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Aeronautical Engineering stream

Aerospace Systems specialisation

Aerospace Systems specialisation
Students in the Aeronautical or Aeronautical (Space) stream must complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation.

Unit of study	Credit points	A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit points and a maximum of 18 credit points from the following:
AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics	6	A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or equivalent study at another institution P AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or equivalent study at another institution
AERO5206 Rotary Wing Aircraft	6	A Prior Learning: concepts from 3000 level Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics will be applied to Rotary Wing Vehicles in this unit P (AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260) and (AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560) or equivalent study at another institution
AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis	6	A Undergraduate level 1, 2 and 3 or Foundation Masters units in Aerospace Design are expected to have been completed before undertaking this unit P [(AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260) and (AERO3460 or AERO8460 or AERO9460) and (AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560)] or equivalent study at another institution
AERO5500 Flight Test and Evaluation	6	A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field P AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560
AERO5750 Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems	6	A AERO1560, AERO1400, AMME2700, (AERO2460 or AERO3460), AERO3560, AERO3260, AERO3261 and AERO4460 P [(AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260) and (AERO3360 or AERO8360 or AERO9360) and (AERO2460 or AERO3460 or AERO8460 or AERO9460) and (AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560)] or equivalent study at another institution
Students may complete a maximum of 6 credit points from the following:
AERO4260 Aerodynamics 2	6	N AERO5260 P AMME2200 or AMME2261
AERO4360 Aerospace Structures 2	6	A AERO3465 N AERO5360 P AERO3360
AERO4560 Flight Mechanics 2	6	A AMME2500 develops the basic principles of engineering mechanics and system dynamics that underpin this course. AERO3560 Flight Mechanics 1 develops the specifics of aircraft flight dynamics and stability. AMME3500 Systems control covers basic system theory and control system synthesis techniques N AERO5560 P AERO3560 and AMME3500
AERO4260, AERO4360 or AERO4560 may be taken within the specialisation in addition to the units taken as Core Extension. They may not count toward both requirements.