Traditionally Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) curriculum start with two courses in digital switching theory, one addresses combinational logic and the other sequential logic. Both of these courses typically are discrete components centric (TTL or CMOS). The paper provides a totally fresh look at Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum from the perspective of System Design. It examines the subject areas that prepares the student to pursue the discipline of System Design from at least four different perspectives; via: 1) PLD/FPGA centric system design, 2) Microcontroller based Embedded System Design, 3) PC based Network-oriented Distributed System Design and 4) DSP based Real-time Processing based System Design. The paper discusses a set of courses in the area of hardware, software, firmware, networking and DSP, which provides a road map in the form of curriculum that utilizes the same tools which industry is employing. This approach to curriculum bridges the gap that exists between the classroom practices and industrial practices. This unified approach would deliver students with career-bound knowledge essential for the industry.