Engineering Thread

Yep, I'm correcting them. I've already failed half the class.

You're seeing jmccrohan's ma? Fair play to her, not so good for you I'm afraid.

Well allot of those courses interlock. Computer graphics and computer vision tend to link up. You don't need to do both but if you're interested in working in the area of computer graphics in the future its good to have that wide skill set. Computer vision gives you a very good grounding in C/C++ development from an application point of view, so if that's all you want just do that course.

If you're interested in the hardware behind computer graphics then integrated System Design & Digital Media Systems is a good choice as you'll learn about the FPGA, you'll also learn about image and video encoding schemes and the like in the Media System part. If you've done as course with Anil, then its basically more of the same, but more in-depth. Tbh I don't know how much use this would be to you. Designing for FPGAs is extremely difficult and tends not to be a skill overly required in industry, and the Digital Media System theory seemed not to link up to well with the FPGA stuff.

Distributed Systems & Advanced Microprocessor Systems. The distributed systems part of this course is worthless. Very poorly taught. If you've done distributed systems in third year, this will bring nothing new. The tech is very specific as well, so unless you're going for a job using .net, forget about it.

The microprocessor systems course is extremely interesting and while I didn't have the lecturer whose teaching it now, he has a good reputation for quality lectures. If you plan to be working with computer hardware, (such as the cell processor or the like) this stuff is very relevant.

Knowledge and Data Engineering & Artificial Intelligence. Very good course, not directly related to any of the others, but the one most likely to teach you a skill which you can apply to industry right away (database management). what more can I say bar, depending on your career it maybe of no use.

Digital Control Systems & Digital Signal Processing: First off, these two courses are only together because you need DSP for DCS. DCS however is pretty much a mechanical subject. Don't expect to find allot of applications outside that field. Digital Signal Processing high level maths, which you much have if you're serious about computer graphics or Digital media systems. You won't be making best friends with Quinn but he is a very competent lecturer.