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EMBS Curriculum

The Embedded Systems degree requires completion of ten courses/credits:

• Four core courses
• Six electives

I. Core Courses:

• CIS 540 Principles of Embedded Computation
• CIS 541 Embedded Software for Life-Critical Applications
• CIS 542 Embedded Systems Programming
• ESE 519 Real-Time and Embedded Systems (it is recommended that ESE 519 be taken in the 3rd semester of studies; students with a strong academic background may register for ESE 519 during their first semester)

II. Electives:

• 500-level courses taken from the CIS, ESE & MEAM programs course offerings, to be selected in consultation with the EMBS program Director.  Recommended courses are:
  • CIS 501 Computer Architecture
  • CIS 505 Software Systems
  • CIS 520 Machine Learning
  • CIS 551 Computer & Network Security
  • CIS 553 Networked Systems
  • CIS 573 Software Engineering
  • CIS 580 MachinePerception
  • CIT 591 or CIT 590 Programming Languages & Techniques I (Java programming)
  • ESE 500 Linear Systems Theory
  • ESE 505 Control of Systems
  • ESE 531 Digital Signal Processing
  • ESE 535 Electronic Design Automation
  • ESE 570 Digital Integrated Circuits & VLSI
  • MEAM 520 Robotics & Automation

• Independent Study - Embedded Systems Project
• Thesis
• Seminar/600-level courses taken from the CIS, ESE & MEAM programs course offerings, to be selected in consultation with the EMBS program Director.  Recommended courses are:

  CIS 640	Advanced Topics in Computer Systems
  CIS 673	Computer-Aided Verification
  ESE 601	Hybrid Systems
  ESE 613	Nonlinear Control Theory
  ESE 680	Networked & Embedded Control Systems

   

CIS course information	www.cis.upenn.edu/ugrad/all-courses.shtml#CIS500
ESE course information	www.ese.upenn.edu/courses/register.html
MEAM course information	www.me.upenn.edu/graduate/gradcourses.html

Sample EMBS curriculum:

Fall 1

• CIS541: Embedded Software for Life-critical Applications (core)
• CIS501: Computer Architecture
• ESE531: Digital signal processing

Spring 1

• CIS540: Principles of embedded computation (core)
• CIS542: Embedded systems programming (core)
• CIT 590 Programming Languages & Techniques I (Java programming) or CIS505: Software Systems

Fall 2

• ESE519: Real-time and embedded systems (core)
• MEAM520: Robotics and automation
• CIS553: Networked systems

 

Spring 2

• Independent study, Thesis or Seminar course

Penn Research in Embedded Computing & Integrated Systems (PRECISE):

http://precise.seas.upenn.edu/