massey university pathway program

MASSEY UNIVERSITY PATHWAY PROGRAM

FOR

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in

ELECTRONICS & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

and

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in

MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

Type of Program: Full Time- Pathway

Duration: 4 years (2+2)

Year of commencement: 2021

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OBTAINING BOM APPROVAL FOR THE PATHWAY DEGREE PROGRAMS

OFFERED BY KDU AND MASSEY UNIVERSITY, NEW ZEALAND

1. General information of the programme

a Title of Programme: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

b Disciplines: Electronics & Computer Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

c Type of Programme and Duration

• Date of first commencement of the Programme

• Date of first transfer of students to Massey

• Is it a new Programme?

• Type of Programme

• Full-time (F/T)

• Minimum Number of Academic Years

d. MASSEY UNIVERSITY of New Zealand, a body corporate that is a University

established under the Education Act 1989 (“Massey”)

e. Massey and KDU wish to provide their students with a programme of study

which equates to two years of study at KDU and two years of study at Massey

University.

f. The pathway program will be conducted as a separate degree program. Hence

changes in the KDU and Massey Program will not affect the KDU normal degree

program.

2. Entry standards

The minimum requirements to enter into the Massey University Engineering Pathway

Programme at KDU are as follows:

a. Fulfilled the minimum eligibility requirements for university admission as

published by the UGC and KDU enlistment criterion common to all engineering degree

programs

OR

2021

2023

Yes

Pathway

Yes

4 Years

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b. Those applying with foreign qualifications equivalent to GCE (A/L)

examination of Sri Lanka need to prove the acceptability by the department of

examination/ UGC of Sri Lanka.

3. Selection and conduct of Massey University Pathway Programme

a. Intake to the faculty of Engineering is selected by the KDU, subject to the

minimum requirements stipulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and

entry qualification for Faculty of Engineering.

b. On completion of their familiarization course soon after their enlistment, all

students to follow a common programme in Semester one during their first year.

c. Students are selected for specialization depending on the preferences and their

performance in the first semester. To enter the Massey University program, students

those who have obtained a B+ grade or above for the modules considered for field

selection, will be informed to indicate their willingness for selecting Massey University

pathway program. The grading criteria at KDU is depicted in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Grading criteria at KDU

(Source: examination by-laws)

d. Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electrical,

Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering will induct students for all their

respective degree programs in line with staff: student ratio defined by the Institution of

Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL).

e. Upon enrolment at Massey the KDU Students will be Students of Massey in the

Massey Programme. KDU Students who are successful in enrolling at Massey must be

informed that they will be studying at Massey in the Massey Programme. Thus, an

agreement will be signed with the students once they select the program.

f. Students are required to undertake subjects as per the curriculum attached in

annexure A (which subjected to change as per Massey requirements). In addition,

students have to maintain YGPA of 3.3 (B+ pass - 65%) during first 2 years at KDU.

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Students will be eligible to graduate with a Massey Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)

qualification in their respective major.

Year Grade Point Average (YGPA)

The Year Grade Point Average (YGPA) is the Cumulative GPA for a year, and

ascertains the performance of a student and whether the student can proceed to the

following year. It is calculated on a weighted basis as follows:

YGPA = ∑ [Grade Point scored for Course Unit × Credit value of Course Unit]

Cumulative credit value of all GPA Course Units of the Year

Note : The GPA is the credit weighted average of the grade points of value of all Course

Units except NGPA Course Units taken in the degree programme

g. KDU students will be required to satisfy the requirements for a New Zealand

student visa before being admitted to the Massey Programme in New Zealand.

Eligibility, including eligibility on health grounds, will be checked at the time students

are admitted to Massey. Massey University makes no guarantees in respect of and

cannot influence in any way the provision or not of a student visa.

h. Before being admitted to the Massey Programme, students will be

required to achieve English language scores of Academic IELTS 6.0 with all sub-scores

at 5.5 or better; or the equivalent TOEFL score. There are two options for Students who

have not achieved IELTS 6.0:

(1). Should a student achieve IELTS 5.5 overall, then the student has the

option to attend the 10-week English for Academic Purposes (EAP 2)

programme online or on the Auckland campus of Massey in New Zealand, at

their own cost, in order to achieve the required English language entry standard

for the Massey Programme. Students who have passed all the courses to an

agreed-upon level will be admitted into the Massey Programme, without taking

IELTS again.

