Undergraduate Program for Automation Major
(Excellence Engineer)
I.General Description
Automation specialty (Excellence Engineer) belongs to the specialty of automation category. The automation specialty (Excellence Engineer) is the one of the first national characteristic specialized construction majors and the national comprehensive reform pilot specialty in 2010. This major is characterized by the combination of systematic theory and broad engineering applications, and it fuses many disciplinary and interdisciplinary. According to national standards of excellence engineer training program issued by Ministry of Education, this specialty targets to master the basic principle, specialized knowledge and basic skills of “Control Science and Engineering” discipline. This major particularly cultivate students to master the basic theories and methods for traffic management and control, industrial automation. The students will be trained focusing on the acquiring, processing, using and controlling of the information, prolonged foreign language study, computer application, enhance the engineering awareness. The specialty willcultivate the automation professional and excellent talentswith technical skill who have innovative spirit and scientific thinking ability via the innovative talent training modules.
II.Objectives
The program nurtures compositeoutstandingtalents with all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor, and a harmonious unity of knowledge,cultivate senior-versatile engineer and technical talents. Students need to master the solid foundation ofmathematics, physics, computer science, foreign language, humanity, economy management with related basic knowledge etc. Students need to master electric circuit, automatic control, electromechanical engineering, traffic management and control etc. with related basic theory, specialized knowledge and technology, owninga good spirit of innovation, professionalism, engineering, humanities and international perspective. They are able to work in the fields of IT, traffic control, industrial automation, and engaged in various related fields work. The training of students could work on scientific research, systematic design, product development, management and operation, have the comprehensive ability to use knowledge in wide area to solve complex engineering problem to be a scientific research talents.
III. Basic Requirements
With the requirement of the economic development, this major produces well-trained graduates. They are ready to take on the challenges of the workplace with solid basic knowledge, widely-informed and practice-oriented training program. After the curriculum study, experimental and engineering training for four years, students in this specialty should acquire the knowledge, abilities and qualities as follows:
1. Having good engineering professional ethics, pursuing excellence, patriotism and your devotion to work, strong social responsibility and good humanity scientific literacy;
2. Getting the necessary mathematics, natural science and certain economic management knowledge in the relative engineering fields;
3. Having good sense on quality, environment, safety and service;
4. Mastering solid engineering fundamentals and basic theoretical knowledge of the major, getting familiar with the frontier and development trend of the major and transportation fields;
5. Acquiring the integrated ability to use scientific methods and theories learned techniques to analyze and solve practical engineering problems, and to participate in the design and production system, and has the ability to run and maintain;
6. Having stronger sense of innovation and the ability to conduct a preliminary product development, design, technological and innovation;
7. Being ability to access to information and lifelong learning;
8. Understanding of the professional field of technical standards, relevant industry policies, laws and regulations;
9. Having good organization and management skills, strong communication, environmental adaptation and teamwork skills;
10. Having the ability to deal with the initial crisis and emergencies;
11. Having the ability to communicate with a certain preliminary competition and cooperation in international perspective and cross-cultural environment.
IV. Length of Schooling and Conferred Degree
Four years, Bachelor of Engineering
V. Core Disciplines and Special Courses
Core Disciplines: Control Science and Engineering (first level discipline), Transportation Information Engineering and Control(second level discipline)
Core Courses: Preliminary automation practice, Electronics and circuit, Automatic control theory, Modern control theory, System Integrated Experiment of Microcomputer and Single Chip Computer, Foundation to Electric Machines and Motor Drive, Sensor and Detection Technology, Computer control technology, Computer Network and Communication, Object-Oriented Programming, Principle and Application of DSP, Motion control systems, Intelligent transportation and control.
Specialize Courses:Embedded Systems and Applications, Internet of Things Technology and Applications, Robotics Technology, Integrated Transport System.
VI.Graduation Requirements
After completing the learning of every link in teaching program according to this cultivation program, obtaining at least 175 scores, and passing through the graduation thesis or design, students can graduate and get their Bachelor's Degree.
VII.Time Allotment
Time Allotment
Course Types |
Compulsory Courses |
Elective Courses |
Total |
Proportion(%) |
Credits |
Hours (weeks) |
Credits |
Hours (weeks) |
Credits |
Hours (weeks) |
General Education Courses |
Theory |
32 |
648 |
14 |
230 |
46 |
878 |
26.29 |
Practice |
7 |
2weeks+48hours |
3 |
|
10 |
2weeks+48hours |
5.71 |
Foundation Courses of Discipline |
Theory |
53.5 |
893 |
|
|
53.5 |
893 |
30.57 |
Practice |
9 |
9weeks |
|
|
9 |
9weeks |
5.14 |
Specialize Courses |
Theory |
11.5 |
184 |
18 |
288 |
29.5 |
472 |
16.86 |
Practice |
6 |
6weeks |
21 |
23weeks |
27 |
29weeks |
15.43 |
Total |
119 |
1725hours+17weeks +48hours |
56 |
518 hours+23weeks |
175 |
2243hours+40weeks +48hours |
100 |
Practice |
22 |
17weeks+48hours |
24 |
23weeks |
46 |
40weeks + 48hours |
26.29 |