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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI PAZAR

Course Unit Descriptor Department Technical Sciences

Study program Audio and Video Technologies

Study Module (if applicable)

Course title Linear algebra

Level of study ● Bachelor ☐ Master’s ☐ Doctoral

Type of course ● Obligatory ☐ Elective

Semester ● Autumn ☐ Spring

Year of study 1

Number of ECTS allocated 6

Name of lecturer/lecturers Radoš Bakić, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode

● Lectures ☐Group tutorials ● Individual tutorials

☐Laboratory work ☐Project work ● Seminar

☐ Distance learning ☐Blended learning ● Other

PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW (max. 5 sentences)

Students should acquire basic knowledge of different parts of Linear algebra (sets, relations, vector spaces, matrices, systems of linear equations, polynomials).

Students should be able to apply the acquired knowledge and further use it in related mathematical areas.

SYLLABUS (brief outline and summary of topics, max. 10 sentences)

Sets. Set operations. Boolean algebra. Power set. Covers of a set. Cartesian product. Relations. Graphs. Relational algebra. Equivalence relation. Order relations. Matrix representation of a relation. Closure. Functions. Cardinal properties of sets. Algebraic structures. Natural numbers. Divisibility. The Euclidean algorithm. Number systems.

Vector spaces. Linear dependence. Bases. Isomorphism. Normed vector spaces. Scalar product and vector spaces. Orthogonal subspaces. Matrices. Determinant and permanent. The concept of matrices. Linear operators. Matrix operation. Block matrices. Determinant. Adjugate and inverse of a matrix. The system of linear equations. Solving systems of linear equations (using Cramer’s rule, LU factorisation, Gaussian elimination). Equivalent systems (vectors and matrices). Matrix rank. The Kronecker–Capelli theorem. Algebra polynomials. Algebraic equations. Rational functions. Spectral theory of matrices. Characteristic polynomial. Eigenvalues. The Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Minimal polynomial.

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course) ☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Pre exam obligations Points Final exam Points

Activity during lectures 10 Written examination 20

Practical activities 10 Oral examination 20

Teaching colloquia (including tests)

20 + 20 OVERALL SUM 100

*Final examination mark is formed in accordance with the Institutional documents


Course Unit Descriptor

Department Technical Sciences



Course title Discrete mathematics (MAT104)




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Zoran Đorđević, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode

● Lectures ☐Group tutorials ☐Individual tutorials

●Laboratory work ☐Project work ● Seminar



Students should acquire basic knowledge of different parts of Discrete mathematics (sets and relations, sequences, special classes of matrices, combinatorial configurations, coding theory, cryptography).



Sets. Inclusion-exclusion principle. Partition of a set. Covers of a set. Cartesian product. Relations. Transitive closure. Ordered sets. Trees. Functions. Topological sorting. Matroids. Greedy algorithm. Graph. Generating functions. Recursive sequences. Special number sequences. Congruence classes. Difference sets. Special classes of matrices. Binary matrices. Permutation matrices. Stochastic matrices. Hadamard matrices. Permanent. Systems of distinct representatives. Classical combinatorics. Main principles. Permutations. Variations. Combinations. Partitions. Compositions. Counting combinatorics tasks. Tasks with constraints in combinatorics. Sorting. Searching. Combinatorial configurations. Balanced incomplete block designs. Existence. Steiner triples. Resolvable block designs. Kirkman triple system. Symmetric block designs. Construction of block designs. Finite planes. Latin square. Extremal combinatorics tasks. Coding theory. Alphabetic code divisibility. The minimum distance of a code. Coding cost. Optimal coding. Probability of error correction. Hamming distance. Cryptography.








15 + 15 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Physics




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Sabahudin Mekić, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode


● Laboratory work ☐Project work ● Seminar



To enable students to understand fundamental laws of nature (mechanics, waves, heat, Kinetic theory of gases).

To develop and acquire necessary analytical and experimental problem-solving skills.


Kinematics of a point. Describing motion. Velocity vector and acceleration vector in a Cartesian coordinate system and the natural coordinate system. Areal velocity. Kinematics of a rigid body. Coplanar translational, rotational and complex rigid body motion. Relative motion. Dynamics of a material point. Newton laws of motion, general characteristics and limitations. Different kinds of forces in nature. Frictional force. Mechanical work and power. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Potential energy. The principle of conservation of mechanical energy. Dynamics of a system of material points. The centre-of-mass theorem. The law of momentum conservation. Elastic and inelastic collisions. Dynamics of a rigid body. Torque. The moment equation of motion. Conservation of angular momentum. The moment of inertia. Steiner’s theorem. Work, power and kinetic energy of rotational motion. Dynamics of complex coplanar rigid body motion. Equations of motion for current pole and centre of mass. Gravity. The basics of the field theory. Kepler’s laws. Newton's law of gravitation. Gauss's flux theorem for gravity. Work, potential energy and the potential of gravity. Oscillatory motion. Models of linear harmonic oscillator and damped harmonic oscillator, equations of motion and solutions. Forced oscillations in the stationary regime. Amplitude-phase characteristics of the stationary regime. Resonance. Elasticity. Hooke’s law (stress-strain relationship). Shearing. Mechanical waves. Types of waves. The wave equation and its properties. Longitudinal and transverse waves in a string. Waves in a fluid. Power and intensity of waves. The phase and group velocity of waves. Standing waves. The interference and superposition of waves. Diffraction of waves. The Doppler effect. Kinetic theory of gases. The distribution of molecular speeds in an ideal gas. Equipartition of energy. The mean free path. Diffusion. Heat. Temperature and thermometers. Thermal expansion. Calorimetry. Thermal flux. The specific heat. Heat transfer: convection, conduction and radiation.








20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Introduction to Computer science




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Ivan Đokić, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To acquire basic knowledge of informatics, computer architecture, computer systems and their components, as well as preconditions in programming.

The acquired knowledge about basic data structures, system software, computer organisation and architecture, and the ability to define how they solve tasks by creating algorithms.


1. Introduction to computer data processing. Historical development of computers. 2. Introduction to information systems. Definition and types, design methods for information systems. 3. Modern programming tools. 4. Operational systems, a historical review and those currently used. 5. The general computer model. A well-designed functional block. Hierarchical database model. 6. Mathematical basis for computing. Numeral systems. Conversion between number systems. 7. The binary numeral system. Signed and unsigned numbers. 8. Fixed and floating point output. Basic arithmetic operations of binary numbers. 9. "8421" and "excess-3" codes for output. Arithmetic operations on binary-coded decimals. 10. Basic electronics in computing. Logic operations, basic logic circuits and gates. Decoders, multiplexers, half

adders, full adders. 11. Computer hardware. Basic computer architecture. Buses, data input/output and direct memory access. 12. Peripheral units. Input/Output data transfer techniques. Input and output devices. 13. Programming basics. Computer-aided problem solving. 14. Algorithms. Quality algorithms. Algorithm flowchart. Programming structures. 15. Computer security.

Seminars are in accord with the lectures and conducted in laboratories.





