CURRICULUM
OF
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
BSc/BE & MSc/ME
Revised 2015
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
ISLAMABAD
CURRICULUM DIVISION, HEC
Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Chairman, HEC
Mr. Fida HussainDirector General (Acad)
Ms. Ghayyur FatimaDirector (Curri)
Mr. Rizwan ShoukatDeputy Director (Curri)
Mr. Abid Wahab Assistant Director (Curri)
Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque Assistant Director (Curri)
Composed by: Mr. Zulfiqar Ali, HEC, Islamabad
Table of Contents
Introduction6
Minutes of the Preliminary Meeting 6
Minutes of the Final Meeting 10
Sub-Committees of NCRC on Electronic Engineering14
Electronic Engineering15
Learning objectives15
Expected Outcomes15
Curriculum Review Basis – Undergraduate Degrees16
Curriculum Review Basis – Graduate Degrees16
Undergraduate Degree Programs17
Scheme of Studies for Undergraduate Degrees17
Abbreviations Used19
Framework Comparison20
Details of Undergraduate Core Courses21
Details of Undergraduate Elective Courses63
Annexures A, B, C and D64
Graduate Degree Programs
Scheme of Studies for Graduate Degrees87
Details of Graduate Elective Courses91
Recommendations93
PREFACE
The curriculum, with varying definitions, is said to be a plan of the teaching-learning process that students of an academic programme are required to undergo. It includes objectives & learning outcomes, course contents, scheme of studies, teaching methodologies and assessment methods. Since knowledge in all disciplines and fields is expanding at a fast pace and new disciplines are also emerging; it is imperative that curricula be developed and revised accordingly.
University Grants Commission (UGC) was designated as the competent authority to develop, review and revise curricula beyond Class-XII vide Section 3, Sub-Section 2 (ii), Act of Parliament No. X of 1976 titled “Supervision of Curricula and Textbooks and Maintenance of Standard of Education”. With the repeal of UGC Act, the same function was assigned to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) under its Ordinance of 2002, Section 10, Sub-Section 1 (v).
In compliance with the above provisions, the Curriculum Division of HEC undertakes the revision of curricula after every three years through respective National Curriculum Revision Committees (NCRCs) which consist of eminent professors and researchers of relevant fields from public and private sector universities, R&D organizations, councils, industry and civil society by seeking nominations from their organizations.
In order to impart quality education which is at par with international standards, HEC NCRCs have developed unified templates as guidelines for the development and revision of curricula in the disciplines of Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Engineering in 2007 and 2009.
It is hoped that this curriculum document, prepared by the respective NCRC’s, would serve the purpose of meeting our national, social and economic needs, and it would also provide the level of competency specified in Pakistan Qualification Framework to make it compatible with international educational standards. The curriculum is also placed on the website of HEC (
(Fida Hussain)
Director General (Academics)
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Introduction:
The role of science and engineering in the economic development of a nation and the prosperity of its people is very important and it is imperative for a nation to train its workforce in contemporary science and engineering. At the same time, knowledge is expanding rapidly and new courses and disciplines are emerging at a fast pace. In the light of this situation, it is essential to periodically review and update the science and engineering curricula to stay at par with the international standards. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) ensures that the curricula are reviewed and updated periodically through National Curriculum Revision Committees.
The National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) on Electronic Engineering held two meetings in 2014 and 2015 to revise the electronic engineering curriculum that was prepared in 2008. In April 2007, the Higher Education Commission approved the new engineering curriculum framework. The National Curriculum Revision Committee held a meeting in November 2014 to bring the electronic engineering curriculum in line with the new framework. The committee held its final meeting in April 2015 at the Higher Education Commission in Islamabad for a final review and approval of the curriculum. The committee, after a thorough review, approved the curriculum in the meeting.
Minutes of the Meeting Held in November 2014
A meeting of the National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) on Electronic Engineering took place on November 24 to 26 2014, at the Regional Centre of the Higher Education Commission in Karachi. The objective of the meeting was to revise the electronic engineering curriculum for bringingit in line with the BS Engineering Program framework approved by HEC in April 2007.
