Southern University Bangladesh
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Regular)
Course Outline
Summary of Courses
Types of Courses | No. of Courses | Credit Hours |
Humanities Courses (English and GED Courses) | 8 | 20 |
Basic Science Courses (Physics and Chemistry Courses) | 4 | 9.25 |
Mathematics Courses | 4 | 12 |
Inter-Disciplinary Engineering Courses | 5 | 10.75 |
Program Core Courses | 43 | 100 |
Elective I (Specialized Core Courses) | 2 | 3.75 |
Elective II (Specialized Core Courses) | 2 | 3.75 |
Total | 68 | 159.5 |
Humanities Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
HUM 1101 | English Expository Writing | 3 | 3 | N/A |
HUM 2101 | Spoken English | 3 | 3 | N/A |
HUM 1201 | Bangladesh Studies | 2 | 2 | N/A |
HUM 2101 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 | 3 | N/A |
HUM 2103 | Industrial Management and Laws | 3 | 3 | N/A |
HUM 4101 | Career Planning and Development | 2 | 2 | N/A |
HUM 3201 | History of Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | N/A |
HUM 3101 | Bengali Literature | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Total | 20 | 20 |
No. of Theory courses: 08 | Total contact hours: 20.00 |
No. of Lab/Sessional courses: N/A | Total credit: 20.00 |
Basic Science Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
PHY 1101 | Engineering Physics | 4 | 4 | N/A |
PHY 1102 | Engineering Physics Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
CHEM1101 | Chemistry | 3 | 3 | N/A |
CHEM1102 | Chemistry Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
Total | 9.25 | 11.5 |
No. of Theory courses: 02 | Total contact hours: 11.50 |
No. of Lab/Sessional courses: 02 | Total credit: 9.25 |
Mathematics Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
MATH1101 | Differential and Integral Calculus | 3 | 3 | N/A |
MATH2101 | Differential Equations, Operational Calculus | 3 | 3 | MATH 1201 |
MATH1201 | Coordinate geometry, Vector Analysis & Complex Variables | 3 | 3 | MATH 1101 |
MATH2201 | Engineering Statistics & Linear Algebra and Matrices | 3 | 3 | N/A |
Total | 12 | 12 |
No. of Theory courses: 04 | Total contact hours: 12.00 |
No. of Lab/Sessional courses: 00 | Total credit: 12.00 |
Interdisciplinary Engineering Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
CSE 1201 | Computer Programming & Numerical Analysis | 4 | 4 | N/A |
CSE 1202 | Computer Programming Lab & Numerical Analysis Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
ME 1201 | Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals | 3 | 3 | N/A |
ME 1202 | Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
CE 2100 | Engineering drawing | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
Total | 10.75 | 14.5 |
No. of Theory courses: 02 | Total contact hours: 14.50 |
No. of Lab/Sessional courses: 03 | Total credit: 10.75 |
ECE Core Courses (Compulsory)
S.L. | Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours/ Week | Prerequisite Course |
1 | ECE 1101 | Electrical Circuits I | 3 | 3 | N/A |
2 | ECE 1102 | Electrical Circuits I Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
3 | ECE 1200 | Electrical Service Design | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
4 | ECE 1201 | Electrical Circuits II | 3 | 3 | ECE 1101 |
5 | ECE 1202 | Electrical Circuits II Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
6 | ECE 2100 | Electrical Circuit Simulation Lab | 1.5 | 3 | ECE 1201 |
7 | ECE 2101 | Electronics I | 3 | 3 | ECE 1201 |
8 | ECE 2102 | Electronics I Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
9 | ECE 2103 | Information Theory & Error Coding | 3 | 3 | ECE 1201 |
10 | ECE 2104 | Information Theory & Error Coding Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
11 | ECE 2201 | Electronics II | 3 | 3 | ECE 2101 |
12 | ECE 2202 | Electronics II Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
13 | ECE 2203 | Electromagnetic Fields and Waves | 3 | 3 | PHY 1101 |
14 | ECE 2205 | Basic Communication | 3 | 3 | N/A |
15 | ECE 2206 | Basic Communication Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
16 | ECE 2207 | Signals and Linear Systems | 3 | 3 | ECE 1201 |
17 | ECE 3101 | Digital Electronics & Logic Design | 3 | 3 | ECE 2201 |
18 | ECE 3102 | Digital Electronics & Logic Design Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
19 | ECE 3103 | Data Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 2205 |
20 | ECE 3105 | Electronic Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 2201 |
21 | ECE 3106 | Electronic Communication Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
22 | ECE 3107 | Cellular Mobile Communications | 3 | 3 | ECE 2205 |
23 | ECE 3109 | Measurement and Instrumentation | 3 | 3 | ECE 2201 |
24 | ECE 3201 | Digital Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 3105 |
