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Michaelmas Modules
Lent Modules
Possible 4th Year Modules
Resources Before You Go
When You Get There
Useful Links
Books Worth Owning
Summer Preparation


Background for Success at Cambridge University Engineering Department


 

August, 2003
Version 1.6

Typical 3rd Year Modules that EE Students Take (Engineering Tripos Part IIA)

    
Michaelmas (1st Term)

3B1 Radio Frequency Electronics
3B3 Switch-Mode Electronics
3B5 Semiconductor Engineering
3F1 Signals and Systems
3F3 Signal and Pattern Processing
3F5 Computer and Network Systems
3I1 Data Structures and Algorithms
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Lent (2nd Term)

3B2 Integrated Digital Electronics
3B4 Electric Drive Systems
3B6 Photonic Technology
3F2 Systems and Control
3F4 Data Transmission
3F6 Software Engineering and Design
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Possible 4th Year Modules

4F12   Computer Vision and Robotics
4M12   Complex Analysis and Variational Methods
4F6   Signal Detection and Estimation

Any other math course

DO NOT TAKE 4F2 (Multivariable Robust Control)

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Resources Before You Go

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When You Get There

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Useful Links

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Books Worth Owning

–  CMI exchange setting this up to help with finding/leaving books, bikes, etc. in Cambridge

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Summer (Long Vacation) Preparation

–  Says that students should spend 80 hours over the summer reading material before arriving for the 3rd year modules

–  CU students rarely actually do this

–  Access to texts difficult over the summer

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