1. Overview

Course:	Mechatronic (Space) Engineering (2024)
CP Required:	192
Min FT Duration:	4.00 Years
Min PT Duration:	4.00 Years
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Engineering
Years Offered:	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2016, 2015

2. Requirements

Summary

In summary the requirements are:

Students must complete 192 credit points as follows:

► 6 credit points of Introductory Computing units table

► 12 credit points of Foundation Mathematics units table

► 30 credit points of Project table

► The Professional Engagement Program (PEP) units comprising ENGP1001 (0cp), ENGP1002 (0cp), ENGP1003 (0cp), ENGP2001 (0cp), ENGP2002 (0cp), ENGP2003 (0cp), ENGP3001 (0cp) and ENGP3002 (0cp)

► 114 credit points of Mechatronic Space Stream core units

► 6 to 30 credit points of Mechatronic Space Stream Elective units (which may include not more than 6 credit points of Mechatronic Stream Machine Learning Elective units)

► 0 to 24 credit points of Free Electives (Engineering Electives, or a Table S elective)

The completion of a specialisation is not mandatory. If a student chooses to do a specialisation, it must be completed within the 192 credit points described above.

Dalyell Scholars Program

Students in the Dalyell Scholars program can review the Dalyell Canvas page for information on fitting the program into their degree: https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/7156/pages/enrolment-options-for-dalyell-scholars

Advanced units in Maths and Science

Most units of study offered by the Science Faculty on the list of core requirements can be replaced by an equivalent advanced level unit; subject to prerequisite conditions (as required by the Faculty of Science) being met. Students considering doing advanced options should seek advice from their department before enrolling.

Faculty Resolutions

Details of relevant Faculty resolutions are available via the university handbook site at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/

3. Semesters

Note: Specialisations in the Mechatronic Space Engineering Stream

• A stream specialisation is a subset of stream electives relevant to a particular aspect of Mechatronic Engineering, such as Robotics and Intelligent Systems.
• A breadth specialisation broadens your knowledge outside the field of Mechatronic Engineering in areas such as Engineering Data Science or Innovation and Entrepreneurship. If you opt to take a breadth specialisation, it takes the place of your free electives.

You have a few specialisation combinations to choose from in the Mechatronic Space Stream:

• 1 stream specialisation [24cp] + stream or free electives [6cp] or
• 1 breadth specialisations [24cp] + stream electives [6cp] (no free electives) or
• Stream electives [6 to 30cp] + free electives [0 to 24cp] (no specialisation option)

Note: MATH1061 may be replaced by advanced unit MATH1961.

Note: MATH1062 may be replaced by advanced unit MATH1962.

4. Pathways

1. Stream Specialisation in Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Type	CP	CP From
Specialisation - Robotics and Intelligent Systems Units	18	Select from AMME4010: Major Industrial Project AMME4710: Computer Vision and Image Processing AMME5520: Advanced Control and Optimisation MECH5720: Sensors and Signals MTRX5700: Experimental Robotics
List	6	Select from AMME4010: Major Industrial Project AMME4710: Computer Vision and Image Processing AMME5520: Advanced Control and Optimisation BMET5790: Introduction to Biomechatronics COMP3308: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence COMP4318: Machine Learning and Data Mining MECH5720: Sensors and Signals MTRX5700: Experimental Robotics

Note: In 2025, AMME4710 was re-coded to AMME5710.

2. Breadth Specialisation in Engineering Data Science

Type	CP	CP From
Specialisation - Engineering Data Science Core Units	18	Select from DATA2001: Data Science: Big Data and Data Diversity DATA2002: Data Analytics: Learning from Data DATA2901: Big Data and Data Diversity (Advanced) DATA2902: Data Analytics: Learning from Data (Adv) STAT2011: Probability and Estimation Theory STAT2911: Probability and Statistical Models (Adv)
Specialisation - Engineering Data Science Elective Units	6	Select from COMP3308: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence COMP3608: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Adv) DATA3404: Scalable Data Management DATA3406: Human-in-the-Loop Data Analytics

3. Breadth Specialisation in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Type	CP	CP From
Specialisation - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Core Units	18	Select from SIEN1000: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation SIEN1001: Innovators` Skills and Actions SIEN2001: Validating Ideas and Building Ventures
Specialisation - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Elective Units	6	Select from CLAW2209: Intellectual Property for Business DECO2015: Responsible Design for Innovation DECO2016: Design Thinking ENGG3216: Management of Technological Innovation INFS2030: e-Business Management MKTG3114: New Products Marketing MKTG3120: Building and Managing Brands PMGT3856: Sustainability and Knowledge Management SIEN2210: Strategic Management SIEN3001: Social Entrepreneurship

4. Breadth Specialisation in Humanitarian Engineering

Type	CP	CP From
Specialisation - Humanitarian Engineering Core Units	12	Select from CIVL3310: Humanitarian Engineering CIVL5320: Engineering for Sustainable Development
Specialisation - Humanitarian Engineering Elective Units	12	Select from ASNS2665: Understanding Southeast Asia CIVL5330: Global Engineering Field Work EDUF3026: Global Poverty and Education ENGG3801: Industry and Community Project FASS3500: Service Learning in Indigenous Communities HSBH3009: International Health Project PMGT3857: International Project Management

