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EEEN Curriculum

Courses Required for
B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Academic Year 2000-2001

Course No. Hrs. Course Title
Math (16 hours)
APPM 1350 4 Calculus 1 for Engineers
APPM 1360 4 Calculus 2 for Engineers
APPM 2350 4 Calculus 3 for Engineers
APPM 2360 4 Linear Algebra & Diff. Equations
Science (12 hours)
CHEM 1211 3 General Chemistry for Engineers
CHEN 1221 2 General Chemistry Lab
PHYS 1110 4 General Physics 1
PHYS 2130 3 Modern Physics
Freshman Elective (3-5 hours) - choose one from:
ECEN 1400 3 Methods & Problems in ECE
GEEN 1400 3 Freshman Projects
EPOB 1210 3 General Biology 1 plus
EPOB 1230 1General Biology Lab 1
CHEM 1131 5General Chemistry 2
var Freshman introductory course from another engineering dept.
Electrical Engineering Core (43 hours)
CSCI 1300 4 Introduction to Computing
ECEN 1000 1 Freshman Seminar
ECEN 2120 5 Computers as Components
ECEN 2250 5 Circuits/Electronics 1
ECEN 2260 5 Circuits/Electronics 2
ECEN 3100 5 Digital Logic
ECEN 3250 5 Circuits/Electronics 3
ECEN 3300 5 Linear Systems
ECEN 3400 5 Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ECEN 3810 3 Introduction to Probability
ECE Electives (6 hours) - choose two from:
ECEN 3170 3 Energy Conversion (P)
ECEN 3320 3 Semiconductor Devices (M)
ECEN 3410 3 EM Waves & Transmission (F)
Theory Courses (9 hours) - choose three with at least two different letters from:
3 Third ECE Elective from category above
ECEN 4138 3 Control Systems Analysis (S)
ECEN 4167 3 Energy Conversion 2 (P)
ECEN 4228 3 Electronics 4 (E)
ECEN 4242 3 Communication Theory (C)
ECEN 4345 3 Intro. to Solid State (M)
ECEN 4553 3 Intro to Compiler Construc (D)
ECEN 4583 3 Software Systems Develop (D)
ECEN 4593 3 Computer Organization (D)
ECEN 4632 3 Digital Filtering (C)
ECEN 4645 3 Intro to Optical Electronics (M/O)
ECEN 4703 3 Switching & Finite Auto (D)
ECEN 4753 3 Computer Perform Modeling (D)
ECEN 4811 3 Neural Signals (B)
ECEN 4821 3 Neural Systems (B)
ECEN 4831 3 Brains, Minds & Computers (B)
Laboratory Courses (4-6 hours) - choose two courses from:
ECEN 4002 3 DSP Lab
ECEN 4375 3 Microstructures Lab
ECEN 4517 2 Power Lab 1
ECEN 4634 2 Transmission Lab
ECEN 4652 2 Communications Lab
Capstone Design Course (3 hours) - choose one:
ECEN 46103 EE Capstone Design Lab
ECEN 45733 ECE Capstone Design Lab
Humanities & Social Sciences (21 hours)
UWRP 3030 3 Writing on Science & Society
plus 3 additional hours of upper division acceptable courses
plus 15 additional hours of acceptable courses
Free Electives (5 hours maximum)
var Student's choice of courses up to a
maximum of 5 semester credit hours.
Technical Electives (variable hours)
var3000-level or above of approved engineering,
math, or physics courses or others by petition.
Number of hours needed varies with hours in
other categories.


TOTAL HOURS = 128