Activity during lectures 10 Written examination



40 OVERALL SUM 90







Course title English 1




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Kitić Slobodanka, PhD, associate professor

Teaching mode ● Lectures ☐Group tutorials ● Individual tutorials

☐Laboratory work ● Project work ● Seminar



Students should acquire basic knowledge of English, necessary for general communication so that they can successfully attend English 2.

By the end of this course, students would be better able to use vocabulary necessary for communication as well as to build up their lexical repertoire.


Phonetics, pronunciation, transcription, cardinal/ordinal numbers. Present Simple vs Present Continuous. Past Simple & Past Continuous; used to. Future forms; question tags. Perfect aspects. Modal verbs. Revision. Test I Nouns: plural, possessives, compounds. Articles: a/an, the. Adjectives and adverbs; degrees of comparison. Quantifiers. Pronouns: personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, reciprocal, interrogative; determiners. Revision. Test II Placement test; introducing oneself. Written & oral exercise: Present Simple/Present Continuous; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written & oral exercise: Past Simple/Past Continuous; used to; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written & oral exercise: Future Simple/be going to; question tags; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written & oral exercise: Present Perfect/Past Perfect/Future Perfect; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written & oral exercise: Modal verbs; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Listening exercise. Writing a CV.


●Serbian (complete course) ●English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course) ☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________






30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Mathematical analysis



Semester ☐ Autumn ● Spring

Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Miloš Miličić, PhD, professor

Teaching mode



☐ Distance learning ☐Blended learning ☐Other


Students should acquire basic knowledge of different parts of Mathematical analysis (sequences and series of real numbers, limits of sequences and functions, derivatives of a function and applications of derivatives).



Real numbers. Cantor’s theorems. The Cantor’s intersection theorem. The vanishing point theorem. Sequences of real numbers. Limits. Convergence criteria. Number series. Convergence criteria. Series of positive terms. Alternating series. Absolute convergence. Product. Repeated series. Infinite products. Limits of functions. Convergence criteria. Continuity of a function. Continuous function on a segment. Weierstrass theorem. Bolzano-Cauchy’s theorem. Derivative of a function. Properties. Derivatives of inverse functions. Geometric interpretation of derivative. The differential. Differentiability. Rolle’s, Cauchy’s and Lagrange’s theorem. Higher-order derivatives and differentials. Taylor’s formula. L’Hospital’s rule. Derivatives of parametric functions. Determining the characteristics of functions and sketching the graphs of functions.








20+20 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Computer programming




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Miloš Miličić, PhD, professor

Teaching mode


☐ Laboratory work ☐Project work ● Seminar



To enable students to master program designing, as well as to write programs using the basic elements of the C programming language.

Students would be better able to write and test programs in C with the aid of the contemporary development environment.


1. Introductory lecture (organisation and content of the course). Basic notions. 2. Programming language generations. Developmental stages in a program design and program design methods. 3. Algorithms and flowcharts. 4. Basic structures and algorithms in programs. 5. Basic elements of a program in C. C pre-processor directives, main function, formatted data input/output. Basic

types of data in the S programming language. 6. S programming operators. Arithmetic, relational, logical bitwise operators and other distinct operators. S-

function libraries. 7. Selection and loop commands in programs written in S. 8. The command of a multiple selection and leaps in programs written in S. 9. Number sequences in programs written in S. Declaration, initialisation and use of number sequences. 10. Sign sequences in programs written in S. Declaration, initialisation and use of sign sequences. 11. Sorting and searching algorithms for sequences in programs written in S. 12. Indicators and their application for sequences in programs written in S. 13. The S functions. Declaration, definition and function call. Function arguments and functions feedback. Recursive

functions. 14. Application of indicators for functions in programs written in S.

Concluding remarks, self-assessment.





Activity during lectures Written examination

Practical activities 10 Practical examination 60


30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Fundamentals of electrical engineering




Year of study 1


Name of lecturer/lecturers Žarko Barbarić, PhD, professor

Teaching mode





To acquire basic knowledge in the field of Electrical Engineering.

To get acquainted with generators, resistors, inductors and capacitors in power grids with time constant and periodic (sinusoidal) circuits.


1. Electrostatics. Coulomb's law, electric field strength, potential. 2. Electrostatics. Electric potential difference, stress; capacitors and capacitance. 3. Power grids with time constant and periodic (sinusoidal) circuits. Electric current, electric circuit, resistance,

resistors and conductors. 4. Power grids with time constant circuits. Electrical work and power; Current sources; Kirchhoff's laws. 5. Power grids with time constant circuits. Grid management; network theorems: Superposition theorem. 6. Power grids with time constant circuits. Thevenin's theorem. 7. Electromagnetism. A magnetic field; the magnetic field of current contours in a vacuum. 8. Electromagnetism. Magnetic properties of materials; electromagnetic induction. 9. Electromagnetism. Inductive types and inductivity. 10. Power grids with periodic (sinusoidal) circuits. A power grid with periodic (sinusoidal) circuits; R elements. 11. Power grids with periodic (sinusoidal) circuits. L and C elements, wattage and power factor. 12. Changes in operating mode of power grids. 13. Examples of grid management in power grids with periodic (sinusoidal) circuits.

1. Introduction to Electronics Workbench (EWB). 2. Basic elements, electricity generation, indicators and instruments in EWB. 3. Ohm’s law. 4. Kirchhoff's laws. 5. Thevenin's theorem. 6. Resistors in AC circuits. 7. Capacitors Resistors in AC circuits. 8. Inductors Resistors in AC circuits. 9. Series RLC circuit. 10. Parallel RLC circuit.

The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CE2004 Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge: CE - CSG 0-5.






Practical activities 10 Oral examination


50 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Application software




Year of study 1



Teaching mode


● Laboratory work ☐Project work ☐Seminar

☐ Distance learning ☐Blended learning ●Other


Students should be enabled to use Standard application software.

Students would be better able to employ text processing software applications, cross-section analysis and presentations, to use Internet service and combine different programs in practice.


1 Introductory lecture (organisation and content of the course). Application software, Microsoft Office, Open Office. 2 Presentations. Basic rules for creating and delivering a presentation; creating slides. 3 Presentations. Using the elements of a slide. Inserting objects. Animation. 4 Basic techniques of text processing. 5 Entering and arranging a text; formatting of a text, fonts, paragraphs and pages. 6 Advanced techniques of text processing. Inserting an object into a text. 7 Tables; equations. 8 Processing of longer texts; styles. 9 Worksheets. Basic notions. 10 Arranging contents of a cell; arranging a worksheet; general principles. 11 Formatting a worksheet. Examples. 12 Functions; basic application techniques. 13 Diagrams. Data bases. Advanced techniques. 14 Application software in technical sciences. 15 Combined application of different programmes. Seminars are a follow-up to lectures.


●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course)

☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________




Practical activities 15 + 15 Oral examination 35


30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Introduction to Information technology




Year of study 1



Teaching mode





Students should acquire basic knowledge of informatics (data types and structures, basic programming structures, basics of automata theories, computer organisation and basics of software development).

Students would be better able to manage program translators used in modern software packages and by programming languages.


