Associate Degree in Electronic Engineering

Entry Requirements

Satisfactory completion of Year 12 including Year 12 Maths, or overseas equivalent or the successful completion of the CIII in Engineering – Technical (if no Year 12) or the Diploma of Engineering – Technical (if no Year 12 maths background).

All international students will be required to undertake an Engineering Diagnostic Test during the orientation and induction program at TAFE SA (prior to commencing their course) to demonstrate sufficient and required technical skills for academic success.

IELTS Academic: 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all bands

TAFE SA English Language Centre: English for Academic Purposes (EAP20) Credit or English for Academic Purposes Advanced (EAP Advanced), Part 1, Pass grade

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) - iBT: Score of 60, with reading: 8-12, listening: 7-11, speaking: 16-17, and writing: 18-20

Pearsons Test of English (PTE) Academic: Minimum 50 with 42 in all for communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking)

Occupational English Test OET: Minimum score of C in all four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking)

Cambridge C1 Advanced or B2 First previously Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) and First Certificate of English (FCE): Overall score of 169 with a minimum of 162 in all bands

Course Details

Find your future in South Australia’s booming electronics industry. Designed in close collaboration with the industry, this course gives you maximum employability. Become a technical officer in the electronics industry and related areas like defence, mining, biomedical, and communications. You can work alongside engineers on the design and prototyping of advanced technology, or customising computer-controlled video equipment in a television studio. And you have the option to fast-track to a university degree. Learn about engineering practice, mathematics, digital electronics, analogue electronics, computer science, communication systems, project management and microcontroller programming as you study in small classes with an emphasis on practical and employability skills. Work-integrated learning means you enjoy a blend of lectures and practical laboratory and workshop sessions, including simulation tools. Study at TAFE SA for the career you want.

Employment Outcomes

Work as a technical officer in the rapidly-growing electronics industry and related areas like defence, mining, biomedical and communications. You may be working alongside engineers to design and prototype advanced technology, or customising computer controlled video equipment in a television studio. Graduates often choose to further their career by completing a University degree.

Qualifications & Skills Covered

Associate Degree in Electronic Engineering (CRS1400029) Topics covered include engineering practice, mathematics, digital electronics, analogue electronics, computer science, communication systems, project management and microcontroller programming. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 17 units.