Electrical Engineering Major (B.S.E.E.)

Required Foundation Courses (37 credits)

• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 111L - General Chemistry I Lab 1 cr
• MATH 161 - Calculus I 4 cr
• MATH 162 - Calculus II 4 cr
• MATH 261 - Calculus III 4 cr
• MATH 262 - Differential Equations 4 cr
• PHIL 210B - Applied Ethics in Engineering & Computer Technologies 3 cr
• PHYS 211 - Analytical Physics I 4 cr
• PHYS 211L - Introductory Physics I Lab 1 cr
• PHYS 212 - Analytical Physics II 4 cr
• PHYS 212L - Introductory Physics II Lab 1 cr

Engineering Core (12 credits required of all electrical engineering students)

• ECE 101 - Engineering Careers & Concepts 2 cr

• [cross-listed with ME 101]

• ECE 235 - Circuits I 3 cr
• ECE 235L - Circuits I Laboratory 1 cr
• ECE 302 - Engineering Analysis 3 cr

• [crosslisted with ME 302]

• ME 251 - Engineering Statics 3 cr

Major Required Courses (51 credits)

• ECE 216 - Digital Circuits 3 cr
• ECE 216L - Digital Circuits Laboratory 1 cr
• ECE 318 - Electronic Circuits I 3 cr
• ECE 318L - Electrical Circuits I Lab 1 cr
• ECE 335 - Circuits II 3 cr
• ECE 341 - Introduction to Power Electronics & Drives 3 cr
• ECE 341L - Introduction to Power Electronics & Drives Lab 1 cr
• ECE 345 - Electromagnetic Fields 3 cr
• ECE 355 - Microprocessors/Microcomputers 3 cr
• ECE 355L - Microprocessors/Microcomputers Lab 1 cr
• ECE 358 - Electronic Circuits II 3 cr
• ECE 358L - Electronic Circuits II Lab 1 cr
• ECE 360 - Automatic Control Systems 3 cr
• ECE 368 - Computer Engineering I 3 cr
• ECE 368L - Computer Engineering I Lab 1 cr
• ECE 441 - Electric Power Systems 3 cr
• ECE 450 - Digital Signal Processing 3 cr
• ECE 453 - Electronic Communications 3 cr
• ECE 453L - Electronic Communications Lab 1 cr
• ECE 460 - Digital Control Systems 3 cr
• ECE 460L - Digital Control Systems Lab 1 cr
• ECE 497 - Senior Design Project I 2 cr
• ECE 499 - Senior Design II 2 cr

Electives

(9 credits required; 6 credits must be selected from Design-Content Electives; 3 credits may be selected from Design-Content Electives or Other Elective Courses)

Design-Content Electives (6-9 credits required)

• ECE 436 - Measurement & Instrumentation 2 cr
• ECE 436L - Measurement & Instrument Lab 1 cr
• ECE 440 - Linear System Analysis 3 cr
• ECE 451 - Embedded Systems 3 cr
• ECE 455 - Data Communication 3 cr
• ECE 458 - Electric Drives 2 cr
• ECE 458L - Electric Drives Lab 1 cr
• ECE 461 - Modern Control Systems Design 3 cr
• ECE 468 - Computer Engineering II 3 cr
• ECE 470 - Robot Dynamics and Control 3 cr
• ECE 471 - Computer Applications to Power Systems 3 cr
• ECE 478 - Introduction to VLSI 3 cr
• ECE 485 - Digital and Satellite Communications 3 cr

Note

1. It is recommended that students who plan to concentrate in electrical systems engineering choose from the following courses: ECE 436, 440, 458, 461, 470 or 471.
2. It is recommended that students who plan to concentrate in computer engineering choose from the following courses: ECE 451, 455, 468, 478 or 485.
3. Exceptions to these guidelines are permitted by petitioning the department.

Other Elective Courses (0-3 credits)

• Other courses may be selected, subject to the department’s approval.

• CS 316 - Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis 4 cr
• CS 416 - Algorithms and Complexity 4 cr
• CS 446 - Operating Systems 4 cr
• CS 451 - Programming Language & Compiler Construction 4 cr
• ECE 490 - Special Topics (1-4) cr
• ECE 496 - Engineering Field Work 3 cr
• ME 356 - Fluid Mechanics 4 cr
• PHYS 309 - Introduction to Modern Physics 4 cr
• PHYS 332 - Modern Optics & Holography 3 cr

Course Sequence

Engineering courses are to be taken with careful attention paid to prerequisite courses. Requests for the waiver of requirements, transfer credit, and/or fulfillment of requirements by substitute courses should be submitted by the student for departmental approval on a form available from the chairperson.