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Unless you're absolutely sure you want to specialise in telecommunications engineering, I suggest you have a look at electrical engineering which is more broad and gives you a larger variety of career options when you graduate. Anyway, you don't need to worry about it too much now, since you can switch between telecomms & elec at any time in the first year or the first half of the second year (the 1st year & first semester of 2nd year subjects are the same at UNSW).
If you have any more specific questions, then ask away since I'm doing elec eng (which is the same as telecomms for the 1st year).
If you have any more specific questions, then ask away since I'm doing elec eng (which is the same as telecomms for the 1st year).
SoFTuaRiaL
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prety high level, i rekon. it is recommended u do 3u atleast, but there aint any pre-reqs
Like any other engineering course, it's very heavily dependent on maths.
The assumed knowledge for the course is HSC Maths Ext 1 (3U), which means that if you have done lower than that (e.g. 2U maths), they won't stop you from getting in, but it's strongly recommended you do a bridging course in this case because when the lectures start they assume you're completely familiar with the 3U stuff (which is covered in the bridging course).
If you've done 4U maths, then you shouldn't find the maths too hard. In fact, there's two types of maths classes, there's Maths & Higher Maths. Higher Maths is for students who've done 4U and also done well in it, it's an extension type of subject which is harder than normal Maths, but you get scaled up to compensate for it (like 4U does in the HSC). The Higher Maths classes learn exactly the same stuff as normal Maths, plus a few extra advanced topics & harder applications of the standard stuff.
Electrical is like a combination of electronics, energy systems, signal processing, telecommunications etc. Telecommunications is similar but it focuses more on the telecommunications & electronics stuff. The first year subjects are exactly the same. If you want to see all the subjects that are done in elec & telecomms, then look here:
http://www.eet.unsw.edu.au/programs/undergraduate.html
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SoFTuaRiaL
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ur degree wont say BE Elec Engg (major in telecom), but yes, u can do elec engg and take telecom subjects for ur professional electives ....
in terms of job prospects, from what i heard, employers not only look at what degree u have done, but also the subjects. so yes, it will be better in terms of job prospects. but if ure dead sure that u r gonna have a career in telecom, u might as well do telecom engg ...
in terms of job prospects, from what i heard, employers not only look at what degree u have done, but also the subjects. so yes, it will be better in terms of job prospects. but if ure dead sure that u r gonna have a career in telecom, u might as well do telecom engg ...
