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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Degree Requirements

(2008 - 2009 Curriculum Year)

• Institute Core
• Breadth Courses & Electives
• ECE Core (common with CmpE)
• EE Depth & Breadth
• Additional Requirements

* The numbers in the Course Hours column signify the number of class hours per week, the number of laboratory hours per week, and the semester-hour credit earned for the completed course, in that order.

Notes:

[ 1 ] APPH/BIOL 3751, BIOL 1510, BIOL 1520, CHEM 1311, CHEM 1315, EAS 1600, EAS 1601, EAS 2600, EAS 2601, PHYS 2022, or PHYS 2213. All other courses must be approved by the School.

[ 2 ] ECON 2100, ECON 2101, ECON 2105, or ECON 2106.

[ 3 ] Engineering electives must include (a) thermodynamics: AE 3450, ME 3322, or ME 3720; (b) probability/ statistics: CEE/ISYE/MATH 3770 or ISYE 2027; and (c) BMED 3400, COE 2001, MSE 2001, or a course at the 3000-level or above in the College of Engineering, outside ECE. All other courses must be approved by the School.

[ 4 ] EE Breadth electives must include at least 3 of the following 8 choices:

• ECE 3050 – Analog Electronics (3-0-3)
• ECE 3055 – Comp Architecture and Operating Systems (3-3-4)
  or
  ECE 3060 – VLSI and Advanced Digital Design (3-3-4)
• ECE 3065 – Electromagnetic Applications (3-0-3)
• ECE 3070 – Electromechanical and Electromagnetic Energy Conversion (3-0-3)
  or
  ECE 3071 – Modern Electric Energy Systems (2-3-3)
• ECE 3075 – Random Signals (3-0-3)
  or
  ECE 3076 – Computer Communications (3-0-3)
• ECE 3080 – Semiconductor Devices for Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Systems (3-0-3)
• ECE 3085 – Introduction to Systems and Controls (3-0-3)
• ECE 3090 – Software Fundamentals for Engineering Systems (3-3-4)

[ 5 ] ECE electives are subject to School approval and must satisfy the following constraints:

• All courses at the 3000-level or higher.
• A minimum of 6 credit hours at the 4000-level or higher.
• Special problems, undergraduate research, and similar courses may not be included, except for three credit hours for one ECE Undergraduate Research sequence, either ECE 3951+3952 or ECE 4951+4952. For students completing the Research Option but not an ECE UROP sequence, three credit hours for ECE 4699 may be included.

[ 6 ] Approved electives include courses (or excess hours) in ECE, other engineering, math, sciences, computing, management, humanities, social sciences, and ROTC. All other courses must be approved by the School.

[ 7 ] An approved ethics course must be included in the elective hours.

[ 8 ] Courses used to satisfy these requirements may be taken on a pass-fail basis, subject to Institute limits. Courses used to satisfy other requirements may not be taken pass-fail, unless offered only on that basis.

Additional Requirements:

• A grade of ‘C’ or better is required in (a) all required ECE courses, (b) all EE breadth electives, (c) CS 1371, 1372, (d) MATH 1501, 1502, 2401, 2403, and (e) PHYS 2211, 2212. A student who does not receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in one of these courses must repeat the course and satisfy this requirement prior to enrolling in follow-on courses.
• A maximum of six credit hours of special problems, undergraduate research, and/or similar courses may be applied toward the degree. However, if the Research Option is completed, up to nine credit hours of undergraduate research may be applied toward the degree. Except as noted in [5] above, these hours count only as approved electives.
• Courses that are cross-listed with ECE must be taken under the ECE number.
• Credit is not allowed for courses that substantially duplicate material from other completed courses.

Last revised on July 16, 2008.