COURSE SPECIFICATION FORM,

approved by the Academic Council 17.06.2015 (#39)

SECTION A: DEFINITIVE
Items in this section may be reviewed and developed within Schools as part of the Annual Program
Monitoring Process and in line with the Guidelines to Modifications to Programs and Courses.

1. General course information

1.1 School: Engineering 1.6 Credits (ECTS): 6
Course Title: Electronic Engineering Design Course Code:
1.2 1.7
Principles
1.3 Pre-requisites: Effective from:
1.8 (year)
1.4 Co-requisites:
Programs:
1.5 (in which the course _______________________________________
is offered) Core Elective
2. Course description (max.150 words)
This course provides basic practical skills that are required needed to become an Electrical and
Electronics Engineer and it is mainly lab work based. Lab work developed in this course will help
then to cope with other courses in the program. This course also provides additional skills, such as
presentation and use of CAD. The course will provide students essential expertize of working with
electronic test equipment; constructing circuits; troubleshooting; basic error analysis; basic
principles of design and estimation skills. The course also includes scenario weeks where students
will have chance to integrate narrow expert view into wider practical problem. The module content
includes: Engineering design process, customer focus, creative concept generation, product
configuration, project implementation, design guidelines and implementation, laboratory skills for
circuit design (EDA tools, PCB prototyping, measurement, troubleshooting), design evaluation,
product configurations , project communication, engineering standards, maintenance.

3. Summative assessment methods (tick if applicable):

3.1 Examination 3.5 Presentation
3.2 Term paper 3.6 Peer-assessment
3.3 Project 3.7 Essay
3.4 Laboratory Practicum 3.8 Other (specify) _Assignment_
__________
4. Course aims
1) Familiarize students with concepts, techniques, and tools that encourage creativity and
innovation in their future design practices.
2) Provide students with the knowledge and understanding of workshop and laboratory
practice.
3) Provide students with hands-on experience in electronics engineering design, measurement
and troubleshooting tools.
4) Introduce students to codes of practices and standards: customer specifications, Industrial

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5. Course learning outcomes (CLOs)

5.1 By the end of the course the student will be expected to be able to:
1) Acquire the basic knowledge in engineering design from concept to implementation.
2) Use a range of tools and apply techniques related to the assembly of electronic
circuits and systems, including: Printed circuit board assembly (component selection
and insertion), Soldering, Circuit prototyping techniques (e.g. wire-wrapping), Simple
metal working (drilling, bending, fastening).
3) Use a range of equipment to perform measurements and procedures of relevance to
analogue electronic engineering, including: Electronic component characterisation
and testing, DC characterization and testing of electronic circuits (dc voltage and
current measurements; input and output resistance; gain; power consumption).
4) An understanding of the requirements of engineering documentation including:
Customer specifications, Industrial engineering specifications, engineering codes of
practice, engineering standards.
5) Demonstrate proficiency in the handling of engineering information. This ranges
from interpreting engineering specifications, standards and drawings either in paper
or electronic format to preparing and ensuring the effectiveness of process instruction
sheets for operators.
5.2
CLO Program Learning Outcome(s) to Graduate Attribute(s) to which
ref # which CLO is linked CLO is linked
1
2
3

SECTION B: NON-DEFINITIVE
Course Syllabus Template
Details of teaching, learning and assessment
Items in this Section should be considered annually (or each time a course is delivered) and amended
as appropriate, in conjunction with the Annual Program Monitoring Process. The template can be
adapted by Schools to meet the necessary accreditation requirements.

6. Detailed course information

6.1 Academic Year: 6. Schedule (class days, time):
3
6.2 Semester: 6. Location (building, room):
4
7. Course leader and teaching staff
Position Name Office Contact information Office
# hours/or

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Course Leader
Course Instructor(s)
Teaching Assistant(s)
8. Course Outline
Session Date Topics and Assignments Course Aims CLOs
(tentative) (ref. # only, see
item 4)
Week 1 Introduction to the electronics design principles, the 1,2 1,2,3
required methodology and tools.
Week 2 Acquiring skills of practical circuit design: Printed circuit 1,2 1,2,3
board assembly, basic components, component selection.
Week 3 Electronic instrumentation and measurements, Multimeters, 1,2 1,2,3
Oscilloscopes, components characterization and testing (dc
voltage and current measurements; input and output
resistance; gain; power consumption).
Week 4 Acquiring skills of circuit design: Circuit prototyping 1,2 1,2,3
techniques, PCB, soldering
Week 5 Circuit simulations with computer software, techniques in 1,2 1,2,3
MATLAB
Week 6 Circuit simulations with computer software, Multisim. 1,2 1,2,3
Week 7 PCB making. 1,2 1,2,3
Week 8 Engineering documentation including: Customer 1,4,5 1,4
specifications, Industrial engineering specifications,
engineering codes of practice, engineering standards.
Week 9 Interpreting engineering specifications, standards and 1,4
drawings either in paper or electronic format to preparing and 1,4,5
ensuring the effectiveness of process instruction sheets for
operators.
Week 10- Self study – individual projects 1-4 1-5
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9. Learning and Teaching Methods (briefly describe the approaches to teaching and learning to be employed
in the course)
1
2
3

10. Summative Assessments

# Activity Date Weighting (%) CLOs
(tentative)
1 Project: Report Week 14 25% 1,2,3,4
2 Project: Presentation Week 13-14 25%
3 Midterm: Skills Week 9 25% 1,2,3,4
demonstration
4 Assignments 25% 1,2,3,4
11. Grading

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Letter Percent range Grade description (where applicable)
Grade

12. Learning resources (use a full citation and where the texts/materials can be accessed)
E-resources, including,
but not limited to:
databases, animations,
simulations, professional
blogs, websites, other e-
reference materials (e.g.
video, audio, digests)
E-textbooks
Laboratory physical
resources
Special software programs MultiSim and MATLAB
Installed in SENG Computer Labs.
Journals (inc. e-journals)
Text books 1) D. Shetty, Product Design for Engineering, International Edition, Cengage,
2015.

13. Course expectations

List the expectations of students for the course regarding the course attendance, class participation,
group work, late/missed submission of assignments.
14. Academic Integrity Statement
Provide a statement requiring the students taking this course to abide by the University policies on
academic integrity.
You may refer to the Student Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (approved by the AC on
05.02.2014), specifically, paragraphs 13-16 (plagiarism and cheating).
15. E-Learning
If the content of the course and instruction will be delivered (or partially delivered) via digital and
online media, consult with the Head of Instructional Technology to complete this section and/or
provide a separate document complementary to this Template.
16. Approval and review
Date of Approval: Minutes #: Committee:
Date(s) of Approved Change: Minutes #: Committee: