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 Information Engineering [for students admitted in Sept. 2006] |
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 Definitions and Terminology: |
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The Level of a course shall be 1, 2 or
3. Each course shall be assigned a Level.
All subject-related courses are grouped into the following
8 Subject Groups: |
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A. Communications Systems
B. Signal Processing and Systems
C. Circuits & Electronics
D. Computer Systems, Software & IT Applications
E. Business and Management for the IT Industry
F. Mathematics
G. Complementary Studies
H. Others
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A Core course is a compulsory course that a candidate must pass in the manner provided for in the Regulations. A Breadth course is a level 1 or level 2 course which is offered in one of the subject groups as an optional course for the curriculum. A Depth course is a level 3 course offered in one of the subject groups as an optional course for the curriculum.
Complementary Studies shall include, in addition to those courses listed under Group G, all broadening courses as defined by the University but not directly related to the subject area of the programme.
Subject Electives refer to any technical course offered by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, provided that it does not overlap significantly with other courses that the student has already enrolled. Thus a Subject Elective course can be a technical course within or outside the list of courses in the Information Engineering subject groups below. Courses offered by other Departments will not be accepted as subject electives unless special prior approval from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been obtained before enrolment. |
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| The Curriculum |
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| The curriculum comprises of 180 credit-units of courses
as follows: |
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(a) 75 credit-units of Core courses from groups A-D, and F
(b) 12 credit-units of courses in business and related studies selected
from group E.
(c) 36 credit-units of breadth and depth courses selected from groups A-F (at most 6 credit-units from group E in addition to (b) above), and at most 6 credit-units from Group F in addition to (a) above).
(d) 24 credit-units of complementary studies courses comprising:
(i) Engineering and society (3 credit-units)
(ii) Professional and technical written communication for engineers (3 credit-units)
(iii) Professional and technical oral communication for engineers (3 credit-units)
(iv) Practical Chinese language course for engineering students (3 credit-units)
(v) Additional 12 credit-units of Complementary Studies, at least 3 credit-units in Humanities & Social Sciences, and at least 3 credit-units in Culture and Value Studies or an area of studies outside this degree curriculum as an elective ( 12 credit-units)
(e) 6 credit-units in Subject Electives
(f) First year project (3 credit-units)
(g) Integrated project (6 credit-units)
(h) Technical project (12 credit-units)
(i) Workshop training (3 credit-units)
(j) Industrial training (3 credit-units)
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| To complete the degree requirement, a candidate must pass all the courses specified in the curriculum. In addition, the candidate must pass the IT Proficiency Test and any other requirements as stipulated in the University or Faculty of Engineering regulations. |
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| Order of Study |
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Order of study is dictated by prerequisite and co-requisite
requirements. Generally, level one courses should be taken
before level two courses, level two courses should be taken
before level 3 courses and core courses should be taken before
breadth courses. Course electives in Complementary Studies
can be taken in any order. |
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| First Year |
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| The first-year syllabuses shall include the following courses: |
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Core Courses: (Total 39 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC1611 |
Circuit theory and logic (6) |
| ELEC1614 |
Electronic devices and circuits(6) |
| ELEC1401 |
Computer organization and microprocessors (6) |
| ELEC1501 |
Computer programming and data structures (6) |
| ELEC1702 |
Fundamentals of information engineering (3) |
| ELEC1801 |
Engineering mathematics I (6) |
| ELEC1802 |
Engineering mathematics II (6) |
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Business and Related Courses: (Total 6 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| BUSI1007 |
Principles of management (6) |
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Complementary Studies: (Total 12 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| CENG1001 |
Practical Chinese language course for engineering
students (3) |
| ECEN1507 |
Professional and technical written communication for
engineers (3) |
| ECEN1508 |
Professional and technical oral communication for
engineers (3) |
| Additional 3 credit-units of Complementary
Studies course |
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Project (Total 3 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC1808 |
First year project (3) |
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| Second Year |
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| The second-year syllabuses shall normally include the following courses: |
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Core Courses: (Total 36 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC2201 |
Signals and linear systems (6) |
| ELEC2202 |
Communications engineering (6) |
| ELEC2402 |
Computer communications (6) |
| ELEC2501 |
Software engineering and operating systems (6) |
| ELEC2701 |
Internet technologies and applications (6) |
| ELEC2811 |
Probability and statistics (3) |
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Choose one out of the following:
Breadth/Depth Courses (Total 6 credit-units)
Six credit-units of Breadth Course from Groups A-D
Business and Related Studies (Total 6 credit-units)
Six credit-units of Course from Group E.
