University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2006

C04090v4 Master of Engineering

Award(s): Master of Engineering (ME)
CRICOS code: 017900B
Load credit points: 60
Course EFTSL: 1.25
Location: City campus or distance
Faculty/institute responsible: Engineering

Overview
Career options
Articulation
Additional admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information

Overview

This course provides an opportunity at Master's level for professionally-qualified engineers, including recent graduates, to extend in depth and breadth the knowledge and skills gained from their undergraduate studies. Each program must be designed to enhance technological knowledge pertaining to one or more fields of engineering. The completion of subjects and project work at advanced level is central to this requirement.

Career options

Master's-level courses enhance the ability of engineers to gain and hold jobs.

Articulation

This course offers opportunities for articulation from a sub-Master's (e.g. Graduate Certificate) to a Master's-level award.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants must:

  • be a graduate in Engineering of UTS
  • hold a degree or equivalent from another higher education institution deemed equivalent to the Bachelor of Engineering degree at UTS, or
  • hold a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Engineering at a level of performance deemed by the Faculty Board in Engineering to be satisfactory evidence of an ability to undertake Master's candidature (typically 60 per cent average).

Applicants should also have two years' relevant work experience, or one year of structured industrial experience equivalent to that required for the Bachelor of Engineering degree at UTS.

Applications for admission by internal transfer of candidature from a Graduate Certificate may be considered following completion of subjects totalling at least 18 credit points at a level of performance deemed by the Faculty Board in Engineering to be satisfactory evidence of an ability to undertake Master's candidature (typically 60 per cent average).

Course duration and attendance

The course may be completed on a full-time basis in one-and-a-half years. Completion on a part-time basis requires two to three years.

Classes are usually held in the evenings or in block and/or distance mode.

Course structure

Candidates complete coursework subjects and a major individual project, totalling 60 credit points of study. The project component is typically undertaken following completion of the coursework.

Some Postgraduate program majors may require students to complete a number of prescribed subjects with or without opportunity for electives. Subjects are selected from those offered by the UTS Faculty of Engineering, other UTS faculties, other faculties of engineering (including The University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney), and other institutions approved by the Academic Board. Not less than 60 per cent of total credit points must be completed through subjects offered, and/or a Graduate Project supervised, by the UTS Faculty of Engineering.

The Graduate Project must be supervised by a principal supervisor who is a member or adjunct member of academic staff of the UTS Faculty of Engineering.

Course completion requirements

CBK90443 Major choice 24cp
CBK90532 Elective 6cp
Select 30 credit points from the following options: 30cp
STM90080 Project + two electives30cp 
STM90081 Project + one elective30cp 
STM90082 Project30cp 
Total 60cp

Course program

The list of available majors is shown below. Not all of the subjects available within each major are offered every semester and offering patterns may vary from year to year. Students should check the timetable for details.

 
List of majors
MAJ03416 Environmental Engineering 24cp
MAJ03432 Software Engineering 24cp
MAJ03433 Structural Engineering 24cp
MAJ03434 Telecommunication Networks 24cp
MAJ03435 Telecommunications Engineering 24cp
MAJ03436 Water Engineering 24cp
MAJ03438 Computer Control Engineering 24cp
MAJ03439 Energy Planning and Policy 24cp
MAJ03440 Local Government Engineering 24cp
MAJ03441 Groundwater Management 24cp
MAJ03442 Manufacturing Engineering and Management 24cp
MAJ08860 Engineering Management 24cp
CBK90473 No specified major 24cp
 
Computer Control Engineering major
Select two subjects from the following: 12cp
49261 Biomedical Instrumentation6cp 
49274 Advanced Robotics6cp 
49275 Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic6cp 
Select two subjects from the following: 12cp
49048 Wireless Networking Technologies6cp 
49261 Biomedical Instrumentation6cp 
49262 Web Technologies6cp 
49263 Software Analysis and Design6cp 
49264 Software Quality Processes6cp 
49265 Software Technologies6cp 
49274 Advanced Robotics6cp 
49275 Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic6cp 
 
Energy Planning and policy major
49024 Energy Modelling 6cp
49026 Electricity Sector Planning and Restructuring 6cp
49706 Regulatory Economics 6cp
49021 Evaluation of Infrastructure Investments 6cp
 
