313597 v.1 Computer Systems Engineering Major
Major/Stream Overview
This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.
The largest number of computer systems by far are embedded systems where the computer acts to control another, monitor it or provide it with sophisticated functionality. Once confined to areas such as microwave ovens and other consumer appliances, industrial machine and process control, instruments and so forth, now embedded systems are rapidly moving into other areas. Most modern automobiles for example, now include over 200 embedded systems for engine management, automatic braking and similar functions. There is also what is being referred to as the “Internet of things”; devices that in some way link to the Internet. This includes mobile phones, notebook computers and the like from a previous era, but is rapidly expanding to include radically new systems. Hence embedded engineering has become one of the fastest expanding professions in the world with strong demand in almost all the industrially advanced nations.
Major/Stream Organisation
| Course Structure | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
| 12706 | v.3 | Electrical Circuits 203 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308768 | v.1 | Foundations of Digital Design 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313670 | v.1 | Engineering Programming 210 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314204 | v.1 | Mathematics 290 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
| 308781 | v.1 | Electronic Fundamentals 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308780 | v.1 | Signal and Systems 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12711 | v.5 | Electromagnetic and Electromechanical Energy Conversion 200 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313690 | v.1 | Microcomputers 204 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
| 12855 | v.4 | Embedded Systems Engineering 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308790 | v.1 | Foundations of Computer Engineering 301 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308792 | v.1 | Real-Time Operating Systems 301 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308798 | v.1 | Control Systems 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| 308791 | v.2 | Advanced Digital Design 320 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308794 | v.2 | Embedded Software Engineering 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12847 | v.5 | Data Communications and Networking 304 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | |||||
| 308793 | v.2 | Models of Computation 410 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12838 | v.4 | Engineering Project 401 | 10.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12856 | v.3 | Microprocessors 401 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313672 | v.2 | Legal Framework and Sustainability in Electrical Engineering 400 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | |||||
| 12844 | v.5 | Engineering Project 402 | 10.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12859 | v.2 | Computer Structures 402 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 310683 | v.1 | Engineering Management 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 3 Semester 2 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 12834 | v.4 | Digital Signal Processing 304 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308796 | v.1 | Electromagnetic Propagation 401 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 4 Semester 2 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 12845 | v.3 | Communications Engineering 304 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308787 | v.1 | Instrumentation and Control 402 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313673 | v.1 | Introduction of Smart Grid Control 410 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
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