Communication Systems Studies at the KFUPM-RI

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A PROPOSAL FOR UPDATING THE ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND APPLIED ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING CURRICULA December 1995
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PROPOSAL OUTLINES

• Introduction and main objectives
• Main features of the EE science program
• Electrical Engineering Science Curriculum
• Changes to the EE science program
• Justification for the changes
• Comparison to ABET minimum requirements
• Comparison to American Universities

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PROPOSAL OUTLINES contd.

• Main features of the AEE science program
• Applied Electrical Engineering Curriculum
• Comparison to ABET minimum requirements
• Advantages of the proposed program
• Implementation plan
• New curriculum course list and description

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MAIN OBJECTIVES
TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAMS BY INTRODUCING
LARGER COMPONENT OF DESIGN AND COMPUTER USAGE AND
APPLYING THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER AIDED
DESIGN.

• THE FOLLOWING WAS CONSIDERED DURING THE REVISION
• INPUT FROM DEPT. FACULTY MEMBERS GROUPS
• INPUT FROM UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
• COMPARISONS WITH TOP SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
• ABET REQUIREMENTS
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS

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MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED EE SCIENCE PROGRAM

• General Education Requirements 69 SCH
• Core Requirements 48 SCH
• Electives 16 SCH
• Summer Training (Pass/Fail) 0 SCH
• Total Requirements 133 SCH

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Electrical Engineering Science Curriculum
(Proposed)
Second year
(Freshman)
CHEM 101
General Chemistry
3
4
4
ENGL 102
English Composition II
3
0
3
ENG
101
English Composition I
3
0
3
IAS
200
Arabic Rhetoric
2
0
2
IAS
111
Islamic Ideology
2
0
2
MATH
102
Calculus II
3
3
4
MATH 101
Calculus I
3
3
4
PE
102
Physical Education II
0
2
1
PE
101
Physical Education I
3
3
4
ICS
101
Computer Programming
2
3
3
PHYS
101
General Physics I
3

3

4
PHYS
102 General Physics II
3

3

4
14
12
18
13
11
17
Third year
(Sophomore)
EE
200
Logic Circuits
3
3
4
EE
Electric Circuits II
3
0
3
212
EE
201
Electric Circuits I
3

EE
203
Electronics I
3
3
4
3
4
MATH 201
Calculus III
3
0
3
MATH
202
Elem
Diff Equations
3
0
3
ME
203
Thermodynamics
3
0
3
EE
3
0
3
205
Signals Systems
ENGL
214 Technical Report Writing
3
0
3
Physics for EE
3

0

3
PHYS
203
IAS
222
The
Quran
Sunnah
2

0

2
7
15
6
1
17
3
18
Fourth year
(Junior)
EE
303
Electronics II
3
3
4
EE
340
Electromagnetic
3
3
4
EE
360
3
3
4
EE
380
3
3
4
Elect.
Energy Eng.
Control Eng.
EE
370
3
3
4
EE
390
Eng.
3
3
4
Communication Eng.
Digital
System
MATH
Math for EE
3
0
3
EE
Engrs.
3
0
3
302
315
Probabilistic Methods in EE
IAS
300
Arabic Terminology
2
0
2
SE
301
Numerical Methods
3

0

3

15
9
18
14
9
17
Fifth year
(Senior)
EE
409
Senior Design Project
0
3

3
IAS
400
Technical Arabic Syntax
2
0
2
EE
xxx
EE Elective I
3
0
3
EE
xxx
Elective II
I
3
0

3
EE
xxx
EE
ElectiveII
3
0
3
EE
xxx
Elective
IV
3
3
4
CIM
xxx
CIM Elective
3
0
3
XX
xxx
Technical Elective
3
0
3
IAS
333
The Islamic System

2

0


2
IAS
xxx
IAS Elective

2

0

2
11
3
14
1
3
3
1
4
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CHANGES TO THE EE SCIENCE PROGRAM

• Deleted Courses
• CE 101 Engineering Graphics 1-3-2
• CHEM 102 Chemistry II 3-3-4
• PE 201, 202 Physical Education 0-2-1
• 0-2-1
• CE 201 Statics 3-0-3
• ME 201 Dynamics 3-0-3
• Total Credit hours deleted 14

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CHANGES TO THE EE SCIENCE PROGRAM

• Modified Courses SCH change
• MATH elective Replaced by MATH 3XX 0
• STAT 315 Replaced by EE 315 0
• MATH 101 1
• MATH 102 1
• ICS 101 Computer Programming 1
• EE 409 Senior design project 1
• EE 202 3-0-3 instead of 3-3-4 -1
• EE 4XX 3-0-3 instead of 3-3-4 -1
• Total Credit hours change 2

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CHANGES TO THE EE SCIENCE PROGRAM

• Added Courses
• PHYS 2XX Physics for EE 3-0-3
• EE 205 Signals Systems 3-0-3
• Total Credit hours added 6
• Total SCH in the proposed program
• 139 - 14 2 6 133 SCH

