Coordinator: Associate Professor Michael Page (Faculty of Science)
As the global economy makes the transition from the industrial to the information age, a telecommunications infrastructure becomes each nation's most vital resource. Telecommunications is at the heart of the internet revolution and the most rapidly expanding area of engineering. The sequence combines studies in telecommunications engineering with a strong science background in mathematics and physics.
The telecommunication sequence is specifically structured to enable students
who successfully complete it to be appropriately prepared for the Masters in
Telecommunications Technology, which is offered in English at the University of
Ulm, Germany. This will provide students with the valuable opportunity to gain
high-quality additional training close to the heart of Europe's communications
industry (http://www.uni-ulm.de/c-tech).
The major sequence in telecommunications is not sufficient for accreditation by
the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust) as a telecommunications
engineer but graduates can also undertake additional studies at Monash at the
completion of the Bachelor of Science to become trained as an IEAust accredited
telecommunications engineer.
Major sequence in telecommunications (48 points):
This sequence is comprised of ENG and ECE units, which are not offered as science units. Bachelor of Science students must complete it in combination with appropriate science studies that ensure that their science course requirements are satisfied. Prerequisites for the ECE units require that minor sequences be completed in both mathematics and physics, so the major sequence in science will normally be in mathematics, physics or astrophysics.
Students should also complete PHS1011 and PHS1022 and a 12-point sequence in mathematics, either by taking MTH1020 and MTH1030 or MTH1030 and MTH2010; see the `Mathematics' entry in this section of the handbook for the recommended units.
Students should commencing in March should complete ECE2701 in first semester and ENG1301 and ENG1602 in second semester. They should also complete two level-one units towards the earth processes and life processes requirement in their first year of enrolment. Students commencing in July should complete ENG1301 and ENG1602 in second semester and ECE2101, ECE2401 and ECE2701 in first semester.
If MTH2010 was not completed in first year, this should be completed in the first semester of the second year of enrolment. In addition, students should complete MTH2021, MTH2032, PHS2011 and PHS2022. It is also recommended that SCI2010 be taken in the second year of enrolment.
Normally, 12 points of ECE units are taken in the second year of enrolment. Students who commenced their studies in March should complete ECE2101 and ECE2401 in first semester and ECE2601 in second semester. Students who commenced in July should complete ECE2601 in second semester and ECE3102 and ECE3602 in first semester.
Student should normally complete a major sequence in either mathematics, physics or astrophysics in their third year of enrolment in combination with either 24 points (March start) or 16 points (July start) of ECE units at levels three and four, in accordance with any remaining requirements for the major sequence. Student who commenced their studies in the March semester should complete 12 additional points of science units, chosen to satisfy any remaining requirements for the Bachelor of Science course.
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