Many students from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, both undergraduate and postgraduate, will undertake an individual capstone thesis course in the final year of their program (degree).

The following pages will help you navigate the thesis process.

3. Assessment items

The tables below show the assessment items and due dates for single semester projects and year long projects. 

Check your course profile to confirm the assessment items and due dates for your specific project course. The list in the course profile is the definitive version.

Find detailed information on each assessment item, including marketing criteria and submission information, on the thesis assessment items page.

Single Semester Thesis Project

 

Types of thesis and course codes

 

 

Course codes

Postgraduate Thesis
Industry Placement Projects
REIT7840
REIT7880

ENGG4805
 
 

Assessment

Week 3

Online Academic Integrity Tutorial
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 3
Annotated Bibliography
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 3
(Not required for ENGG4805)
Week 4Project Proposal
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 4
Week 7

Seminar and Seminar Participation
As scheduled with Supervisor
due no later than Friday of Week 7

Week 11Conference Paper
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 11

Not required for 
Industry Placement Projects

Week 12Poster and Demonstration
As negotiated with Supervisor
due no later than Friday Week 12
Exam Week 1Thesis (Electronic)
due by 3pm on Monday of Exam Week 1

Year-long projects

Programs and courses
 Semester One Commencement
ProgramsBE / BE(Hons), BInfTech(Hons),
BSc(SompSc)(Hons)
MEng, MengSc, MCompSc,
MInfTech, MIntDes
COURSE CODES

REIT4841
METR4911 (Mechatronic)
REIT4881 

REIT7841
REIT7881

 Semester Two Commencement
PROGRAMSBE / BE(Hons), BInfTech(Hons),
BSc(CompSc)(Hons)
MEng, MEngSc, MCompSc,
MInfTech, MIntDes
COURSE CODESREIT4842
METR4912 (Mehchatronic)
REIT4882

ENGG7814 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)
ENGG7818 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)
COMP7812 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)
COMP7862 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)
COMP7882 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)
DECO7862 (last offered Sem 2, 2024)

REIT7842
REIT7882

 Assessment
 First semester of project
Week 4Online Academic Integrity Tutorial
due by 3pm Thursday of Week 4
Week 5Proposal Draft
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 5
Week 8Project Proposal
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 8
Week 11Seminar and Seminar Participation
As scheduled with supervisor
due no later than Friday of Week 11
 Second semester of project
(Enrol in the same course code in both semesters)
Week 11Not required for undergratudate projectsConference Paper
due by 3pm on Thursday of Week 11
Week 12Poster and Demonstration
As scheduled with supervisor and examiner
due no later than Friday of Week 12
Exam Week 1Thesis (Electronic)
due by 3pm on Monday of Exam Week 1