Program Description
Miniature computers are embedded in everything from appliances to home electronics to toys. Our two-year Electronics Engineering Technology: Electronics Design and Embedded Systems program will enable you to build your own.
Learn the design and development of embedded systems through object-oriented programming, schematic capture and printed circuit board layout. Master micro-controller programming and computer peripheral design and study how to build computer-controlled devices.
Learn the fundamentals of electrical engineering technology in your first year and develop knowledge of embedded systems in your second. As you successfully complete these steps, you will design, construct and program a device for your final project.
Admission Requirements
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- High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
- Geometry and Applications in Mathematics 112 and Functions and Relations 112
- One (1) additional science from the following:
- Biology 112 or 122
- Chemistry 112 or 122
- Physics 112 or 122 (Recommended)
Career Possibilities
As a graduate, you’ll have skills for popular entry-level positions at the junior technologist level under the supervision of a senior technologist or engineer. Be ready for work in research and development, production, as well as programming and maintenance of computer-controlled products. Work for small businesses, where you maintain and modify embedded software or in larger companies as a junior level programmer or CAD operator.
NOC Codes
2241 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2253 - Drafting Technologists and Technicians
6221 - Technical Sales Specialists – Wholesale Trade
Specific Considerations
Many universities give credit for courses completed in this program; however, assessment is normally completed on an individual basis.
Option is subject to a minimum enrollment.
This is a L.I.V.E. program. NBCC L.I.V.E. students have a world of knowledge at their fingertips via the NBCC wireless network. Classes that use the L.I.V.E. program are different from traditional classes because students may find themselves completing class assignments online or maintaining an electronic journal. When not in the classroom, students can still communicate with their classmates and instructors in an electronic medium, measure their knowledge through online tests, or simply conduct research on the internet. To find out more about how L.I.V.E. works, click here
Accreditations
Electronics Engineering Technology: Electronics Design and Embedded Systems is accredited as follows:
| Organization: | CCTT |
| Accreditation Period: | |
| Information: | The Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists nationally accredits this program at the technologist level |
Articulations
Electronics Engineering Technology: Electronics Design and Embedded Systems has developed articulation arrangements with other institutions as follows:
| Institution: | Cape Breton University |
| Articulation Period: | 2009-2014 |
| Information: | Graduates receive up to three years full credit toward a Bachelor of Engineering Technology or a Bachelor of Technology degree depending on the engineering diploma they hold from NBCC and the engineering/technology option they wish to pursue at Cape Breton University (CBU). |
External Certifications
Electronics Engineering Technology: Electronics Design and Embedded Systems graduates may have an opportunity to aquire the following external certifications upon meeting the external agencies certification requirements and paying any required fees to the external agency:
| Institution: | NBSCETT |
| External Certification: | On-going |
| Information: | Certification by the New Brunswick Society of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists with two years of acceptable work experience |