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it conforms to the national and international expectation of an Electrical and Electronic Engineering
major and to rename the major to reflect these changes.

Feedback was sought from Engineering New Zealand (ENZ) in the early stages of planning a new
engineering major in Renewable Energy. In the feedback provided by the Engineering NZ’s Standards
Accreditation Board it was strongly recommended that stand-alone, specialised majors would not be
desirable, but rather the incorporation of areas of specialisation within a wel -defined, traditional
engineering major. This feedback from ENZ then strongly guided the current proposal. The
establishment of an Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEEN) major wil  provide a broad academic
foundation with enhanced international recognition, as the label of this major is recognised
national y and international y. At the same time, it wil  also be possible to incorporate new areas of
teaching and research into the degree, providing students with a clear path and opportunity for
study in areas of modern technical specialisation. [ENZ has provided written support for this
proposal.]

This proposal provides the details for the restructure and renaming of the current ECEN major to
“Electrical and Electronic Engineering” (EEEN). A benchmarking exercise was carried out on the
established Electrical and Electronic Engineering majors at both  University of Auckland and
Canterbury University. This benchmarking process informed both our proposed structure for the
major as well as the course content. The proposed structure and the intended changes can be
summarised as fol ows:

1. An unchanged first year compared to the current ECEN major; with courses including mathematics,
general science and physics, programming, engineering modelling and an introduction to
electronics. Most of these courses are shared with the other two BE(Hons) majors to provide a
common first year where possible.

2. An unchanged sequence of general engineering courses (ENGR 201, 301, 302, 401) at 200-, 300-
and 400-level that are common to al  the engineering majors at Victoria University of Wellington.
These courses include topics such as report writing and presentation, project management, group
work and ethics. These courses are taken by al  students from al  three majors and wil  remain
unchanged from the current offering.

3. A restructured core of required courses at 200-, 300- and 400-level to provide a broad coverage
of essential electrical and electronic engineering topics as well as further programming, mathematics
and suitable electrical and electronic design skil s. It wil  provide students with the essential skil s
expected from a modern Electrical and Electronic Engineering major. Three specific courses are
added to strengthen areas of deficiency recognised both during benchmarking and in feedback from
ENZ. These new core courses are as fol ows:
•  A second-year course (EEEN 201) to strengthen electrical and mechanical design, prototyping
and testing skil s. This is an area where we not only showed a deficiency during our
benchmarking exercise, but in the previous ENZ accreditation visit a lack of foundation level
mechatronics course material was also highlighted.
•  A new third-year course on smal  scale power generation and electrical machines (EEEN 313),
providing more explicit electrical content as required by the major.  This is focussed at the
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machine and nano/micro-grid level to provide a differentiation in our offering from the other
ENZ providers.
•  A new fourth year course on compliance and sustainability (EEEN 401) with a focus on applied
electromagnetics. This is partly in response to feedback from the last ENZ accreditation visit
that recommended a greater focus on sustainability issues in the final year programme of the
BE(Hons).

4. The availability of elective courses at 300-  and 400 level to al ow students to satisfy the
requirements of an optional Specialisation by completing specified selected courses in a defined area
closely related to the major. This wil  enable students to complement their major with a recognised
Specialisation in one of Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning or
Communications Engineering.

5. The final year programme wil  consist of the conventional full-year research and development
project (ENGR489), the required general engineering course (ENGR 401), the new core course (EEEN
401) and a selection of courses from a suite of high-level courses in different areas of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering.

The introduction of these changes to BE(Hons) wil  have consequential changes to the Electronic and
Computer Systems (ELCO), Applied Physics (APHS), Physics (PHYS) and Renewable Energy Systems
(RESY) majors in the BSc. The School has a joint teaching programme with Xiamen University of
Technology (XMUT) in China and under this arrangement students from XMUT can transfer into the
BSc (ELCO) at the start of their third year. The proposed relabeling/restructuring of the 200-level
courses are sufficiently smal  that the programme wil  stil  be consistent with the Joint Programme
agreement with XMUT.