The following members of the committee were present in the meeting:
Sr. No. / Name & Address / StatusDr. Muhammad Junaid Mughal
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engg,
COMSATS Institute of information Technology, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, / Convener
Dr. Faisal Amir
Assistant Professor,
Dean Faculty of Electronics & Power Engineering Department, NUST-PN Engineering College,
National University of Sciences and Technology,
Habib Rehmat Ullah Road,
Karachi. / Secretary
Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Menhas
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering ( Power),
Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology, Kotli
(AJK) / Member
Prof. Engr. Muhammad Khalid
Professor/Chairman/HOD,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
The University of Poonch,
Rawalakot. / Member
Dr. Faizullah Maher
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Balochistan University of Engg & Technology, Khuzdar, / Member
Dr. Zahid Rauf,
Associate Professor/Chairperson
Department of Electrical Engineering
Balochistan University of IT, Engineering and
Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Airport Road, Quetta. / Member
Dr. Tuseef Tauqeer
Assistant professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
NUST-School of Electrical Engineering & Computer,
National University of Sciences & Technology, H-12, Islamabad. / Member
Dr. Haroon –ur- Rashid.
Associate Professor (Principal Engineer)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Pakistan Institute of Engg & Applied Sciences, (PIEAS)
Nilore, Islamabad. / Member
Mr. Shahab ud Din,
CEO,Restek Technologies,
Office No. 22-Zaki Centre, I-8 Markaz,
Islamabad. / Member
Engr. Wajid Mehmood,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology,
College Road, Mandian,
Abbottabad / Member
Dr. Muhammad Amjad
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electronic Engineering,
The Islamia University,
Bahawalpur. / Member
Ch. Abdur Rasul
Assistant Professor,
University College of Engineering & Technology,
University of Sargodha, Sargodha. / Member
Dr. Taj Mohammad Baloch
Professor/ Director QEC
Department of Computer Sciences
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed university Lyari,
Karachi. / Member
Prof. Dr. Abdul Waheed Umrani
Professor/Dean,
Department of Telecommunication Engineering,
Dawood university of Engg, & Technology, M A Jinnah Road, Karachi. / Member
Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin,
Registrar/Dean, Faculty of Engg, Science & Technology,
Hamdard Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Hamdard University, Madina-al-Hikmat,
Muhammad Bin Qasim Avenue, Karachi. / Member
Dr. Syed Muhammad Usman Ali
Department of Electronic Engineering,
NED University of Engineering & Technology,
Karachi. / Member
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Usman Keerio
Professor/Dean,
Department of Electrical Engg.
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engg & Technology, Nawabshah. / Member
Dr. Muhammad Azhar Iqbal,
Professor,
Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore. / Member
Prof. Dr. Abdul Fattah Chandio,
Principal,
Quaid-e-Awam University College of Engineering & Technology,Larkana. / Member
Mr. Muhammad Asif
Assistant Professor
Electronic Engineering,
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. / Member
The meeting started with the recitation ofthe Holy Quran. Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque, Assistant Director (Curriculum), HEC, Islamabad, welcomed the participants on behalf of the Chairman HEC and briefed the participants on the policies of HEC and PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council) about the revision of the engineering curricula in the light of the BS Engineering Program framework. The house unanimously selected Prof. Muhammad Junaid Mughal, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad as Convener & Dr. Faisal Amir, Assistant Professor, Dean Faculty of Electronics & Power Engineering Department, NUST-PNEC, National University of Sciences and Technology, Karachi as Secretary of the meeting. Mr. Haque requested the Convener to conduct proceedings of all technical sessions of the meeting for three days. The convener thanked the participants for his selection and started proceedings of the meeting in accordance with the agenda.
The Convener, Prof. Dr. M. Junaid Mughal, briefed the curriculum revision committee on the need of havinga new engineering curricula for BS/BE and MS Electronics program. He said that the objective of the program was to bring the engineering program at par with the international standards and meet the needs of the industry. He further said that the key considerations in the engineering education should be to give the students a strong engineering foundation, improve their communication skills, develop and promote problem-solving and self-learning skills, and expose the students to the social sciences. The committee, after in-depth discussions, revised the electronic engineering curriculum and brought it in line with the approved BS Engineering Program framework.
