Unit Synopsis
Automatic control systems are fundamental to our way of life, including electrical power, electronics, automation and robotics. In this unit, you will work individually and also in teams to model, analyse, and investigate design options for analogue and digital control systems. You will articulate typical control systems building blocks and select appropriate components and interfaces for specific applications. In addition, you will develop mathematical models to analyse the behaviour of selected dynamic systems and design their controllers. You will apply simulation software to analyse and simulate the control systems. This unit will provide you with the opportunities to practice your communication skills through developing technical documentation and reports. All students must have access to a computer, frequently use the Internet, and complete the compulsory practical activities. Furthermore, the unit also aims to promote the UN sustainable development Goal 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation by developing an understanding of how to build resilient and sustainable automation and intelligence systems to support industrial innovation.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites: (ENEE13020 Digital Electronics or ENEX12002 Introductory Electronics) and ENEE12016 Signals and Systems.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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School |
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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2027
Term 2 - 2027 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 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%).
Past Exams
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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: SUTE
Provide clear unit requirements.
Unit requirements should be explained during week 1 lecture and further clarification should be given close to Assessment dates and lab session dates.
Unit requirements were explained during week 1. Effectiveness is visible from the student survey data.
Source: SUTE
Introduce mechanisms to further improve student engagement with the unit learning content.
Mandatory mid-term checkpoint submission of the student project should be introduced to encourage student engagement with the project and learning content as the term progresses.
Mandatory mid-term checkpoint submission of the student project was introduced. Effectiveness is visible from the student survey data.
Source: SUTE
Improve mechanisms to provide feedback to student learning.
With the mandatory mid-term checkpoint submission of the student project, individual project meetings should also be introduced to provide personalised feedback and better guidance on engaging with the unit's learning content.
With the mandatory mid-term checkpoint submission of the student project, individual project progress review meetings were conducted. Effectiveness is visible from the student survey data.
Source: SUTE
The relevance of the curriculum to the course and future careers could be improved.
More intense explanations should be provided to students for them to be able to understand the relevance between the fundamentals taught in this unit and their application on real-world problems when they become practicing engineers.
More in-depth explanations were provided to help students understand the relevance of the fundamentals taught in this unit to their application in real-world problems when they become practising engineers. Effectiveness is visible from the student survey data.
Source: SUTE
Increase the number of student responses in the survey.
Students should be further encouraged to respond to the survey.
Students were encouraged to respond to the survey. However, more work seems required in this space.
Source: SUTE
The mid-term feedback session on the Project assessment has been commended.
This good practice should be continued.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
More supporting lecture on PLC programming is required in the learning content.
This requirement should will be addressed.
In Progress
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