In addition, consequential changes wil  be made to other relevant schedules and minor clean-up will
be accomplished in the process.
A3  Proposed amendments
In the Major Requirements of the BE(Hons) (p. 313, 2020 Calendar) amend as fol ows:
Electrical and Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering (ECEEEN)
(a) (ENGR 121, 122) or (MATH 142, 151); (ENGR 141, 142) or (PHYS 114, 115)
(b) COMP 103, ECEEEN 201, 202, 203, 204, 220, ENGR 222, NWEN 241
(c) EEEN 301, 313, 315, 3201, MATH 244 (c) At least one course form COMP 261, MATH 245,
NWEN 241, 243, SWEN 221
(d) At least one course form (COMP 307, ECEN 302, 303, 310, NWEN 301, 302, 304, SWEN 303)
(de) EEEN 401; Aat least three courses from ECEEEN4021 – 439, ENGR 440, one further course
from COMP 421 AIML 425, 429, RESE 411, 412 ECEN 401 – 479, ENGR 440, 441, NWEN 402 403
404 or SWEN 422
Note: AIML 425 and 429 are being introduced in a concurrent CUAP proposal (MAI/1, MCompSc/2,
MSc/5, BSc(Hons)/15, PGCertSc/4, PGDipSc/4); if that proposal is not approved, these courses wil
be replaced by existing courses COMP 421 and 471. ENGR 222 is being created in a concurrent
proposal (BSc/14, BE(Hons)/14); if that proposal is not approved, ENGR 222 wil  be replaced by
MATH 244.
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In the Specialisation Requirements of the BE(Hons) (p. 314, 2020 Calendar) add:

A student completing an Electrical and Electronic Engineering major may obtain a specialisation by
including courses as follows:
Communication Engineering (CMNG)
EEEN 220, NWEN 243, EEEN 310, 320, 411, one of (EEEN 410 or 421)
Machine Learning (MLEN)
EEEN 220, 320, COMP 307, 309, AIML 425, 429
Renewable Energy Systems Engineering (RESE)
EEEN 203, 313, RESE 321, 322, 411, 412
Robotics (ROBO)
EEEN 201, 315, 325, COMP 309, EEEN 425, one of (EEEN 415 or 430)

In the Combined Undergraduate Schedule (p. 150-223, 2020 Calendar) amend as follows:

EEEN 201
Mechatronic Design and Prototyping  1
P COMP 102 or 112; ENGR 101, 110; ENGR  BE(Hons), BSc
5  121 or MATH 141 or equivalent; X ECEN
201
ECEEEN 202
Digital Electronics and
1
P one of (ENGR 101, 142, PHYS 115); 15
BE(Hons), BSc
Microcontrol ers
5  pts from (ENGR 121, 122, 123, MATH 141,
142, 151, 161); X PHYS 234 ECEN 202
ECEEEN 203
Analogue Circuits and Systems
1
P (ENGR 122 or MATH 142); (ENGR 142 or
BE(Hons), BSc
Analysis
5  PHYS 115); X PHYS 235 ECEN 203
ECEEEN 204
Electronic Design Devices
1
P (ENGR 122 or MATH 142); (ENGR 142 or
BE(Hons), BSc
5  PHYS 115); X PHYS 235; ECEN 201 and 203
prior to 2016 ECEN 204
ECEEEN 220
Signals, and Systems and Statistics I  1
P (ENGR 121, 122) or (MATH 142, 151);
BE(Hons), BSc
5  X ECEN 220
ECEEEN 301
Computer Architecture and
1
P EEEN 202 (or ECEN 202), NWEN 241 203;  BE(Hons), BSc
Embedded Systems
5  X ECEN 301, NWEN 342 PHYS 340
ECEN 302
Integrated Digital Electronics
1
P ECEN 202 (or PHYS 234), ECEN 204
BE(Hons), BSc
5
ECEN 303
Analogue Electronics
1
P ECEN 203 (or PHYS 235), ECEN 204; X
BE(Hons), BSc
5  PHYS 341
ECEEEN 310
Communication Engineering
1
P EEEN 220 (or ECEN 220); X ECEN 310
BE(Hons), BSc
5  CSEN 303
EEEN 313
Power Electronics and Electrical
1
P EEEN 203 (or ECEN 203), EEEN 204 (or
BE(Hons), BSc
Machines
5  ECEN 204)
ECEEEN 315
Control and Instrumentation
1
P EEEN 203 (or ECEN 203) (or ECEN 220
BE(Hons), BSc
Systems Engineering
5  prior to 2016); X ECEN 315 PHYS 422
ECEEEN 3201
Engineering Signals, Systems and
1
P (ENGR 121, 122) or (MATH 142, 151), 30
BE(Hons), BSc
Statistics II
5  200 level ECEN pts EEEN 220 (or ECEN
220); X ECEN 321 220 prior to 2016
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EEEN 325
Robotic Engineering
1
P EEEN 201; X ECEN 301
BE(Hons), BSc
5
EEEN 401
Applied Electromagnetics and
1
P EEEN 313, one of (ENGR 222, MATH 243)   BE(Hons)
Compliance
5
EEEN 402
Programmable Digital Logic
1
P EEEN 301 (or ECEN 301); X ECEN 302
BE(Hons)
5
ECEEEN 403
Advanced Electronics
1
P EEEN 315 (or ECEN 303);(or PHYS 340);
BE(Hons)
Instrumentation
5  ECEN 220 or MATH 243 or 244; X ECEN
403 PHYS 423
ECEN 404
Electronic Devices
1
P ECEN 303; X PHYS 309
BE(Hons)
5
ECEN 405
Power Electronics
1
P ECEN 303 (or PHYS 340)
BE(Hons)
5
ECEEEN 410
Advanced Communications
1
P EEEN 310 (or ECEN 310); X ECEN 410
BE(Hons)
Engineering
5
EEEN 411
Coding and Cryptography for
1
P EEEN 310 (or ECEN 310); X MATH 324
BE(Hons)
Communications
5
ECEEEN 415
Advanced Control Systems
1
P EEEN 315 (or ECEN 315)  (or PHYS 422);
BE(Hons)
Engineering
5  X ECEN 415
ECEEEN 421
Advanced Signal Processing
1
P one of (EEEN 320 (or ECEN 321), MATH
BE(Hons)
5  318, MATH 377, STAT 332); X ECEN 421
PHYS 421
ECEEEN 422
Convex Optimisation
1
P ECEN 220 EEEN 320 (or ECEN 320 or
BE(Hons)
5  321); X ECEN 422, ECEN 426 in 2014–2016
ECEEEN 425
Advanced Robotic Mechatronic
1
P EEEN 325 (or ECEN 301) (or PHYS 340); X  BE(Hons)
Engineering 1: Hardware and
5  ECEN 425
Control
ECEEEN 426–427   Special Topics
1

