1. COURSE INDUCTION TO BY Ya Bao Zhanfang Zhao 1074 Meng/BEng (Hons) Telecommunications and Computer Networks Engineering FT 1076 Meng/BEng (Hons) Telecommunications and Computer Networks Engineering PT 2388Meng/BEng (Hons) Computer Systems and Networks FT 2419Meng/BEng (Hons) Computer Systems and Networks PT

2. Welcome to the School of Engineering BEng & MEng courses in the School of Engineering have been specifically developed to reflect the needs of employers in industry, commerce as well as academia. We hope that the course that you have chosen will live up to your expectations, and help you on the road to a professional career. The School of Engineering has a reputation among students as a friendly place where staff and students support each other. It is also a large school, so we hope you will find your interests well supported, no matter how widely they range. We also hope you will enjoy your studies at LSBU. Our undergraduate courses are very challenging. They will absorb a lot of your time and energy during the years you are here. But what you put in, you get out with interest. Work steadily and consistently and you will succeed, and make many friends along the way.

3. The EE Division Engineering Programme For a number of years the EE divison has been concerned with providing a learning environment that would allow engineering courses across departments to share common modules. During 2010/11 academic year, the division restructured the modules across BEng & MEng programmes so that common modules in other years could also be shared. The result is that most of the degree courses in the School share modules across all three years of study. Most of these courses have three (out of six) modules in year one in common, and subsequently a number of modules in years two and three or four. Within the courses covered in this guide, the BEng/MEng in EEE, EEPE and TE courses have a common first year and share three out of six first year modules with other BEng courses in the School. The CSN course remains relatively separate, although there is some sharing of modules in the area of design (half of the modules are shared), team design project and innovation and enterprise.

4. General Aims and Learning Outcomes of the Degrees The courses share the following primary aims. These are three-fold: To produce graduates who are intellectually independent, critical and creative, who will be able to keep technically up to date and continue to further their own knowledge and skills after graduation. So to produce graduates who are well motivated, and who will be able to develop and enjoy a professional engineering career in the rapidly technically evolving world of the 21 st century. To produce engineers for industry, commerce and public service who will be able to apply engineering knowledge, an understanding of engineering principles and skills and a commitment to quality and standards, to the practice of this engineering field. To produce graduates who will be able to organise and manage technologically advanced development and production and interact effectively in a global market.

5. How do the courses generally work? The University operates a semester based academic calendar. Each year consists of two semesters containing the taught course material and the assessments/examinations. Some modules last for one semester only and these may run in either semester 1 or semester 2 whilst other modules last two semesters. All modules carry 20 credits, except for the Final Year Project which attracts 40 credits. Semesters are 15 weeks long (not including holidays) and teaching is normally carried out during the first 12 weeks, with the other 3 weeks taken up with revision, examinations and other forms of assessment. A detailed calendar is kept up to date and available on the web.

6. How do the courses generally work?(Cont’d) The courses are module based. Each 20 credit module is designed for 200 hours of study time. A maximum of 72 hours (but normally around 50) are taken up with timetabled lectures, tutorials or laboratory classes. The rest is for directed private study, and coursework of various kinds. Each module of study is complete in its own right and normally is taught by 4-6 hours per week of contact time. At degree study modules have a level: 4, 5, 6 and 7 corresponding to the academic standard expected in years one, two, three or four respectively, of a Full Time Honours degree.

7. About each course -1 Full-Time and Sandwich BEng and MEng’s consist of 16 modules, 8 of these are valued 15 credits and 8 at 30 credits. Modules studied at each level add up to a total of 120 credits for the academic year over two semesters. Thus for example, you study six 20-credit modules over two semesters at level 4 in year one. In year two you will do six level 5 modules. The project counts as a 40 credit module that runs across two semesters in the final year and years 3 and 4 of the MEng. Final Honours degrees are classified (1st, Upper 2nd, Lower 2nd, 3rd class Honours) and depend on your results in level 5 and level 6 (or level 7 for MEng) modules.

8. Sandwich Training Full-time students are strongly encouraged to try for an industrial Sandwich Placement in year 3. Students who do a placement and come back to study their final year are much more mature, and can improve their degree classification as a result. Also, having an early industrial contact gives students the chance of relevant vacation work and a possible job on graduation. Placements are not easy to find these days, but it is by no means impossible. Students who really try usually succeed; the trick is to start very early. See Appendix A for the Industrial Liaison Tutor. The student centre offer specific support for placements too.

9. Part time courses Part–time BEng's follow the same curriculum, and use the same modules as the Full Time student's except that they do fewer modules per academic year. Part time students do modules that constitute a total of 100 or 80 credits per year over 4 or 6 years. (Note that FT students do 120 credits every year over 3 or 4 years). The Part-Time timetable is one day and the same evening each week.

10. Part Time lecture days For the different years, the pattern is: Year 1Monday and Monday evening Year 2Tuesday and Tuesday evening Year 3Thursday and Thursday evening Year 4 Friday and Friday evening

11. Management of the Courses Subject area leader (SAL) The Subject Area Leader is responsible for scheduling of modules within the BEng and other undergraduate schemes, Course Boards, production of this Course Guide and overall management, coordination and monitoring across the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the relevant subject area. All of the courses in this guide belong to the SA of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the leader for this Subject Area is Dr. Steve Alty.

12. Course Directors A Course Director is responsible for monitoring the academic progress of students on their course, and for involving the students in the group's activities. The Course Director will be your first port of call if you have academic problems to do with the course. In any case, you should get to know him

13. Personal Tutor Your personal tutor is the person that you would see about any problems, not just academic ones (most academic problems will probably be dealt with by module teachers or Course Directors). There is more about your personal tutor in Part 4 of this guide. Do please make sure you have established contact with her/him ASAP, if for some reason you have not done this at during the enrolment and orientation process.

14. Project and Industrial Liaison Tutors These members of staff (see Appendix A) have particular responsibilities for projects and placements. At the appropriate point in your studies, you will need to find out who they are, and make contact.

15. Course Administrator All record keeping aspects of course management (your personal details, assessment results, and transcript of progress) are dealt with centrally by a Course Administrator, who is a member of the University registry, but based in the School Office (T318). All your day-to-day non-academic queries about the course should go to him/her in the first place, so you clearly need to make acquaintance. Student Administrator Miss Andreea Ionescu Ext. 7443, Email:ionescua@lsbu.ac.uk Miss Andreea Ionescuionescua@lsbu.ac.uk

16. Module Co-ordinators Each module on the course is run by a Module Co-ordinator, who normally teaches the module and is responsible for selection of the syllabus material, production of the Module Guide, the assessment and examination material, and the submission of the final marks to the Course Administrator. Sometimes more than one member of staff will teach a module, but there will always be a main one who is responsible for the module. Therefore general queries about the module (rather than about specific pieces of work), should go to this person.

17. Student Representatives Student input is one of the most important aspects of a Course Board's work. The Board is the main way for you to get issues formally considered and recorded, although it will not consider the cases of individual students. So it is important to choose a conscientious student representative and to prepare material for Course Boards in good time.

18. External examiners There are External Examiners for all the School’s degrees. These are eminent engineers who check that your course and especially the exam papers and other assessments are up to the standards expected of future Chartered Engineers before you take the exams. Later, at the Examination Boards, they check the standards of the awards we make.

19. Progression and Assessment Progression means moving on from one year to the next, during your studies. It is important that you understand how progression works and what the rules are. You can't start thinking about this after you have got your examination results - by then it will usually be too late to do anything. The rules about progression and what happens if you fail modules are carefully set out (along with all the other University rules) in your Student Handbook. So please read this part of the Student Handbook particularly carefully. The paragraphs below help to explain some of the main points, but are not a substitute for the legal statement of the rules in your Student Handbook.

20. Assessment of individual modules Each module has a number of assessment components, usually, but not always, two. These can consist of assignments, mini tests, essays, laboratory reports and logbooks and examinations of various kinds. The assessment components for each module are specifically defined and kept up to date in the current Module Guides. Note that a component is not necessarily a single piece of work - several pieces of coursework (often referred to as a portfolio) may constitute a single component of the module assessment. To pass a module, you must obtain an overall module mark of no less than 40% and also a minimum threshold mark of 30% in each component. So clearly you can't pass a module by getting just 30% in each component! In fact you mustn't even think in terms of 'passing' components - you only pass or fail modules as a whole. The weighting of each component in calculating the overall module mark is given in the Module Guide, and your module coordinator will often cover the details in this at the beginning of the module.

21. Examination Boards Decisions about progression, referrals and awards are made by Examination Boards meeting at the end of Semester 2 (in June/July) and again before the beginning of Semester 1 (September). External examiners are present at the July boards and if you are being considered for a final award, you may be required to attend on the day concerned to meet the externals. You should not book holidays at these times - the July boards are held in term time, when you can be expected to attend. After the semester 1 assessments (where appropriate), the results are monitored and feedback given to students. However, formal decisions about semester 1 results are taken by the full exam board meeting in June/July. Students normally progress automatically from semester 1 to semester 2.