Introduction: Numeral systems, conversion between number systems, representation of real numbers in computers, redundancy; Boolean algebra, logic functions, implementation of logic functions by aid of logic circuits; Minimisation of logic functions by means of Carnot’s cards. Combinational implementation with logic circuits; Computer system hardware. Exchange of data in Windows, maintenance, networking, Internet Explorer, Web mail, using Help, useful programs. Starting MS Word and getting acquainted with its menu, document manipulation, text manipulation, formatting of an entered text, comparing documents, table manipulation, inserting symbols and footnotes, writing formulae; Data entries and data organisation in an Excel database. Basic functions for analysing data. Mathematical, textual, logic and address functions. Charts. Starting MS Power Pont and working with slides. Designing the textual part of a presentation. Designing charts. Transitions, hyperlinks, animation and sound effects. The Internet as a global network, protocols, addresses, search engines, using Internet Explorer and Outlook, opening an internet connection, email; recording an audio and video signal, processing and implementation. Formats and compressions of audio and video signals.

Getting acquainted with the use characteristics of input, output and central units. Choosing a computer configuration, a physical configuration of a computer system, basic hardware errors and hardware error correction; installation of MS WinXP and MS Office. MS WinXP architecture. Manipulation of user programs, managing output units, using computer memory space. Antivirus software (installation and use), data protection. How to design an MS Word document, implementation of Equation editor, table and picture manipulation. How to design an MS Excel database, functions, data presentation, sheet manipulation. How to design an MS Power Point presentation, hyperlinks, visual and sound effects. Opening a connection, opening an email address and its use, using search engines, using Internet Explorer and Outlook.






Practical activities 10 + 15 Oral examination 15


30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Probability and statistics




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Zoran Đorđević, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





Students should master different parts of probability theory (probability space, conditional probability, random variables, distributions, limit theorems).

Students should be able to apply the acquired knowledge and further develop it.


Probability space. A random sequence of events. Sigma algebra. Probability. Basic properties. Conditional probabilities. Bayes’ formula. Independence. Random variables. Random variables and measurable functions. Discrete and continuous random variables. Probability density function and distribution. Multidimensional random variables. Multivariate random variables. Conditional distributions and independent random variables. Transformations of random variables and distribution. Numerical characteristics of random variables. Expectations of random variables, moments, dispersions, standard deviation. Chebyshev’s inequality and the three sigma rule. Characteristic function. Definition. Properties. Uniformly continuous correspondence between distribution functions and characteristic functions. The probability distribution of random variables: binomial, Poisson, geometric, multinomial, uniform, exponential, Gaussian, gamma, beta, chi-squared, Student’s t-distribution, Fisher distribution.

Mean values, moments, characteristic functions. Limit theorems of probability theory. Convergence in probability, almost sure convergence, mean squares convergence and convergence in distribution. Bernoulli’s, Chebyshev’s, Hintchin’s and Borel’s laws of large numbers. Central limit theorem.

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course) ☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________












Course title Introduction to animation




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Zdravković Vladan, PhD, associate professor

Teaching mode





To master basic and practical working knowledge in the field of classical film and television animation, the Internet and digital animation.

Students would be better able to implement 2D animations individually or in teams from a cartoon to experimental and collage animations. Seminars are based on drawing and photographic technologies and programs such as CTP, Macromedia Flash, Photoshop and Premiere.


Introduction, persistence of vision, notions, terminology, historical review and development of classical film animation. Classical animation technology from an idea to a projection copy. Recognising the potential, advantages and

disadvantages of different software in creating animations. Scenarios and storyboards. Sequential arts. Stop frame technologies. Spatial technologies in animated films. Media conditioning, basic colour models (RGB, HSV, CMYK), input and output devices. Transformations (translation, rotation, scaling). Computer technologies in cartoons, from a pose to capture card. Raster and vector graphics. Key-frame animation. Static and dynamic composition, framing, motion, timing. Animation of the camera. Digital images and its properties. Technical animations. The design of an animated graphic product. Colour psychodynamics and interaction of colours, palettes, text implementation. The principles of animations – from stretching to amplification. Deformations. Motion analysis. Voice realisation – from a phonogram to a phrasal vocalisation. Animations for TV, network and compact disc forms. Grammar, shooting and direction of an animated film, shots, angles. Image and sound editing in animated films. Special effects animation, computer animation, key-frame animation, 3D coordinate system and its transformations. Animators in a digital environment, individual and team production.

1. Drawing exercises, reducing an image to a primitive, individual basic drawing exercises, stop-frame animation exercises.

2. Group exercises of completing animated forms, making phonograms, vocalisation. 3. Exercises of completing animated forms in computer programs for different purposes. 4. Image and sound editing in animated films.

The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CC2001 Computer Science Body of Knowledge: CS-GV 1-3, CS-GV 8, CS-GV 11.





Practical activities 5+25 Oral examination


OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Electronics




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Velizar Pavlović, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode

● Lectures ☐Group tutorials ●Individual tutorials




Students would be acquainted with basic elements of electronic devices, basic analogue and digital gates and their applications.

By the end of the course, students should acquire knowledge of basic characteristics and applications of electronic components, basic analogue electronic circuits, power supplies and logic circuits.


1. Atomic structure of the matter, basic properties of conductors, semi-conductors and isolators. 2. Electronic circuit components: resistors, capacitors, conductors. 3. Integrator, differentiator, electronic device components: transformers, relays, quartz crystal. 4. Pn-junction, diodes. 5. Bipolar transistors. 6. Field-effect transistors (JFET, MOSFET). 7. Amplifier degrees: simple bipolar transistor and field-effect amplifiers, multilayer silicon components: thyristors. 8. Operational amplifier: basic circuits with operational amplifiers. 9. Power supply: adapters, linear switching regulators and converters. 10. Logic circuits: operating mode and basic characteristics. 11. Elementary gates with combinational and sequential logic circuits. 12. Oscillators: RC and quartz oscillators.

1. Measuring instruments and laboratory equipment. 2. Linear circuits with passive components. 3. Basic diode circuits, basic circuits with bipolar transistors. 4. Operational amplifiers, routers and limiters. 5. Logic circuits.








20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Object-oriented programming




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Obradović Slobodan, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





Students should be acquainted with the basic concepts of Object-oriented programming and enabled to design and write complex object-oriented programs in the C++ language.

Students would be better able to develop complex programs in C++ with the aid of the contemporary development environment.


1. The basics of object-oriented programming. 2. C++ classes. 3. Operators and functions. 4. Inheritance. 5. Exceptions. 6. Generic functions and classes. 7. Standard library.

Seminars are a follow-up to lectures, wherein students solve illustrative tasks in a computer laboratory. The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum:

1. CE 2004 Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge: CE-PRF 6-8. 2. CC200 1 Computer Science Body of Knowledge: CS-PF 5, CS-PL 4-6.

IT2005 Information Technology Body of Knowledge: IT-PF 3, 5. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION




Activity during lectures Written examination 45



30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title English 2




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Kitić Slobodanka, PhD, associate professor

Teaching mode


☐ Laboratory work ☐Project work ●Seminar



To enable students to communicate in English, using both general English and English for specific purpose.

By the end of this course, students would be better able to communicate in English as well as to use scholarly literature.