5. Breadth Specialisation in Computer Systems

Type	CP	CP From
Specialisation - Computer Systems Core Units	18	Select from ELEC1601: Introduction to Computer Systems ELEC2602: Digital Logic ELEC3607: Embedded Systems
Specialisation - Computer Systems Elective Units	6	Select from ELEC3305: Digital Signal Processing ELEC3608: Computer Architecture

5. Unit Blocks

Block 0 - Introductory Computing Units (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ENGG1810	Introduction to Engineering Computing	6	Semester 1 Semester 2 Int February
INFO1110	Introduction to Programming	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
INFO1910	Introduction to Programming (Advanced)	6	Semester 1 Semester 2

Note: Students must complete:

- 6cp from ENGG1810 (or INFO1110 or INFO1910). Students in the Mechatronic stream are strongly recommended to complete ENGG1810.

Block 1 - Foundation Mathematics Units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
MATH1061	Mathematics 1A	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
MATH1062	Mathematics 1B	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
MATH1961	Mathematics 1A (Advanced)	6	Semester 1
MATH1962	Mathematics 1B (Advanced)	6	Semester 2

Block 2 - Projects Table (Min CP: 30,Max CP: 30)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
AERO1560	Introduction to Aerospace Engineering	6	Semester 1
AMME4111	Thesis A	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
AMME4112	Thesis B	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
BMET1960	Biomedical Engineering 1A	6	Semester 1
CHNG1108	Introduction to Chemical Engineering	6	Semester 1
CIVL1900	Introduction to Civil Engineering	6	Semester 1
ELEC1004	Practical Introduction to Electrical Engineering	6	Semester 1
ELEC1005	Introduction to Software Engineering	6	Semester 1
ENGG1800	Introduction to Engineering A	6	Semester 1
ENGG2112	Multi-disciplinary Engineering	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGG3112	Interdisciplinary Engineering	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
MECH1560	Introduction to Mechanical Engineering	6	Semester 1
MTRX1701	Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering	6	Semester 1

Note: - Students are to select the introduction unit relevant to their stream.

- Students are to select the thesis units relevant to their stream. Aeronautical, Mechanical and Mechatronic students are to enrol in the AMME coded units. Students in both Electrical and Software are to enrol in the ELEC coded units.

Block 3 - Professional Engagement Program (PEP) Units

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ENGP1001	Professional Engagement Program 1A	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP1002	Professional Engagement Program 1B	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP1003	Professional Engagement Program 1C	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP2001	Professional Engagement Program 2A	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP2002	Professional Engagement Program 2B	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP2003	Professional Engagement Program 2C	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP3001	Professional Engagement Program 3A	0	Semester 1 Semester 2
ENGP3002	Professional Engagement Program 3B	0	Semester 1 Semester 2

Note: -Candidates for the Bachelor of Engineering Honours must complete the Professional Engagement Program units of study.

- Candidates must enrol in ENGP1001 in their first semester of study

Block 4 - Mechatronic Space Stream Core (Min CP: 114,Max CP: 114)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
AERO2705	Space Engineering 1	6	Semester 2
AERO3760	Space Engineering 2	6	Semester 2
AERO4701	Space Engineering 3	6	Semester 1
AMME1705	Introduction to Electromechanical Systems	6	Semester 1
AMME1802	Engineering Mechanics	6	Semester 2
AMME2000	Engineering Analysis	6	Semester 1
AMME2200	Introductory Thermofluids	6	Semester 2
AMME2301	Mechanics of Solids	6	Semester 2
AMME2500	Engineering Dynamics	6	Semester 1
AMME3500	System Dynamics and Control	6	Semester 1
ELEC2104	Electronic Devices and Circuits	6	Semester 2
ELEC3204	Power Electronics and Applications	6	Semester 1
MECH2400	Mechanical Systems Design 1	6	Semester 1
MECH2460	Manufacturing Engineering	6	Semester 2
MTRX1702	Mechatronics 1	6	Semester 2
MTRX1705	Introduction to Mechatronic Design	6	Semester 2
MTRX2700	Mechatronics 2	6	Semester 1
MTRX3700	Mechatronics 3	6	Semester 2
MTRX3760	Mechatronic Systems Design	6	Semester 2

Block 5 - Mechatronic Space Stream Electives (Max CP: 30)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
AERO5700	Space Engineering (Advanced)	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
AMME3060	Engineering Methods	6	Semester 2
AMME4010	Major Industrial Project	24	Semester 1 Semester 2
AMME4710	Computer Vision and Image Processing	6	Semester 2
AMME5202	Computational Fluid Dynamics	6	Semester 1
AMME5292	Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence	6	Semester 1
AMME5510	Vibration and Acoustics	6	Semester 2
AMME5520	Advanced Control and Optimisation	6	Semester 1
AMME5902	Computer Aided Manufacturing	6	Semester 2
AMME5912	Crash Analysis and Design	6	Semester 1
BMET5790	Introduction to Biomechatronics	6	Semester 2
MECH5311	Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials	6	Semester 1
MECH5720	Sensors and Signals	6	Semester 2
MTRX5700	Experimental Robotics	6	Semester 1

Note: In 2025, AMME4710 was re-coded to AMME5710.

