exercise or project, subject to approval of the course coordinator.
Core Specialist Computer Networks units
A minimum of 60 credit points (four units) must be selected from the list below:
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Pervasive Network Design 2 | CSE4PND | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Communication Protocol Engineering | CSE4CPE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Mobile and Pervasive Computing2 | CSE4MPC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Wireless Network Engineering | CSE4WNE | 15 |
Core Specialist Electronic Engineering units
A minimum of 30 credit points (two units) must be selected from the list below:
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Advanced Instrumentation Electronics4 | ELE4AAE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Signal Processing5 | ELE4ASP | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Biomedical Engineering B1, 6 | ELE4BME | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Digital System Design7 | ELE5DSD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Optical Networks8 | ELE5OPN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Clinical Engineering6 | ELE4CLN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Communications Networks9 | ELE4NET | 15 |
Level 2 and 3 units
A maximum of 60 credit points (four units) may be selected from the list below:
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Network Engineering Fundamentals | CSE2NEF | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Intermediate Network Engineering | CSE3INE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Biomedical Engineering A | ELE3BIO | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Communication Systems | ELE3CMN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Control Systems | ELE3CON | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Embedded Processors | ELE3EMB | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Instrumentation Electronics and Sensors | ELE3IES | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Network, System and Web Security | CSE3NSW | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Digital Communication Systems | ELE3DCS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Electronic Design Automation-Tools and Technique | ELE3DDE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Digital Signal Processing | ELE3SIP | 15 |
Elective units
Advanced computer science – units offered may vary from year to year, depending on demand and staff availability:
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 and TE-SEM-2 |
Thesis A and Thesis B | CSE4THA and CSE4THB | 30 plus 30 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Databases | CSE4ADB | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Games Programming Technology | CSE4AGT | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems | CSE4RFS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Advanced Graphics | CSE4AGR | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Data Mining | CSE4DMI | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Performance Analysis of Computer Systems | CSE4PCS | 15 |
Elective units
Advanced electronic engineering – units offered may vary from year to year, depending on demand and staff availability.
| Teaching period | Unit name | Unit code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Directed Study1 | ELE4DIR | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Topics A1* | ELE4ATA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Advanced Topics B1* | ELE4ATB | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Radio Frequency Design | ELE4RFD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Studies in Telecommunication A1 | ELE5ASA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Broadband Digital Communications9 | ELE5BDC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Integrated Circuit Design | ELE5ICD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Multimedia Communications9 * | ELE5MMC* | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Secure Communications* | ELE5SEC* | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Semiconductor Materials and Devices | ELE5SDP | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Personal Mobile Communications | ELE5PMC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Telecommunications Systems Engineering | ELE5TSE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Image Processing and Coding | ELE4IPC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Antennas and Propagation10 | ELE4ANS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Digital Control Theory11 | ELE4DCT | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Emerging Topics in IC Design | ELE5ETD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | EDA Tools and Design Methodology* | ELE5TDM* | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Advanced Studies in Telecommunication B1* | ELE5ASB | 15 |
- Key: 1 Enrolment subject to approval from the course coordinator.
- 2 Requires unit CSE3NET (Data Communications Networks), or prior equivalent studies.
- 3 N/A
- 4 Requires unit ELE43IES (Instrumentation Electronics and Sensors) or prior equivalent studies.
- 5 Requires unit ELE3SIP (Digital Signal Processing) or prior equivalent studies.
- 6 Requires units ELE3BIO (Biomedical Engineering A) and ELE3IES (Instrumentation Electronics and Sensors) or prior equivalent studies.
- 7 Requires unit ELE3DDE (Electronic Design Automation-Tools and Technique) or prior equivalent studies.
- 8 Incompatible with ELE4OFC (Optical Fibre Communication Systems).
- 9 Requires units ELE3CMN (Communication Systems) and ELE3DCS (Digital Communication Systems) or prior equivalent studies.
- 10 Requires unit ELE3RMO (RF, Microwave and Optical Transmission) or prior equivalent studies. From 2009 requires ELE3CMN and ELE3DCS.
- 11 Requires unit ELE3CON (Control Systems) or prior equivalent studies.
- * Not offered in 2008.