Passive voice; Reported speech; Polite and reported questions; Verbs + ing or infinitive; Revision; Test I; Relative clauses; Conditional clauses; Non-finite clauses; Subjunctive; inversion; Phrasal verbs; Prepositions; Idioms; Revision; Written exam. Written and oral exercise: passive; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: reported speech; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: polite and reported questions; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: verbs + -ing or infinitive; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Listening exercise; Writing a formal letter; Written and oral exercise: relative clauses; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: conditional clauses; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: non-finite clauses; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: subjunctive; inversion; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: phrasal verbs; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: prepositions; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Written and oral exercise: idioms; presentation; a text or an audio-visual material by choice (intermediate/advanced). Listening exercise; Project presentation.






Practical activities 10+15 Oral examination 15


30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Digital electronics




Year of study 2



Teaching mode


● Laboratory work ☐Project work ●Seminar



Students should acquire knowledge of digital electronic circuits and gates.

Students would be better able to work with laboratory equipment and integrated electronic circuits and gates.


1. Introductory lecture (organisation and content of the course). Basic notions. 2. Passive circuits for digital signal processing. 3. Power supply, special cases of voltage gain. 4. Basic characteristics of logic circuits in HC technology. 5. Combinational logic circuits and three-state logic circuits. 6. Oscillators. 7. Sequential circuits. 8. Digital data transmission and data protection. 9. Memories. 10. AD and DA converters. 11. Concluding remarks, self-assessment and survey.

1. Logic circuits. 2. Oscillators. 3. Latches. 4. Parallel/Serial conversion. 5. Memories.

The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CE2004 Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge: CE-DIG 0-6.








20 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Fundamentals of audio technologies




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Spalević Petar, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To enable students to master the fundamentals of Audio and video technologies.

Students should be better able to work with audio devices of different levels of quality.


Course syllabus. Introduction to Audio technologies. The notion of a sound and audio signals. The sense of hearing as a receiver at the exiting point of an audio system. Temporal and spectral form of speech and music signals, and noise. Audio signal analysis. Audio signal processing techniques. Audio signals amplification and filtering. Audio signal digitisation. Digital audio technologies. The structure of audio systems. Semiconductor, magnetic and optical memories of audio signals. Transmission and reception modes of analogue and digital audio signals. The scheme of transmission audio systems. Transmission of sound via the Internet. Transmission of sound via mobile networks. Connection and power supplies of audio devices. Audio signal compression. Compression standards. Measuring analogue audio signals. Measuring digital audio signals. Measuring frequency domain feature of audio signals. Analogue interfaces. Digital interfaces. Introduction to and application of audio signal processing standards. The impact of different types of compression on the quality of an audio signal.








30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Metrology




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Dragan Stanković, PhD, professor

Teaching mode





To acquaint students with the basics of modern metrology.

Students should acquire and consequently apply the basic notions in the field of Metrology.


Basic notions of Metrology. Values and units, measurement and measuring instruments. Measurement errors and measuring instruments errors. Metrologic properties of instruments. Measurement in Mechanics: measuring mass, length, circumference and time. Measuring the intensity of power, pressure. Determining density. Determining gravitational acceleration. Determining friction coefficient. Determining modulus of elasticity of solid bodies. Determining the speed of sound. Measurements in thermodynamics: measuring the temperature of a body and heat. Determining: the specific heat, temperature expansion coefficient, thermal conductivity, adiabatic constant and viscosity coefficient. Measurements in electromagnetism and optics. Measuring the energy intensity, voltage and resistance. Measuring and determining electrical power. Measurements in AC circuits. Determining basic photometric values: luminous intensity and flux. Determining index of refraction. Determining the focal length of convex and concave lenses. Determining the wavelength of light. Interference and diffraction. Testing optical activity of substances. Measurements in Electronics and Nuclear physics. Determining characteristics of semiconductor diode and transistor. Measurements with an oscilloscope – voltage and resistance, the phase angle between voltage and current. Determining the linear absorption coefficient (gamma ray). Demonstration experiments, exercises to be done on the board and in a laboratory.














Course title Fundamentals of television




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Dragoljub Martinović, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To acquaint students with main principles on which TV system functioning is based.

Students would be better able to recognise the structure and form of analogue and digital video signals, as well as to use colourimetric and television systems.


The light and visual system. Colourimetry. Main principles of colourimetry. Colourimetric systems. Image analysis, synthesis and synchronisation. Image analysis and synthesis sensors (a gas “pipe”, CCD, CRT, Plasma and LCD monitors). Video signal spectrum. Gamma correction. Correction of small details. Image resolution. The bandwidth of a video signal. Frequency components of video signals. How analogue video signals are created and transmitted. How digital video signals are created and transmitted. Analogue television (PAL, NTSC and SECAM systems). Digital television (SDTV, EDTV and HDTV). Standards for audio and video signal compression. Analogue and digital modulations in television. Converting light into electricity. Calculating dominant wavelength and colour saturation by means of CIE diagram. Measuring equipment in television systems. Getting acquainted with software for analysing CRT displays. Compensation of phase deformations in PAL system. Correction of small details in images. Measuring reception signals in TV broadcasting. Gamma correction in cathode ray tubes. Image resolution. Frequency components of video signals.








20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Digital audio and video signal processing




Year of study 2


Name of lecturer/lecturers Tošić Dejan, PhD, associate professor

Teaching mode





To introduce students with the main principles of digital signal processing, as well as with practical applications of using digital signal processing, i.e. a digital signal processor in audio and video applications.

Students should get acquainted with digital signal processing and gain practical experience through practical exercises in MATLAB and Sound Forge.


1. The basics of DSP – sampling, aliasing, reconstruction and quantisation. 2. Discrete signals and systems. 3. Time domain – correlation and convolution. 4. Frequency analysis – the Fourier transform, resolution, spectral leakage and windowing. 5. Digital filters – FIR filters inclusive. 6. Designing IIR filters. 7. Realisation of filters and quantisation effects. 8. DSP processors – requirements, specific features. 9. Employment of DSP processor. 10. DSP programming. 11. Application of DSP in audio processing. 12. Application of DSP in more complex audio applications. 13. Application of DSP in video applications. 14. Application of DSP in more complex video applications.

Practical classes in MATLAB. Laboratory classes in SOUND FORGE.







40 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Telecommunications measurements




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Dragan Stanković, PhD, professor

Teaching mode


☐ Laboratory work ☐Project work ☐Seminar



To train students to implement basic features of digital signal processing and system theory, and to apply the acquired knowledge in analysis of speech, music signals and images.

Students would be better able to (1) understand the basic concepts and gain a better insight into signal processing, appropriate mathematical models, software tools used for the analysis and implementation of discrete systems, (2) recognise and formulate problems relative to modelling signal processing systems, and consequently find efficient engineering solutions in the field of telecommunications and audio systems.


1. Discrete signals and systems. 2. The Fourier transform. 3. Discretisation of continuous signals. 4. The Z-transform. 5. Transfer function and frequency response. 6. Discrete Fourier transform. 7. Fast Fourier transform. 8. Implementation structures. 9. Infinite impulse response filters. 10. Finite impulse response filters. 11. Discrete random signals. 12. Digital analysis of speech, music and images.

1. Basic signals. Convolution. Fourier analysis. Discretisation of signals. Discrete Fourier transform. Fast Fourier

transform. The Z-transform. Finite impulse response filters. Infinite impulse response filters. Random signals. Image and speech signal processing.

The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CE2004 Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge: CE-DSP 0-11, CE-CSG 6-8.








40 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Fundamentals of video technologies




Year of study 3



Teaching mode





Students should master the fundamentals of video technologies.

Students would be better able to actively work with audio and video devices of different levels of quality.


Course syllabus. Introduction to video technologies. The notion of an image. The sense of sight as a receiver at the exiting point of a video system. Temporal and spectral form of signals. Image analysis and synthesis. Image analysis and synthesis sensors (a gas “pipe”, CCD image sensors, CRT monitors, Plasma, LCD monitors and SED displays). Video signals. Analogue video signals. Composite and component video signals. Analogue audio and video technologies. Digitisation of audio and video signals. Composite and component digital video signals. SDI signals. Digital audio and video technologies. The structure of audio and video systems. Magnetic and optical entries of audio and video signals. Transmission and reception modes of analogue and digital video signals. The scheme of transmission video systems. Transmission of images via the Internet. Transmission of images via mobile networks. Connection and power supplies of video devices. Phone and video conferencing transmission of images and sound. General principles of compression. Compression of still images and images in motion. Standards: H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-7.

Measuring analogue video signals. Measuring digital video signals. Measuring frequency domain feature of a video signal. Analogue interfaces. Digital interfaces. Getting acquainted with Standards: H.261, H.263 and H.264. Getting acquainted with Standards: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-7. Getting acquainted with the software: Sound Forge, WaveLab and Adobe Premier. The impact of different types of compression on the quality of a video signal. The impact of different degrees of compression on the quality of a video signal.








30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Electroacoustics




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Spalević Petar, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





Students should master the basics of acoustics and electroacoustic transducers.

Students would be better able to solve independently basic problems in the field of physics, spatial and physiological acoustics and acquire required background knowledge.


The notion of sound. Creation of sounds. Sound propagation. Spherical and plane waves. Velocity of propagation and particle velocity. Sound pressure. Sound intensity in a free field. Sound power. Simple and complex sound. Accumulation of sound intensity in a free field. Accumulation of sound pressure. The definition of decibel. Adding

decibels. Decibel calculation (intensity and pressure). Attenuation of a sound pressure level depending on the distance. The role of the attenuation coefficient. Diffraction and refraction of sound waves. The absorption and reflection coefficient. Spatial acoustics. Room absorption. Reverberation time. Absorbing materials and structures. Artificial reverberation. Room acoustics. Mechanical and acoustic resonators. Porous materials. Physiological acoustics. Basic parameters. Pitch, intensity and quality of a sound. Melody, rhythm and dynamics. The hearing part of the ear. Isophon curves. Phones, sones. Voice characteristics. Vowels and consonants. Speech comprehensibility. Formants. Comprehension criteria. Factors influencing comprehensibility. Noise and its acoustic properties. A, B, C features of photometers. Electroacoustic transducers. Microphones. Properties of a speaker. Structure and characteristics of an electrodynamic loudspeaker. Headphones.

Acoustic field in a room. Determining sound pressure in different parts of a room. The threshold of audibility. Determining isophon curves using headphones. Determining isophon curves using a speaker. Measuring the reverberation time – by means of Sabine equation. Measuring the reverberation time – by means of Eyring formula. Binaural-beat perception.








20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Telecommunications




Year of study 3



Teaching mode





Students should master knowledge necessary for understanding the principles of Telecommunications.

Theoretical knowledge; to master the use of appropriate simulation software.


Data transmission. Signal digitisation. Basics of modulation techniques. Signal transmission with expanded spectrum. Multiplexed signal transmission. Basics of signal compression. Data recording. Basics of the coding technique. Wireless communication systems. Satellite communications. The Global Positioning System (GPS).






Practical activities 20+5+10 Oral examination 20


20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Web Design




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Miroslav Lutovac, PhD, professor

Teaching mode


● Laboratory work ●Project work ●Seminar



Students should acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of designing and creating presentations on the Internet.

Students would be better able to create, publish and maintain Web pages.


1. Content, technology, visual components in Web Design. 2. Elements of a good design. 3. The procedure of designing a Web location. 4. Web conventions. 5. Web pages and their layout. 6. Navigation system. 7. Bookmark page with a text. Hyperlinks. 8. Reporting the location to search engines. Meta tags. Local search engines. 9. Text and styles. 10. Page formatting using tables. 11. Multimedia environment: Colours and their meaning. Animation and sound. 12. Web location setup and maintenance.

Seminars are to be organised in a computer laboratory which is connected to the LAN connection and the Internet. Creating a website by means of the MS Front Page application. Basics of PHP.








40 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title MIDI systems




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Bratislav Mirić, PhD, professor

Teaching mode





The basics of MIDI systems: MIDI protocol, MIDI messages, MIDI configurations, basic procedures for sound synthesis, wavetable synthesis in the first place.

Students would be better able to understand MIDI system well, as well as the procedures for sound synthesis and active employment of Аbsinth and NUENDO.


1. Principles of sound synthesis – introduction. 2. Hardware and software samplers. 3. MIDI – digitised audio. 4. The format of MIDI messages and controls. 5. MIDI systems management. 6. Virtual recording studio. 7. Synthesisers and samplers. 8. FM synthesis. 9. Wavetable synthesis techniques. 10. Subtractive synthesis. 11. PC – MIDI 12. Multimedia PC systems. 13. Speech synthesis – a vocoder. 14. Audio data formats.

Getting students acquainted with the procedures of sound synthesis in Аbsinth and active use of Nuendo. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







40 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Computer graphics




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Vujić Dragan, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





Students should get acquainted with the basic theoretical considerations and practical procedures in the field of Computer graphics.

Students would be better able to effectively use a selection of commercial software systems in the field of Computer graphics.


1. Introduction. 2. Graphical output technologies. 3. Graphical output technologies. 4. Graphical input technologies. 5. Basics of interactive graphic programming. 6. 2D graphics. 7. Geometrical transformations. 8. Basic raster algorithms. 9. Regions. 10. Output primitives cropping. 11. Polygon scan conversion. Hidden-line removal. 12. Animation. 13. Graphical user interfaces (GUI).

Exercises to be done on the board and creation of certain programs. Manipulation of a drawing software package. Manipulation of a photo editing package. Exchange of graphical data between a drawing software package and a photo editing package. Preparation of images for Web presentations. Project work. The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CC2001 Computer Science Body of Knowledge: CS-GV1-5. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION





Practical activities 25 +20 Oral examination


OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Digital image processing




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Tošić Dejan Dejan, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode ● Lectures ☐Group tutorials ☐Individual tutorials




To get students acquainted with the main principles and postulates valid for the process of digital image processing, and with their direct applications.

Students would be better able to use digital image processing tools meaningfully.