Students must complete a minimum of 6cp of units from Mechatronic Space Stream Electives or Machine Learning Elective Units.

Students may complete up to 30cp of units from Mechatronic Space Stream Electives.

Students must NOT complete over 6cp of Machine Learning Elective Units.

Block 6 - Mechatronic Stream Machine Learning Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP3308	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	6	Semester 1
COMP4318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 Semester 2

Note: Students must complete a mininum of 6cp of units from Mechatronic Space Stream Electives or Machine Learning Elective Units.

Students may complete up to 30cp of units from Mechatronic Space Stream Electives.

Students must NOT complete over 6cp of Machine Learning Elective Units.

Block 7 - Free Electives (Max CP: 24)

Note: Students may take up to 24 credit points of free electives to complete the total number of credit points for their degree. Students may take the following units of study as free electives, provided they satisfy any prerequisite, quota, departmental permission or any other requirements of the units, and the units are not essentially the same or prohibited units for any of the other units in their degree.

(1) Any units of study from the Faculty of Engineering available to undergraduate students

(2) Any unit of study from Table S available to undergraduate students

Block 8 - Specialisation - Robotics and Intelligent Systems Units (Max CP: 24)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
AMME4010	Major Industrial Project	24	Semester 1 Semester 2
AMME4710	Computer Vision and Image Processing	6	Semester 2
AMME5520	Advanced Control and Optimisation	6	Semester 1
MECH5720	Sensors and Signals	6	Semester 2
MTRX5700	Experimental Robotics	6	Semester 1

Note: In 2025, AMME4710 was re-coded to AMME5710.

Students must complete a minimum of 18cp and a maximum of 24cp from this collection in the Robotics and Intelligent Systems specialisation.

Block 9 - Specialisation - Robotics and Intelligent Systems Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
BMET5790	Introduction to Biomechatronics	6	Semester 2
COMP3308	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	6	Semester 1
COMP4318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 Semester 2

Note: Students may take up to 6cp from this collection in the Robotics and Intelligent Systems specialisation.

Block 10 - Specialisation - Engineering Data Science Core Units (Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
DATA2001	Data Science: Big Data and Data Diversity	6	Semester 1
DATA2002	Data Analytics: Learning from Data	6	Semester 2
DATA2901	Big Data and Data Diversity (Advanced)	6	Semester 1
DATA2902	Data Analytics: Learning from Data (Adv)	6	Semester 2
STAT2011	Probability and Estimation Theory	6	Semester 1
STAT2911	Probability and Statistical Models (Adv)	6	Semester 1

Block 11 - Specialisation - Engineering Data Science Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP3308	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	6	Semester 1
COMP3608	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Adv)	6	Semester 1
DATA3404	Scalable Data Management	6	Semester 1
DATA3406	Human-in-the-Loop Data Analytics	6	Semester 2

Block 12 - Specialisation - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Core Units (Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
SIEN1000	Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
SIEN1001	Innovators` Skills and Actions	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
SIEN2001	Validating Ideas and Building Ventures	6	Semester 2

Block 13 - Specialisation - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CLAW2209	Intellectual Property for Business	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
DECO2015	Responsible Design for Innovation	6	Semester 2
DECO2016	Design Thinking	6	Semester 1
ENGG3216	Management of Technological Innovation	6	Semester 1
INFS2030	e-Business Management	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
MKTG3114	New Products Marketing	6	Semester 2
MKTG3120	Building and Managing Brands	6	Semester 1
PMGT3856	Sustainability and Knowledge Management	6	Semester 1
SIEN2210	Strategic Management	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
SIEN3001	Social Entrepreneurship	6	Semester 2

Block 14 - Specialisation - Humanitarian Engineering Core Units (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CIVL3310	Humanitarian Engineering	6	Semester 1
CIVL5320	Engineering for Sustainable Development	6	Semester 2

Block 15 - Specialisation - Humanitarian Engineering Elective Units (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ASNS2665	Understanding Southeast Asia	6	Semester 1 Int February Int July
CIVL5330	Global Engineering Field Work	6	Int July
EDUF3026	Global Poverty and Education	6	Semester 2
ENGG3801	Industry and Community Project	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
FASS3500	Service Learning in Indigenous Communities	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
HSBH3009	International Health Project	6	Semester 2
PMGT3857	International Project Management	6	Semester 2

Block 16 - Specialisation - Computer Systems Core Units (Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ELEC1601	Introduction to Computer Systems	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
ELEC2602	Digital Logic	6	Semester 1
ELEC3607	Embedded Systems	6	Semester 1

Block 17 - Specialisation - Computer Systems Elective Units (Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ELEC3305	Digital Signal Processing	6	Semester 1
ELEC3608	Computer Architecture	6	Semester 2