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Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) Engineering Institute of Technology
Introduction
Course at a Glance
- Code: BEE
- Course Length: 3 years full-time
- Course taught in English
Programme Details
The field of engineering concerned with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism is electrical engineering. Essential to our modern infrastructure and conveniences, electrical engineers employ their skills across a large number of specializations, including the design of household appliances, lighting, building wiring, telecommunication systems, robots, power generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization.
With this qualification, you will have acquired the essential knowledge which underpins both this and other fields of engineering. More importantly, you will have become an electrical engineering technologist.
Accreditation
Like all Australian higher education providers and universities, EIT programmes are accredited by the exacting standards of the Australian Government’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). This bachelor’s degree is provisionally accredited by Engineers Australia under the Sydney Accord. It is internationally recognized under the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) accords and the various signatories.
Program Outcome
Upon completion of this programme, you will gain skills and knowledge in the latest electrical engineering technologies.
Career Opportunities
Potential Job Outcomes
Graduates will be employable as technologists working in a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, chemical, military, mineral processes, and mining industries.
Potential job roles include engineering and management positions in the following areas of expertise:
- Electrical system planning, design, and development
- Power supply, distribution, and transmission
- Electrical commissioning and power production management
- Renewable energy
- Electrical instrumentation and control
- Electronics research, design, and testing
- Operations, maintenance, field services, and technical support
- Electrical project management and business development
- Radio and television broadcasting
- Mining
- Advanced Automation & Robotic Systems.
- Space Defense Systems
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Curriculum
Programme Structure
The degree consists of a combination of core units, sub-discipline specific ‘stream’ units, industrial work experience, and a final year project.
Year One
| Unit Code | Subjects | Credit Points |
| BSC101C | Engineering Mathematics 1 (Core) | 3 |
| BSC102C | Electrical Circuit Theory and Analysis (Core) | 3 |
| BSC103C | Engineering Dynamics and Mechanics (Core) | 3 |
| BSC203C | Engineering Design and Drawing (Core) | 3 |
| BSC109C (Part A) | Industrial Experience Research Project | 0 |
| BSC104C | Engineering Mathematics 2 (Core) | 3 |
| BSC201C | Engineering Programming (Core) | 3 |
| BEE106S | Fundamentals of Electronics | 3 |
| BSC107C | Physics and Chemistry for Engineers (Core) | 3 |
| BSC109C (Part B) | Industrial Experience Research Project | 3 |
| BSC110C | Industrial Experience | 0 |
Year Two
| Unit Code | Subjects | Credit Points |
| BEE108S | Direct Current and Alternating Current Motors | 3 |
| BSC105C | Mechanics of Machines (Core) | 3 |
| BSC202C | Engineering Mathematics 3 (Core) | 3 |
| BEE204S | Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | 3 |
| BSC302C (Part A) | Project Planning, Management and Costing (Core) | 0 |
| BEE205S | Transformers and Switchgear | 3 |
| BEE206S | Electrical Safety, Earthing and Lightning Protection | 3 |
| BEE208S | Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives | 3 |
| BEE209S | Power Quality and Energy Efficiency | 3 |
| BSC302C (Part B) | Project Planning, Management and Costing (Core) | 3 |
| BSC210C | Industrial Experience | 0 |
Year Three
| Unit Code | Subjects | Credit Points |
| BEE207S | Power System Protection | 3 |
| BEE301S | Electrical Utilisation Engineering | 3 |
| BEE303S | Power Generation (Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Technologies) | 3 |
| BEE304S | Electrical Control Circuits and PLC Programming | 3 |
| BSC305C (Part A) | Technology, Sustainability and Society (Core) | 0 |
| BEE306S | Data Communication for Power System Monitoring | 3 |
| BSC307C | Final Year Project (Electrical Engineering) | 9 |
| BSC305C (Part B) | Technology, Sustainability and Society (Core) | 3 |
Additional Mandatory Units
| Unit Code | Subjects | Credit Points |
| BXX001 | Hands-on Workshop 1 | 0 |
| BXX002 | Hands-on Workshop 2 | 0 |
| BXX003 | Hands-on Workshop 3 | 0 |
| BXX004 | Hands-on Workshop 4 | 0 |
Work-Integrated Learning
EIT’s Bachelor of Science programmes require students to undertake 240 hours of paid or unpaid professional work-integrated learning. This can incorporate paid or unpaid internships, site visits, contributing to industry projects, and networking activities.
In undertaking an internship, students will interact with employees and become exposed to organisational policy and culture. You will familiarize yourself with organisational communication procedures, a variety of engineering disciplines, and obtain insight and practical aptitude in projects from the planning phase to completion.
If you already have some work experience in the relevant engineering field, you may apply to have credit granted by completing the associated recognition of prior learning form.
Time Commitment & Duration
Our bachelor’s degrees take three years to complete full-time, and longer for those studying part-time (up to 6 years part-time). You will spend approximately 10 hours per week, per unit, learning the programme material, and completing assessments. This includes attending tutorials.