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Degree Programme Table: Electronics and Software Engineering (MEng Hons) (UTELSEM)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 8 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
INFR08012 Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic Semester 1 10
INFR08013 Informatics 1 - Functional Programming Semester 1 10
INFR08014 Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming Semester 2 10
INFR08015 Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis Semester 2 10
SCEE08001 Engineering 1 Semester 1 20
ELEE08001 Electrical Engineering 1 Semester 2 20
MATH08060 Mathematics for Science and Engineering 1a Semester 1 20
MATH08061 Mathematics for Science and Engineering 1b Semester 2 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours requires passes at 50% or above at the first attempt in two of Analogue Circuits 2, Digital System Design 2, Signals and Communications Systems 2, and also in one of the Informatics 2 courses, together with passes in all other compulsory courses, or the permission of the relevant Head of School.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 11 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR08009 Informatics 2B - Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning Semester 2 20
    INFR08018 Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems Semester 1 10
    INFR08019 Informatics 2C - Introduction to Software Engineering Semester 1 10
    ELEE08016 Analogue Circuits 2 Semester 1 10
    ELEE08014 Electronics Project Laboratory 2A Semester 1 10
    ELEE08015 Digital System Design 2 Semester 2 10
    SCEE08007 Signals and Communication Systems 2 Semester 2 10
    MATH08066 Probability Semester 1 10
    ELEE08019 Electronics Project Laboratory 2B Semester 2 10
    SCEE08009 Engineering Mathematics 2A Semester 1 10
    SCEE08010 Engineering Mathematics 2B Semester 2 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes:
    1. Courses listed here are all level 9. However, with the permission of the School Curriculum Approval Officer, 10 points may be taken at level 10 to assist in preparation for the Honours project.
    2. For accreditation purposes, students must select Professional Issues (Level 10), normally in 4th year.
    3. Progression to year 4 normally requires passes in at least 100 credit points worth of courses, including "Resit for Professional Purposes", AND an average of 55% across all courses. See the year guide for full details.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELEE09026 Analogue Circuits 3 Semester 1 10
    ELEE09017 Signal and Communication Systems 3 Semester 2 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR10056    Software Engineering with Objects and Components   10  
    INFR10057    Software Testing   10  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR09032    System Design Project   20  
    INFR09040    Computer Science Large Practical   10  
    INFR09039    Software Engineering Large Practical   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR10052    Algorithms and Data Structures   10  
    INFR09009    Computer Architecture   10  
    INFR09010    Computer Design   10  
    INFR09027    Computer Communications and Networks   10  
    INFR10058    Computer Security   10  
    INFR10053    Compiling Techniques   10  
    INFR10055    Database Systems   10  
    INFR09029    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    INFR09031    Logic Programming   10  
    INFR09015    Operating Systems   10  
    INFR10056    Software Engineering with Objects and Components   10  
    INFR10057    Software Testing   10  
    INFR10059    Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science   10  
    INFR10060    Enterprise Computing   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 50 credits from Electronics Level 9 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Selection of courses from Electronics or Informatics is permissible.
     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes:
    1. Entry to fourth year MEng normally requires average mark of 55% in third year, at the first attempt.
    2. For accreditation purposes, students must select Professional Issues (Level 10), normally in 4th Year.
    3. Progression to year 5 normally requires passes in at least 100 credit points worth of courses, including "Resit for Professional Purposes", AND an average of 40% across all courses. See the year guide for full details.
    4. Entry to the 4th year normally requires two or more prior years of instruction in a UK institution, or satisfactory completion of English language training as indicated by a TEAM test.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELEE11065 MEng Electronics and Informatics Project Phase One - 5 Semester 2 20
    Notes: The project will include aspects of both Electronics and Software Engineering.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELEE10003    Microelectronic Device Principles 4   10  
    ELEE10004    Power Electronics 4   10  
    ELEE10005    Power Systems and Machines 4   10  
    ELEE10006    Digital Communications 4   10  
    ELEE10007    Digital System Design 4   10  
    ELEE10010    Digital Signal Analysis 4   10  
    ELEE10020    Analogue Electronics (Circuits) 4   10  
    ELEE10021    Analogue Electronics (Project) 4   20  
    ELEE10023    Digital Systems Laboratory   10  
    ELEE10025    Electromagnetics 4: RF Engineering   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11017    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11082    Performance Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11038    Software Architecture, Process, and Management (Level 11)   10  
    INFR10057    Software Testing   10  
    INFR10056    Software Engineering with Objects and Components   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11011    Advanced Databases (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11069    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11074    Automated Reasoning (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11031    Advanced Vision (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11067    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11021    Computer Graphics (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11102    Computational Complexity   10  
    INFR11049    Computer Networking (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11032    Compiler Optimisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11022    Distributed Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11017    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11062    Machine Translation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11061    Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11024    Parallel Architectures (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11082    Performance Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11023    Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11103    Querying and Storing XML   10  
    INFR11038    Software Architecture, Process, and Management (Level 11)   10  
    INFR10042    System Level Integration Practical   10  
    INFR11086    Topics in Cognitive Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11100    Text Technologies for Data Science   10  
    INFR10049    Agent Based Systems (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10052    Algorithms and Data Structures   10  
    INFR10053    Compiling Techniques   10  
    INFR10054    Computational Cognitive Science   10  
    INFR10058    Computer Security   10  
    INFR10055    Database Systems   10  
    INFR10056    Software Engineering with Objects and Components   10  
    INFR10057    Software Testing   10  
    INFR11020    Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications   10  
    INFR11033    Automatic Speech Recognition   10  
    INFR11110    Communication and Concurrency   10  
    INFR11037    Computational Neuroscience of Vision   10  
    INFR11111    Computer Algebra   10  
    INFR11058    Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11088    Extreme Computing   10  
    INFR11112    Embedded Software   10  
    INFR11087    Information Theory   10  
    INFR11099    Introduction to Quantum Computing   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11104    Semantic Web Systems   10  
    INFR11089    Randomness and Computation   10  
    INFR11114    Types and Semantics for Programming Languages   10  
    INFR10060    Enterprise Computing   10  
    INFR10059    Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science   10  
    INFR11113    Topics in Natural Language Processing   10  
    INFR11101    Advances in Programming Languages   10  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    PHIL10024    Theories of Mind (Philosophy Hons)   20  
    PHIL10133    Logic, Computability and Incompleteness   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules M and O, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Selection of courses from Electronics & Electrical Engineering or Informatics is permissible.
     


