1.0 Program Description, Delivery, Assessment and Student Progression
1.1 Overview
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering (BSc. TE) is a field concerned with the design and practical application of Telecommunications hardware and software systems to the solution of technological, economic, and societal problems. Ethics for Telecommunication Engineers examines ethical theories and analysis and their application to issues in the practice of engineering, such as safety and liability, professional responsibility to clients and employers, codes of ethics, legal obligations, environmental issues, and social issues. Emphasis is on developing independent ethical analysis through the use of case studies. A Telecommunication engineer can expect to be involved in Telecommunication hardware design, software creation, network design and systems integration.
The BSc. TE program has been formulated so that graduates may:
a. Enter the Telecommunication engineering profession or advanced studies supported by their fundamental knowledge of mathematics, basic science, engineering principles, computing systems and science;
b. Advance in the Telecommunication engineering profession supported by their ability to work in teams, analyze complex Telecommunication systems, design solutions and engineer these solutions using computer software and hardware tools and technologies; and
c. Demonstrate success and leadership while advancing the practice of telecommunication engineering by contributing to the growth of the economy through the entrepreneurship skills acquired, communities, and professional societies through their proficiency in communication, understanding of professional ethics, and the need for life-long learning.
The BSc. TE is a four-year full-time course (or equivalent part time) in which you spend four years in academic studies and normally four months in supervised professional practice which is undertaken after satisfactory completion of the second year of the full time course and third year. The course aims to produce graduates with a high level of general education, specific vocational skills and entrepreneurship skills. The new graduates will utilize these skills to act as facilitators in matching organization’s ICT requirements with the latest information technology in line with the organizations vision, mission and goals with a bias of profit making. The course is designed to heighten and enhance students' communication and analytical abilities; for instance: to coherently and effectively express ideas, to draw proper inferences from information technology, to analyze situations, draw conclusions, develop strategies, design Telecommunication networks, configuring and maintaining reliable and secure Telecommunication software and hardwires. In conjunction with developing these skills, you will undertake core studies in Telecommunication Engineering so as to produce managers and engineering with practical skills that will see the new technology systems in the context of either private or public sector organizations.
The academic component of the course consists of:
1. A range of core modules giving a thorough grounding in all essential aspects of information technology,
2. Close to 240 hours of work experience (industrial training), giving on-the-job experience in design and practical or research aspects of Telecommunications systems construction, maintenance, building reliable networks and developing secure systems,
3. A major project in the fourth year, in which you apply your newly acquired knowledge and skills to the development of a solution to a substantial practical problem proposed by leading industry and university-based practitioners; and,
4. A number of electives, which enable you to specialize your degree further, or develop other areas of interest.
2.0 Aims
The Aim of Telecommunication Engineering is to educate majors in the principles and practices of Electrical and Telecommunication systems preparing them for graduate school, and for careers to produce graduates who can design/build, test and maintain Telecommunication systems (Hardware and Software). It is also to enhance the competency of professionals in the information sector and other related development fora in managing information to strengthen capacities of graduates to take on development challenges that impact positively on performance of the information sector in the region. Specifically the programs seek to address the following objectives:
3.0 Objectives:
- To produce graduates who can design/build, test and maintain Telecommunication systems (Hardware and Software)
- Strengthen the Telecommunication Engineering program consistent with global trends;
- Develop critical thinking and communication skills of students, giving emphasis to research and extension services;
- To produce competent entrepreneurs in the sector of Telecommunication
- Equip graduates with appropriate knowledge and technical skills, imbued with desirable work attitude and moral values through enhanced teaching/learning process by using multi-media facilities on top of traditional methods;
- Create a conducive teaching and learning atmosphere with emphasis to faculty and students’ growth and academic freedom;
- Establish network with educational institution industry, GO’s and NGO’s, local and international which could serve as:
- funding sources and/or partners of researches;
- sources of new techniques
- centers for faculty and student exchange program and On the Job Training, and;
- grantees of scholarship/additional facilities, and;
- Continuously conduct action researches on the needs of laboratory and other facilities that could be locally produce or innovated using local materials and adapted technology.
4.0 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this
program, the graduates shall be able:
To plan design, implement, maintain and manage Telecommunication systems
To apply logic and mathematical proof techniques to computing problems.To Apply Principles of Radio Frequency systems, circuits design, microwave engineering and optical communications. To design Telecommunication Networks, and implement Telecommunication Network Security.
To evaluate and acquaint different applications and services for next generation Telecommunication systems.