(2). Should a student achieve IELTS 5.0 overall, then the student has the

option to attend the 20-week English for Academic Purposes (EAP 1 and 2)

programme online or on the Auckland campus of Massey in New Zealand, at

their own cost, in order to achieve the required English language entry standard

for the Massey Programme. Students who have passed all the courses to an

agreed-upon level will be admitted into the Massey Programme, without taking

IELTS again.

i. Students who complete the Massey Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) with high

grades (B and above) will be eligible to continue their studies at Massey towards a

Master of Engineering degree. The Master of Engineering is a 1-year (120 credit)

research Master’s. Students will be able to complete the Master’s degree in the 5th year

(10th semester).

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4. Programme Structure for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) majoring in

Electronics and Computer Engineering or Mechatronics [2+2]

KDU PROGRAMME

a. On successfully completing the first two years of the KDU Programme, Massey

University will recognize 240 credits of prior recognized learning towards the 480 credit

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons).

b. Students must achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 (sub-minima 5.5 in each band) or

equivalent, and a minimum YGPA of 3.3 (B+, 65%), during the first two years of study

at KDU to be eligible to join the Massey Programme in the first semester of year 3. These

Students will commence their study in the month of February.

MASSEY PROGRAMME

a. During the next two years at Massey, students will study the following schedule

of compulsory and elective courses towards a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons). The Table

2 and Table 3 below shows the distribution of the full-time study load of 60 credits each

semester, totaling 240 credits for the respective degree programs at Massey.

b. This schedule is subject to change due to the availability of Course offerings in

each Massey Academic Year. Written notice of any changes will be given prior to

enrolment of Students.

c. Upon completion of these Courses, Students will be eligible to graduate with a

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in their respective major from Massey, accredited by

Engineering New Zealand at Washington Accord level. The total length of study of the

KDU Programme and the Massey Programme is 4 years (eight semesters).

d. On the final transcript from Massey, the KDU Programme will be listed as

Recognised Prior Learning completed by the KDU Student totaling 240 credits. Massey

will provide KDU with the official transcripts of the students who have completed the

Massey Programme.

Table 2: Electronics and Computer Engineering major

SEMESTER COURSE CONTACT

HOURS CREDITS

Fifth

Semester

(Feb-Jun S1)

228311 Engineering Practice 5: Engineering Design

with Constraints * 36 15

281384 Embedded Systems Design 36 15

228371 Statistical Modelling for Engineers and

Technologists 36 15

218741 Light & Lighting 36 15

Sixth

Semester



5

(Jul-Nov S2) 281353 Control Engineering 36 15

158235 Networks, Security and Privacy 36 15

158333 Applied Machine Learning and Big Data

Processing 36 15

Seventh

Semester

(Feb-Jun S1)

228711 Engineering Practice 6: Design Capstone

Project * 36 15

228798 Individual Research Project * 36 15

159731 Studies in Computer Vision 36 15

281755 Digital Signal Processing 36 15

Eighth

Semester

(Jul-Nov S2)


Project * 36 15


281385 Advanced Electronic Circuits 36 15

281776 Advanced Communication Engineering 36 15

* Double Semester Course (30 Credits)

Table 3: Mechatronics major

SEMESTER COURSE CONTACT

HOURS CREDITS

Fifth

Semester

(Feb-Jun S1)



281384 Embedded Systems Design 36 15

228371 Statistical Modelling for Engineers and

Technologists 36 15

282371 Mechanics and Materials 36 15

Sixth

Semester

(Jul-Nov S2)



281353 Control Engineering 36 15

282372 Mechanism and Component Design 36 15

282373 Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics 36 15

Seventh

Semester

(Feb-Jun S1)


Project * 36 15


282762 Robotics and Automation 36 15

282778 Mechatronics 36 15

Eighth

Semester

(Jul-Nov S2)


Project * 36 15


282772 Industrial Systems Design and Integration 36 15

Any 700-level 15 credit course selected from the

following prefixes: 158 Information Technology, 159

Computer Science, 281 Electronics and Information

Engineering, 282 Mechatronics and Automation

Engineering, 287 Industrial Innovation

36 15


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5. The structure and admission of both the KDU Programme and Massey Programme may

subject to change. Massey reserves the right to change the Massey Programme regulations and

associated schedules of courses as it deems necessary, this may require changes to the KDU-

Massey degree Programme.

