UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08) Electronic Circuits I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Electronic Circuits I, ELEC1011 Paper 1 / ELEC1001
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr P Warburton
Number Enrolled on Course / 47 / Average Mark Gained / 64

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 40 / 19
Class 2.1 / 17 / 8
Class 2.2 / 21 / 10
Class 3 / 4 / 2
Pass / 9 / 4
Fail 21-34 / 4 / 2
Fail 0-20 / 2 / 1
Absent / 2 / 1
Not Complete / 0 / 0
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
Temperature control in the lecture theatre (Roberts 106) was malfunctioning most of the time. Action taken: Estates have been asked to fix the problem as a matter of urgency. They did so during the Easter break.
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Circuit Analysis and Synthesis I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Circuit Analysis and Synthesis I, ELEC1011 Paper 2 / ELEC1002
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr R I Killey
Number Enrolled on Course / 46 / Average Mark Gained / 62

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 28 / 13
Class 2.1 / 33 / 15
Class 2.2 / 20 / 9
Class 3 / 17 / 8
Pass
Fail 21-34
Fail 0-20
Absent / 2 / 1
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
As shown by the statistical data above, student performance has been good, with an average mark of 62%. According to the feedback of students and external examiners, the delivery of the module is appropriate. A problem with many of the students not having studied complex numbers or differential equations was apparent from the feedback. To remedy this, more time was set aside to introduce these subjects at the start of the module in the following year. No problems have been highlighted apart from this.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
None
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Digital Circuits I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Digital Circuits 1, ELEC1011 Paper 3 / ELEC1003
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr R I Killey
Number Enrolled on Course / 46 / Average Mark Gained / 62

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 28 / 13
Class 2.1 / 28 / 13
Class 2.2 / 26 / 12
Class 3 / 15 / 7
Pass
Fail 21-34
Fail 0-20
Absent / 2 / 1
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
As shown by the statistical data above, student performance has been good, with an average mark of 62%. According to the feedback of students and external examiners, the delivery of the module is appropriate. Some additional material placing the subject matter in real world context was suggested by some students. This was included in the lectures in the following year. Otherwise, no problems have been highlighted.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
None
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Object Oriented Programming I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Object Oriented Programming I, ELEC1011 Paper 4 / ELEC1012
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr R James
Number Enrolled on Course / 48 / Average Mark Gained / 61.6

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 22
Class 2.1 / 4
Class 2.2 / 5
Class 3 / 12
Pass / 0
Fail 21-34 / 4
Fail 0-20 / 0
Absent / 1
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
As shown by the statistical data above, student performance has been good, with a failure rate of 8% which is in line with previous years as well as with similar modules offered by the Department. According to the feedback of students and external examiners, the delivery of the module is appropriate. No problems have been highlighted.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
Some of the students, particularly those new to programming, found the amount of material covered by the course a little overwhelming. After discussing the matter with M. Rio, who will teach the course next year, the more advanced topics such as Inheritance will be moved to the second year Object Oriented programming course.
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)
None


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Electromagnetics

Title & Code of Course Unit / Electromagnetics, ELEC1011 Paper 5 / ELEC1005
Year / First
Course Organiser / Dr. Sally Day
Number Enrolled on Course / 47 / Average Mark Gained / 70% excluding absents

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 25
Class 2.1 / 4
Class 2.2 / 7
Class 3 / 4
Pass / 2
Fail 21-34 / 2
Fail 0-20
Absent / 3
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
Student performance has been very good this year, with the average above the target of 65%. There was generally good attendance and good student interaction in the problem classes, which are designed for group working by the students, not simply a review by the lecturer of solutions to problems. The notes were re-written into power point, which allowed better diagrams to be included.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
The two hour lecture that is timetabled is divided into an hour of lecture and an hour of working through problems. The students do this in groups, which requires a large classroom with tables, not a conventional lecture theatre. This type of accommodation can be difficult to obtain in UCL.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
In the student feedback there was a request from a couple of students for more structured assignments with the problem sheets. This is being addressed in a more general way for the first year courses.
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Mathematics for Electronic Engineers I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Mathematics for Electronic Engineers I, ELEC1011 Paper 6 / ELEC1006
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr S. Savory and Dr C. Renaud
Number Enrolled on Course / 45 / Average Mark Gained / 55

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 19
Class 2.1 / 3
Class 2.2 / 2
Class 3 / 4
Pass / 4
Fail 21-34 / 9
Fail 0-20 / 4
Absent
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
As shown by the statistical data above, student performance has been highly bi-modal, with an average mark relatively stable from the previous year. Almost half of the class have performed extremely well (19 first class, 42%) but the failing rate is higher than in other courses for the same year (29%). The feedback from students has not highlighted any major problem, while the external examiners noted that the level and standard of the exam is appropriate. We believe (from a correlation between presence in tutorials/homework effort and exam marks, apart from a few exceptions), that continuous working along the year needs to be encouraged to enhance the marks at the bottom of the range.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
None
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Communications Systems I

Title & Code of Course Unit / Communications Systems I, ELEC1001 Paper 7 / ELEC1009
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr J E Mitchell and Prof P V Brennan
Number Enrolled on Course / 53 / Average Mark Gained / 68.5

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / %age / Number
Class 1 / 24
Class 2.1 / 11
Class 2.2 / 6
Class 3 / 8
Pass
Fail 21-34 / 2
Fail 0-20
Absent / 2
Not Complete
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
Very good performance in the exam with 65% obtaining 1st or 2i grad. Two fails (both in the 30-35 region) and two students absent. Moodle introduced to half of the course which seems popular with the students and very positive feedback over all.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
None
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE MODULE REPORT FORM (Academic Year 2007-08)

Electronic Engineering Design Principles

Title & Code of Course Unit / Electronic Engineering Design Principles, ELEC1010
Year / 1
Course Organiser / Dr A J Kenyon
Number Enrolled on Course / 46 / Average Mark Gained / 63

Course Statistics

Number of Students

Marks / % / Number
Class 1 / 28 / 13
Class 2.1 / 46 / 21
Class 2.2 / 15 / 7
Class 3 / 9 / 4
Pass / 0 / 0
Fail 21-34 / 2 / 1
Fail 0-20 / 0 / 0
Absent / 0 / 0
Not Complete / 0 / 0
A. Course Unit Organiser’s Report i) quality of student work, pace and content, appropriateness of teaching methods and action(s) taken to resolve any problems
Students generally worked very well on this module. Attendance at lab sessions was excellent, though a little patchy for the Matlab classes. Students were keen about the group project, and this year’s standard was high. Some very good team work. No problems raised.
B. (ii) Any Learning Resources problems which have affected the provision of the course-unit (quality of lecture or tutorial rooms, laboratory or IT facilities and action taken or planned
None.
C. Issues Identified by Students (from questionnaires, staff-student committees etc.) and Action Taken or Planned
None.
D. Issues Identified by Visiting Examiners and Action Taken or Planned
None.
E. Head of Teaching Committee’s Comments and Action Taken or Planned (Where applicable. Where no comment is required, please see the overall departmental report)


UCL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING