Online Bachelor Industrial Automation Engineering

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Automation Engineering is a 3-year program that equips students with the knowledge and skills to work as industrial automation engineering technologists in various industries. The program combines common units, stream-specific units, industrial work experience, and a final year project. Graduates are employable as technologists in areas such as process control, plant automation, and robotics.

Program Outline

Outline:

The Bachelor of Science (Industrial Automation Engineering) is a 3-year full-time program that provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as industrial automation engineering technologists in various industries, including manufacturing, power generation, mechatronics, mechanical, mining, and chemical. The program consists of a combination of common units, sub-discipline specific ‘stream’ units, industrial work experience, and a final year project.

Year One

• Engineering Mathematics 1
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Analysis
• Engineering Physics and Materials
• Engineering Drawing and CAD
• Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice
• Engineering Mathematics 2
• Engineering Programming
• Industrial Instrumentation and Control
• Principles of Chemical and Process Engineering

Year Two

• Engineering Management
• Engineering Mathematics 3
• Ancillary Support Systems
• Communications and Networks
• Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers
• Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
• Modern Industrial Communication Systems and Protocols
• Embedded Systems Design
• Analysis and Modelling of Industrial Control Systems

Year Three

• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems
• Lifecycle of an Industrial Automation Project
• Safety Systems Engineering
• Elective-1
• Elective-2
• Technology, Sustainability and Society
• Engineering Capstone Project (Industrial Automation Engineering)
Additional Mandatory Units
• Hands-on Workshop 1
• Hands-on Workshop 2
• Hands-on Workshop 3
• Hands-on Workshop 4
• Industrial Experience
List of Electives (2 Electives to be selected)
• Power Electronics and Industrial Drives
• IT/OT Cyber Security
• Industrial Robotics and Mechatronics

Careers:

Graduates will be employable as technologists working in a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, chemical, military, electrical, mineral processes, and mining industries. Potential job roles include engineering and management positions in the following areas of expertise:

• Process control, commissioning and production management
• Plant, factory and building automation
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) and SCADA
• Industrial design and consultation
• Supply chain management, quality assurance, and sales
• Operations, maintenance, field services, and technical support
• Controls, instrumentation, and robotics