BE(Hons)
5
ECEEEN 430
Robotic Intel igence and Design
1
P one of (COMP 309, EEEN 325) (or ECEN
BE(Hons)
Advanced Mechatronic Engineering
5  301)(or PHYS 340) X ECEN 430
2: Intel igence and Design
ECEEEN 431
Musical Robotics
1
P EEEN 325 (or ECEN 301); X ECEN 427 in
BE(Hons)
5
2017–2018, ECEN 431
INDN 321
Interactive Products / Ngā Hua Hei
1
P 60 200-level pts including either 30 pts
BDI
Pāhekohekotanga
5
from the BDI or BAS schedules or one of
(MARK 203, COMP 313, EEEN 302 (or
ECEN 302), PSYC 325)
RESE 311
Energy Economic Analysis
1
P (RESE 211, 212) or (RESE 321, 322); one
BSc, BE(Hons)
5
of (EEEN 220 (or ECEN 321), QUAN 102,

STAT 193)
RESE 312
Sustainability Model ing Techniques
1
P (RESE 211, 212) or (RESE 321, 322)
BSc, BE(Hons)
5
RESE 313
Power Electronics and Electrical
1
P RESE 211, 212; or ECEN 203
BSc, BE(Hons)

Machines
5

RESE 321
Renewable Energy Generation
1
P EEEN 203, 204;  X RESE 211
BE(Hons), BSc
Engineering
5

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RESE 322
Renewable Energy Storage
1
P EEEN 203, 204; X RESE 212
BE(Hons), BSc
Engineering
5

RESE 323
Renewable Energy Policy
1
P (RESE 211, 212) or (RESE 321, 322)
BE(Hons), BSc
5

RESE 411
Power Systems Analysis
1
P RESEEEEN 313; ECEN 202, 203
BE(Hons)
5

RESE 412
Advanced Development of
1
P RESEEEEN 313
BE(Hons)
Renewable Energy Systems
5

In the Major Subject Requirements of the BSc (p. 404, 2020 Calendar), amend as follows:

Applied Physics (APHS)
(a) MATH 142, 151, PHYS 114, 115
(b) 30 points from PHYS 201–299; 30 further points from (ECEEEN 201–204, MATH 243, 244, PHYS
201–299)
(c) PHYS 343; 30 further points from (ECEN 301 or 303EEEN 301–399, PHYS 301–399); 15 further
approved 300-level points in Physics or a related subject

Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
(a) (ENGR 121, 122) or (MATH142, 151); (ENGR141, 142) or (PHYS114, 115)
(b) COMP102 or 112; EEEN 202, 203, 204, 45 points from ECEN201 239; 15 further points from (EEEN
201-299, ENGR 201, NWEN 241) approved 200-level points from COMP, ECEN 201–239, MATH,
NWEN or SWEN
(c) 60 points from (ECEEEN 301–399, COMP 309, RESE 321, 322)

Physics (PHYS)
(a) MATH 142, 151, PHYS 114, 115
(b) MATH 243; PHYS 221, 222, 223; 15 further points from (ECEEEN 201–204, PHYS 201 – 299)*
(c) PHYS 304, 305, 307, 309

Renewable Energy Systems (RESY)
(a) ENGR 141 or (CHEM 114 and PHYS 114); ENGR 111; one of (ENGR 121, MATH 141, 142, 151);
STAT 193 or QUAN 102
(b) RESE 211, 212; 30 points from (ECEEEN 201-2042, 203, GEOG 214, 215, 217, 222)
(c) RESE 311, 312, 323; one of (GEOG 314, 315, RESEEEEN 313)

In the Subject Requirements of the BSc(Hons) (p. 412, 2020 Calendar), amend as fol ows:

Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
ELCO 489; 60 further approved 400-level points from (ECEEEN 401-479, RESE 401 - 479ENGR 440); 30
further approved 400-level points from (ECEEEN, RESE, ENGR 440, 441, COMP, NWEN, SWEN)

In the Schedule to the BSc(Hons) Regulations (p. 416, 2020 Calendar), amend as fol ows:
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EEEN 401
Applied Electromagnetics and
15  P EEEN 313, one of (ENGR 222, MATH 244)
Compliance
EEEN 402
Programmable Digital Logic
15  P EEEN 301 (or ECEN 301); X ECEN 302
ECEEEN 403
Advanced Electronics Instrumentation
15  P EEEN 315 (or ECEN 303);(or PHYS 340); ECEN 220 or
MATH 243 or 244; X ECEN 403 PHYS 423
ECEN 404
Electronic Devices
15  P ECEN 303; X PHYS 309
ECEN 405
Power Electronics
15  P ECEN 303 (or PHYS 340)
ECEEEN 410
Advanced Communications Engineering
15  P EEEN 310 (or ECEN 310); X ECEN 410
EEEN 411
Coding and Cryptography for
15  P EEEN 310 (or ECEN 310); X MATH 324
Communications
ECEEEN 415
Advanced Control Systems Engineering
15  P EEEN 315 (or ECEN 315)  (or PHYS 422); X ECEN 415
ECEEEN 421
Advanced Signal Processing
15  P one of (EEEN 320 (or ECEN 321), MATH 318, MATH 377,
STAT 332); X ECEN 421 PHYS 421
ECEEEN 422
Convex Optimisation
15  P ECEN 220 EEEN 320 (or ECEN 320 or 321); X ECEN 422,
ECEN 426 in 2014–2016
ECEEEN 425
Advanced Robotic Mechatronic
15  P EEEN 325 (or ECEN 301) (or PHYS 340); X ECEN 425
Engineering 1: Hardware and Control
ECEEEN 426–427
Special Topics
15
ECEEEN 430
Robotic Intel igence and Design
15  P one of (COMP 309, EEEN 325) (or ECEN 301)(or PHYS 340)
Advanced Mechatronic Engineering 2:
X ECEN 430
Intel igence and Design
ECEEEN 431
Musical Robotics
15  P EEEN 325 (or ECEN 301) ; X ECEN 427 in 2017–2018, ECEN
431
RESE 411
Power Systems Analysis
15  P RESEEEEN 313; ECEN 202, 203

RESE 412
Advanced Development of Renewable
15  P RESEEEEN 313

Energy Systems

In the Subject Requirements of the MSc (p. 425, 2020 Calendar), amend as follows:

Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
Part 1 ELCO 580; 60 further approved 400 level points from (ECEEEN or RESE 401-479, ENGR 440);
6030 further approved 400-level points from (COMP, ECEEEN, ELCO, ENGR 440, 441, NWEN, RESE or
SWEN) points.