Complementary Studies: (Total 6 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC2803 |
Engineering and society (3) |
| One three credit-unit course in Complementary
Studies |
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Project (Total 6 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC2807 |
Integrated project (InfoE) (6) |
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Training (3 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC1803 |
Workshop training (3) |
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| Third Year |
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| The third-year syllabuses shall normally include the following courses: |
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Breadth/Depth Courses (Total 30 credit-units)
Thirty credit-units of Breadth/Depth courses in Groups
A-F (30 credit-units).
No more than 12 credit-units should be allocated to Breadth courses.
No more than 18 credit-units should be allocated to a single group.
No more than 6 credit-units should be allocated to group E.
Subject Elective (Total 6 credit-units)
Six credit-units of Subject Electives
Complementary Studies: (Total 6 credit-units)
Additional 6 credit-units of Complementary Studies courses
Project (Total 12 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC3801 |
Technical Project (12) |
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Training (3 credit-units)
| Code |
Course Title |
| ELEC1804 |
Industrial training (3) |
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| Minor Options |
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| (applicable to candidates
admitted in the academic year 2005-2006 and thereafter) |
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| Candidates are given an option to overload by no more than 6 credit-units in a semester to pursue a minor in a discipline outside their own degree curriculum, subject to the approval of the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. For the descriptions of the courses under minor options, candidates should refer to the syllabuses of the relevant degree. The three minor options available are listed below: |
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a) Minor in Business
b) Minor in Economics
c) Minor in Finance
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| Courses in the selected minor can be taken as Complementary Studies courses in the degree curriculum if such courses are deemed to satisfy the complementary studies course requirement of the degree curriculum. |
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| List of Courses by Subject Groups |
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Note: Courses with similar contents are flagged as "mutually exclusive". For each set of mutually exclusive courses, students are not allowed to take more than one course.
Group A : Communications Systems
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
ELEC1702 |
Fundamentals of information engineering (core) |
3 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1201 |
Fundamental electromagnetic theory |
3 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2202 |
Communications engineering (core) |
6 |
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ELEC2201 |
| 3 |
ELEC3201 |
Communication systems |
6 |
ELEC2202 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3203 |
Cellular radio and personal communication systems |
6 |
ELEC2202 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3204 |
Information theory and coding |
3 |
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Group B : Signal Processing and Systems
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 2 |
ELEC2201 |
Signals and linear systems (core) |
6 |
ELEC1611 (or ELEC1301) |
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| 2 |
ELEC2204 |
Digital signal processing |
6 |
ELEC2201 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3212 |
Speech recognition |
6 |
ELEC2204 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3218 |
Communication signal processing |
3 |
ELEC2204 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3220 |
Speech processing |
3 |
ELEC2204 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3505 |
Image and video processing |
6 |
ELEC2201 |
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Group C : Circuits and Electronics
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
ELEC1611 |
Circuit theory and digital logic (core) |
6 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1614 |
Electronic devices and circuits (core) |
6 |
ELEC1611 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2301 |
Analogue electronics |
6 |
ELEC1614 (or ELEC1303) |
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| 2 |
ELEC2302 |
Digital system design |
6 |
ELEC1611 or (ELEC1301 & ELEC1303) |
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| 2 |
ELEC2303 |
Design of digital integrated circuits |
6 |
ELEC1614 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3612 |
VLSI design principles |
6 |
ELEC1614 (or ELEC1302) or (ELEC1301 & ELEC1303) |
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Group D : Computer Systems, Software and IT Applications
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
ELEC1401 |
Computer organization and microprocessors (core) |
6 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1501 |
