Electrical and Electronic Engineering Major - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

You study a wide range of hardware and software theory at AUT. At the end of the programme you will be a creative engineering designer who can solve complex problems across:

• Power engineering – the provision and control of large scale electric power flow
• Control engineering – the design of automated production systems
• Computer engineering – the design of complex hardware and software programs
• Telecommunications engineering – the design of hardware and software for fixed and mobile networks for communications, navigation and security
• Embedded system engineering - the design of hardware and software for embedded digital systems

Most courses last one semester and are worth 15 points. If you're a full-time student, you normally complete 120 points each year (480 points for the entire degree).

In addition to successfully completing all courses, you also need to complete a minimum of 800 hours of planned supervised work placement before graduation. The aim of the work experience is to expose you to engineering practices and management systems in the work environment.

Year 1

Students in all majors do the same courses in the first year. These courses cover mathematics and computational techniques, as well as the communication and teamwork skills that are essential for the team environment engineers work in.

Complete the following courses

• ENEL515 Electrical Principles A (15 points)
• ENEL516 Electrical Principles B (15 points)
• ENGE500 Introduction to Engineering Design (15 points)
• ENGE501 Engineering Mathematics I (15 points)
• ENME502 Engineering Materials I (15 points)
• ENME510 Mechanical Principles A (15 points)
• ENME511 Mechanical Principles B (15 points)
• ENSE504 Introduction to Computing (15 points

Year 2

Complete the following courses

• ENEL600 Electronics (15 points)
• ENEL601 Signals and Systems (15 points)
• ENEL602 Electronics Project (15 points)
• ENEL608 Introduction to Microcontrollers (15 points)
• ENGE600 Engineering Management I (15 points)
• ENGE601 Engineering Mathematics II (15 points)
• ENGE701 Engineering Management II (15 points)
• ENEL704 Circuit Theory (15 points)

Year 3

Complete the following courses

• ENEL700 Communication Engineering (15 points)
• ENEL701 Power Electronic Systems (15 points)
• ENEL702 Instrumentation and Control Systems (15 points)
• ENEL703 Power Systems Engineering (15 points)
• ENEL705 Fields and Waves (15 points)
• ENEL709 Design Project (15 points)
• ENEL712 Embedded Digital Systems (15 points)
• ENGE800 Engineering Numerical Techniques  and Statistical Analysis (15 points)

Year 4

Complete the following courses

• ENGE702 Engineering Management III (15 points)
• ENEL895 Industrial Project (Electrical) (30 points)

Choose four courses from the following

• ENEL800 Wireless Systems (15 points)
• ENEL801 Electrical Machines and Drives (15 points)
• ENEL802 Network Engineering (15 points)
• ENEL803 Electrical Design and Protection (15 points)
• ENEL804 Sustainable Energy Systems (15 points)
• ENEL808 Computer Vision (15 points)
• ENEL809 Digital Control (15 points)
• ENEL810 Advanced Control (15 points)
• ENEL811 Optimal Control (15 points)
• ENEL812 Electrical Power Systems: Integrated Analysis (15 points)
• ENEL813 Power Systems in Quality Management (15 points)
• ENGE810 Specialist Readings B (15 points)
• ENGE812 Specialist Readings D (15 points)
• ENSE807 Digital Signal Processing (15 points)
• ENSE808 Digital Systems Design (15 points)
• ENSE809 Real Time Systems (15 points)
• ENSE810 Embedded Software Engineering (15 points)

And complete 15 points from any course listed in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or from any other bachelor’s degree with the approval of the programme leader.

Workplace experience

Your individual industry project in Year 4 will help you gain real-life industrial experience in an engineering environment, under the guidance of an experienced supervisor. You work on a project for organisations like:

• Mighty River Power
• Genesis Energy
• Contact Energy
• Fisher & Paykel Appliances
• Telecom
• Auckland Airport

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