The Committee revisited the curriculum subject-wise. After three days ofrigorous deliberations, the committee unanimously proposed the outlines of thedraft curriculum forthe BS/BE/BSc & MS/ME/MSc degrees, which will be considered in the final meeting of NCRC scheduled within three months’ time. Following sub-committees were made to discuss various disciplines of the curriculum:
S.No. / Broad Areas / Committee Members1 / Electronics & Circuits / 1. Eng Wajid Mehmood
2. Prof Dr M Azhar
3. Dr Tauseef Tauqeer
4. Prof Dr Taj Muhammad Baloch
Power & Industrial Electronics / 5 Dr Abdul Rasool
6. Prof Dr S M Usman Ali
7. Eng Shahab-ud-din
8. Dr M Amjad
2 / Digital Domain
Computer / 1. Prof Dr Khalid
2. Prof Dr Harron ur Rasheed
3. Prof Dr M Usman
3 / Control, Signal Processing / 1. Dr M Ilyas Menhas
2. Eng M Asif
3. Prof Dr Vali ud Din
4. Dr Faizullah
4 / Communications & Electromagnetics / 1. Dr Abdul Waheed Umrani
2. Dr Abdul Fattah Chandio
3. Dr Zahid Rauf
4. Dr Junaid
5. Dr Faisal Amir
5 / Natural Sciences & Humanities / Combined review – all members
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque thanked all members of the committee for their efforts in the revision of the electronic engineering curriculum. The Convener, Prof. Dr. M. Junaid Mughal, closed the meeting with a vote ofthanks on behalf of all committee members to HEC for its efforts on the advancement of higher education. He thanked all members of the committee for their dedicated, persistent hard work in the revision of the curriculum. He requested the members of the committee to convey his requitalto their respective institutions for supporting this task of national importance. Finally, he thanked Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque and the staff of the HEC Regional Centre Karachi for their dedicated support of the committee in conducting its business.
MINUTES OF THE FINAL MEETING:
The final meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) in the discipline of Electronic Engineering was held from April 14-16, 2015 at HEC Regional Centre, Lahore to revise and prepare thefinal draft curriculum for BS/BE/BSc & MS/ME/MSc levels of Electronic Engineering discipline. The following members attended the meeting:
Sr. No / Name & Address / Status1 / Dr. Muhammad Junaid Mughal
Professor, Department of Electrical Engg,
COMSATS Institute of information Technology,
Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, / Convener
2 / Dr. Faisal Amir
Assistant professor,
Dean, Department of Electronic & Power Engineering/
NUST-PNEC, Habib Rehmat Ullah Road,
Karachi. / Secretary
3 / Prof. Engr. Muhammad Khalid
Professor/Chairman/HOD,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
The University of Poonch, Rawalakot. AJK / Member
4 / Dr. Faizullah Mahar
Associate professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Balochistan University of Engg & Technology,
Khuzdar, / Member
5 / Dr. Zahid Rauf,
Associate professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Balochistan University of IT, Engineering and
Management Sciences( BUITEMS),
Airport Road. Quetta. / Member
6 / Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Menhas
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering ( Power),
Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology,
Kotli ( AJK). / Member
7 / Dr. Tuseef Tauqeer
Assistant professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
NUST-School of Electrical Engineering & Computer, National University of Sciences & Technology, H-12, Islamabad. / Member
8 / Dr. Haroon –ur- Rashid.
Professor,(Deputy Chief Engineer)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Pakistan institute of Engg & Applied Sciences, (PIEAS) Nilore, Islamabad. / Member
9 / Mr. Shahab ud Din,
CEO,
Restek Technologies,
B-235, Block “B” Satellite Town,
Rawalpindi. / Member
10 / Engr. Wajid Mehmood,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology,
College Road, Mandian Abbottabad. / Member
11 / Dr. Muhammad Amjad
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electronic Engineering,
The Islamia University,
Bahawalpur. / Member
12 / Ch. Abdur Rasul
Assistant professor,
University College of Engineering & Technology,
University of Sargodha,
Sargodha. / Member
13 / Dr. Taj Mohammad Baloch
Professor/ Director QEC
Department of Computer Sciences
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed university Layari,
Karachi. / Member
14 / Prof. Dr. Muhammad Usman Keerio
Professor/Dean,
Department of Electrical Engg.
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engg & Technology
Nawabshah. / Member
15 / Dr. Muhammad Azhar Iqbal,
Professor and chairman
Department of Physics,
University of the Punjab, Lahore. / Member
16 / Porf. Dr. Samreen Amir
Chairperson
Department of Electronic Engineering
DUET Karachi / Member
17 / Dr. Tayab Din Memon
Assistant Professor
Electronic Engineering
MUET. Jamshoro. / Member
18 / Prof. Dr. A. Fatah Chandio,
Principal
QUEST Engineering College
Larkana. / Member
19 / Muhammad Asif
Assistant Professor
Sir Syed UET
Karachi. / Member
20 / Prof. Dr. Kamran
Chairman/Professor
Department of Electrical Engg. And Telecom Engg.
