The bachelor programme in Electronics gives a solid base for development of electronic systems and modern data communication, both communications between small units and in wired or wireless communication systems. Important topics are electronics, data systems technology, microcontrollers, digital signal processing, data communication in wired and wireless networks, and programming. This is used in advanced communications systems and intelligent control- and surveillance systems in areas such as e-health, mechatronics and different sensor systems. Through theory, laboratory work and practical projects the student will get a solid base for further development of products and services in this exciting and increasingly important area.
The programme is based on Forskrift om rammeplan for ingeniørutdanning determined by the Ministry of Education and Research 2018.
The course plan may change due to changes in national regulations for engineering education. The elective courses offered in the fifth semester may change. All elective courses are taught under condition of sufficient registered students.
The fifth semester consists of elective courses. This is also the exchange semester, possibly together with the sixth semester. Recommended elective courses are ELE302-G Access in Wireless Networks, ELE304-G Advanced embedded systems, ELE303-G Power Electronics, IKT213-G Machine Vision og IKT214-G Security and IoT. These courses are taught in English if chosen by exchange students from outside Scandinavia. It is also possible to select elective courses in computer science or mechatronics.
Students planning on continuing with master studies will have to choose MA-307-G Mathematics 4 as one of the elective courses.
It is also possible to choose TFL300 Research and Development Project (see course description for admission requirements) and ORG215 Practical entrepreneurship. Minimum two of the three elective courses must be technical courses. MA-209 and ORG215 is not technical courses.
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Knowledge
On successful completion of the study programme, the student should:
- Have a thorough knowledge of analogue and digital electronics, microcontroller technology, signal processing and data communication, and possess knowledge that provide a holistic system perspective on intelligent surveillance, control and communication systems.
- Have knowledge of relevant standardized mobile / wireless communication systems
- Have basic knowledge of mathematics, science and relevant social and business subjects
- Have knowledge of the history of technology, the engineer's role in the society and technology development and knowledge of social, environmental, ethical and economic implications of the technology, as well as relevant regulations related to the use of communication technology
- Be aware of research challenges in communication technology, and scientific methods and ways of working within the field of engineering
- Be able to independently update their knowledge
Skills
The student is able to apply and adapt knowledge to solve theoretical, technical and practical issues both in innovation, problem formulation, analysis, specification, solution generation, evaluation, selection and reporting.
On successful completion of the study programme, the student should:
- Have practical skills in analogue and digital circuits and microcontroller technology
- Master C programming and programming of microcontrollers
- Be able to establish communication link between various electronic devices and transfer data between them, both wireless and wired networks
- Master simulation tools for analogue and digital circuits and programming in LabView
- Be able to program logic circuits with VHDL
General competence
The students should have the skills to understand professional issues and define projects to address these.
The student will be able to work independently or in groups, and to disseminate problems and solutions, both orally and in writing in academic as well as general and contexts.
The student can identify, plan and implement professional projects, assignments, tests and experiments both independently and in teams.
The student is conscious of environmental, ethical and economic implications of electronic and information technology products and solutions, and has the ability to see these both in a local and a global life cycle perspective.
The working methods should, in addition to professional development, build up and develop the skills for practical problem solving, teamwork and communication. Central teaching methods used are lectures, group work, self-study, theoretical exercises and laboratory work individually or in groups, and project work. The projects will vary in size and scope throughout the program. The first semester will contain smaller projects where students will gain a deeper basic understanding in various areas in the field, while the projects particularly in the last semesters are mainly related to issues in various areas of research at the university, like eHealth, various development projects, or in collaboration with industry and business.
The teaching of mathematics will be carried out using flipped classrooms, where the lectures will be made available as films, and the practical teaching takes place in groups with the teacher. The different subject modules are placed in order to match the different electronics courses, and are not necessarily taught in the same order as for the other engineering programs.
Ordinary lectures are normally optional, but many of the subjects taught entail compulsory exercises, field work and laboratory exercises. These have to be carried out satisfactorily before the candidate is allowed to sit the final exam. The schedule includes exercises and laboratory work in order to give all the students access to the equipment and/or assistance to complete the exercises. The students must expect to work more than the scheduled hours to complete the exercises to satisfaction. Assistant lecturers/student assistants may not be present during all the scheduled periods.
Estimated work-load for a full-time student one semester is 900 hours.
Regarding bachelor thesis: For every student/group there will be 5 compulsory guidance meetings.
The language of instruction is Norwegian. Some courses may be taught in other Scandinavian languages of English. 5. semester is exchange semester and taught in English if there are exchange students following the courses. Most textbooks are in English.
The programme gives students opportunity to take the 5th and/or 6th semester of the programme at partner universities abroad. Credits awarded at the foreign university may be transferred into the student´s programme at UiA.
In order to become an exchange student, the courses/thesis work that the student is planning to undertake at the foreign institution, must be given a preliminary approval by the student´s programme coordinator at UiA, and a Learning Agreement must be signed with the International Education Office. The Faculty of Engineering and Science has a large number of partner universities with which the student exchange can be arranged in an efficient manner, for example in Germany, England, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, Austria, USA and Australia.
Students must have passed at least 130 ECTS at the start of 6th semester in order to carry out the final research project.
Engineers with a completed bachelor degree in electronics are standing in the middle of two of the most important fields in modern information technology, electronics and computers on the one hand, and communication technologies on the other. The program is a good stepping stone for the creative entrepreneur, and also qualifies for a wide variety of jobs in the development and construction of equipment for a variety of industries. It is a wide range of possible areas for employment, from oil and offshore activities to e-Health, for example with tasks related to intelligent sensors, IP data communication, management of devices and processes and the development of embedded systems.
Engineers from this programme may also work with electronic equipment such as computers, telephone systems, data communication equipment, various kinds of remote control equipment, instruments and industrial robots. They may also be responsible for operation and service of electrical and electronic equipment, they can be head of electrical departments in other industries, promote and sell electrical equipment and work in energy companies, the electronics industry and installation firms.
The programme qualifies for a number of master programmes, including the Master programme in Information and Communication Technology, the Master programme in Cyber Security, the Master programme in Industrial and Information Management, the Master programme in Mechatronics and the Master programme in Renewable Energy at the University of Agder.
Study programme manager Ragnhild Veimo Larsen
mail: post at uia.no
phone + 47 3814 1000
It is a requirement that all students at UiA have their own portable computer ('laptop') for use in teaching and examinations, see Examination Regulations, University of Agder, §12d. Be aware that a lot of the special software used in this study programme is only available for Windows.
For more information about the demands concerning PC and Mac, alternatively the borrowing of such, see: www.uia.no/it/studentpc
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Full time
Grimstad
Faculty of Engineering and Science