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ENEE20003 - Advanced Communication Systems

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will strengthen your understanding of wireless and optical communication systems. You will gain advanced knowledge of communication devices and systems, and learn to analyse key parameters such as loss, bandwidth, and signal quality. You will also use advanced simulation tools to verify theoretical concepts and explore current communication technologies. The unit further develops your professional communication skills through teamwork and class discussion, and highlights the importance of UN Sustainable Development Goal 9 in engineering practice through building resilient infrastructure and fostering sustainable innovation. Your learning will conclude with a design assignment, including written and viva components, allowing you to demonstrate your understanding and application of the unit’s learning outcomes.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026

Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Melbourne
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 100% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit Survey's feedback
Feedback
The assessments were challenging and perhaps more difficult than what they should be.
Recommendation
Revise the assessment tasks to ensure they align well with the scaffolded learning activities. In addition, design and provide learning activities to help students develop knowledge and skills to solve more challenging problems.
Action Taken
Assessments were revised and updated to align with the taught materials and to scaffold learning effectively.
Source: Unit Survey's feedback
Feedback
Students are not familiar with the industry software used for the design assessment. Although, the software has been taught in the intensive learning workshop, it is helpful to have more practices of the software during the term.
Recommendation
Incorporate software-based problems in the weekly tutorial exercises to allow early and more frequent practices of using the software and therefore enhance competency in using the software.
Action Taken
Weekly software-based problems and exercises were provided to help students develop adequate software skills.
Source: Unit Coordinator's reflection
Feedback
The range of topics covered in the unit are perhaps excessive for one term.
Recommendation
Revise the unit learning contents to streamline the materials and improve the content flow.
Action Taken
The materials were revised to focus on key topics and eliminate peripheral content.
Source: Unit Survey's feedback
Feedback
It is helpful to provide guidance and specific explanations of the assessment tasks to help students perform well in the assessments.
Recommendation
Provide dedicated workshops to assist students with the assessments to improve their understanding of the assessment expectations and provide suggestive strategies to tackle the assessment problems.
Action Taken
Workshops explaining the assessments were provided to students two weeks before the deadline.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Audio and video equipment often malfunctioned at the start of class, resulting in lost class time.
Recommendation
Classroom audio and video equipment should be checked before the start of class.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The relevance of the unit materials to the degree should be provided to students.
Recommendation
The relevance of the materials to the degree and future career should be explained in class.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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