CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

The following suggested curriculum is one way in which the student may satisfy, in eight semesters, all of the conditions below. Besides the 68 hours of specific, required courses, it lists certain electives as suggested courses for students who desire a moderate level of specialization. These electives may be replaced with other courses that satisfy the conditions below.

When registering in or graduating from this curriculum, a student must have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 (A = 5.0) in all electrical and computer engineering courses taken before such registration or graduation. To qualify for registration in the electrical and computer engineering courses shown in the third (junior) year of the curriculum in electrical engineering, a student must have completed, with a combined grade-point average of 3.25, the mathematics, physics, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering courses that are shown in the first (freshman) and second (sophomore) years of the curriculum.

The curriculum requires 128 hours for graduation. The electrical engineering curriculum includes the following requirements:

A. 68 hours of specific required courses.

B. 2 hours from two elective electrical and computer engineering laboratory courses (to be selected by the student in consultation with his or her adviser from the departmentally approved list).

C. 13 hours of electrical and computer engineering electives (to be selected by the student in consultation with his or her adviser from the departmentally approved list).

D. 21 hours of technical electives (to be selected by the student in consultation with his or her adviser from the departmentally approved list).

(1) At least 12 hours from areas outside electrical and computer engineering.

(2) At least 10 hours from 300-level courses.

(3) At least 9 hours from courses offered by the College of Engineering.

(4) At least one course from the departmentally approved list of engineering science electives outside of electrical and computer engineering.

(5) At least one course from the departmentally approved list of advanced mathematics courses.

E. Each student must satisfy the social sciences and humanities requirements of the College of Engineering. Students entering in fall 1994 and later must also satisfy the campus general education requirements for social sciences and humanities.

F. 6 hours of free electives (to be selected by the student in consultation with his or her adviser in accordance with the regulations of the college).

(1) One elective course must satisfy the general education Composition II requirement. See the Composition I and II requirement.

A curriculum revision was pending at the time of publication. See a departmental adviser for more information.

First year see footnote 1
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
4	CHEM 101--General Chemistry
0	ENG 100--Engineering Lecture
5	MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I
4	RHET 105--Principles of Composition
3	Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2
16	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
4	CHEM 102--General Chemistry (Biological or Physical Version)
3	MATH 130--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, II
4	PHYCS 106--General Physics (Mechanics)
2	C S 101--Introduction to Computing for Application to Engineering and Physical Science
3	RHET 133 see footnote 3 --Principles of Composition
16	Total
Second year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
1	C S 110--Programming Laboratory
3	MATH 242--Calculus of Several Variables
4	PHYCS 107--General Physics (Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism)
3	SPCOM 101 see footnote 3 --Principles of Effective Speaking
6	Electives in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2
17	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
2	ECE 244--Electrical Engineering Laboratory, I
4	ECE 270--Introduction to Circuit Analysis
3	ECE 290--Introduction to Computer Engineering
3	MATH 285--Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions
4	PHYCS 108--General Physics (Light, Sound, and the Structure of Matter)
16	Total
Third year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
3	ECE 229--Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields
3	ECE 309--Signal and System Analysis
3	ECE 340--Solid State Electronic Devices
3	MATH 280 see footnote 4 --Advanced Calculus
3	M E 209 see footnote 4 --Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
15	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
3	ECE 342--Electronic Circuits
1	ECE 343--Electronic Circuits Laboratory
3	ECE 350--Lines, Fields, and Waves
3	ECE 313 see footnote 4 --Probabilistic Methods of Signal and System Analysis
3	ECE 330 see footnote 4 --Electromechanics
3	MATH 315 see footnote 4 --Linear Transformations and Matrices
16	Total
Fourth year
HOURS	FIRST SEMESTER
1	Electrical and computer engineering laboratory see footnote 5
6	Electrical and computer engineering electives see footnote 6
3	C S 257 see footnote 4 --Numerical Methods
3	PHYCS 383 see footnote 4 --Atomic Physics and Quantum Theory
3	Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2
16	Total
HOURS	SECOND SEMESTER
2	ECE 345--Senior Design Project Laboratory
1	Electrical and computer engineering laboratory see footnote 5
7	Electrical and computer engineering electives see footnote 6
6	Electives in social sciences or humanities see footnote 2
16	Total

footnote 1. All courses shown without superscript letters are required
footnote 2. Elective to be selected--see section E above
footnote 3. Suggested free elective--see section F above
footnote 4. Suggested technical elective--see section D above
footnote 5. Elective to be selected--see section B above
footnote 6. Elective to be selected--see section C above