22. Progression, referral and repeat. The rules about these are defined by the University’s Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes (current version for 2015/16). They are also described in your Student Handbook, which you should read carefully. The following explains some of the more important terms, for your guidance. The rules for progression are detailed in your Handbook. If you have failed a module or modules, the Examination Board may allow you a referral or a repeat, although you must remember that this is not an automatic right and that there is a limit to the number of referrals allowed (details in your Student Handbook).

23. First attempts at assessment and deferrals. Once you have enrolled on a module, you are expected to attend examinations and submit work for assessments as required. You are automatically assumed to have made a first attempt at the assessment when it was due, unless your Course Director has agreed to an extension of time or a deferral of the assessment. This means that if you don't do the assessment as required you will get a mark of 0% for it, and if you then pass it later as part of a referral, will only be awarded the pass mark of 40%. It is therefore very important that if you are unable to complete a module properly, you should consult your Course Director and /or your Personal Tutor. There are things that can be done, including formally interrupting your studies, in such situations.

24. Extenuating Circumstances. These are things which might have affected your ability to study properly and for which the University can make allowance. They have to be serious things such as your being severely ill (with a Doctor's certificate as proof) or a death in your immediate family (again documented). There is a system of forms and deadlines for you to notify the University about extenuating circumstances. Please see School Administrator (Tower Block Level 3) for your course if you require these forms. A School Committee who may reject or support them considers the forms. Please also note that there is deadline by which you are able to submit these forms and the School office will be able to give you details of these. Where extenuating circumstances are supported, an Examination Board may defer your assessment in the modules concerned. This means giving you the opportunity to complete the assessment at some later point (in September or during the next academic session) and have it considered as a first attempt, so that you get the actual mark. There are more details about extenuating circumstances in Part 4 of this guide and in your Student Handbook.

25. Final Awards Final BEng awards and normal guidelines for classification are according to standard University regulations. Your degree award is made by a final Award and Progression Examination Board held at the end of semester 2 of your final year.

26. Final Awards All undergraduate honours degrees accredited by the IET should have the honours classification determined by taking the average mark for the at level 6 (including the 30-credit project) and giving them a weighting of 60%. The average mark for the Level 5 weighting 30% and remaining 40 credits at level 6 and the 120 credits at level 5 will be given a weighting of 20%, and the level 4 will have the weighting of 10%. The classification of the award will be based on the weighted average of these three marks. Classification guidelines: Final Mark AwardedClass 70%-100%1 60% - 69%2.1 50% - 59%2.2 40% - 49%3

27. MEng/BEng in Telecommunications Engineering (TE) Course Director: Mr. Ya Bao Room:T701 E-mail:baoyb@lsbu.ac.uk

28. Telecommunication Eng The TE course covers analogue and digital electronics and specialises in Telecommunications and Computer Network Engineering with modules on; – DSP for communication engineering – Network technologies and design – Analogue, digital and wireless communications – Optical fibre and microwave communications

30. MEng/BEng in Computer Systems and Networks Engineering (CSNE) Course Director: Dr. Zhan Fang Zhao Room:T808 E-mail:zhanfang.zhao@lsbu.ac.uk

31. Computer Systems & Networks The CSN course specialises in computer and internet technologies and is less maths intensive – Computer networks – Object oriented software for engineers – Operating systems and Multimedia engineering – Engineering software C++ – Network technologies and design – Advanced computer and software engineering – Java programming for apps

33. Structure of Courses Year 1 Full-Time (120 credits) – Engineering Maths – Design & Practice – Engineering Principles – Engineering Computing – Introduction to Electrical & Electronic Engineering – Introduction to Digital Electronics Common to most degrees in EEE subject area – EEE, EEPE and TE share common 1 st year – Can elect to switch between them at end of 1 st year – Plus 2 more years to complete the BEng route

34. Typical 1 st Year BEng Timetable

35. Virtual Learning Environment Moodle

36. Final Year Projects All of our degrees involve a Individual Final Year Project – Students choose a project or suggest their own and work their way through the complete design cycle – Make use of our facilities to simulate initial designs via CAD tools, such as: MultiSim and Ultiboard MathWorks Matlab National Instruments LabView Packet Tracer/GNS3 Finally construct a working prototype – Examples of student’s work

37. Design Hospital Network

41. Using CAD tools like MultiSim’s Circuit Simulator

42. Who you should contact? Personal Tutor Course Directors Course Administrator

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