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What is Electronic Engineering?

Common electronic systems include applications like mobile phones, sound and vision systems, computer and information technology, automation and machine control, robotics and biomedical engineering. Increasingly, embedded software is a vital element in modern electronics. Electronic engineering is concerned with the design, development, manufacture and application of electronic devices, circuits and systems.

What is the Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronic Engineering course?

The Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronics is a two year course, which prepares students for employment and/or further education in the area of electronic engineering.

Special Features of the Course

There is a strong emphasis on practical work in the course and there is a project element in each semester where students construct and test electronic circuits. There is also hardware and software integration in some of these projects.

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2
Electronic Devices and Circuit Technology Discrete Active Circuits
Engineering Professionalism & Technology Combinational Digital Systems
Electrical Science 1 Electrical Science 2
Fundamental Engineering Maths Introductory Calculus
Engineering Science Electronic Design Software
Electronic Engineering Applications & Practice Electronics Project

Year 2

Semester 3 Semester 4
Operational Amplifiers & Applications Electronic Power Circuits
Sequential Digital Systems Programmable Digital Systems
Telecommunications Fundamentals Industrial Instruments
Further Calculus and Probability Linear Algebra and ODE's
Electronic Systems 1 Electronic Systems 2
Introduction to HLL Programming Control Systems

Leaving Certificate: Minimum entry requirements for the Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronic Engineering  

5 subjects: O6/H7
English or Irish: O6/H7
Mathematics: O6/H7

Advanced and Equivalent Entry for the Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronic Engineering:

Students who complete this level 6 Higher Certificate programme can choose either to graduate after two years or progress on to related level 7 and level 8 degree courses.

Graduates of the Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronic Engineering find work in the following areas:

Assembly, testing and troubleshooting of electronic equipment

Operation and servicing of electronic equipment

Technical sales and technical support

Hardware and software applications


Follow on Study for Higher Certificate In Engineering in Electronic Engineering graduates:

SE721 - BEng Electronic Engineering 

Graduates of the Higher Certificate in Engineering in Electronic Engineering find work in the following areas:

  • Assembly, testing and troubleshooting of electronic equipment
  • Operation and servicing of electronic equipment
  • Technical sales and technical support
  • Hardware and software applications

Completion of a level 8 programme will also enable students to undertake taught Masters programmes or Masters degrees by research at SETU Waterford or other third-level colleges

Contact

Course Leader

Dr Martin Hayes

Lecturer -

Call: +35351302632

Email: [email protected]

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