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COURSE SUMMARY

(a) ASSIGNMENT OF ACADEMIC UNITS

Year of Study and No. of AUs		No. of AUs for Unrestricted Electives (including Minor)	No. of AUs for Broadening	Total No. of AUs to graduate
Year	No. of AUs
1	26	15	15	151
2	36
3	25
4	34

(b) TYPES OF SUBJECTS

		Number/Duration	AUs
Core Subjects: Major		18	71
Core Subjects: Broadening		6	15
Prescribed Electives		6	24
General Electives		Approx. 5 or 6	15
C Language Proficiency		Inter-semestral	2
Industrial Attachment		24 weeks	10
Design and Development Project		2 weeks	4
Project		Two semesters	10
		Total AUs:	151

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Computer Engineering   Curriculum Structure  YEAR 1

SEMESTER 1

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week				No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut	Lab	Total
Core
CPE101 Electronics Principles	3	1.5		4.5	4	-
CPE102 Introduction to Programming	2	1	1	4	4	-
CPE103 Mathematics I	3	1	-	4	4	-
CK101 English Proficiency*	-	4	-	4	-	-
Total No. of AUs for Semester 1: 12.0 (technical core only)

* Applicable to students who fail the Qualifying English Test

SEMESTER 2

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week				No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut	Lab	Total
Core
CPE104 Logic Design	3	1.5		4.5	4	-
CPE105 Data Structures and Object-Oriented Programming	2	1	1	4	4	CPE102/ CM102 & G168/ CM101 & CM102
CPE106 Mathematics II	3	1	-	4	4	CPE103 (may be taken concurrently)
Total No. of AUs for Semester 2: 12.0 (technical core only)

INTER-SEMESTRAL (AFTER YEAR 1)

Subject Code and Title	No. of AUs	Prerequisites
CPE110 C Language Proficiency*	2.0	CPE102

* this course is e-learning based and on-line tests

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Computer Engineering   Curriculum Structure  YEAR 2

SEMESTER 1

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week				No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut/Lab		Total
Core
CPE201 Digital Circuits and Systems	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE101, CPE104
CPE202 Computer Organisation	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE104
CPE203 Software Systems and Models	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE105
CPE204 Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE105
Total No. of AUs for Semester 1: 16.0 (technical core only)

SEMESTER 2

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week				No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut/Lab		Total
Core
CPE205 Operating Systems	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE203
CPE206 Microcontroller Systems Design	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE201, CPE202
CPE207 Software Engineering	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE102
CPE208 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition	3	1.5		4.5	4	CPE101
Total No. of AUs for Semester 2: 16.0 (technical core only)

 

	DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (DDP) (DDP commences from inter-semester break and finishes 2 weeks after examinations)

Subject Code and Title	No. of AUs	Prerequisites
CPE279 Design and Development Project	4.0	Carried out with CPE206 Microcontroller Systems Design and CPE207 Software Engineering.

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Computer Engineering   Curriculum Structure  YEAR 3

SEMESTER 1

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Core
CPE301 Digital Communications	3	1.5	4.5	4	CPE106, CPE201
CPE302 Computer Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4	CPE301 (Should be taken concurrently)
CPE303 Database Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4	CPE204
Total No. of AUs for Semester 1: 15.0 (incl HRM)

SEMESTER 2

INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT (IA) (22 weeks - from January to June)

Subject Code and Title	No. of AUs	Prerequisites
CPE379 Industrial Attachment	10.0	For students admitted to Year 1: Year 3 standing and have completed at least 4 semesters of study. For Poly direct entry to second year students: Year 3 standing and have completed at least 2 semesters of study.

Note:  The Accelerated Stream students will undertake the Industrial Attachment in Semester 1.

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Computer Engineering   Curriculum Structure  YEAR 4

SEMESTER 1

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Core
CPE479 Project	-	-	-	-	CPE379

SEMESTER 2

Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs	Prerequisites
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Core
CPE479 Project	-	-	-	10	CPE379

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Prescribed Electives

• A total of SIX electives are to be selected.
• A maximum of FOUR electives are to be taken each semester.
• Not all prescribed electives are necessarily available in any one year.
• Prescribed Electives are normally only available to Year 4 students.
• Some Prescribed Electives may have pre-requisites. These will be clearly stated in the STARS systems.
• The groupings given below are merely to guide students as to which subjects would be relevant to a particular field of study. Students may select all six electives from the same area or any combination of subjects from any of the specialisations.

Embedded Systems
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE404 Advanced Microprocessor Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE409 Computer Architecture	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE422 Neural Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE426 Real-Time Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE405 Analogue and Digital Control	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE407 Asynchronous Digital Circuits and Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE414 Digital Signal Processing	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE421 Mobile and Personal Communications	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE427 Robotics	3	1.5	4.5	4

 

Computer Communications and Networks
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE402 Advanced Computer Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE413 Cryptography and Network Security	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE415 Digital Video Coding and Compression	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE424 Principles of Information Theory and Coding	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE414 Digital Signal Processing	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE416 Distributed Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE421 Mobile and Personal Communications	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE428 Simulation and Modelling	3	1.5	4.5	4

 

Information Systems
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE401 Advanced Algorithms	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE403 Advanced Data Management Techniques	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE408 Compiler Techniques	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE425 Programming Languages	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE417 Formal Languages, Automata and Computability	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE419 Introductory Bioinformatics	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE428 Simulation and Modelling	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE429 Software Testing	3	1.5	4.5	4

 

Computer Vision and Graphics
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE410 Computer Game Programming	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE411 Computer Graphics and Applications	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE418 Geometric Modelling	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE422 Neural Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE412 Computer Vision and Image Processing	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE414 Digital Signal Processing	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE432 Visualisation	3	1.5	4.5	4

 

High Performance Computing
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE402 Advanced Computer Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE409 Computer Architecture	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE413 Cryptography and Network Security	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE416 Distributed Systems	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE423 Parallel Processing	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE428 Simulation and Modelling	3	1.5	4.5	4

 

Intelligent Systems
Subject Code and Title	No. of hours per week			No. of AUs
	Lect	Tut/Lab	Total
Semester 1
CPE406 Artificial Intelligence	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE422 Neural Networks	3	1.5	4.5	4
Semester 2
CPE405 Analogue and Digital Control	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE420 Linear Programming	3	1.5	4.5	4
CPE427 Robotics	3	1.5	4.5	4

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Broadening Subjects

The following will be deemed compulsory.

Subject Code and Title	No. of AUs	Prerequisites	Placement of subject
Core
HW110 Effective Communications	2	-	Year 1, Semester 1
HW210 Technical Communications	2	-	Year 2, Semester 2
HW310 Professional Communications	2	HW001	Year 4, Semester 1 & 2
CPE183 Engineers and Society	3	-	Year 4, Semester 2
CPE184 Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship
HSSxxx Another HSS* subj or Principles of Law	3	-	Year 2, Semester 1
HE191 Principles of Economics	3	-	Year 1, Semester 2

*Humanities and Social Sciences

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General Electives

Subject Code and Title	No. of AUs	Prerequisites
Core
CPE811 Getting What You Want with Negotiation	3	-
CPE812 Developing Team Leadership	3	-