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3500ECF Associate Diploma of
Engineering (Electronics)
Course aims
This course provides initial vocational training for persons
seeking a career in the electronics and allied industries
at the para-professional/higher technical level.
Course description
Associate Diploma courses are designed to train engineering
associates who are the immediate support staff for
professional engineers in industry. The course consists of a
number of compulsory core subjects and a number of
elective subjects to suit a student's needs or interests. Each
subject is allocated a value in credit hours. The elective
subjects cover specialist areas such as digital electronics,
microprocessors, and communications. To complete the
Associate Diploma course successfully the candidate must
complete all core subjects and elective subjects as required.
Career potential
The students could be involved in any of the following
areas in their employment: as a technical officer for design
development, installation, commissioning, operations or
maintenance of equipment associated with the electronics
industry.
Professional recognition
Students completing the course are academically qualified
for admission as graduate Engineering Associates of the
Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Further studies pathways
On completion of the course, students are eligible to
apply for entry to second year of related degree courses. In
some cases, some first year subjects may still be required.
Summer school
Additional subjects are available to enhance advanced
standing when articulating into Higher Education degree
programs.
Entry requirements
Successful completion of a VCE incorporating the
following program.
Prerequisite units 1 & 2: Mathematical Methods or
Prerequisite units 3 & 4: Mathematics (any)
(Prerequisites do not apply to mature-age applicants.)
Course duration
Full-time study
This course requires two years full-time attendance, of
approximately twenty-one hours per week.
Part-time study
The courses extend over a minimum of four years parttime
day release or evening attendance.
Course structure
The course consists of a minimum of 1620 credit hours of
study. The diploma is awarded after completion of the
academic studies.
Semester 1
Subject code
Hrs/week
CBE-1 Electrical Fundamentals 5
CBE-2 Analogue Fundamentals 4
CBE-3 Analogue Applications 4
CBE-4 Digital Electronics 5
CBE5.1 Electronic Assembly Techniques 2
CBE5.2 Wiring and Soldering Techniques 2
TE145 Mathematics 1E 4
Total: 26
Semester 2
TE245 Mathematics 2E 4
TE700 Microprocessor Systems 4
TE701 Electronics Software Tools 4
TE702 Linear Electronics 1 4
TE703 Circuit Analysis 1 2
TE704 Digital Design 1 4
TE720* High Level Languages 2
(articulation)
Total:
Semester 3
Core subjects
TE705 Microprocessor Interfacing
TE706 Electronics 3L
TE707 Communications 1 4 72
TE708 Design Projects 2 36
TE710 Quality Control and 2 36
Management
Electives
TE345'& Mathematics 3E 4 72
TE715* Circuit Analysis 2 4 72
TE722 Peripheral Principles 4 72
Total: 20/24 360
Semester 4
Core subjects
TE709 Electronics Instrumentation 4 72
TE711 Microprocessor Control 4 72
TE712 Electronics 4L 4 72
Electives
TE716" Data Communications 4 72
TE717* Electronics Systems 4 72
TE445* Mathematics 4E 4 72
Total: 20/24 432
Grand total/course: 1620/1764 432
* Subjects required for avticulation to degree courses
Application procedure
Prospective students (exit VCE and mature-age) wanting
to apply for full-time places must contact the Victorian
Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) for a VTAC Guide
and application form. Students wanting to apply for laces
in the mid-year intake should contact the School of
Engineering and Industrial Science.
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