The teaching methods delivered by the Department of Computer and Communications Engineering are different and varied in an array of forms, such as:
- Lectures: mainly addressed to a large group of students, during which they come to grips with the theoretical concepts underlying a subject matter. The teaching sessions are highly interactive, solicit the students’ full participation, and stimulate their interest, thus greatly improve the learning process.
- Practicum (TP): during which students come face to face with real-life experimental situations. Hence, students will be able to apply the theoretical notions in a practical setting. The assessment process will be based on the students' ability to implement acquired knowledge into practice.
- Tutorials (TD): during which students apply the knowledge gained during lectures to a series of exercises and case studies. Students will be assessed on their ability to apply those theoretical concepts to solving tasks.
- Problem-based learning: where students work in groups, discover, study, and apply the elements of the subject by solving problems with the help of the resources provided to them. Students will be assessed on their ability to work in a group, to analyze a problem, and to propose solutions based on their acquired knowledge.
- Project-based learning: where students wind up having a concrete product, achieved through the knowledge and skills gained from one or more courses. Students can work on the project either individually or in small groups. The assessment will be based on their ability to manage a project, work in a group, identify needs, carry out scientific research, propose solutions in answer to a practical challenge, and on the delivered project.
*The previously mentioned learning activities can be adopted partially or fully depending on the pedagogical nature of the course.
In addition to the mentioned learning activities and teaching strategies, students also validate their competencies through a Final Year Project and two Internships.
- Final Year project, during which students validate their specialization skills. They carry out a project resulting in hardware or software implementation. Students will design and carry out different stages of the project. Each student will have the aid of a supervisor, whose role is to support students during all of the project’s stages.
Registration takes place during Semester 8, with an overall duration spanning over nine months for the completion of the project’s requirements and its presentation. The project expected outcome is a concrete and complete product.
As to the assessment, it is divided into two steps:
- Progress assessment, called mid-project monitoring, is conducted through an oral presentation; and
- Final project’s assessment, the student has to deliver a scientific report and defend his project before a jury composed of the supervisor, a reviewer, and an examiner.
- Student "workman" internship, during which students discover the practical nature of work. They observe the running and implementation of the activities and participate in several basic tasks under the supervision and follow-up of an internship tutor designated by the company.
- Engineering internship, during which students validate the learned specialization skills in the framework of a company. Students join a work team and contribute to the project implementation, under the supervision of an internship tutor designated by the company and an instructor from the university.
The assessment of the students’ internship relies primarily on the student’s personal or collective contribution and the original input of the written production; hence, each citation of external sources must be adequately referenced.