ⅠMajor Introduction

Automation major is the first batch of brand major and national characteristic major in Shandong province which was founded in 1958. This subject rely on a first level discipline “Control Science and Engineering” and a second class discipline “Power Electronics and Power Transmission”. It is the "211 Project" and "985 Project" key construction units of Shandong University and has the complete talent training system from bachelor, master to doctor degrees. The experimental conditions are advanced and the teachers in the major are very qualified: there are 40 faculties including three Changjiang scholars, two national "Thousand People Plan" specially-invited experts, Three Taishan scholars distinguished professors, two national outstanding youth fund gainer, 20 professors, 20 associate professors. The full-time teachers with engineering or social practice experience account for more than 75% of all. Since March 2011, the join toThe Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineersmakes this major as the starting point. In each year, 40 students are selected from the freshman to constitute the plan class of educating and training automation outstanding engineering at the beginning of the entrance, which are from the automation categories of recruit students. In this class, many original English teaching materials are directly chosen as the teaching materials of core courses, and the engineering practice teaching is further improved.

Automation is an important technical ability which can achieve our country modernization in industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, improve labor productivity, improve product quality, improve working conditions and save energy. Automation has some characteristics of combining the control theory and control engineering, combining the heavy current and weak current, combining software with hardware, and combining the components and systems integration. Automation is also an interdisciplinary and cross-industry major with a broad employment field.

ⅡCultivation Objective

Themajoraims to develop students in all-round way including the morality, intelligence, physical health and art, to cultivate high-level engineering and technology talents with generous basic knowledge, solid professional knowledge, international vision, strong practical ability, great sense of innovation, and high comprehensive quality. The students are able to be as the team leader or core member within the fields of control theory and control engineering, power electronics and motion control, automatic measurement and process control, intelligent management and decision-making technology, etc. The students are also able to be engaged in some works such as scientific and technological research, technology development, engineering design after graduation. Then gradually grow into related technical experts and talents in the field of automation.

ⅢGraduation Goals

1. Engineering knowledge:Knowledge of relevant engineering requirements such as mathematics, natural science, engineering foundation, professional knowledge, economy management, and their applications on complex engineering problems. Understand this major cutting edge technology, development trend, typical production process production technology and equipment, with system engineering practice learning experience, especially the enterprise learning experience.

2. Problem analysis:Develop, propose and analysis professional complex engineering problems through knowledge and literature survey so that effective conclusions can be drawn.

3. Design and develop solutions:Understand exhaustively the system design, integration, development, and basic method of engineering application. According to the professional field of complex engineering problem, the comprehensive utilization of theory and technology are applied to propose solutions, design systems with specific requirement, and strengthen the ability of operation and maintenance. In the process of design, the innovation consciousness is shown by considering the social, health, quality, safety, efficiency, legal, cultural and environmental factors, synthetically.

4. Research:Research on the complex engineering problems basing on scientific principle and method, which includes experimental design, data analysis and interpretation, and reasonable and effective conclusions through information synthesis.

5. Using modern tools:Develop, select and use appropriate technology, resources and modern engineering and information technology tools for complex engineering problems including prediction and simulation of complex engineering problems, and to understand their limitations.

6. Engineering and Society:Understand the professional policies, law, regulations, technical standards in the production, design, research and development, environmental protection, sustainable development. Analyze and evaluate the influence of professional engineering practice and solutions to the complex problems on social, health, safety, legal, and cultural. Have the preliminary ability to deal with emergency and crisis. Understand the responsibilities.

7. Environment and sustainable development:Understand and evaluate the influence of professional engineering practice of complex engineering problems on environment and social sustainable development.

8. Professional regulation:Physical and mental health, patriotic dedication, excellence, innovation, the pursuit of excellence. Have social scientific literacy and social responsibility, and be able to understand and follow engineering ethics and regulations, and fulfill the responsibility in engineering practice.

9. Individual and team:Based on own ability and advantage,undertake an individual role, member or leader of a team with multidisciplinary backgrounds.

10. Communication:Communicate with industry peers and social public effectively in complex engineering problems, including writing reports, designing slides, presentation, and clearly expressing and responding instructions. Skilled usage of English, certain international vision, and be able to communicate with others under cross-cultural background.

11. Project management:Understand and master the principles of project management and economic decision-making methods that to be applied to multidisciplinary environments.

12. Lifelong learning:Be conscious of self-learning and lifelong learning, as well as the abilities of constant learning and development adaption.

ⅣCORE COURSES

The core compulsory courses of this major: Automatic Control Theory I, Automatic Control Theory II, Analog Electronic Technology, Digital Electronic Technology, Principle and Interface Technology of Microcomputer, Computer Control Technology, Signal Analysis and Processing, Automatic Measuring Technology, Electric Machinery and Electric Drives, Power Electronic Technology, Motion Control Systems, Process Control Systems, Elements of Power System, etc.

ⅤMain Practice Sessions (including professional laboratory training)

1) Main Laboratories

Automatic Control Theory I, Automatic Control Theory II, Analog Electronic Technology, Digital Electronic Technology, Principle and Interface Technology of Microcomputer, Computer Control Technology, Signal Analysis and Processing, Automatic Measuring Technology, Electric Machinery and Electric Drives, Power Electronic Technology, Motion Control Systems, Process Control Systems, Elements of Power System.

2) Practice Teaching

Military Training, Engineering Training（Metalworking Practice）, Engineering Training (Electrical & Electronics Practice), Automatic Control Engineering Practice I-IV, Electronic Technology Course Design, Design Practice of Microcontroller Application Systems, Comprehensive Course Design of Process Control Systems, Comprehensive Course Design of Motion Control Systems, Graduation Practice, Senior Design, etc.

In order to improve the creative ability of the students, many students take part in the national collegiate intelligence car race, national undergraduate electronic technology race, youth invention race, the national collegiate mathematic modeling contest, the national collegiate robotic contest, etc. All these races are conducted by teachers in automation and engineers in the enterprise.

ⅥTotal Credits for Graduation：174 Credits

ⅦSTAND STUDY DUATION：4 Years

Longest duration:6 Years

ⅧDEGREE CONFERRED：Bachelor of Engineering

ⅨThe proportion of credit hours of courses

Table 1：The proportion of credit hours of courses