Bachelor of Engineering Technology Honours in Instrumentation and Automation

Faculty of Technology | University of Colombo

Course Outlines (Levels I, II, III, and IV)

Total credits: 125

Applicable for 2018/2019 batch onwards

Level I - Semester 1

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 1101

Integrated English Language Skills for Technology (I)

NG

1

15

-

-

FT 1101

Workshop Practice

1

-

-

1

30

FT 1201

Basic Mathematics

2

2

30

-

-

FT 1202

Biology

2

2

30

-

-

FT 1203

Chemistry

2

2

30

-

-

FT 1301

Physics

3

2

30

1

30

IA 1201

Pre-Calculus and Coordinate Geometry

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1202

Electricity and Magnetism

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1203

Communication Skills for Engineering Technologists

2

2

30

-

-

Total

16

14

210

2

60

# NG = Non–GPA course

 

Level I - Semester 2

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 1102

Integrated English Language Skills for Technology (II)

NG

1

15

-

-

FT 1102

Technology and Historical Transformation

1

1

15

-

-

FT 1204

Computer Applications

2

-

-

2

60

IA 1204

Vectors and Matrices

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1205

Introduction to Calculus

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1206

Introduction to Computer Programming

2

1

15

1

30

IA 1207

Computer Architecture I

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1208

Engineering Mechanics

2

2

30

-

-

IA 1209

Design Project

NG

-

-

2

60

IA 1301

Analog and Digital Electronics I

3

2

30

1

30

Total

16

12

180

4

120

Level II - Semester 1

 

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

 

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 2101

Primary English Communication Skills for Technology (I)

NG

1

15

-

-

FT 2201

Management of Technology

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2101

Technical Drawing and CAD

1

-

-

1

30

IA 2102

Introduction to Engineering Materials Technology

1

1

15

-

-

IA 2201

Ordinary Differential Equations

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2202

Probability and Statistics

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2203

Computer Architecture II

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2204

Industrial Management and Marketing

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2301

Analog and Digital Electronics II

3

2

30

1

30

Total

15

13

195

2

60

 

Level II - Semester 2

 

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

 

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 2102

English Communication Skills for Technology (II)

NG

1

15

-

-

IA 2103

Workshop Practice – Welding Techniques

1

-

-

1

30

IA 2104

Internet Programming

1

-

-

1

30

IA 2205

Statistical Data Analysis

2

-

-

2

60

IA 2206

Electromagnetic Fields

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2207

Waves and Vibrations & AC Theory

2

2

30

-

-

IA 2208

Electronic Circuit Simulations and Analysis

2

-

-

2

60

IA 2209

Microcontroller Laboratory

2

-

-

2

60

IA 2210

Rapid Application Development

2

-

-

2

60

IA 2211

Mobile Application Development

2

2

30

-

-

Total

16

6

90

10

300

Level III - Semester 1

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 3101

Advanced Commutation Skills in English for Technology (I)

NG

1

15

-

-

IA 3101

Introduction to Field Programmable Gate Arrays

1

-

-

1

30

IA 3201

Applied Numerical Methods

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3202

Sensors and Transducers

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3203

Digital Signal Processing

2

1

15

1

30

IA 3204

Data Acquisition Systems

2

-

-

2

60

IA 3205

Introduction to Robotics

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3206

Non-conventional Energy Sources & their Applications

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3207

Data Communication and Networking

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3208

Computer Programming (Mini Project)

2

-

-

2

60

Total

17

11

165

6

180

 

 

Level III - Semester 2

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

FT 3101

Development Economics

1

1

15

-

-

FT 3201

Environmental Law

2

2

30

-

-

FT 3202

Occupational Health and Safety

2

2

30

-

-

FT 3203

Sociology and Values for a Technological

Society

2

2

30

-

-

IA 3601

Industrial Training*

6

-

-

-

-

Total

13

7

105

-

-

 

*1 credit = 4 weeks of industrial training

Level IV - Semester 1

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 4101

Academic Writing Skills for Technology

NG

1

15

-

-

FT 4101

Intellectual Property Rights

1

1

15

-

-

FT 4201

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4201

Power Electronics

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4202

Induction Motor Drives and Programmable Logic Controllers

2

-

-

2

60

IA 4203

Industrial Automation and Control

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4204

Instrumentation Laboratory

2

-

-

2

60

IA 4205

Engineering Economics and Financial Accounting

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4301

Precision Measurement Techniques and Calibration of Instruments

3

2

30

1

30

Total

16

11

165

5

150

 

 

Level IV - Semester 2

 

Course Code

 

Course Name

Total Credits

Credits and Hours

Theory

Practical

Credits

Hours

Credits

Hours

EN 4102

Advanced Commutation Skills in English for Technology (II)

NG

1

15

-

-

IA 4206

Shielding and Protection of Electronic Instruments

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4207

Special Instrumentation Techniques

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4208

Fibre Optics and Laser Instrumentation

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4209

Nuclear and Medical Instrumentation

2

2

30

-

-

IA 4801

Research Project**

8

-

-

-

-

Total

16

8

120

-

-

 

**1 credit = 100 notional hours