Electrical Engineering (Portland-Metro Campus), BS

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Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering follows a rigorous curriculum, requiring a minimum of 184 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.

Note: The Portland-Metro campus is a laptop-required campus with resources like laptop specifications, financial aid, and helpful instructions found at http://www.oit.edu/portland-metro/college-costs/bring-your-own-device.

Curriculum – Portland-Metro Campus

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

Freshman Year

Fall

CHE 201 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3 ^a
CHE 204 - General Chemistry I Lab Credit Hours: 1 ^a
EE 131 - Digital Electronics I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 251 - Differential Calculus Credit Hours: 4
WRI 121 - English Composition Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Winter

CHE 202 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3 ^a
CHE 205 - General Chemistry II Lab Credit Hours: 1 ^a
EE 133 - Digital Electronics II Credit Hours: 4
MATH 252 - Integral Calculus Credit Hours: 4
WRI 122 - Argumentative Writing Credit Hours: 3
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 18 Credit Hours

Spring

MATH 321 - Appl Diff Equation I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 254 - Vector Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
MGT 345 - Engineering Economy Credit Hours: 3
SPE 111 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 17 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall

CST 116 - C++ Programming I Credit Hours: 4
EE 221 - Circuits I Credit Hours: 4
PHY 221 - General Physics w/Calculus Credit Hours: 4
WRI 227 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Winter

EE 223 - Circuits II Credit Hours: 4
ENGR 267 - Engineering Programming Credit Hours: 3
MATH 341 - Linear Algebra I Credit Hours: 4
PHY 222 - General Physics w/Calculus Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 18 Credit Hours

Spring

EE 225 - Circuits III Credit Hours: 4 ^b
MATH 253 - Sequences and Series Credit Hours: 4
PHY 223 - General Physics w/Calculus Credit Hours: 4
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Junior Year

Fall

EE 321 - Electronics I Credit Hours: 5
EE 333 - Intro to Microcontrollers Credit Hours: 4
EE 341 - Electricity/Magnetism w/Transm Credit Hours: 4
SPE 321 - Small Group/Team Comm Credit Hours: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Winter

EE 323 - Electronics II Credit Hours: 5
EE 331 - Digital System Design w/HDL Credit Hours: 4
EE 335 - Advanced Microcontrollers Credit Hours: 4
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Spring

EE 343 - Solid State Electronic Devices Credit Hours: 3
EE 432 - Advanced Digital System Design Credit Hours: 4 ^b
Engineering Elective Credit Hours: 4 ^c
Upper Division Writing Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^d

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Senior Year

Fall

EE 461 - Control Engineering I: Classical Methods Credit Hours: 4
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
MATH 465 - Mathematical Statistics Credit Hours: 4
Engineering Elective Credit Hours: 4 ^c

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Winter

EE 430 - Linear Sys & Digital Signal Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
Engineering Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^c
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 13 Credit Hours

Spring

EE 401 - Communication Systems Credit Hours: 5
ENGR 465 - Capstone Project Credit Hours: 2
Engineering Elective Credit Hours: 3 ^c
Social Science Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 13 Credit Hours

Total for a B.S. in Electrical Engineering: 184 Credit Hours

^a CHE 201 /CHE 204  and CHE 202 /CHE 205  can be substituted with CHE 221  and CHE 222 , respectively. CHE 202 /CHE 205  can be substituted with an approved 4 credit Math/Science Elective
^b EE 225  can be substituted with EE 320 . EE 432  can be substituted with an approved technical elective
^c Upper division EE or REE courses (except EE 311 , EE 320 , and EE 347 ), or courses included in the list for a specific degree option (students must satisfy course pre- and co-requisites). Other courses may be used as engineering electives with advisor and department chair approval. Students must complete a minimum of 14 credits of engineering elective coursework
^d Choose from WRI 327 , WRI 350 , or WRI 410

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 in both campuses. Check course offerings with your advisor.