Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Description:
The curriculum in electrical engineering provides the student with a science-based general education in the field. Elective courses are available in the following fields in the junior and senior years: electric power, communications, control, computer engineering, signal processing and micro-electronics.

In the first two years of electrical engineering, course work is limited to those subjects which are essential as preparatory courses for more technical courses in the third and fourth years. Fundamental courses in electrical engineering are introduced in the second year. In the third and fourth years, the curriculum provides advanced instruction through required courses and electives. These electives are included in the curriculum to allow the student to acquire additional depth in the student selected field of electrical engineering. These technical electives are normally selected from upper division electrical engineering or computer engineering courses. However, a student with special-career objectives can petition the department through his or her adviser for prior written permission to select technical electives from technical course offerings in mathematics, the sciences, or other areas of engineering.

The mathematics/statistics elective is selected from a department-approved list. Students should consult with their advisers to select a course from this list.

A total of six humanities and social science electives (non-technical electives) and three technical electives must be selected. The humanities and social science electives must be chosen so as to meet University Liberal Studies Program requirements and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accreditation guidelines.


Minimum Grade-Point Average for Graduation:

To be eligible for graduation in electrical engineering a student must attain a grade-point average of 2.0 or better for all required electrical engineering courses. If a required E E course is repeated, only the hours credited and the grade received for the last completion of the course is used in computing the grade-point average. It is important for students to take courses in the order specified as much as possible/ all pre- and co-requisites must be observed.

To complete the B.S. degree program in four years, a student must take approximately 17 credit hours per semester.
A typical B.S. degree program which completes degree requirements in four years or a total of 139 credit hours is as follows:


Schedule
First Year
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
CHEM 15 Fund. of Chem.
4
CHEM 16 Fund. of Chem.
4
ENGR 1 Fresh. Engr. Design
3
ENGR 2 Frsh. Engr. Des. & Anal.
3
ENGL 1 Comp. & Rhetoric
3
MATH 16 Calculus
4
MATH 15 Calculus
4
PHYS 11 General Physics
4
Non-tech. Elective*
3
Non-tech. Elective*
3
Total
17
Total
18
Second Year
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
EE 21 Intro. to EE
3
EE 24 Electrical Circuits
3
EE 22 Intro. to EE Lab
1
EE 25 Electrical Circuits Lab
1
CpE 71 Intro. Dig. Logic
3
EE 56 Digital Elec.
3
MATH 17 Multivar. Calculus
4
EE 57 Digital Elec. Lab
1
PHYS 12 General Physics
4
ENGL 2 Comp. & Rhetoric
3
Non-tech. Elective*
3
MATH 18 Elem. Diff. Equations
4


Engr. Sci. Elective
3
Total
18
Total
18
Third Year
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
EE 124 Signals & Systems
3
EE 126 Signals & Systems
3
EE 127 Signals & Systems Lab
1
EE 128 Systems Theory
3
EE 140 Elec. & Mag. Flds.
3
EE 130 Elec. Eng. Convers.
3
EE 151 Elec. Prop. of Matrls.
4
EE 135 Engy. Convers. Lab
1
CpE 110 Microprocessor Sys.
3
EE 141 Elect. & Mag. Fields
3
CpE 111 Microprocessor Lab
1
Non-tech. Elective*
3
MATH/STAT Elective
3


Total
18
Total
16
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
EE 131 Intro. to Power Sys.
3
EE 181 Senior Design Project
3
EE 136 Power Sys. Lab
1
ECON 55 Macroeconomics
3
EE 158 Analog Elect.
3
Tech. Elective
3
EE 159 Analog Elect Lab
1
Tech. Elective
3
EE 180 Senior Design Project
2
Non-tech. Elective*
3
ECON 54 Microeconomics
3
Non-tech. Elective*
3
Tech. Elective
3


Total
16
Total
18

*Non-technical elective LSP courses mu st consist of 12 hours in Cluster A and six hours in Cluster B. The cours es must be chosen in accordance with University Liberal Studies Program d istribution guidelines. At least twelve hours must be LSP courses from th e College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Approved Cluster List.

EE = Electrical Engineering
CPE = Computer Engineering
CS = Computer Science
ENGR = Engineering
MATH = Mathematics
STAT = Statistics
ECON = Economics
PHYS = Physics
ENGL = English
CHEM = Chemistry


Dual Degree Curriculum:

Students can simultaneously pursue B.S. degrees in both electrical and computer engineering by completing additional courses. The schedule for this 162 credit hour option is available on this WWW site.