Introduction to multidimensional digital image processing. Two-dimensional systems and basic functions. Image perception. Light, luminance, luminosity, contrast. Selection and quantisation of an image signal. The Fourier transform. Discrete Fourier transform. The convolution of signals. Image processing techniques. Entropy coding. Transform techniques. Discrete cosine transform. Other discrete transforms. Fast algorithms for discrete transforms. Image analysis and computer vision. Edge detection. MPEG coders. Subjective quality assessment of a compressed still image. Subjective quality assessment of compressed image sequences. Digital photography compression. Image processing with a histogram. Merging panoramic photos. Calculating one-dimensional DFT. Calculating one-dimensional FFT. Calculating convolution. Calculating one-dimensional DCT. Image processing with FFT. Image processing with DCT. Analysing a compressed video sequence. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Computer networks




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Ivan Đokić, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To present basic notions of data transmission network management and protocols for data transmission in computer networks.

Students would be better able to design and implement computer networks.


1. Multilayer architecture of protocols; OSI and TCP/IP reference models. 2. Temporal, frequency domain, Fourier analysis, analogue and digital data transmission, parameters of

transmission, noise; wired and wireless transmission media. 3. Coding. NRZL, Manchester, AMI; ASK, FSK, PSK; AM, FM, PM modulations; spectral expansion (FHSS DSSS);

frequency, temporal and code-division multiplexing. 4. The balance theorem, PCM; T1, E1, SONET, SDH transmission systems. 5. Communication techniques, error detection, modems, xDSL technologies, KDS. 6. Flow control, error control, sliding windows, HDLC protocol. 7. Local computer networks using the IEEE standards: IEEE 802.1 - IEEE 802.5. 8. Wireless computer networks: IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.15; IEEE 802.16 standards. 9. Computer networking. Network bridges, commutators and routers. 10. Network-layer protocols. IPv.4 Internet protocols, address classes, creation of subnets; IPv6 Internet protocol. 11. Network routing. Direct and indirect routing, distance vector algorithm, connection states, RIP, OSPF, BGP

protocols. 12. Transport-layer protocols. TCP protocol with setting-up a connection; windowing; state diagrams. Protocols

without setting-up a connection, UDP. 13. Application layer protocols. File transmission, email, domain name systems, internet telephony. 14. Client-server systems. Web technologies, Web server properties. 15. Data security and integrity. Basic elements of security, ciphers, firewalls, virtual private networks, transport-layer

security. In a laboratory, the administration of networked computer devices, a structured cabling project. The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum:

1. CE2004 Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge: CE-NWK 0-10. 2. C2001 Computer Science Body of Knowledge: CC-NC 1-4, CC-NC 7, CC-NC 9.

IT2005 Information Technology Body of Knowledge: IT-NET 1-6. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course) ☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________






20 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Digital telecommunications




Year of study 3


Name of lecturer/lecturers Stanković Veljko, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





Students should acquire knowledge of signal processing, standards and functioning principles of devices in digital telecommunication systems.

Students would be better able to use and maintain telecommunication devises and design telecommunication systems.


1. Basic notions and a review of the history of digital telecommunications development. 2. Basic characteristics, classifications and signal spectra. 3. Signal processing within a range of frequencies. 4. Digital amplitude modulation. 5. Digital frequency modulation. 6. Digital phase modulation. 7. Channel coding. 8. Coding with expanded spectrum. 9. Multiplexing and multiplex methods. 10. Broadcasting terrestrial systems. 11. Broadcasting satellite systems. 12. Cable distribution systems. 13. Wireless communication systems. 14. Mobile telecommunication systems. 15. The convergence of communication and information technologies.

Seminars are a follow-up to the lectures. The syllabus is compliant with the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CE-NWK6, NWK8, NWK10. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Digital multimedia


Type of course ☐ Obligatory ● Elective


Year of study 4



Teaching mode





To acquaint students with the principles of Digital multimedia. To acquire practical knowledge of software applications for designing multimedia contents, including text, graphics and animation. To acquire skills to work on scanners, digital cameras and compact discs.

Students would be better able to process graphical components using the Photoshop tool, make animations using the Flash tool, and connect all multimedia contents in a web or compact disc presentation by means of the Dreamweaver tool.


Mathematical and technological bases of digital multimedia: a digital representation of multimedia, the hardware basis, standards, social and ethical considerations, applications. Basics of computer graphics: basic classes of graphical components, vector graphics and bitmap graphics. Vector graphics: forms, transforms and filters, 3D graphics. Bitmap graphics. The syllabus includes: resolution, compression, editing, geometrical transformations. Colours: basic colour theory, the RGB colour model, colour channels and colour correction methods, the notion of colour consistency. Fonts: text as a graphical component, code lists of text symbols, fonts, digital fonts. Electronic multimedia document makeup or layout: markup languages, makeup using HTML and CSS, portable multimedia documents and basics in navigation.

Laboratory classes in three software tools: Photoshop (Adobe company) for processing graphical components, Dreamweaver (Adobe company) for the web development and combining all multimedia components, Flash (Macromedia company) for animation development and incorporation of interactivity. The practical part consists of a brief training in using devices such as a scanner and digital camera. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course)







10 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Digital television




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Martinović Dragoljub, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To acquaint students with the operation modes, technology and devices used in digital television.

Students would be better able to perform engineer jobs in the field of digital television.


Systems of digital television in Europe and around the world. Digitisation of audio/video signals. Digitisation formats. The structure of digital TV systems. Digital interfaces. International standards ITU - R BT 601/656. General principles of compression. Still image compression. JPEG and JPEG 2000 standards. Compression of images in motion. Standards: H.261, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-7. Digital TV standards: SDTV, EDTV, HDTV. TV signal multiplexing. SDI signal formation. Channel coding. Digital modulations. DTV signal transmission by satellite, cable and broadcasting terrestrial systems. Digital video signal transmission via the Internet. Digital video signal in multimedia communications. Phone and video conferencing transmission of images and sound. Digital TV signal receivers. Introduction to digital TV systems. Measuring digital video signals. Digital interfaces. Configuration of TV systems with digitally generated images.

Introduction to JPEG and JPEG 2000 standards. Introduction to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-7 standards. The impact of different types of compression on the quality of a video signal. The impact of different degrees of compression on the quality of a video signal. Synchronisation of digitally generated images in TV systems. Measuring frequency components of digital video devices in television. Digital TV . A digital TV set. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







20 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Computer animation




Year of study 4



Teaching mode





Students should master knowledge applicable in practice relative to 3D modelling and computer animation.

Students would be better able to complete complex projects on computer animations of a medium level (spatial animation of logical forms or commercial models), individually and in teams. In laboratory classes, students use the programs Maya, Premier and Digital Fusion.


1. Introduction, notions, terminology, computer animation technology. Media conditioning, basic colour modes (RGB, HSV, CMYK), input and output video devices. Polygonal 3D modelling, basics of modelling, model construction from basic primitive forms.

2. The management interface of Maya, organisation of algorithm nodes, improvement of operating environment, modules, three-dimensional coordinate system and its transformations, transformations (translation, rotation, scaling), viewing transformation, clip planes.

3. NURBS modelling, curves and surfaces, materialisation technology. Scene modelling, materialisation of complex contents, texture mapping, bump map textures.

