ENEL200-26W (C) Whole Year 2026

Electrical and Computer Engineering Design

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 15 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 August 2026

Description

This course will introduce you to fundamental tools and techniques for designing electrical and computer systems, and give you hands-on practice applying those tools and techniques to a variety of different design projects.

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Faculty of Engineering Dean (Academic)

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Meremere 108 Lecture Theatre
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 17:00 Rata 342 CAD Lab (18/2-25/3, 22/4-27/5, 15/7-19/8, 9/9-14/10)
Elec 210 Electronics Lab (18/2-25/3, 22/4-27/5, 15/7-19/8, 9/9-14/10)
 16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
02 Tuesday 09:00 - 12:00 Rata 342 CAD Lab (17/2-24/3, 21/4-26/5, 14/7-18/8, 8/9-13/10)
Elec 210 Electronics Lab (17/2-24/3, 21/4-26/5, 14/7-18/8, 8/9-13/10)
Rata 216 CAD Lab (28/4-26/5)
 16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
ECE Design Labs 8%
ECE Design Project 17%
CAD Tutorials 12%
CAD Project 13%
Product Design Labs 6%
PCB Project Layout 1%
PCB Project Reports 7%
PCB Project Demo 6%
Final Project Review 8%
Final Project Report 22%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Allan McInnes; ENEL200 Learn Page ; (There is no required textbook for ENEL200. The key information and notes for the course are provided on AKO | LEARN. Several of the LEARN sections include pointers to relevant external resources and readings).

Recommended Reading

Darren Ashby; Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School, But Probably Didn't ; Newns, 2012.

Ford, Ralph M. , Coulston, Chris S; Design for electrical and computer engineers : theory, concepts, and practice ; McGraw-Hill, 2008.

White, Elecia; Making embedded systems : design patterns for great software ; O'Reilly Media, 2012.

Additional Course Outline Information

Mahi ā-Ākonga | Workload (expected distribution of student hours, note 15 points = 150 hours):

Contact Hours

Lectures: 22 hours
Tutorials: 18 hours
Workshops: 0 hours
Laboratories: 21 hours

Independent study

Review of lectures: 0 hours
Test and exam preparation: 0 hours
Assignments: 89 hours
Tutorial preparation: 0 hours
Laboratory calculations: hours 0

Total 150

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,392.00

International fee $6,690.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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