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ABET COMPARISONA) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• 1. Math and basic sciences
• ABET minimum requirements 32
• Current Curriculum 41
• Proposed Curriculum
• MATH 101, 102, 201, 202, 3XX 17
• PHYS 101, 102, 203 11
• CHEM 101 4
• SE 301 3
• EE 205, EE 315 2
• TOTAL 37

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ABET COMPARISON

• 2.Engineering topics
• ABET minimum requirements 48
• Current Curriculum 49
• Proposed Curriculum
• EE - REQUIRED COURSES 43
• ME -203 3
• TECHNICAL ELECTIVE 3
• TOTAL 49

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ABET COMPARISON

• 3.Humanities Social Sciences
• ABET minimum requirements 16
• Current Curriculum 17
• Proposed Curriculum
• IAS 111, 222, 333, xxx 8
• ENGL 101, 102, 214 9
• TOTAL 17

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ABET COMPARISON

• 4.Other Courses
• ABET minimum requirements Not Specified
• Current Curriculum 18
• Proposed Curriculum
• IAS 200, 300, 400 6
• CIM xxx 3
• PE 101, 102 2
• ICS 101 3
• TOTAL 14

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ABET COMPARISONB) EE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• ABET minimum requirements
• DEPTH BREADTH in EE fields
• Current Curriculum 16
• Proposed Curriculum
• EE Electives 13
• EE Design 3
• TOTAL 16

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ABET COMPARISON (A SUMMARY)
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COMPARISON TO US UNIVERSITIES (A SUMMARY)
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MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED APPLIED EE PROGRAM

• General Education Requirements 66 SCH
• Core Requirements 45 SCH
• Electives 13 SCH
• Co-op Work Requirements 9 SCH
• Total Requirements 133 SCH

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ABET COMPARISON (AEE)A) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• 1. Math and basic sciences
• ABET minimum requirements 32
• Current Curriculum 41
• Proposed Curriculum
• MATH 101, 102, 201, 202, 3XX 17
• PHYS 101, 102 8
• CHEM 101 4
• SE 301 3
• EE 205, EE 315 2
• TOTAL 34

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ABET COMPARISON (AEE)

• 2.Engineering topics
• ABET minimum requirements 48
• Current Curriculum 49
• Proposed Curriculum
• EE - REQUIRED COURSES 43
• ME -203 3
• TECHNICAL ELECTIVE 3
• TOTAL 49

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ABET COMPARISON (AEE)

• 3.Humanities Social Sciences
• ABET minimum requirements 16
• Current Curriculum 17
• Proposed Curriculum
• IAS 111, 222, 333, xxx 8
• ENGL 101, 102, 214 9
• TOTAL 17

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ABET COMPARISON (AEE)

• 4.Other Courses
• ABET minimum requirements Not Specified
• Current Curriculum 18
• Proposed Curriculum
• IAS 200, 300, 400 6
• CIM xxx 3
• PE 101, 102 2
• ICS 101 3
• TOTAL 14

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ABET COMPARISON (AEE)B) EE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• ABET minimum requirements
• DEPTH BREADTH in EE fields
• Current Curriculum 21
• Proposed Curriculum
• EE Electives 10
• EE Co-operative Work 9
• TOTAL 19

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ADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM

• Addition of 1 Hour for EE 409 ICS 101 each.
• Strengthen math and physics contents of the
  program.
• Linear systems concepts are presented in EE 2xx.
• A New course that covers probabilistic methods in
  electrical engineering EE 315
• New CIM elective.
• Reduction of Labs by 2 Labs.
• New courses will emphasize design concepts use
  of computers.
• Satisfies the latest ABET requirements.
• New electives to follow recent developments.

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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN(Assuming the new curriculum
is introduced in (961)

• Students graduate according to the curriculum
  they enter by total credit hours.
• EE 202 (old new) will run in parallel for
  approx. 2 years.
• EE 300 level courses are offered as per new
  description.
• Old students are advised to take MATH 3xx as
  Tech. elective before taking EE 340, 380.
• Offer MATH 3xx as MATH elective for old students.
• All EE electives are to be offered according to
  new curriculum.
• EE 315 is to be offered from (961). All students
  can take it instead of STAT 315.
• New EE 202, 205 will be offered starting (972).

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TENTATIVE LISTOF NEW EE ELECTIVE COURSES

• EE 457 Digital Communication Electronics (3-3-4)
• EE 4XX Analog active filter design (3-3-4)
• EE 4XX Introduction to satellite
  communications (3-0-3)
• EE 4XX Introduction to quantum electronics (3-0-3)
  
• EE 4XX Integrated circuit design and
  analysis (3-0-3)
• EE 4XX Process Control (3-3-4)
• EE 4XX Industrial instrumentation (3-3-4)
• EE 4XX Introduction to robotics (3-0-3)