In the Schedule to the MSc Regulations (page 429, 2020 Calendar), amend as fol ows:

Schedule to the MSc Regulations
Part 1
Course
Title

Pts  Prerequisites (P), Corequisites (C), Restrictions
(X)
ELCO 580
Research Preparation
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In the Subject Requirements of the PGCertSc (p. 431, 2020 Calendar), amend as follows:

Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
45 points from an approved combination of ECEEEN 401–440, RESE 401–439, ELCO 489, 580; 15
further approved 400-level points from the BE(Hons) schedule

In the Subject Requirements of the PGDipSc (p. 433, 2020 Calendar), amend as follows:

Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
90 points from an approved combination of ECEEEN 401–479, RESE 401-439, ENGR 440, ELCO 489,
580;
30 further approved 400-level points from the BE(Hons) schedule
A4   Implications and resources
The proposed changes wil  require some additional teaching load, and this has been considered in
discussions with the relevant staff and detailed in the fol owing section. However, in al  cases, the
School is confident that it has the resources to offer the programme, and that the changes wil
produce a more flexible engineering major with greater international recognition and enhanced
enrolment, which wil  result in increased EFTS for the courses in the major.
The fol owing are considered as the key areas with academic staff or resource implications:
Academic staff
There are currently twelve ECS staff members teaching in ECEN and RESE courses. Four of these
academics are part of the Renewable Energy group, as the School hosts the Chair in Sustainable
Energy Systems. This staffing level is sufficient to ensure teaching of al  courses required for the
major, with workload managed by rotation of 400-level courses (not al  400-level courses need to be
offered every year for students to be able to complete the major and any of the specialisations).
Academic staff are wel  supported by electronics technicians, computer and network support staff
and student support staff. The group also has a large number of postgraduate students from whom
tutoring support can be drawn.
Library
According to the Subject Librarian for the School of Engineering and Computer Science, the Library
already has a lot of material in this area to support existing courses and research, and is already
col ecting material in appropriate subject areas, and at the correct academic level, to support this
revised BE(Hons) major, including the proposed new courses EEEN 201, 313, 325, 401, 402, 411, and
RESE 321 and 322. Any additional books, journal subscriptions and databases to support this revised
major can be acquired through existing Library processes and within the existing budget. The Library
already provides access to many relevant databases and online platforms, including Compendex and
Inspec through Elsevier’s Engineering Vil age platform, IEEE Xplore, O’Reil y Safari Online, IET Ebook
col ections pre-2019 titles, Elsevier’s ScienceDirect and Scopus platforms, and ACM Digital Library
journals.
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The proposal indicates insignificant additional demand on other Library support services and existing
Library resources are expected to be able to accommodate the anticipated increase in student
numbers.
Teaching facilities and support
Feedback has been sought from the Manager of Course Administration & Timetabling, Student and
Academic Services. Comments on potential timetabling difficulties resulting from the proposal wil
be addressed by the School during the 2020 timetabling process.
A refurbishment of laboratory undergraduate laboratory space in ECS is currently in progress and
wil  be completed early in 2020. This wil  then provide the laboratory facilities for use in EEEN and
RESE as detailed below. These facilities wil  be adequate to accommodate the courses planned in the
new major.

Room
Number of
Description and purpose
Workstations
LB217
18
Teaching laboratory, mainly used for 200 level courses
CO249  30
Teaching Laboratory, mainly used for 300 and 400 level courses
AM407  17
Teaching laboratory, intended for renewable energy laboratories
CO239  14 – 28
Project laboratory intended for final year EEEN project students
depending on
(ENGR 489)
configuration
AM219  12
Flexible laboratory space that can be configured as either
teaching or project space.
Anticipated enrolments
Over the previous ten years the number of new students enrol ing in an ECEN major in the BE(Hons)
has averaged at approximately 40 students per year, with numbers relatively flat over this time. We
expect that the proposed changes wil  increase these numbers, both by attracting students into a
better defined, international y recognised engineering major, but also by being able to effective
marketing of this major through the clearly defined specialisation areas. We are hoping to see at
least a 50% increase in EFTS over the next five years as a result of this rename and restructure.
Administrative implications
Transitional arrangements for the change from ECEN to EEEN, an expected increase in student
numbers and the introduction of Specialisations wil  al  lead to an increased administrative load for
the faculty. In consultation with the Manager of Student and Academic Services in the Faculties of
Science and Engineering strategies have been discussed to ensure a smooth transition for students
and to minimise additional workload on the Faculty office.
The current OES, Banner system, and graduation application system do not support specialisations
(or minors) well, because students do not realise that they need to specify that they wish to complete
a specialisation in order for the Faculty Office to check that they have met the requirements and
ensure that the specialisation is recorded on their transcript. Al  the systems need to prompt students
explicitly to enter specialisations at appropriate times.
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Programme or course limitations / selection criteria
The BE(Hons) has open enrolment at first year but requires completion of Part 1 at a satisfactory
standard in order for students to progress with in BE(Hons). This proposal makes no change to Part
1 of the BE(Hons) and no change to the current criteria for progression in the degree.
Fee implications
Fee structure wil  be unchanged from the current BE(Hons). The EEEN courses are expected to have
the same funding category as the current ECEN-labelled courses.
Website and publication amendments
Material on the website should change extensively to reflect the proposed changes, with focus on
the Specialisations. Material wil  be provided to guide these changes.
Transitional arrangements and other consequential changes
It is intended that new courses wil  be rol ed in from 2021, with the 200-level courses introduced in
2021, the 300-level courses introduced in 2022, and the 400-level courses introduced in 2023. Al
BE(Hons) (EEEN) students who start their programme in 2021 wil  need to complete under the new
rules. Students who commenced a BE(Hons) (ECEN) in 2020 or earlier wil  be able to complete under
the new rules for the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major, or under the existing rules for the
Electronic and Computer Systems major with the substitutions the new rules for the Electrical and
Electronic Engineering major described in the table below:

