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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

COURSE STRUCTURE FOR MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MSc) ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING

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MASTERS OF SCIENCE (ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING)  (MSc. ESDE)

Study mode: Full-time Mixed Mode.

Duration: Minimum 2 semesters, maximum 6 semesters.

Requirement of admission:

  1. A Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent with minimum CGPA of 2.75, or

  2. A Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related fields with CGPA lower than 2.75 will also be considered if they have vast experience in some specific areas of specialisation and approved by the School Board.

  3. For international students, there is an additional English language requirement, which is:

Exemption is given to candidate if:

  • English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
  • Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

 Categories of Students

  1. IN-HOUSE: In this category, students are required to attend the programme in person at SEEE premises during the normal working hours. (Structure for 70:30, Please refer the courses as provided in the table below)

  2. INDUSTRY: Students who are industry practitioners attend the program outside the normal working hours and during the weekends. . (Structure for 70:30, Please refer the courses as provided in the table below)

Course Offering

Students are required to register for this MSc. ESDE programme in three semesters for each academic session. These are Semester 1, Semester 2 and Semester 3 (Short KSCP Semester). Courses are offered and examined in the same semester.

  • Core Courses
    Core courses are compulsory course package which aims at giving a deeper understanding of anareaofspecializationmajor.

    Students need to accumulate 32 units of the core courses for the 70:30.  The Dissertation is part of the core courses.

  • Elective Courses
    Elective courses are selected course package that aims at giving a specialised expertise on specified area of knowledge.

    Students need to accumulate no less than 8 units of the elective courses for the     70:30. Option from the list of courses suggested and acknowledged by the school.

  • Audit Courses
    In principle, the university allows students to register for any courses on an audit basis for the purpose of enhancing the students’ knowledge in specific fields during the duration of their study. However, the units of any such audit courses will not be taken into consideration for graduation purposes

    The registration procedures for courses on an audit basis are as follows:

    • Courses registered on an audit basis will not be taken into consideration in determining the minimum and maximum units of courses
    • Only students of active status are allowed to register for courses on an audit
    • Students can register for courses on an audit basis for the purpose of augmenting his/her knowledge in specific fields. Registration for the said course must be within the course registration
    • Courses registered on an audit basis are designated as code ‘Y’ courses. This designation will be indicated on the relevant academic transcript. A space at the bottom of the academic transcript will be reserved for listing the courses registered on an audit
    • Students must fulfil all course requirements. Students who register for courses on an audit basis, are not obligated to sit for any examinations pertaining to that course. A grade ‘R’ will be awarded irrespective of whether the student had or had not sat for the examination.

  • Laboratory Work/Practical and Dissertation
    Programmes in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering place a great emphasis on laboratory work/practical. Laboratory work/practical is an important and essential aspect in most courses. It aims to provide students with a better understanding of the subject matter delivered through lectures

    Students are required to submit laboratory/practical reports which are part of the coursework assessment for courses delivered through lectures and the laboratory/practical component only. Attendance is compulsory for all levels of study and students may be barred from taking the written examination if their attendance is unsatisfactory.

    Apart from attending classes (lectures and laboratory/practical), students must also engage in a dissertation project that culminates in the submission of a dissertation. Dissertation project shall last for six months and is usually completed in two consecutive semesters.

 Programme Structure

The structure of the MSc. ESDE consist of two options of studies which are 70:30 and 50:50. The ratio refers to the percentage of research and coursework component. Taught courses are offered in the first two semesters only. The dissertation is offered in both Semester 2 and Semester 3.

COURSE

UNITS

REMARKS

70:30 Option
 i. Core 32  Courses are determined by SEEE
 ii. Elective 8  Students may select the courses from the list determined by SEEE

 iii.University Requirement
     (a) Bahasa Malaysia

-  For International Students only

Note: For graduation, students are required to complete at least 40 units, with minimum ‘PASS’ grade of C+ for all the courses, in addition to other conditions for graduation stated in Section 4.5.

