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From: JosephKK on 5 Jun 2010 17:12
On Fri, 28 May 2010 09:58:03 +0200, oopere <me(a)somewhere.net> wrote:

>John Larkin wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:44:39 +0200, oopere <me(a)somewhere.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Today many systems integrate knowledge from these three fields.
>>> However, most bachelors are focused on a subset of them. Are you aware
>>> of any degrees which give a broad view of these fields?
>>>
>>> I have been able to find very few, and it is not easy to search for this
>>> as this requires digging quite deep in the specific programmes. The most
>>> similar to what I am looking for is the Bachelor of Sciences in Computer
>>> Science and Communications Engineering of Duisburg University.
>>> http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/studienangebote/studienangebote_07116.shtml
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any information on similar degrees in (worldwide)
>>> universities.
>>>
>>> Pere
>>
>> Tulane University, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, did a lot of
>> soul-searching. They decided that they didn't have the critical mass
>> or resources to run an excellent engineering program, and President
>> Cowan decided to dump it. The dean of the engineering, Nick Altiero,
>> would have none of it. So he invented a 5-year dual-major program,
>> things like physics+EE, or biology+ME, with the hard engineering
>> component done in the last year or two at another school, like Georgia
>> Tech. Nick runs the whole thing now.
>>
>> John
>>
>
>We are currently developing a new integrated engineering degree
>combining the areas of electronics, computers and communication with
>more or less the same emphasis on all of them. A lot of systems today
>require engineers that know as much as possible from:
>-analog (including power and RF) and digital circuit design
>-programmable devices (CPLDs, FPGAs, "PICs", "AVRs" ...)
>-high and low level programming (+ the associated tools: versioning..)
>-signals and systems theory
>-analog and digital signal processing
>-computer networking
>Finally, they should be able to integrate this knowledge in a system
>that works (from powering the devices to relevant standards, from
>specifications to budget, planning, teamworking...).
>
>But it seems there are not many universities offering such an integrated
>engineering program, which is kind of a surprise.
>
>Pere

Not a surprise at all, universities tend to spit out what industry says
it needs, and not just in engineering. That is a major reason for the
properties of new graduates for at least the past twenty years.
The people you really want will achieve the cross fertilization on their
own, the ones who won't learn some more are the people you don't want.
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