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Engineering, Mathematics and Science
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Study abroad
You may choose to spend all or part of the penultimate year at a
European university as part of the Erasmus programme.
Career opportunities
The demand for software and system designers will continue
to grow within the next decade. When you graduate you will
find opportunities for employment in software companies, large
industrial organisations, research institutions and multinationals
in Ireland as well as in Europe, the US and Japan.
Further information
www.scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/computer-engineering
Electronic engineering
Students who wish to study Electronic engineering apply
to the Integrated engineering degree (TR032). The first
two years are common to all Integrated engineering
students and at the end of the second-year students select
Electronic engineering as their specialist area.
See page 125 for details of the Freshman (first two) years.
What is Electronic engineering?
Electronic engineering involves the use of electricity to perform a
wide range of functions and the application of these functions to
improve the quality of our lives.
The role of the electronic engineer is to devise suitable circuits
and systems for the acquisition, storage, processing and
transmission of low-power electronic signals as information-
bearing electrical entities.
In today’s Information Age there is an ever-growing use of
mobile phones, internet resources, computers, entertainment
systems, satellite imaging, optical fibres, and automation.
Electronic components and circuits are the cornerstone
technology used to monitor or detect, store, process and
transmit the information generated by each of these systems.
Electronic engineers provide the vital skills and innovation
needed to design and develop these remarkable components
and systems.
Course overview
In the Junior Sophister (third) year you will study a total of
seven electronic engineering subjects and four core 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 engineering student typically has a
weekly timetable 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.
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 below.
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.
What will you study?
Junior Sophister (third year) courses cover:
n
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.
