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Engineering, Mathematics and Science
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Study abroad
You may choose to spend the penultimate year at a European
university as part of the Erasmus, Cluster or Unitech exchange
programmes.
Career opportunities
The careers open to graduates in electronic engineering range
from circuit design in electronics companies through network
design and management in telecommunications companies to
opportunities in business and financial management where the
analytic and problem-solving skills of electronic engineers have
long been appreciated.
Further information
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
www.tcd.ie/eleceng/undergraduate
Tel: +353 1 896 1580
Electronic and computer
engineering (joint programme)
Students who wish to study Electronic and computer
engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032).
The first two years are common to all Engineering
students and at the end of the second-year students
select the joint programme in Electronic and computer
engineering as their specialist area.
See page 126 for details of the Freshman (first two) years.
What is Electronic and computer
engineering?
Organising both hardware (electronic) and software (computer)
components into a useful and productive system is the principal
job of the electronic and computer engineer. With a unique
combination of both skill-sets, such an engineer is trained
to make design decisions that result in the most productive
systems.
Course overview
In the third year you will study four core engineering subjects
and seven electronic and computer engineering subjects. There
are approximately 16 hours of lectures, 4 hours of tutorials, 3
hours of laboratory time and 3 hours of project time per week.
A fourth year electronic and computer engineering student
typically has a weekly timetable consisting of 14 hours of
lectures, 4 hours of tutorials and 3 to 4 hours of laboratory work.
Additionally, you will have laboratory access for individual work
on your project. There may also be the opportunity to undertake
a placement in industry or with a research group or to participate
in the Unitech or Cluster programmes.
The optional fifth year of the programme will allow students to
study toward the M.A.I. Master’s degree qualification with more
advanced level of treatment of the topics listed above.
What will you study?
This degree option blends aspects of both the Electronic
engineering (see page 132) and Computer engineering
(see page 131) options into one course.
Third year courses cover:
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Core elements of analogue and digital electronics
–
the principles of operation of electronic devices and their
behaviour when connected to form circuits.
n
Microprocessor systems
– all aspects of the principles,
design, construction and characterisation of the hardware
and system software of microprocessor-based computers.
n
Signals and systems
– electronic circuits, mathematical
methods and algorithms for describing and processing
signals, such as audio and video.