1 Semester or equivalent

60 Hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

Nil

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

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Aims & Objectives:

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this units students should be able to

Communications and professional skills:

• Develop an understanding of the nature of engineering as a profession and the social ethical and environmental responsibilities involved in professional practice.
• Develop communications skills for future roles as professional engineers.
• improve confidence in expressing ideas and opinions and working as a part of a team.
• Improve ability to gather and use information.
• Develop and improve teamwork skills, particularly team organisation, negotiation and decision-making.
  
  

Project component:

• Learn the basics of Schematic Capture and PCB layout.
• Design and construct a simple telecommunications device.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (12 hrs), Tutorials(24 hrs) and Practical classes (24 hrs)

Assessment:

Project Component, Technical Report, Ethics and Sustainability report, Reflective Writing, Oral Presentatiion, Group Project report

Generic Skills Outcomes:

• Ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large.
• Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member.
• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution.
  Understanding of the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development.
• Understanding of the principles of sustainable design and development.
• Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities and commitment to them.
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• Ability to work independently

Content:

• What is Telecomms/Electronic Engineering?
• Electronic Components’ Characteristics
• History of Telecomms/Electronic Engineering
• The Engineering Design Process
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Networking & Applications
• Ethical Responsibilities of the Engineer
• Environmental & Sustainability Issues
• Global Warming & Carbon Footprinting
• The Telecomms/Electronic Industry
• Emerging Technologies
• Telecomms/Electronic Research
  

• EDA tools, Intro to schematic capture, Intro to electronic components and printed circuit board manufacture. PCB layout.
• Build and test project, oral and written reporting of project results.

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