| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Management Course-I | Managerial Economics and Financial Analysis | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 2 | Engineering Science | Linear Control Systems | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Professional Core | Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission Lines | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Core | Electronic Circuit Analysis | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Professional Core | Analog Communications | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Professional Core | Signals and Systems Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Professional Core | Electronic Circuit Analysis Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Skill Enhancement Course | Soft Skills | 0-1-2 | 2 |
| 9 | Engineering Science | Design Thinking & Innovation | 1-0-2 | 2 |
| — | Mandatory | Community Service Project (Internship, 8 weeks, during vacation) | – | 1 |
| Total | 15-1-10 | 21 |
Managerial Economics and Financial Analysis
gives engineers enough economics and accounting literacy to understand how the businesses they’ll work for actually make investment and pricing decisions.
- Unit 1: Managerial economics basics, demand concepts, elasticity, and demand forecasting
- Unit 2: Production function, cost-behaviour, and break-even analysis
- Unit 3: Forms of business organization and market structures (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly) with pricing strategy
- Unit 4: Working capital and capital budgeting techniques (payback period, ARR, NPV, IRR)
- Unit 5: Financial accounting basics (journal, ledger, final accounts) and ratio analysis
Linear Control Systems
teaches how feedback shapes the behaviour of physical systems, a concept that resurfaces in everything from PLL circuits to robotics.
- Unit 1: Open-loop vs closed-loop systems, feedback effects, and mathematical modelling of mechanical systems
- Unit 2: Transfer function representation, block-diagram algebra, signal-flow graphs, and time-response analysis
- Unit 3: Stability analysis via Routh’s criterion and root-locus technique
- Unit 4: Frequency response analysis using polar plots, Bode plots, and the Nyquist criterion
- Unit 5: Compensator design (lag/lead/lead-lag, PID) and state-space analysis with controllability/observability
Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission Lines
the physics of how signals actually travel, essential background before antennas, microwave, and RF subjects later in the program.
- Unit 1: Electrostatics — Coulomb’s and Gauss’s laws, electric potential, and capacitance
- Unit 2: Magnetostatics — Biot-Savart and Ampere’s laws, and Maxwell’s time-varying field equations
- Unit 3: Uniform plane wave propagation in dielectric/conducting media, reflection, and refraction
- Unit 4: Transmission line parameters, equivalent circuits, and characteristic impedance
- Unit 5: Input impedance, VSWR, and Smith chart-based impedance matching
Electronic Circuit Analysis
extends device-level circuit design into multistage, feedback, and oscillator circuits, the building blocks of analog signal-processing hardware.
- Unit 1: High-frequency small-signal transistor models (hybrid-π) for BJT and FET
- Unit 2: Multistage amplifier configurations — RC-coupled, Darlington, cascode, differential amplifiers
- Unit 3: Feedback amplifier topologies and their effect on gain, bandwidth, and stability
- Unit 4: Oscillator principles and RC/LC oscillator circuit analysis (Hartley, Colpitt’s, Wien-bridge)
- Unit 5: Power amplifier classes (A, B, AB, C) and tuned amplifier design
Analog Communications
the classic modulation theory (AM, FM, noise performance) that underlies every radio and broadcast system students will later analyze digitally.
- Unit 1: Amplitude modulation — generation and detection of AM waves
- Unit 2: DSB-SC, SSB-SC, and vestigial sideband modulation and demodulation techniques
- Unit 3: Angle modulation — FM generation, detection, and comparison with AM
- Unit 4: Radio transmitter and superheterodyne receiver architectures
- Unit 5: Noise performance of analog systems and pulse-analog modulation (PAM, PWM, PPM)
Signals and Systems Lab
simulation-based verification of the signal-processing theory covered in II-I.
- Generation and manipulation of standard signals (step, impulse, ramp, sinusoidal) and signal operations
- Convolution, correlation, and Fourier/Laplace/Z-transform based signal analysis exercises
Electronic Circuit Analysis Lab
simulation and hardware verification of amplifier and oscillator circuits designed in theory.
- Feedback amplifier configurations (voltage-series, current-shunt) and RC/LC oscillator circuits
- Multistage and power amplifier circuits (Darlington, tuned amplifiers) built and tested in Multisim and hardware
Soft Skills
a workplace-readiness course covering the interpersonal and communication skills that technical training alone doesn’t teach.
- Introduction to soft skills versus hard skills and personality development
- Intra-personal skills — SWOT analysis, emotional intelligence, time and stress management
- Inter-personal, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills plus interview preparation
Design Thinking & Innovation
introduces a structured, human-centered approach to product design so engineers can move from an idea to a validated product concept.
- Unit 1: Elements and principles of design and the history of design thinking
- Unit 2: The design thinking process — empathize, analyze, ideate, and prototype
- Unit 3: Distinguishing innovation from creativity and building teams for innovation
- Unit 4: Product design fundamentals — problem framing, product strategy, and specifications
- Unit 5: Applying design thinking to business models, startups, and prototype testing
Community Service Project
an 8-week mandatory internship completed during the vacation between II and III year; the course structure table lists it for 1 credit but no separate unit-wise syllabus for its content appears in this document.