Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering

The Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering provides students with a foundation in electronics.

It emphasises digital technology, gate array technologies and the application of microprocessor-controlled circuitry, communications and analogue electronics.

Students learn how to provide technical leadership in the workplace and to design, commission, test, evaluate and diagnose faults in advanced electronic systems and associated apparatus.

This qualification provides competencies to design and validate/evaluate electronics and communication equipment and systems, manage risk, estimate and manage projects and provide technical advice/sales.

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

The course is delivered as a combination of face-to-face, workshops, tutorials and online learning. Students are required to complete 11 core units and 33 elective units.

Units of study

Develop, enter and verify word and analogue control programs for programmable logic controllers (UEENEEI151A)

Assemble, enter and verify operating instructions in microprocessor equipped devices (UEENEEI116A)

Troubleshoot resonance circuits in an electronic apparatus (UEENEEH114A)

Provide solutions to basic engineering computational problems (UEENEEE126A)

Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers (UEENEEI150A)

Set up and configure the wireless capablilities of communications and data storage devices (UEENEEF107A)

Develop structured programs to control external devices (UEENEEI155A)

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Completion of Australian equivalent Year 12 studies.

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English language requirements

Satisfactory completion of one of the following:

• Swinburne's English for Academic Purposes (EAP 4 Upper Intermediate level) with overall 65%, all skills 60%
• minimum IELTS overall band of 5.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 5.0
• TOEFL iBT (internet-based) minimum score of 65 with no band less than 15
• Pearson (PTE) minimum score of 42 (no communicative skills less than 36)
• any other equivalent assessment of English language proficiency.

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Prerequisites

• General Maths
• Further Maths
• Maths Method
• Specialist Maths

This course is suitable for people seeking to develop a career or undertake further studies in the computer and electronic industries. It focusses on creating a product and developing the skills of the students in the following areas:

• analysis, diagnosis, fault finding and repair of electronic equipment and systems
• primary planning, analysis and design, focused on complex electronic systems related to the hardware, control software and their inter-relationships
• identifying customer and client needs
• supervision and facilitation of the routine performance of these functions
• commissioning of advanced electronic systems and equipment.