For the first three years, you will study alongside those on the BEng (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering course. This will give you the opportunity to learn fundamental engineering principles, further develop your knowledge and skills and gain an appreciation for concepts relevant to computer systems engineering. In your fourth year, your additional year of study, you will apply what you’ve already learned on a substantial project.
Year One
Introduction to ‘C’ programming and Embedded Systems
Personal Skills
Engineering Applications
Analogue and Digital Electronics 1
Engineering Health, Safety and Welfare
Engineering Mathematics
Computer Systems and Network Technologies
Year Two
Applied Computer Networking
Configuration and Programming of Embedded Systems
Business and Finance for Engineers
Group Project
Analogue and Digital Electronics 2
Signals and Digital Communications
Database Development
Year Three
Singleton Honours Project
Advanced Database and Modelling
Advanced Applied Computer Networking
Advanced Embedded Systems Design
Digital Mobile Communications
Year Four
Major Group Project – 40 credits
Product Management and Integrating Case Studies
Singleton MEng Project – 60 credits
Applied Digital Signal Processing
Mobile Application Development
Strategic Management
The above information is a sample module description for illustrative purposes. Modules and module content may change from time to time.
Learning and teaching methods
Course modules are structured in such a way that the lecture-based material is reinforced by practical laboratory assignments. The assignments will allow you to use a range of industry-standard software tools along with practical hardware systems, both of which allow you to apply the theory you have learned in lectures. A major theme of the course is the use of group and project work, which will develop your team working skills.
The course includes activities that help you become more resourceful, and you will develop leadership qualities and management skills. You will be assessed in a variety of ways. The first two years combine examinations and laboratory work. In the third and forth years, the emphasis is on examinations for technical elements, and in-course assessments or reports for management and project work.