Structure for 70:30 Option (In-house Students)

Courses Offered SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code / Unit Course Names Code / Unit Course Names

Core Courses

Total= 32 Units

 EEE524/4  Embedded System Architecture and Design  EEE533/28  Dissertation
 EKC500  Research Methodology

Elective Courses

(Choose 2 courses only)

Total= 8 Units

 

 EEE505/4

 Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design

 EEE534/4

 Advanced Antenna and Propagation
 EEE512/4  Advanced Digital Signal and Image Processing  EEE551/4  Intelligent Systems
 EEE532/4  Microwave Circuit Design  -
 EEE542/4

 Industrial Power Electronics

Structure for 70:30 Option (Industry Students)

Courses Offered SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code / Unit Course Names Code / Unit Course Names

Core Courses

 Total= 32 Units

EEE524/4 Embedded System Architecture and Design EEE533/28 Dissertation
 EKC500 Research Methodology


Elective Courses

(Choose 2 courses only)

Total=

 8 Units

 

EEE505/4

Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design

 

-

EEE512/4 Advanced Digital Signal and Image Processing
EEE525/4 Internet of Things (IoT) Technology
EEE552/4 Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Design  -
EEE551/4

Intelligent Systems

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Codes Courses Synopses

EEE524/4
(Core)

Embedded System Architecture and Design This course discusses design and architecture of embedded system. It gives exposure in detail about platform architecture and embedded processor architecture. Devices that are used in embedded system design, such as interrupt and memory and also interfacing device in embedded system, are also discussed in this course. Besides, operation system overview and embedded Linux are also exposed to students. The up-to-date issues such as multiprocessor, FPGA and System on Chip are also highlighted in this course. The exposure in term of practical towards embedded system design is provided through assignment and mini-project.

 EEE533/28
(Core)

 Dissertation

The aim of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to apply electrical and electronic engineering principles and techniques to the solution of a practical problem. Students will be exposed to research methodology before they can conduct their research. Students are expected to have research background related to practical problem, experience in design and implementation of the solution, and to write a dissertation about their investigation. The students are also expected to give oral presentation, answer questions about their project and give a demonstration of their project implementation. The project is carried out under the supervision of an academic staff and leads to a substantial dissertation.

EEE505/4
(Elective)

Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design

This course is designed to provide knowledge in analysis of analog circuit design such as current source circuits, amplifier circuits, operational amplifier circuits, applications of amplifier and operational amplifier circuits. A design case such hybrid DAC will be used as example of the analog ic design. CAD/EDA tool such as LTSpice will be used in this course.

EEE512/4
(Elective)

Advanced Digital Signal and Image Processing

This course is designed to provide the knowledge of advanced digital signal and image processing to the students, such as designing FIR and IIR filters, effect of finite word length, transformations, enhancement and restoration of digital images. Case studies in communication, radar, sonar and medical imaging system will be presented to the students.

EEE525/4
(Elective)

Internet of Things Technology

This course focuses on the existing and potential applications of the Internet of Things (IoT). Standards, protocols, and application stacks for IoT will be introduced. Access to the IoT devices via Internet Gateways and related security issues will be studied. Data Analytics, Data Management and Privacy Issues of IoT will be covered. Students will also be briefly exposed to energy management issues for IoT. Practical exposure to IoT devices and software will be provided via assignments and projects.

EEE532/4
(Elective)

Microwave Circuit Design

This course provides the introduction, comprehension, application and analysis of RF and Microwave Concept and uses S-parameter Network and other networks. It also includes the introduction on understanding and design of transistor circuit and passive components, filters, amplifiers and microwave source and mixers.

EEE542/4
(Elective)

Industrial Power Electronics

This course is designed to provide the knowledge in analysis and design of power electronics systems such as rectifier, converter, inverter, switched-mode power supply and resonant converter. A design case using CAD/EDA tool such as MATLAB or PSIM will be conducted in this course.

EEE552/4
(Elective)

Signal Integrity for High Speed Digital Design

This course covers advanced signal integrity principles for high-speed digital designs. Topics include transmission line theory, crosstalk, differential signaling, package modeling, equalization, jitter, IBIS modeling, S-parameters and power integrity.

EEE534/4
(Elective)

 

Advanced Antenna and Propagation

This course reviews the topics on electromagnetic waves, waveguide, antenna design and analysis. It covers the sub-topics of electromagnetic inhomogeneous and nonhomogeneous media, rectangular, propagation mode, basic sources and types of antenna in reasonable propagation. Important concepts are introduced in the form of simulation and necessary analytical techniques are used to make a relative comparison.

EEE551/4
(Elective)

Intelligent Systems

This course is devised to provide the knowledge on four intelligent systems which are Knowledge-Based Systems,  Fuzzy  Systems, Artificial Neural Network and Evolutionary Computation.


Interested candidate can applied on line via:

http://www.ips.usm.my/index.php/prospective-students/admission