EE4115Audio-Visual Engineering

What you will study

Course overview and aims

The course aims to introduce the concepts, techniques and basic principles of audio-visual engineering to students who intend to specialize in this area.

Keyword syllabus

Analogue Television Engineering Composite video signals, color television receivers, PAL and NTSC encoder and decoder technology, color bars generation, basic scrambling techniques. Image and Video Signal Compression Digital versus analogue broadcasting, unitary transform, predictive coding, KLT and DCT, JPEG and MPEG standards. Audio Signal Acquisition and Compression Basic room acoustic, Miking technique, Audio Recording, Human Auditory Response, Masking, Noise shaping, Adaptive Transform Coding (ATRAC), MDCT, MP3.

Official PDF, page 4 · Keyword Syllabus

Intended learning outcomes

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CILO	Intended learning outcome	Weight	DEC
1	Explain the key concepts and principles of audio-visual engineering.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
2	Apply mathematical formulations to analyze audio-visual systems and their building blocks.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
3	Implement basic techniques used in audio-visual engineering.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
4	Integrate knowledge to develop applications in audio-visual engineering.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2

Official PDF, page 2 · Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

EE3110 Analogue Electronic Circuits or EE3122 Analogue Circuit Fundamentals

Precursors

Nil

Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%; Examination: 50%; Examination duration: 2 hours

Assessment breakdown

Assessment task	Weight	Generative AI	Remarks and restrictions
TestsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4	30%	Not stated in source	Not stated in source row
AssignmentsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4	20%	Not stated in source	Not stated in source row

Official PDF, page 2 · Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

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Tests (min.: 2) | CILO No. 1, 2, 3, 4 | 30% | remarks blank
#Assignments (min.: 3) | CILO No. 1, 2, 3, 4 | 20% | remarks blank

Passing requirements

Remarks: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in course work and 30% in the examination. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation.

The catalogue assessment percentages are indicative; the course syllabus provides the detailed assessment scheme.