BSc (Hons) Electronic Engineering (Full Time)

The BSc (Hons) Electronic Engineering at Southampton Solent University is designed for students who wish to be involved in electronics and/or communications engineering.

Subjects such as communication signal processing and computer networks are complemented by elements of business strategy. Not only will you develop decision-making skills sought by employers and emerge as a business-aware graduate with theoretical and practical knowledge of electronics and communications engineering, you will also gain the honours degree qualification needed to achieve the status of Incorporated Engineer.

Our emphasis on hands-on learning – including case studies, laboratory work, seminars and group exercises – means that your development will be measured through practical projects rather than by exams alone. This vocational focus helps to maintain our high rate of graduate employability.

The third-year project is a major element of the course, representing one-third of the final-year marks, and will allow you to build on the skills you have developed in the first two years.

Industrial focus

Our experienced, approachable staff are committed to ensuring that your studies are relevant to industry and kept in line with changing technologies and principles.

Course content

Year 1

Six core units:

• Mathematics
• Analogue and Digital Electronics
• Microcomputer Systems
• Electrical Principles
• Manufacturing Principles
• Engineers in Business.

Year 2

Five core units and one option unit:

• Communications Technology
• Electronic Design
• Electronic Systems
• Data Communications and Networks
• Marketing and Law.

Options:

• Quality Systems and Measurement
• Curriculum Plus.

Year 3

Four core units and one option unit:

• Computer Networks
• Wireless Systems
• Communications Signal Processing
• Project (double unit).

Options:

• Entrepreneurship
• Business Strategy.

Why choose Solent?

• Access to PCs equipped with a wide range of industry-standard applications, programming languages and system development tools.
• Curriculum designed to satisfy the educational requirements of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.

Assessment

In-course assignments, laboratory work, formal examinations and projects.

Projects/work experience

The Faculty has strong industrial links within a wide range of business sectors and can sometimes offer industrial projects in partnership with companies.

Key career skills

Project management, numeracy, IT, teamwork.

Key info from UNISTATS

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