4. Computer animation technologies, motion, timing, extreme technology, keyframe animation. 5. Virtual space and time, organisation of complex dynamic forms, connection technologies and motion

technologies, deformations. Lighting 1 – digital light sources and material properties (construction, setup, control, management), basics of light and lighting, luminosity “artefacts”.

6. Lighting 2 – luminous atmospheres, complex luminosity of a digital space, OSP, professional luminosity. Grammar of a visual language – shots, angles, frames, timing, expectation. Directing computer animations. Camera animation.

7. Rendering 1 – image finalisation technologies, rendering algorithms in Maya, finalisation process control and management, basics of raytracing, anti-aliasing.

8. Rendering 2 – artistic aspects of rendering, rendering types (photorealistic rendering and non- photorealistic

rendering), output formats, network rendering. 9. Advanced technologies in computer animation 1 – procedural animation, dynamics, simulations. Advanced

technologies in computer animation 2 – animation of articulated structures: inverse kinematics, skeletal animation and skinning.

Maya operating environment, basic operations and modules. Modelling and materialisation – polygonal and NURBS technologies. Computer animation technologies, extreme technology (keyframe animation), a pose and motion, trajectory, conditioned motion, deformers. Light, camera and rendering. The syllabus is compliant with the recommendations of the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum: CC2001 Computer Science Body of Knowledge: CC-GV1, CC-GV2-GV4, CC-GV5, CC-GV6, CC-GV8. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Visual programming techniques




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Bratislav Mirić, PhD, professor

Teaching mode

☐ Lectures ☐Group tutorials ☐Individual tutorials




Students would be better able to use new designing techniques of computer interfaces.

Students will have been trained to write and design complex applications in a graphical environment on their own by using up-to-date programming languages and platforms.


1. Operation of applications in up-to-date operating systems. Exchange of data between course units and modules. 2. .NET platform. Basics of the programming language C#. Classes and interfaces. Creation of a complete graphical

user interface (GUI). Connecting visual objects. 3. Data input and output through modern graphical controls. Integration of programming languages. Resources,

management of U/I devices. Multimedia contents. 4. Event processing, delegates and properties. Windows, multiple-document support, dynamic libraries.

Employment of literature/support guides. 5. Forms, printing, context-sensitive help, classes of general use, files and serialisation, diagnostics and exceptions. 6. XML support. Data storage and their information. Their use through a user interface. 7. Basic applications connected with sources of data. 8. Web services. The notion of a gate.

Practical classes are a follow-up to lectures with direct implementation on the computer. Creation of complex graphical interfaces. New visual controls. Data management and connection with controls. Working with data sources. XML outputs and schemata. Creation of a Web service. Programming by aid of graphic libraries.


●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course)





Practical activities 20+20 Assignment 50


OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Internet programming




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Barbarić Žarko, PhD, professor

Teaching mode





To train students to design and write modern Internet applications using basic elements of the programming language Java.

By the end of the course, students would be better able to develop commercial Internet applications by aid of an up-to-date development environment.


1. Basic of the JavaScript language. 2. Scripting languages and web browsers. 3. The syntax, flow control, objects. 4. Concepts of object-oriented programming – object, class, abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, inheritance. 5. Basics of the Java language. 6. Variables. Data types, naming, visibility, initialisation, end-product variables. 7. Operators. Assignment operator. Terms. Flow control. 8. Working with basic data types. 9. Characters and strings. Numbers. Sequences. 10. Basic packages: java.util, java.sql. 11. Working on a database. An example of Java application communicating with a database. 12. Internet and Java technologies: servlets and JSP. 13. JSP pages: Java tags and HTML, communication with a server and data processing. The structure of Internet

applications. Examples of use: Tomcat Jakarta Web Server. An example of a complete commercial application realised through taught technologies.

1. Use of JavaScript within a HTML page. 2. Advanced options in JavaScript.

3. Basic notions of the programming language Java. 4. Working with databases within the programming language Java. 5. Working with servlets. 6. Examples of JSP pages.

Examples of use: Tomcat Jakarta Web Server. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







40 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Wireless communication systems




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Tošić Dejan, PhD, associate professor

Teaching mode





To acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of transmission of information through wireless communication systems.

Students should be acquainted with main principles of transmission of information through wireless communication systems and architecture of wireless communication systems. Students would be better able to describe and analyse the operation of certain components of a wireless communication system.


Types of wireless communication systems. Frequency plan. Electromagnetic waves emission. Parameters of aerials. Types of aerials. Electromagnetic waves propagation through the atmosphere. Fixed microwave communication systems. Telecommunication formula. Link budget. Types of noise. Temperature of noise and noise factor. Analysing noise in microwave devices. Terminal devices. Typical examples of wireless communication systems.

Calculation tasks: resolving practical problems relative to signal transmission through a wireless system and the analysis of wireless system components operation. Laboratory classes: Measurement features of wireless system components and the analysis of these components in software tools. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ●Serbian (complete course) ☐English (complete course) ☐Other ______________ (complete course) ☐Serbian with English (mentoring) ☐Serbian with other (mentoring) ___________






40 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Introduction to management




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Dragojević Željko, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To acquire basic knowledge of business system management.

By the end of the course, students will be better able to manage businesses within the existing business functions of a company: production, marketing, finances and other.


Introduction to the Management theory and definitions of management. The development of the theory of management. The classical management theory, the behavioural management theory, systems approach to management, the contingency approach. Management processes. Division of management processes, basic management processes, business development management. Functional areas of management. Research and development management, marketing management, production management, HRM and financial management. The planning process. Types and contents of plans. Organisational processes. Principles of organisation, defining the organisational structure and business development. HR processes. Determining HR needs and staffing, staff selection and employment, staff training, performance assessment,

reward schemes and staff development. The process of management. Direction and coordination, communication and motivation, managerial decision-making. The control process. Steps in the control process, control principles, the control process in a company. The process of decision-making. Defining the process of decision-making, business development decisions, decision-making methods. Management information systems. Data management and information systems. The manager. The role and tasks of a manager, manager training, selection of a manager, education and training of a manger, leadership. Project management. Organisational project management, planning, monitoring and controlling the implementation of a project. Strategic marketing. Strategic analysis and strategic business objectives. How to outline a business strategy. Managing change and innovation. Practical knowledge/skills Seminars: Assignments in network management planning, analysis of structure, timing and project expenses, project optimisation. Laboratory classes: Analysing case studies in the field of planning. Writing a business plan. Visiting a company – planning sector/designing an operational plan. Visiting a company – human resource management/selection, admittance and training. Visiting a company – production sector and/or service sector/processes and range. Visiting a company – research and development sector/development of a new product. Visiting a company – control process/processes and control points. Visiting a company – financial sector/review of a balance sheet and a profit and loss account. A case study/Application of a PEST analysis. A case study/Application of a SWOT analysis. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION





Practical activities 10+15+10 Oral examination


30 OVERALL SUM 100






Course title Communicology




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Slobodan Vuksanović, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To master basic techniques of interpersonal communication, to acquire basic knowledge of mediology, business communication and public relations. To get acquainted with main principles of business and engineering ethics

Students would be better able to establish successful communication in work and everyday environment. They will have acquired skills how to incorporate their own personality and potentials into the activities of project and work teams in a healthy and creative way. Students will have mastered corporate image tools and techniques and communication founded on main ethical principles.


