The lecture program for this course has three themes. The first lectures provide an introduction to the practice of telecommunications engineering. Key skills and knowledge in safety, technical communication and information gathering are discussed. Also covered are issues of what engineers do, the wider context in which engineers operate and their obligations to society. Several lectures also explore the key engineering theme of engineering systems. Many of the latter course lectures will be given by guest speakers from industry, and will introduce you to the world of telecommunications engineering. Your ability to learn from and summarise the visitors' lectures will be included in the material assessed in the examination. A number of lectures will also be given by different lecturers from the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications covering basic communications theory, computing, data networks, the Internet, electronics and communications systems.