25 | ECE 3202 | Digital Communication Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
26 | ECE 3205 | Digital Signal Processing | 3 | 3 | ECE 2207 |
27 | ECE 3206 | Digital Signal Processing Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
28 | ECE 3207 | Microprocessor and Assembly Language | 3 | 3 | ECE 3101 |
29 | ECE 3208 | Microprocessor and Assembly Language Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
30 | ECE 3209 | Microwave and Antenna Engineering | 3 | 3 | ECE 2203 |
31 | ECE 3210 | Microwave and Antenna Engineering Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
32 | ECE 4101 | Control Systems | 3 | 3 | ECE 2207 |
33 | ECE 4102 | Control Systems Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
34 | ECE 4103 | Telecommunication & Switching | 3 | 3 | ECE 2205 |
35 | ECE 4104 | Telecommunication & Switching Lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
36 | ECE 4105 | Semiconductor Physics and Devices | 3 | 3 | PHY 1101 |
37 | ECE 4107 | VLSI Technology | 3 | 3 | ECE 3203 |
38 | ECE 4108 | VLSI Technology Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
39 | ECE 4109 | Optical Fiber Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 3201 |
40 | ECE 4110 | Optical Fiber Communication lab | 1.5 | 3 | N/A |
41 | ECE 4200 | Project/Thesis | 4 | 8 | N/A |
42 | ECE 4201 | Remote Sensing Technology | 3 | 3 | N/A |
43 | ECE 4205 | Radar & Satellite Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 2205 |
Total | 100 | 128 |
No. of Theory courses: 24 | Total contact hours: 128.00 |
No. of Lab/Sessional courses: 19 | Total credit: 100.00 |
List of Elective courses
Elective – I (Any One Theory and Related Lab)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
ECE 4205 | Analog Integrated Circuit | 3 | 3 | ECE 2201 |
ECE 4206 | Analog Integrated Circuit Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4207 | Bio-medical Instrumentation | 3 | 3 | N/A |
ECE 4208 | Bio-medical Instrumentation Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4209 | Robotics and Computer Vision | 3 | 3 | ECE 4101 |
ECE 4210 | Robotics and Computer Vision Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4211 | Nanotechnology | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4212 | Nanotechnology Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4213 | Neural Networks and AI Applications | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4214 | Neural Networks and AI Applications Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4215 | Digital Image Processing | 3 | 3 | ECE 3205 |
ECE 4216 | Digital Image Processing Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4217 | Fuzzy Neural Control Systems | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4218 | Fuzzy Neural Control Systems lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4219 | Computer Network and Information Security | 3 | 3 | ECE 4103 |
ECE 4220 | Computer Network and Information Security Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 |
Elective – II (Any One Theory and Related Lab)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit | Contact Hours / Week | Prerequisite Course |
ECE 4303 | Machine Learning | 3 | 3 | N/A |
ECE 4304 | Machine Learning Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4305 | Bio-informatics | 3 | 3 | N/A |
ECE 4306 | Bio-informatics Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4307 | Antenna and Wave Propagation | 3 | 3 | ECE 2203 |
ECE 4308 | Antenna and Wave Propagation Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4309 | Characterization of Materials & Semiconductor | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4310 | Characterization of Materials & Semiconductor Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4311 | Digital Speech Processing | 3 | 3 | ECE 3205 |
ECE 4312 | Digital speech Processing Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
ECE 4313 | Power System Protection | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4314 | Power System Protection Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4315 | Internet of Things | 3 | 3 | |
ECE 4316 | Internet of Things Lab | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
ECE 4317 | Wireless and MIMO Communication | 3 | 3 | ECE 3201 |
ECE 4318 | Wireless and MIMO Communication | 0.75 | 1.5 | N/A |
Note for coding of courses:
1. The first digit means no. of year.
2. The second digit means no. of the semester.
3. Third and fourth digits signify types of courses in sequence, where
i) “00” represent only lab course,
ii) Odd number in the fourth digit represents the theory and
iii) Even number in the fourth digit represents lab for the corresponding theory course.
***NB: Diploma holders will get waiver based on their BTEB curriculum