Engineering Mangement major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49001 Judgment and Decision Making6cp 
49002 Managing Projects6cp 
49003 Economic Evaluation6cp 
49006 Risk Management in Engineering6cp 
49012 Project Management Support Systems6cp 
49016 Technology and Innovation Management6cp 
49069 Leadership and Responsibility6cp 
49098 Engineering Financial Control6cp 
49306 Quality and Operations Management Systems6cp 
49309 Quality Planning and Analysis6cp 
 
Environmental Engineering major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49049 Air and Noise Pollution6cp 
49109 Engineered Natural Water Treatment Systems6cp 
49121 Environmental Assessment and Planning6cp 
49122 Ecology and Sustainability6cp 
49123 Waste and Pollution Management6cp 
49124 Water Quality Management6cp 
49125 Environmental Risk Assessment6cp 
49126 Environmental Management of Land6cp 
49127 On-site Water and Wastewater Treatment6cp 
 
Groundwater Management major
49551 Surface Hydrology and Groundwater 6cp
49555 Groundwater Modelling 6cp
66014 Hydrogeology 6cp
66015 Hydrogeochemistry 6cp
 
Local Government Engineering major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49102 Traffic and Transportation6cp 
49104 Asset Maintenance Management6cp 
49105 Water Supply and Wastewater Management6cp 
49106 Road Engineering Practice6cp 
49107 Urban Stormwater Design6cp 
49108 Local Government Powers and Practice6cp 
49121 Environmental Assessment and Planning6cp 
49126 Environmental Management of Land6cp 
 
Manufacturing Engineering major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49002 Managing Projects6cp 
49049 Air and Noise Pollution6cp 
49307 Internal Combustion Engines6cp 
49312 Advanced Flow Modelling6cp 
49316 Materials Handling6cp 
49321 Energy Conversion6cp 
49322 Airconditioning6cp 
49323 Vibration Analysis6cp 
49325 Computer-aided Mechanical Design6cp 
49328 Turbomachines6cp 
49928 Optimisation Methods and Applications in Engineering6cp 
 
Software Engineering major
49262 Web Technologies 6cp
49263 Software Analysis and Design 6cp
49264 Software Quality Processes 6cp
49265 Software Technologies 6cp
 
Structural Engineering major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49002 Managing Projects6cp 
49047 Finite Element Analysis6cp 
49131 Bridge Design6cp 
49132 Stability of Structures6cp 
49133 Steel and Composite Design6cp 
49134 Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering6cp 
49135 Wind Engineering6cp 
49136 Application of Timber in Engineering Structures6cp 
49141 Advanced Geomechanics6cp 
49150 Prestressed Concrete Design6cp 
49151 Concrete Technology and Practice6cp 
49152 Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures6cp 
49927 Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Civil Engineering Applications6cp 
 
Telecommunications Networks major
49202 Communication Protocols 6cp
49238 Telecommunication Networks Management 6cp
Select two subjects from the following: 12cp
49048 Wireless Networking Technologies6cp 
49100 Advanced Wireless Networks6cp 
49201 Integrated Services Networks6cp 
49203 Telecommunications Signal Processing6cp 
49215 Telecommunications Industry Management6cp 
49219 Emerging Internetworking Protocols6cp 
49220 Real-time Signal Processing in Telecommunications6cp 
49249 Telecommunications Engineering Foundation 26cp 
49262 Web Technologies6cp 
49265 Software Technologies6cp 
49266 Software Architecture and Middleware6cp 
 
Telecommunications Engineering major
49215 Telecommunications Industry Management 6cp
49205 Transmission Systems 6cp
Select two subjects from the following: 12cp
49048 Wireless Networking Technologies6cp 
49099 GSM, GPRS and EDGE Technologies6cp 
49201 Integrated Services Networks6cp 
49203 Telecommunications Signal Processing6cp 
49207 Advanced Concepts in Microwave and Mobile Communications6cp 
49220 Real-time Signal Processing in Telecommunications6cp 
49223 Satellite Communication Systems6cp 
49249 Telecommunications Engineering Foundation 26cp 
 
Water Engineering major
Select four subjects from the following: 24cp
49107 Urban Stormwater Design6cp 
49111 Coastal Engineering6cp 
49113 Water Quality Modelling6cp 
49124 Water Quality Management6cp 
49126 Environmental Management of Land6cp 
49551 Surface Hydrology and Groundwater6cp 
 
No specified major
Select 24 credit points of options 24cp

Other information

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