Graduate Certificate of Engineering Science (GCNS) (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate)

The objectives of the graduate certificate of engineering science are to: enable students, who hold appropriate three or four year engineering qualifications or equivalent in the relevant specialisation (major field), to complete a postgraduate program that will lead to an advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in an engineering discipline; and enable students who hold appropriate four year engineering qualifications or equivalent in a particular specialisation (major field) to change to another area of specialisation by completing a postgraduate program that will lead to advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in an engineering discipline. Through this four unit degree, students will study advanced level electrical and electronic engineering, empowering them to apply engineering principles to the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of electrical and/or electronic plants and equipment. When students complete their graduate certificate of engineering science they could take the credit from their studies and go on to complete the graduate diploma of engineering science. Students could even go on to complete the master of engineering science where they will have the opportunity to do a research project and dissertation to apply their formal knowledge to a real world issue. As an electrical and electronic engineering graduate, students could work in electronics, computer engineering, robotics, telecommunications, microwaves, fiber optics, biomedical engineering, power stations, defence services, electricity networks and government departments. This degree provides a pathway to the master of engineering science which is provisionally accredited with engineers Australia for membership as a graduate professional engineer.