Electrical Engineering, BS

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Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering follows a rigorous curriculum, requiring a minimum of 180 credit hours, which takes approximately four years to complete. To be eligible for graduation, students must maintain a 2.0 GPA. In addition, a final grade of “C” or better must be earned in all courses with CST, EE, ENGR, MATH, PHY prefixes, as well as in all technical elective courses.

All courses listed in the curriculum map for the catalog year of graduation must be completed to be eligible for graduation. Any deviations from the courses listed in the curriculum map require approval from the academic advisor, the department chair, and the Registrar’s office. Approvals are not official until entered in the official student records. When changes are made to the curriculum, students who entered the program under a previous catalog will work with their academic advisors to transition to meet the requirements of the current catalog.

Curriculum

Required courses and recommended terms during which they should be taken:

Freshman Year

Fall

CHE 201 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHE 204 - General Chemistry I Lab Credit Hours: 1
EE 131 - Digital Electronics I Credit Hours: 4
ENGR 101 - Intro to Engineering I Credit Hours: 2
MATH 251 - Differential Calculus Credit Hours: 4

Winter

EE 133 - Digital Electronics II Credit Hours: 4
ENGR 102 - Intro to Engineering II Credit Hours: 2
MATH 252 - Integral Calculus Credit Hours: 4
COM 111Z - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 4

Spring

CST 116 - C++ Programming I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 341 - Linear Algebra I Credit Hours: 4 ^b
WRI 121Z - Composition I Credit Hours: 4
Lower division Math/Science Elective

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Fall

EE 321 - Electronics I Credit Hours: 5
EE 333 - Intro to Microcontrollers Credit Hours: 4
MATH 465 - Mathematical Statistics Credit Hours: 4 ^b
Social Science Elective Credit: 3

Winter

EE 323 - Electronics II Credit Hours: 5
EE 331 - Digital System Design w/HDL Credit Hours: 4
EE 341 - Electricity/Magnetism w/Transm Credit Hours: 4
Social Science Elective Credit: 3

Spring

EE 335 - Advanced Microcontrollers Credit Hours: 4
EE 461 - Control Engineering I: Classical Methods Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit: 3
Upper Division Technical Elective 4

Senior Year

Fall

EE 343 - Solid State Electronic Devices Credit Hours: 3
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
SPE 321 - Small Group/Team Comm Credit Hours: 3
Social Science Elective Credit: 3
Upper Division Technical Elective: 3^f

Winter

EE 430 - Linear Sys & Digital Signal Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
Humanities Elective Credit: 3
MGT 345 - Engineering Economy Credit Hours: 3
Advanced Writing Elective: 3^a

Spring

EE 401 - Communication Systems Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
Social Science Elective Credit: 3
Upper Division Technical Elective: 3^f

Total for a B.S. in Electrical Engineering: 180 Credit Hours

^aSelect from: WRI 327 , WRI 350 , or WRI 410

^bMATH 341 can be replaced with MATH 261 . MATH 465 can be replaced with MATH 361

c CHE 201 /CHE 204 can be substituted with CHE 221

^dBIO, CHE, ENV, GEOL, MATH, or PHY class (or advisor approved Math/Science elective)

^e EE 225 can be replaced with EE 320

^f Technical electives include upper division EE and REE courses (except EE 311 , EE 320 , EE 347 , and EE 431 ), and courses listed for a specific BSEE technical emphasis. Other courses may be used with advisor approval

Technical Emphases

Students in the BSEE program may choose to specialize in a particular area by selecting at least three of their engineering technical elective courses from the appropriate list below. These lists of courses are provided only for guidance. Students are not required to select a technical emphasis, and technical emphases will not appear on the students’ transcripts. Some technical elective courses in the emphases may not be available at both campuses. Check course offerings with your advisor.