Courses with Gaps

Statistics systems. Nature, types, sources, methods of collection and problem of official statistics. Index numbers, theory, construction and problems. Descriptive statistics. Basic principles of probability; discrete and continuous random variables (binomial, normal, t, chi-square, Poisson, other univariate distributions); joint distributions; sampling distributions; central limit theorem; properties of estimators; linear combinations of random variables; testing and estimation; maximum likelihood principle, basics of hypotheses testing. Socio-economic indicators: nature, types, uses and computation. Nature, sources, contents and problems of official statistics in selected sectors.

Software Engineering concepts and principles. Design, development and testing of software systems. Software processes: software lifecycle and process models. Process assessment models. Software process metrics. Life cycle of software system. Software requirements and specifications. Software design. Software architecture. Software metrics. Software quality and testing. Software architecture. Software validation. Software evolution: software maintenance; characteristics of maintainable software; re-engineering; legacy systems; software reuse. Software Engineering and its place as a computing discipline. Software project management: team management; project scheduling; software measurement and estimation techniques; risk analysis; software quality assurance; software configuration management. Software Engineering and law. 300 Level

Definitions. Measurement of distances. Ise of minor instruments. Random errors. Chain surveying. Bearing of lines. Levelling. Topographic surveys. Traversing. Theodolite traversing. Plane table surveying. Triangulation. Land shaping and earthwork. Map reading. Photogrammetry. Aerial photography. Geographical Information System.

Marine boilers and heat exchangers: Types, components, efficiency, sealing and cleaning. Steam condensers and water distilling plants. Ship service systems and equipment. Centrifugal separators. Fuel, lubrication, water and sewage treatment systems. Valves and pipelines: pipes, fittings, valves, etc. Pumps and pumping systems. Reciprocating centrifugal and rotary types. Principles of operation, pump head, efficiency performance curves and cavitation. Pump construction and installation. Corrosion and oxidation of metal, pipes, boilers, structural work; cracking of brass; minimising methods. Steam ejectors. Compressors and blowers: reciprocating, rotary and centrifugal, and performance. Deck equipment such as incinerators, engine room crane and accessories. Auxiliary power plants. Propeller shaft and shafting. Steering gears. Bow thrusters, stabilizers and stabilizing systems. Refrigeration. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Deck machinery and cargo equipment. Fire protection. Safety and safety equipment. Ship control and instrumentation.

Introduction to mechatronics, robotics and measurement systems. Design and development of simple mechatronics/robotics systems. Analysis and design of sensor and actuator systems. Solenoids, relays, motors, pneumatics, and smart actuators. Class project.

Introduction to embedded systems, history, design challenges, optimizing design metrics, time to market, applications of embedded systems and recent trends in embedded systems, embedded design concepts and definitions, memory management, hardware and software design and testing, communication protocols like SPI, I2C, CAN etc. RISC Design Philosophy, comparison between CISC and RISC; PIC/AVR/ARM Design Philosophy; Embedded System hardware, Embedded System software. PIC/AVR/ARM Processor fundamentals – PIC/AVR/ARM core architecture, data flow model, Register, Current Program Status Register, Pipeline, Exceptions, Interrupts and Vector Table, Core Extensions, PIC/AVR/ARM Processor families. PIC16F18877/ATmega328P/ATSAM3X8E Cortex-M3 processors Block diagram and pin diagram, operating modes: Study of on-chip peripherals like I/O ports, timers, counters, interrupts, on-chip ADC, DAC, RTC modules, WDT, PLL, PWM and USB. Hardware interfacing of PIC16F18877/ATmega328P/ATSAM3X8E Cortex-M3 using CCS C Compiler/Flowcode/Embedded C language: LED, Switches, LCD Display & stepper motor. On- chip programming: UART, Timer, Real-Time Clock & ADC. Others include Architecture of kernel, task and task scheduler, ISR, Mutex, Semaphores, mailbox, message queues, pipes, events, timers, Priority inversion problem, priority Inheritance, RTOS services in contrast with traditional OS. Introduction to μcos II RTOS and its features, study of kernel structure of μcos II. Case study of digital camera and automatic chocolate vending machine (without codes).

A basic microprocessor system: the CPU, memory, I/O, and buses subsystems, basic operation of a microprocessor system: fetch and execute cycle, the architecture of some typical 8-bit, 16-bit microprocessors (INTEL, MOTOROLA) and their features; programming model in real mode: registers, memory, addressing modes; organisation of the interrupt system, interrupt vectors, and external interrupts, implementation of single and multiple interrupts in real mode; programming model in protected mode: registers, memory management and address translation, descriptor and page tables, system control instructions, multitasking and memory protection, addressing modes, and interrupt system; memory interfacing and address decoding; I/O interfacing: memory mapped i/o, isolated i/o, bus timing, i/o instructions; peripheral devices interfacing: 8255 PPI/6821 PIA, 8251 USART/6821 UART, DMA, Timer/Counter chips, etc; instruction set; assembly language Programming of INTEL and MOTOROLA microprocessors; and discussion of a typical system e.g. IBM PC, Apple Macintosh.

Basic anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract of the Monogastric animals; Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates; proteins and fats in monogastics; Nutrition and metabolism in monogastric animals

Income tax: nature and incident. Allowances on deductions. Assessment of owners and occupiers of landed property. Taxation of capital estate duty. Capital transfer tax. Elementary principles of national finance with particular reference to central and local government finance. The caucus and principles of taxation. Taxation distinguished from other land burdens. Methods of taxation proprietary interests in land. Income tax. Inheritance tax. Local rates and other statutory charges. National taxation policies relating to land. Organization and administration of rating. Valuation list and preparation objections; proposal and appeals. Assessment of property. Occupation and hereditament. Tone of list; gross value; net annual value; rateable value. Rebus sic stantibus. Rating valuation practice. Hypothetical tenant. Valuation assumptions. Vacant and to let exemptions. Adjustment of gross value to net annual value. Alterations of the valuation list. 400 Level Estate Management

Fundamentals of operating systems design and implementation. History and evolution of operating systems. Types of operating systems. Operating system structures. Process management: processes, threads, CPU scheduling, process synchronisation. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems; I/O systems; Security and protection; Distributed systems; Case studies. Lab work: Practical hands-on engagement to facilitate understanding of the material taught in the course. All the process, memory, file and directory management issues will be demonstrated under the LINUX operating system. Also UNIX commands will be briefly discussed. Alternatively, hands-on exposure may be through the use of operating systems developed for teaching, like TempOS, Nachos, Xinu or MiniOS. Another possibility is through programming exercises that implement and simulate algorithms taught. Simulation of CPU scheduling algorithms, producer-consumer problem, memory allocation algorithms, file organisation techniques, deadlock algorithms and disk scheduling algorithms. 400 Level