6. The students who could not complete the requirements to continue to Massey university

programme after conducting two years at KDU will be allowed to join the relevant KDU

normal degree programme. The point of commencement of this program will be Semester 5.

The students who have taken additional modules (required by Massey) by dropping KDU

modules during the first two years will be able to complete the modules in the latter semesters,

once they join the KDU program. Details are attached at Annexure B.

7. For students who are continuing with KDU program, the credits earned by completing

additional subjects (which were required for the pathway program) during the first 4 semesters

will not be considered for final GPA calculation. Additional subjects will be included in the

transcript as optional subjects.

8. Students who were unable to transfer to Massey University due to a valid reason, will

be given an extension of one year to complete the requirements, subjected to senate approval.

In such a case, student can transfer to Massey University with the successive intake. The

student will be given not more than one year of extension after a case-by-case approval.

9. Payment and Costs

a. Students will pay any Tuition Fees and Non-Tuition Fees and other costs

associated with their respective studies, both while studying at KDU and Massey,

directly to the University they are enrolled in and as determined by the University they

are enrolled at according to their standard regulations, approvals and procedures.

b. Massey agrees to give suitable Fee reduction upon confirmation of number of

students.

c. For the purpose of clarity, no discounts will be applied towards any fees or other

costs associated with the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programme or any

other programme at Massey not included in this Agreement.

10. Since the commencement of the program is from the year 2022 onwards, the students

who have enrolled earlier to the KDU normal degree programs could forward individual

requests for consideration to enter into Massey program. Final approval granting authority will

be the Senate.

11. For both pathway degree programs, the first two years will be governed by existing

KDU regulations in addition to the criteria mentioned in this document.

Annexure A1 . Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering

Massey KDUCourse Course title Credits Course Course title Credits124104 Physics 1A: Mechanics and Thermodynamics 15 ME1202 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics 2 4

ME1222 Applied Mechanics 2124105 Physics 1B: Electricity, Waves and Modern Physics 15 EE1203 Theory of Electricity 3 5

EE2212 Electromagnetics 2159100 Introduction to Programming 15 IT1012 Basic Computer Programming and Networking 2 4

IT2022 Object oriented Programming 2160101 Calculus 15 MA1203 Calculus 3 4

MA1002 Mathematical Software 2 * 0.5160102 Algebra 15 MA1103 Mathematics 3 4

MA1002 Mathematical Software 2 * 0.5228115 Engineering and Technology Principles 15 ME1103 Workshop Technology 3 5

ME1112 Engineering Drawing 2247114 Science and Sustainability for Engineering and Technology 15 EE1102 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 2 4

CE1102 Fundamentals of Civil Engineering 2Elective 15 EE2102 Electrical Machines and Drives I 2 12

EE2112 Power Systems I 2ET1202 Introduction to Telecommunication 2ET2213 Communication Theory I 3ME2213 Control Systems Engineering 3

159270 Hardware-Oriented Computing 15 ET2223 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers & Embedded Systems 3 3

228211 Engineering Practice 3: Product Development 15 ET2112 Design Software 2 3.5ET3153 Engineering Product Design 3 * 0.5

228212 Engineering Practice 4: Materials & Manufacturing 15 EE2132 Electrical Properties of Materials 2 3.5ET3153 Engineering Product Design 3 * 0.5

228271 Engineering Mathematics 2 15 MA2103 Advanced Calculus 3 6MA2203 Numerical Methods and Complex Variables 3

281272 Signals and Systems 15 ET2103 Signals and Systems 3 5ET2202 Random Signals and Processes 2

281281 Analogue Electronic Systems 15 ET1102 Basic Electronics 2 4EE2122 Electrical Measurements and Electronic Instrumentation 2

281282 Digital Electronic Systems 15 EE1212 Electronic Systems I 2 4EE2142 Electronic Systems II 2

158222 Data Wrangling and Machine Learning 15 ET4103 Machine Learning 3 3

Code Course Title NGPA SemesterDL1131 English: Basic Study Skills (Engineering) 1 1DL1341 Sinhala for BeginnersDL1351 Tamil for Beginners DL2141 English: Advanced Study Skills (Engineering) 1 2DL3151 English: Writing and Speaking (Engineering) 1 3DL4161 English: Research Writing Skills 1 4EN2XX2 Humanities Elective I 2 2EN2XX2 Humanities Elective II 2 3

