Courses You’ll Take

This is a typical course sequence designed to show what your course of study might look like for Electrical Engineering. Please see the Course Catalog for full program requirements and course descriptions.

Electrical Engineering (BS) – 120 Credits

Cumulative Credits
General Education credits: 48
Technical Core credits: 72
Total credits: 120

SEMESTER 1 (14 credits)
ECE101 Digital Electronics (4 credits)
EN130 College Composition I (3 credits)
ENS103 Intro to Engineering (4 credits)
MA130 Pre-Calculus (3 credits)

SEMESTER 2 (15 credits)
CT143 Intro to C++ Programming (4 credits)
ECE105 Circuit Theory I (4 credits)
EN140 College Composition II (3 credits)
MA240 Calculus I (4 credits)

SEMESTER 3 (15 credits)
ECE205 Circuit Theory II (4 credits)
HU/SS Social Science Elective (3 credits)
MA250 Calculus II (4 credits)
PH222 University Physics I (4 credits)

SEMESTER 4 (15 credits)
ECE206 Solid State Devices (4 credits)
ECE307 Electric Power Systems (4 credits)
HU/SS Social Science Elective (3 credits)
PH223 University Physics II (4 credits)

SEMESTER 5 (16 credits)
ECE308 Power Electronics (4 credits)
ECE 311 Embedded Systems (4 credits)
ENS202L Engineering Technical Communications (4 credits)
MA260 Multivariable Calculus (4 credits)

SEMESTER 6 (15 credits)
BS325/311 Project Management or Microeconomics (3 credits)
ECE225 Linear Systems with Differential Equations (4 credits)
ECE403 Electromagnetic Theory (4 credits)
ECE414 Engineering Senior Project I (1 credit)
CM120 Intro to Auto CAD (3 credits)

SEMESTER 7 (15/16 credits)
ECE 325 Statistics for Electrical Engineers (3 credits)
ECE325L Statistics for Electrical Engineers Lab (1 credit)
ECE335 Control Systems (4 credits)
ECE430 Digital Signal Processing (4 credits)
TS310/201 General Chemistry or Environmental Science (3/4 credits)

SEMESTER 8 (15 credits)
ECE ECE elective (4 credits)
ECE410 Communication Systems (4 credits)
ECE415 Engineering Senior Project II (4 credits)
SS Ethics (3 credits)

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