UET, Lahore. / Member
21 / Dr.Irfan Chaudhary
Associate Professor
Dept of C S & E,
UET, Lahore. / Member
The meeting started with recitation of Verses from the Holy Quran by Mr. Rizwan Shoukat, Deputy Director (Curriculum), HEC. Mr. Nazeer Hussain, Director, HEC Regional Centre, Lahore, welcomed the participants of the meeting on behalf of the Chairman HEC. He thanked the members of the committee for their efforts and their quality contribution in the preparation of the curriculum. He also thanked the Convener, Prof. Dr. M. Junaid Mughal, for taking personal interest in the development of the curriculum and for excellent coordination of the efforts of the committee.
At the beginning of the regular agenda, the Convener, Prof. Dr. M. Junaid Mughal, discussed the curriculum that the committee members had prepared in the first meeting and thanked the members for providing additional information for the curriculum after the first meeting. He gave an overview on the current Outcome Based Education (OBE) system implementation by PEC, and said that with the revised curriculum and implementation of OBE in all educational institutions of Pakistan, we should be hopeful that we will have quality graduates quality and fit to compete with the graduates of the advanced world.
The members of the committee who were unable to attend the first meeting were given time to share their thoughts on the draft curriculum prepared in the first meeting; copies of the draft curriculum had been distributed to all members of the committee before the meeting. This activity was followed by discussion from all members of the committee on the course and lab outlines and book recommendations. The committee members approved the curriculum after in-depth discussions and extensive work on all aspects of the curriculum. The highlights of the curriculum approved by the committee members include the following:
a.Course outlines have been thoroughly reviewed and revised.
b.Course outlines and book recommendations have been added for the graduate core courses.
c.Lab outlines have been updated.
d.Complete information on the recommended books, including the authors, book titles, editions, publication years, publishers, and ISBNs, has been provided.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Nazeer Hussain once again thanked the members of the committee and told them that the committee would remain in effect until a new committee was formed to revise the curriculum.
The Convener, Prof. Dr. Junaid Mughal, closed the meeting with vote ofthanks on behalf of all committee members to HEC for its efforts on the advancement of higher education and for providing a platform at the national level to bring together the experts from various institutions to develop the electronic engineering curriculum. He thanked all members of the committee for their dedication, hard work, and excellent teamwork in the preparation of the revised curriculum. He requested the members of the committee to convey his gratitudeto their respective institutions for support of this task of national importance. Finally, he thanked Mr. Nazeer Hussain and the staff of the HEC Regional Centre, Lahore, for their dedicated support tothe committee and generous hospitality.
Sub-Committees of NCRC on Electronic Engineering
The National Curriculum Revision Committee on Electronic Engineering formed the following sub-committees in its first meeting that took place in November 2014 to prepare the draft of the revised curriculum:
Undergraduate Curriculum Sub-Committees
S.No. / Broad Areas / Committee Members1 / Electronics & Circuits / 1. Dr. Tauseef Tauqeer
2. Prof Dr M Usman
3. Prof Dr M Azhar
4. Eng Wajid Mehmood
5. Prof Dr Taj Muhammad Baloch
Power & Industrial Electronics / 6 Dr Abdul Rasool
8. Prof Dr S M Usman Ali
9. Eng Shahab-ud-din
10. Dr M Amjad
2 / Digital Domain / 1. Prof Dr Khalid
2. Prof Dr Harron ur Rasheed
3 / Control, Signal Processing / 1. Dr M Ilyas Menhas
2. Dr M Asif
3. Prof Dr Vali ud Din
4. Dr Faizullah
4 / Communications & Electromagnetics / 1. Dr Abdul Waheed Umrani
2. Dr Abdul Fattah Chandio
3. Dr Zahid Rauf
4. Dr Junaid
5. Dr Faisal Amir
Graduate Curriculum Sub-Committee
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Junaid Mughal
Prof. Dr. M Kamran
Prof. Dr. A. Fatah Chandio
Dr. Tuseef Tauqeer
Electronic Engineering
Electronic Engineering is an increasingly important engineering discipline that significantly affects the other disciplines of engineering. It is in great demand in both developed and developing nations. Continual advances in electronic engineering in the areas of materials, processes, devices, and circuits have been leading to rapid advances in the existing applications of engineering as well as in the emergence of new applications. To harness the full potential of electronic engineering developments and further advance the state of electronic technology, it is important to have strong programs to educate and train individuals in this key discipline of engineering.