Total NGPA 9

Massey University Pathway Programme (1st and 2nd Year Programme at KDU)

Total KDU

1 1

Major: Electronics and Computer Engineering

SEMESTER COURSECONTACT

HOURSCREDITS

Fifth Semester 228311 Engineering Practice 5: Engineering Design with Constraints *

36 15

(Feb-Jun S1) 281384 Embedded Systems Design 36 15

228371 Statistical Modelling for Engineers and Technologists 36 15

218741 Light & Lighting 36 15

Sixth Semester 228311 Engineering Practice 5: Engineering Design with Constraints *

36 15

(Jul-Nov S2) 281353 Control Engineering 36 15158235 Networks, Security and Privacy 36 15158333 Applied Machine Learning and Big Data Processing 36 15

Seventh Semester 228711 Engineering Practice 6: Design Capstone Project * 36 15(Feb-Jun S1) 228798 Individual Research Project * 36 15

159731 Studies in Computer Vision 36 15281755 Digital Signal Processing 36 15

Eighth Semester 228711 Engineering Practice 6: Design Capstone Project * 36 15(Jul-Nov S2) 228798 Individual Research Project * 36 15

281385 Advanced Electronic Circuits 36 15281776 Advanced Communication Engineering 36 15


Massey University Pathway Programme (3rd and 4th Year at Massey University, New Zealand)

2. Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Mechatronics Engineering

KDU Degree MU Degree

Course Description Credits Course Description CreditsME 1103 Workshop Technology 3 124104 Physics 1A: Mechanics and Thermodynamics 15

ME 1112 Engineering Drawing 2 124105 Physics 1B: Electricity, Waves and Modern Physics 15

CE 1102 Fundamentals of Civil Engineering 2 159100 Introduction to Programming 15EE 1102 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 2 160101 Calculus 15ET 1102 Basic Electronics 2 160102 Algebra 15MA 1103 Mathematics 3 228115 Engineering and Technology Principles 15

IT 1012Basic Computer Programming and networking

2 247114Science and Sustainability for Engineering and Technology

15

X Elective 15

MC 1202 Analog Electronics 2ME 1202 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics 2 159270 Hardware‐Oriented Computing 15ME 1212 Engineering Materials 2 228111 Engineering Practice 3: Product Development 15

ME 1222 Applied Mechanics 2 228212 Engineering Practice 4: Materials & Manufacturing 15

CE 1222 Structural Mechanics 1 2 228271 Engineering Mathematics 2 15CE 1232 Fluid Mechanics 1 2 281272 Signals and Systems 15EE 1203 Theory of Electricity 3 281281 Analogue Electronic Systems 15MA 1203 Calculus 3 281282 Digital Electronic Systems 15

MA 1002 Mathematical Software 2 282260Manufacturing Engineering and Computer Aided Design

15

MC 1213Engineering Practice 1 ‐ Basic Product Development 3

Massey University Pathway Programme (1st and 2nd Year Programme at KDU)

Year 1

Year 2S2

S1

MC 2102 Digital Electronics 2ME 2102 Computer Aided Drafting 2

ME 2132 Dynamics of Mechanical Systems 2ME 2123 Manufacturing Systems 3ET 2103 Signals and Systems 3EE 2102 Electrical Machines & Drives I 2

EE 2122Electrical Measurements & Electronic Instrumentations

2

MA 2103 Advanced Calculus 3

MC 2113 Engineering practise 2 ‐ Engineering product design 3

MC 2202 Programming for Mechatronic Systems 2MC2212 Sensors and Actuators 2ME 2203 Physical Metallurgy 3ME 2213 Control Systems Engineering 3ME 2233 Mechanics of Machines 3

ET 2223Microprocessors, Microcontrollers & Embedded Systems

3

MA 2203 Numerical Methods & Complex Variables 3Total 80

Code Course Title NGPA SemDL1131 English: Basic Study Skills (Engineering) 1 1DL1341 Sinhala for BeginnersDL1351 Tamil for Beginners DL2141 English: Advanced Study Skills (Engineering) 1 2DL3151 English: Writing and Speaking (Engineering) 1 3DL4161 English: Research Writing Skills 1 4EN2XX2 Humanities Elective I 2 2EN2XX2 Humanities Elective II 2 3

