1997 QUT Handbook

Master of Engineering Science (Electricity Supply Engineering)
(EE78)
Location: Gardens Point campus
Course Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Total Credit Points: 96
Standard Credit Points/Full-Time Semester: 48
Tuition Fees (Domestic Students): $142 per credit point for day/evening classes (fees for short-courses
and resource-based learning units available on application to School of Electrical and Electronic Systems
Engineering) plus a $1000 thesis supervision charge
Course Coordinator: Dr David Birtwhistle
Entry Requirements
(i) a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering and at least second class Honours with a study of power
subjects to third year level, or
(ii) students with the degree qualification, but who do not have second class Honours may transfer from
the Graduate Diploma (Electricity Supply) after completing 48 credit points with a grade point average
(GPA) of 5.0 or greater
(iii) students seeking admission to Master of Engineering Science will only be enrolled if they have a firm
offer of a supervised industry placement.
Full-time course structure Credit Points Contact Hrs/Wk
Year 1, Semester 1
12 Units (selected from List 1) 48 12
Year 1, Semester 2
EEP230 Thesis A 5 12 3
EEP231 Thesis B 5 12 3
6 Units (selected from List 1) 24 6
Part-time course structure
Year 1, Semester 1
6 Units (selected from List 1) 24 6
Year 1, Semester 2
6 Units (selected from List 1) 24 6
Year 2, Semester 1
EEP230 Thesis A 5 12 3
3 Units (selected from List 1) 12 3
Year 2, Semester 2
EEP231 Thesis B 5 12 3
3 Units (selected from List 1) 12 3
List 1: Units Weeks Credit Contact
Semester 1
Points Hrs/Wk
EEP201 Fundamentals of Power System Earthing 1-5 4 3
EEP202 Thermal Ratings & Heat Transfer 1-5 4 3
EEP204 Power System Load Flow Analysis 1-5 4 3
EEP213 Statistics 1-5 4 3
EEP240 Organisation and Financial Management in the
Electricity Supply Industry 1-5 4 3
EEP203 Testing & Condition Monitoring 6-10 4 3
EEP205 Power System Fault Calculations 6-10 4 3
EEP208 Economic Analysis for Power Systems Engineers 6-10 4 3
EEP210 Abnormal System Voltages 6-10 4 3
5 Students must complete 100 days of supervised professional practice. The thesis is related to this industry experience.
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