Introduction. Interpersonal communication as action, interaction and transaction. Main principles defining interpersonal communication. Introduction to main psychological processes serving as a basis of a successful communication. Verbal communication and its implications in the workplace. Non-verbal communication and its implications in the workplace. Transaction and transactional games, personality profiles and assertiveness as the most important principle of a successful business communication. Teamwork with the critical elements of a team, task assignments within a team, leaders, understanding team dynamics, conflicts and conflict resolution. Communication in public relations. Corporate image and corporate culture of communication, the phenomenon of internal and external public relations. Presentational techniques with an emphasis on personal presentation, portfolio, project presentation with its dynamics. Mass communications. The notion of media, media theories, media psychology. The social role of media and media communications. The society of hypermedia. Types of media and their importance within mass communications. Print, radio, television, computer networks and virtual communication. The use of media in daily marketing. Media in marketing and advertising with media strategies, campaigns and direct communication with consumers. The power of media and the possibility of manipulation, propaganda, intoxication, misinformation. How to recognise manipulation and resistance. Communication ethics. Main principles of ethical behaviours in business and engineering communication. Communication aesthetics. A workshop – loss of information in the process of conveying information through information channels. Public relations. Event creation. Internal communication. A workshop – public relations in reality. Clothing as a form of communication. Protocol. Business etiquette. Receptions. Telephone communication. Written communication. Communication with the media. Press conferences. E-communication. Corporate image. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title TV systems and video technologies




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers Martinović Dragoljub, PhD, assistant professor

Teaching mode





To acquaint students with systems, devices, technologies and procedures used in the production process and broadcasting television systems.

By the end of the course, students will have been acquainted with the operation and functioning of a TV system. Special attention is paid to the position and job tasks of an engineer in the production line, processing and transmission of video and TV signals in a complex system. Students will also be acquainted with the applications of advanced tools for image processing with an aim to be able to use them in practice.


Introduction. A TV channel. A TV transmitter. A TV receiver. Organisation of a complex TV system. Television picture tubes. Cathode ray tube monitors. Plasma and LCD monitors. SED monitors. European television systems, PAL and basics in the SECAM system. NTSC system. Television cameras. Colour camera. The television studio and its organisation. Colour TV transmitter. Colour TV receiver. Memorising TV signals. Magnetic analogue and digital video signal output. Video signal compression. General properties of JPEG and MPEG images. Principles of JPEG and MPEG compression. Colour theory. Basics in calorimetry. Operating principles of a calorimeter. The application of calorimetry principles to picture quality improvement. Edge enhancement. Change of colour. Tools for picture quality improvement. Elements of picture and video signal compression. The principles of PCM, DPCM, DCT, JPEG and MPEG compression procedures. Application of computers for image processing. Operating principles of video cards and digital picture formats. Representation of colours and text on a computer. Principles of video recording. Standards: Beta, VHS and SVHS. Cable TV and high-resolution television. Modulations used in television technology. Linear and non-linear editing of video material. Seminars are a follow-up to lectures and they aim to introduce students to the topic and help them master it through a controlled individual work. The following program packages are used: Photoshop, Digital Image pro, VirtualDub and Adobe Premiere Pro. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Multimedia systems




Year of study 4



Teaching mode





To acquaint students with the principles, technology and devices used for designing a multimedia project. Students would be better able to design complex multimedia projects, presentations and video clips with special effects. To synthesise and implement the knowledge of hardware and image software programmes, sound graphics and special effects.


Evolution of multimedia. Application fields. Multimedia hardware technologies. Platforms. Peripherals. Interfaces. Devices for memory and storage. Input devices. Output devices.

Multimedia technology communications. Multimedia distribution systems. Text manipulation. Sound manipulation. Video file manipulation. Multimedia software technologies. Picture and sound synchronisation. Basic tools. Instant multimedia tools. Use of tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Macromedia Flash and Autoplay. Compression techniques and standards. Web and Net technologies. Video signal transmission via the Internet. Multimedia system design. Transferring audio/video files of different formats to a computer. Sound and audio software manipulation. Recording speech, noises and atmosphere. Sound editing. Image software manipulation. Image editing. Correction of a recorded video and use of special effects. Merging image and sound software applications. Combining motion graphics with raw audio/video files. Combining a raw image with 3D software. Multimedia interactive project design. Converting a video file from avi format to different formats (MPEG and H.263, H.264). LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION




Activity during lectures 10 Oral examination 30

Practical activities 20 Paper(s) 10


30 OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Student training




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers a selected professor

Teaching mode

☐ Lectures ☐Group tutorials ●Individual tutorials




To apply the acquired knowledge to practical tasks requirements.

Students would be better able to work in companies and deliver public presentations.


Practical classes are conducted in appropriate manufacturing plants, companies and public institutions, in innovative activity organisations, and those offering infrastructural support to innovative activity. The paper needs to cover a specific topic or a student-training task (designing a device or program, designing or running a project, developing technical and technological documentation and the like); an obligatory part is delivering an appropriate presentation. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







OVERALL SUM 100







Course title Final paper (Beng studies)




Year of study 4


Name of lecturer/lecturers chosen/assigned professor

Teaching mode

☐ Lectures ☐Group tutorials ☐Individual tutorials




The aim of the final paper is a solution and/or an analysis and presentation of a practical problem, whereby the candidate proves to have acquired the prescribed level of professional training and maturity in a certain area of technical sciences.

Students will have received a Beng diploma in Electrical engineering.


The procedure of writing and defending the final paper viva voce has been defined under the Regulations on the manner and procedure of drafting and defending the final paper. The student is entitled to begin the final paper writing when they have no more than three exams to pass. The student chooses one among the courses that they have passed, and consequently the course leader of the chosen course as a tutor. The tutor defines the title and requirements of the final paper, after which the student registers for the topic of the final paper. The student must complete the final paper in at least three weeks, and no more than six months from the date of registering for the topic. While writing the final paper, the student is obliged to consult their tutors. The final paper should be 20 or 30 A4 pages in length, excluding appendices. The final paper must be accompanied with a presentation, which should include 10 slides, as recommended, or no more than 20 slides. The layout and quality of the final paper should be in accordance with the Guidelines on the layout of the final paper, which is part of the Regulations on the manner and procedure of drafting and defending the final paper. The tutor confirms that the quality of contents and the layout of the paper are satisfactory by signing each copy of the paper. The Expert Board for the public presentation of the final paper is comprised of the President, Tutor and at least one lecturer working at the State University of Novi Pazar. The expert board may have additional members, including lecturers working at other higher institutions or renowned experts from the field that the final paper deals with. The final paper is defended viva voce before the Expert Board. The student should prepare a brief, 20-minute presentation, in which they should present the methodology (how they set up the problem and worked out the solution). Subsequently, the Expert Board pose questions, and finally assess the student’s work as a whole. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION







OVERALL SUM 100


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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI PAZAR Course Unit · PDF fileSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI PAZAR Course Unit Descriptor Department Technical Sciences Study program Audio and Video Technologies