Total NGPA 9

S3

S4

1 1

Major: Mechatronics Engineering

SEMESTER COURSECONTACT

HOURSCREDITS

Fifth Semester 228311 Engineering Practice 5: Engineering Design with Constraints *

36 15

(Feb-Jun S1) 281384 Embedded Systems Design 36 15228371 Statistical Modelling for Engineers and Technologists

36 15

282371 Mechanics and Materials 36 15

Sixth Semester 228311 Engineering Practice 5: Engineering Design with Constraints *

36 15

(Jul-Nov S2) 281353 Control Engineering 36 15282372 Mechanism and Component Design 36 15282373 Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics 36 15

Seventh Semester228711 Engineering Practice 6: Design Capstone Project *

36 15

(Feb-Jun S1) 228798 Individual Research Project * 36 15282762 Robotics and Automation 36 15282778 Mechatronics 36 15

Eighth Semester228711 Engineering Practice 6: Design Capstone Project *

36 15

(Jul-Nov S2) 228798 Individual Research Project * 36 15282772 Industrial Systems Design and Integration 36 15Any 700-level 15 credit course selected from the following prefixes: 158 Information Technology, 159 Computer Science, 281 Electronics and Information Engineering, 282 Mechatronics and Automation Engineering, 287 Industrial Innovation

36 15


Massey University Pathway Programme (3rd and 4th Year at Massey University, New Zealand)

Annexure B

Level 1

GPA NGPAEE1102 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering C 2ET1102 Basic Electronics C 2MA1103 Mathematics C 3ME1103 Workshop Technology C 3ME1112 Engineering Drawing C 2IT1012 Basic Computer Programming and Networking C 2CE1102 Fundamentals of Civil Engineering C 2DL1131 English : Basic Study Skills (Engineering) C 1DL1341 Sinhala for Beginners DL1351 Tamil for Beginners Total Credits 16 2

CREDITSGPA NGPA

EE1203 Theory of Electricity C 3EE1212 Electronic Systems I C 2ME1202 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics C 2ME1222 Applied Mechanics C 2MA1203 Calculus C 3IT2022 Object oriented Programming C 2DL2141 English - Advance Study Skills (Engineering) C 1MA1002 Mathematical Software C 2EN2XX2 Humanities Elective I E 2Semester Credits 16 3Total Credits up to Semester 2 32 5

Massey University Pathway programme (1st and 2nd Years at KDU)

CREDITS

Electronic and Computer Engineering Degree program

1

Semester 2

CODE MODULE Category

Semester 1


C

Level 2

GPA NGPAEE2102 Electrical Machines and Drives IET1202 Introduction to Telecommunication *EE2112 Power Systems IEE2122 Electrical Measurements and Electronic Instrumentation C 2EE2132 Electrical Properties of Materials C 2ET2103 Signals and Systems C 3EE2142 Electronic Systems II C 2MA2103 Advanced Calculus C 3ET2112 Design Software C 2EN2XX2 Humantities Elective II E 2DL3151 English - Writing and Speaking Skills (Engineering) C 1xxxx Engineering Practice 1 - Engineering Design ** C 1 *Newly addedSemester Credits 17 3Total Credits up to Semester 3 49 8

GPA NGPAEE2212 Electromagnetics C 2ET2202 Random Signals and Processes C 2ET2213 Communication Theory IME2213 Control Systems EngineeringET2223 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers & Embedded Systems C 3xxxx Engineering Practice 2 - Fabrication and Scale Up Design ** C 2 *Newly added

DL4161 xxxx Machine Learning *** C 3 6 *Newly addedMA2203 Numerical Methods and Complex Variables C 3DL4161 English: Research Writing Skills (Engineering) C 1Semester Credits 18 7Total Credits up to Semester 4 67 15

CREDITS

Semester 4

CODE MODULE CategoryCREDITS

E 3


E 2

Semester 3

* : 2nd Semester Introduction to Teleommunication Module from KDU Currriculum.** : 5th semester Engineering Product Designmodule from KDU Curriculum*** : Machine Learning 7th Semester Module from KDU Curriculum.

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