Current ECEN Regulations
Substitute courses for students completing
under the current ECEN regulations
(b) COMP 103, ECEN 202, 203, 204, 220, 301,
COMP 103, EEEN 202, 203, 204, 220, 301, 315,
315, 321, MATH 244
320, ENGR 222 or MATH 244
(c) At least one course from COMP 261, MATH  No change.
245, NWEN 241, 243, SWEN 221
(d) At least one course from COMP 307, ECEN
At least one course from COMP 307, EEEN 310,
302, 303, 310, NWEN 301, 302, 304, SWEN 303  313, NWEN 301, 302, 304, SWEN 303, RESE
321, EEEN 325
(e) At least three courses from ECEN 401-439,
At least three courses from EEEN 401-439,
ENGR 440; one further course from COMP 421,  ENGR 440, one further course from COMP 421,
ECEN 401-479, ENGR 440, ENGR 441, NWEN
471 (in 2020), AIML 425, 429, ECEN 401-479,
402, 403 or SWEN 422
ENGR 440, ENGR441, NWEN 402, 403, RESE
411, 412 or SWEN 422

BSc (ELCO) students who started before 2021 wil  be permitted to complete under the existing
regulations, substituting EEEN courses in place of the ECEN courses in the ELCO major requirements.
Internships, field trips and other external arrangements
The proposed new major makes no change to the work experience requirements currently required
for al  students in the BE(Hons).
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A5  Treaty of Waitangi
Enrolments from Māori students into the first year of the ECEN major over 2009–2019 has been
modest but steady, with an average of 8% Māori students in the first-year cohort over this time.
However, the graduating records over this same period show less than 4% of Māori students in the
graduating cohort. Addressing this loss in Māori students, particularly between first and second year
to ensure a strong and viable stream of Māori graduates in this subject area wil  be the primary focus
of the School in meeting its commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi in this new major. This wil  be
achieved with coordinated and committed efforts including:
•  In coordination with the Āwhina team, support Māori students particularly during their first
year in the technical aspects of their studies, but additional y support potential social issues.
•  Outreach  into  secondary  school  with  high  Māori  rol s  to  not  only  inspire  students  to  a
potential career in engineering, but also give advice and selection of subjects essential for
engineering and science studies.
•  Commit to the appointment of an engineering student support coordinator.
The School has also identified a number of courses in the programme where examples and issues
of particular relevance to Māori wil  be incorporated in the course, especial y RESE 311 and 312, EEEN
401. ENGR 201 and 401.  The School wil  encourage lecturers to find further courses where such
material can be introduced.

A6
Consultation
Engineering New Zealand was consulted during the planning process. Their initial feedback strongly
indicated a preference that topics such as Robotics or Renewable Energy should not be offered as
specialist engineering majors but should rather be included in a broader engineering major. This was
the driving force for the current name and structure. A letter of support for the current proposal is
included as an Appendix.

The VUW Engineering Advisory Board was also consulted and provided positive feedback and input
to the proposed changes.  The Advisory board contains representatives from both the University of
Auckland and Canterbury University.

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