Computer programming and data structures(core) |
6 |
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| 2 |
CSIS0278 |
Introduction to database management systems |
6 |
CSIS1119 or ELEC1501 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2401 |
Computer architecture (mutually exclusive with ELEC1623) |
6 |
ELEC1613 or ELEC1401
or ELEC1622 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2402 |
Computer Communications (core) |
6 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2501 |
Software engineering and operating systems (core) |
6 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2601 |
Human computer interaction |
6 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2602 |
Object oriented and systems programming |
6 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2701 |
Internet technologies and applications (core) |
6 |
ELEC2402 |
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| 3 |
CSIS0218 |
Discrete event simulation |
6 |
CSIS1119 or CSIS0912
or ELEC1501 |
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| 3 |
CSIS0250 |
Design and analysis of algorithms |
6 |
CSIS1119 or ELEC1501
(Pre- or Co-requisites) |
| 3 |
CSIS0323 |
Advanced database systems |
6 |
CSIS0278 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3401 |
Advanced internet technologies |
6 |
CSIS0234 or ELEC2701 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3503 |
Fuzzy systems and neural networks |
6 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3505 |
Image and video processing |
6 |
ELEC2201 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3621 |
Introduction to parallel programming |
3 |
ELEC2401 or ELEC1623 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3622 |
Distributed computing systems |
3 |
(ELEC2501 or CSIS0230) &
(ELEC2402 or CSIS0234) |
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| 3 |
ELEC3626 |
Computer network security
(mutually exclusive with ELEC6070)
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3 |
(ELEC2402 or CSIS0234) |
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| 3 |
ELEC3628 |
Network programming (mutually exclusive with CSIS0402
System architecture and distributed computing)
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3 |
ELEC2602 or CSIS0396 |
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Group E : Business and Management in IT-Industry
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
BUSI1006 |
Principles and practices of modern business |
3 |
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| 1 |
BUSI1007 |
Principles of management (compulsory) |
6 |
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| 2 |
BUSI0016 |
Introduction to finance |
6 |
Background on Accounting |
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| 2 |
BUSI0023 |
Operations and quality management |
6 |
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| 2 |
BUSI1001 |
Business law |
6 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3701 |
Telecommunication policy and regulations |
6 |
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Group F : Mathematics
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
ELEC1801 |
Engineering mathematics I (core) |
6 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1802 |
Engineering mathematics II (core) |
6 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1807 |
Discrete mathematics |
3 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2808 |
Differential equations |
3 |
ELEC1801 & ELEC1802 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2809 |
Numerical methods |
3 |
ELEC1801 & ELEC1802 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2810 |
Optimization methods |
3 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2811 |
Probability and statistics (core) |
3 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3703 |
Queuing theory |
3 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3704 |
System modeling and performance analysis |
3 |
ELEC3703 |
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Group G : Complementary studies
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
CENG1001 |
Practical Chinese language course for engineering
students |
3 |
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| 1 |
ECEN1507 |
Professional & technical written communication
for engineers |
3 |
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| 1 |
ECEN1508 |
Professional & technical oral communication for
engineers |
3 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2803 |
Engineering and society |
3 |
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Group H : Others
| Level |
Code |
Course Title |
Credit-units |
Prerequisite |
Co-requisite |
| 1 |
ELEC1803 |
Workshop training |
3 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1804 |
Industrial training |
3 |
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| 1 |
ELEC1808 |
First year project |
3 |
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| 2 |
ELEC2807 |
Integrated project (InfoE) |
6 |
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| 3 |
ELEC3801 |
Technical project |
12 |
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The list of optional courses is not final and may be changed from time to time. Some courses may not be offered every year, and students shall be guided in selecting courses by the Department.
