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Directed Studies (ELEN90011)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 1
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Fees | Look up fees |
AIMS
Directed studies provide the students with broader experience in addition to the regular class based learning. The directed studies can be conducted in the forms of:
- Industrial internship or research placements in the department’s research groups based on availability. This is only open to students who have completed a minimum of one semester of study and who have achieved an average of H2A or above in their prior subjects;
- Individually arranged supervised study of current research topics with staff members associated with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
The examples of the research topics are:
- Cloud Computing, Content Distribution and Information Logistics;
- Internet Services Energy Star Rating;
- Energy Efficiency of Future Modulation Formats;
- Low-Energy Fibre Access Networks;
- Video Coding for Energy Efficient Telecommunications;
- Fundamental Limits of Electronics and Photonics;
- Broadband fibre wireless networks and systems;
- Optimal design of few-mode fibres.
Intended learning outcomes
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)
Having completed this subject it is expected that the student be able to:
- Keep abreast with the current trends and developments in the telecom industry
- Acquire the first-hand experience in the basic practices in the telecom industry
- Obtain creative mathematical and computational skills necessary for the solution of complex theoretical and practical problems
- Develop an ability to successfully work independently with personal accountability in solving problems in telecommunications engineering
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, the students should have developed the following skills:
- Problem solving and analytical skills;
- Critical and creative thinking, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
- Sense of intellectual curiosity;
- Ability to interpret data and research results;
- Ability to learn in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies;
- Capacity to confront unfamiliar problems;
- Ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature;
- Ability to develop models of practical applications and evaluate their performance by rigorous analytical means.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Subject to interview with course coordinator.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A report not exceeding 5500 words
| End of semester | 80% |
An oral examination of no more than one hour duration
| End of semester | 20% |
Additional details
ILOs 1-4 are assessed in the submitted final report and oral exam.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Dragan Nesic Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 3 January 2023 to 10 February 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 January 2023 Census date 13 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 February 2023 Assessment period ends 20 February 2023 Summer Term contact information
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Dragan Nesic Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dragan Nesic Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
Email: dnesic@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
200 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024