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Programs Eng GradCertEng Graduate Certificate in Engineering (2013)
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The course requirements described here apply to persons who commenced their candidature after 1 January, 2013 and persons who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January, 2013 who elect to proceed under 2013 resolutions.
Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January, 2013 may complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement, provided that requirements are completed by 1 January, 2018, or later date as the Faculty may, in special circumstances, approve.
Candidates who first commenced in 2013, and are re-enrolling for 2014 or later, should be aware that there may have been changes in units of study offered since, Check that units are still available by clicking the unit of study link in the course table. See 2013 version of this course for up to date unit of study list.
For details of relevant resolutions see faculty handbook at sydney.edu.au/handbooks.
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Year 1 - Semester 1
| Type | CP | CP From |
| 24 |
Select from
Unit Block: Postgraduate Engineering Units |
Note:
Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed in Streams/Majors, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
1. Units from the School of AMME
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
2. Units from the School of AMME - Biomedical
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
3. Units from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
4. Units from the School of Civil Engineering
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
5. Units from the School of Electrical & Information Engineering
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
6. Units from the School of Electrical & Information Engineering - Power
Note: Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
Block 1 - Postgraduate Engineering Units (Min CP: 24,Max CP: 24)
| Unit Code | Unit Name | CP | Sessions Offered |
| AERO5301 | Applied Finite Element Analysis | 6 |
Semester 1
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| AERO5760 | Spacecraft and Satellite Design | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5101 | Power Plant Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| AMME5202 | Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics | 6 |
Semester 1
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| AMME5271 | Computational Nanotechnology | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5602 | Product Life Cycle Design | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5902 | Advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5912 | Crash Analysis and Design | 6 |
Semester 1
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| AMME5921 | Biomedical Engineering Technology 2 | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5961 | Biomaterials Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5971 | Applied Tissue Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| AMME5981 | Computational Biomedical Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| AMME5990 | Biomedical Engineering Technology 1 | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5001 | Process Systems Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CHNG5003 | Green Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CHNG5004 | Particles and Surfaces | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5005 | Wastewater Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5008 | Nanotechnology in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CHNG5601 | Membrane Science | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5602 | Cellular Biophysics | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5603 | Analysis, Modelling, Control: BioPhy Sys | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CHNG5604 | Membrane Engineering Laboratory | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CHNG5605 | Bio-Products: Laboratory to Marketplace | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5257 | Concrete Structures - Prestressed Concrete | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5264 | Composite Steel-Concrete Structures | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5266 | Steel Structures - Stability | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5267 | Steel Structures - Advanced Analysis and Design | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5268 | Structural Dynamics | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5269 | Concrete Structures: Serviceability and Strength | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5351 | Geoenvironmental Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5450 | Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5451 | Numerical and Computer Methods in Geotechnical Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5452 | Foundation Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5454 | Rock Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5455 | Engineering Behaviour of Soils | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5458 | Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5665 | Advanced Water Resources Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5666 | Open Channel Flow & Hydraulic Structures | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5668 | Fundamentals of Wind Engineering for Design | 6 |
Semester 1
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| CIVL5669 | Applied Fluid Engineering Computing | 6 |
Semester 2
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| CIVL5670 | Reservoir, Stream and Coastal Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5101 | Antennas and Propagation | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5203 | Topics in Power Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5204 | Power Systems Analysis and Protection | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5205 | High Voltage Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5206 | Sustainable Energy Systems | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5207 | Advanced Power Conversion Technologies | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5208 | Intelligent Electricity Networks | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5303 | Computer Control System Design | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5402 | Digital Integrated Circuit Design | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5403 | Radio Frequency Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5507 | Error Control Coding | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5508 | Wireless Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5509 | Mobile Networks | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5510 | Satellite Communication Systems | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5511 | Optical Communication Systems | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5512 | Optical Networks | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5614 | Real Time Computing | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5616 | Computer and Network Security | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5618 | Software Quality Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| ELEC5619 | Object Oriented Application Frameworks | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5620 | Model Based Software Engineering | 6 |
Semester 2
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| ELEC5701 | Technology Venture Creation | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5255 | Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Adv) | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5265 | Advanced Combustion | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5275 | Advanced Renewable Energy | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5304 | Materials Failure | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5305 | Smart Materials | 6 |
Semester 2
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| MECH5310 | Advanced Engineering Materials | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MECH5362 | Foundations of Materials 2 | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MECH5416 | Advanced Design and Analysis | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MECH5660 | Foundations of Manufacturing Engineering | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MECH5701 | Computers in Real Time Control and Instrumentation | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MECH5720 | Sensors and Signals | 6 |
Semester 1
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| MTRX5700 | Experimental Robotics | 6 |
Semester 1
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Note:
Students wishing to specialise may choose up to 24 credit points from the units listed in Streams/Majors, but there is no obligation to do so. A major is only required for the Master of Engineering but is not part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
Students wishing to articulate to the Master of Engineering from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma will need to choose units according to the requirements of their intended major. See the Master of Engineering course tables for the details of majors offered.
| Course: | Graduate Certificate in Engineering (2013) |
| CP Required: | 24 |
| Min FT Duration: | 0.50 Years |
| Min PT Duration: | 1.00 Years |
| Faculty/School: | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies |
| Years Offered: | 2013, 2012, 2011 |
| Requirements: | To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate in Engineering a candidate must complete 24 credit points of units of study from the prescribed tables. Student who wish to specialise in a particular engineering area, or keep their options open for continuing to Masters level, may follow one of the specialist groupings listed in the Streams/Majors section of this course outline. However specialisation is not obligatory. Students may chose any unit listed in these tables towards the 24 credit points required for the Graduate Certificate in Engineering, or the 36 credit points required for the Graduate Diploma. |