    Year 5, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Graduation normally requires passes in at least 100 credit points worth of courses, including "Resit for Professional Purposes", AND an average of 40% across all courses. See the year guide for full details.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELEE11066 MEng Electronics and Informatics Project Phase Two - 5 Semester 1 60
    Notes: The project will include aspects of both Electronics and Software Engineering.




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELEE11073    Analogue Electronics (Project) 5   20  
    ELEE11053    Electronic Product Design and Manufacture 5   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11011    Advanced Databases (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11020    Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications   10  
    INFR11069    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11074    Automated Reasoning (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11033    Automatic Speech Recognition   10  
    INFR11031    Advanced Vision (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11067    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11021    Computer Graphics (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11037    Computational Neuroscience of Vision   10  
    INFR11032    Compiler Optimisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11058    Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11022    Distributed Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11017    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11099    Introduction to Quantum Computing   10  
    INFR11087    Information Theory   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11104    Semantic Web Systems   10  
    INFR11062    Machine Translation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11061    Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11024    Parallel Architectures (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11082    Performance Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11023    Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11038    Software Architecture, Process, and Management (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11100    Text Technologies for Data Science   10  
    INFR11059    Advanced Natural Language Processing   20  
    INFR11016    Bioinformatics 1   10  
    INFR11005    Bioinformatics 2   10  
    INFR11007    Data Mining and Exploration   10  
    INFR11088    Extreme Computing   10  
    INFR11008    Neural Computation   10  
    INFR11050    Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning   10  
    INFR11010    Reinforcement Learning   10  
    INFR11091    Robot Learning and Sensorimotor Control   10  
    INFR11025    Topics in Distributed Databases   10  
    INFR11035    Neural Information Processing   10  
    INFR11036    Computational Cognitive Neuroscience   10  
    INFR11049    Computer Networking (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11086    Topics in Cognitive Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11089    Randomness and Computation   10  
    INFR11090    Decision Making in Robots and Autonomous Agents   10  
    INFR11092    Robotics: Science and Systems   20  
    INFR11102    Computational Complexity   10  
    INFR11103    Querying and Storing XML   10  
    INFR11110    Communication and Concurrency   10  
    INFR11111    Computer Algebra   10  
    INFR11112    Embedded Software   10  
    INFR11113    Topics in Natural Language Processing   10  
    INFR11114    Types and Semantics for Programming Languages   10  
    INFR11101    Advances in Programming Languages   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules M and O, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Selection of courses from Electronics & Electrical Engineering or Informatics is permissible.
     


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