Electrical Engineering Degree
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
Requirements (48 units)
Core Courses (27 units)1
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| 4 mathematics courses | |
| 4 units of basic science: 2 | |
| General Physics and General Physics Laboratory | |
| General Physics and General Physics Laboratory | |
| 4 engineering analysis and computer proficiency courses | |
| 3 design and communications courses | |
| 7 social sciences/humanities courses | |
| 5 unrestricted electives | |
Major Program (21 units)
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| 10 required courses | |
| Introduction to Computer Engineering | |
| Fundamentals of Computer Programming II | |
| Fundamentals of Computer Programming 1.5 | |
| Introduction to Electrical Engineering | |
| Fundamentals of Circuits | |
| Fundamentals of Signals & Systems | |
| Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering | |
| Fund of Electromagnetics & Photonics | |
| Fundamentals of Electronics | |
| Probabilistic Systems | |
1 additional McCormick course at 200-level or higher comprised of 100% Engineering Topics based on ABET Course Partitioning Table | |
| 10 technical elective courses 3 | |
| 6 courses chosen from the technical elective tracks below | |
| 2 courses at the 300- or 400-level in COMP_SCI, ELEC_ENG, or COMP_ENG technical electives (which may include COMP_ENG 205-0 and the courses above) | |
| 2 courses chosen from the options below | |
300-level technical courses in science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering or the courses above | |
| Molecular Biology | |
| Cell Biology | |
| Genetics and Evolution | |
| Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry III | |
| 1 design course from the options below 4 | |
| Microprocessor Systems Project I | |
| VLSI Systems Design Projects | |
| Electronic System Design II: Project | |
| Electrical Engineering Design | |
| Projects | |
- 1
See general requirements for details.
- 2
PHYSICS 125-2 General Physics for ISP or PHYSICS 140-3 Fundamentals of Physics may be substituted for PHYSICS 135-2 General Physics. PHYSICS 125-3 General Physics for ISP or PHYSICS 140-3 Fundamentals of Physics may be substituted for PHYSICS 135-3 General Physics. Associated labs are PHYSICS 126-2 Physics for ISP Laboratory or PHYSICS 136-2 General Physics Laboratory and PHYSICS 126-3 Physics for ISP Laboratory or PHYSICS 136-3 General Physics Laboratory.
- 3
No more than 2 units of ELEC_ENG 399-0 Projects will be counted as technical electives. Additional units of ELEC_ENG 399-0 Projects may be taken but will be counted as unrestricted electives.
- 4
When ELEC_ENG 399-0 Projects is a design project and the student has senior standing
Technical Elective Tracks
Biomedical Engineering Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| BMD_ENG 325-0 | Introduction to Medical Imaging |
| BMD_ENG 327-0 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| BMD_ENG 333-0 | Modern Optical Microscopy & Imaging |
Circuits and Electronics Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| COMP_ENG 303-0 | Advanced Digital Design |
| COMP_ENG 346-0 | Microcontroller System Design |
| COMP_ENG 347-2 | Microprocessor Systems Project II |
| COMP_ENG 355-0 | ASIC and FPGA Design |
| COMP_ENG 391-0 | CMOS VLSI Circuit Design |
| COMP_ENG 393-0 | Advanced Low Power VLSI and Mixed-signal IC Design |
| ELEC_ENG 326-0 | Electronic System Design I |
| ELEC_ENG 327-0 | Electronic System Design II: Project |
| ELEC_ENG 353-0 | Digital Microelectronics |
Communications Systems Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ELEC_ENG 307-0 | Communications Systems |
| ELEC_ENG 328-0 | Information Theory & Learning |
| ELEC_ENG 333-0 | Introduction to Communication Networks |
| ELEC_ENG 334-0 | Fundamentals of Blockchains and Decentralization |
| ELEC_ENG 378-0 | Digital Communications |
| ELEC_ENG 380-0 | Wireless Communications |
Control Systems Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ELEC_ENG 360-0 | Introduction to Feedback Systems |
| ELEC_ENG 374-0 | Introduction to Digital Control |
| ELEC_ENG 390-0 | Introduction to Robotics |
| MECH_ENG 333-0 | Introduction to Mechatronics |
Signal Processing and Machine Learning Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ELEC_ENG 332-0 | Introduction to Computer Vision |
| ELEC_ENG 335-0 | Deep Learning Foundations from Scratch |
| ELEC_ENG 359-0 | Digital Signal Processing |
| ELEC_ENG 363-0 | Digital Filtering |
| ELEC_ENG 373-0 | Deep Reinforcement Learning |
| ELEC_ENG 375-0 | Machine Learning: Foundations, Applications, and Algorithms |
Electromagnetics Engineering Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ELEC_ENG 308-0 | Applied Electromagnetics and Photonics |
| ELEC_ENG 379-0 | Lasers and Coherent Optics |
| ELEC_ENG 382-0 | Photonic Information Processing |
| ELEC_ENG 383-0 | Fiber-Optic Communications |
Solid-State Engineering Track
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ELEC_ENG 250-0 | Physical Electronics and Devices |
| ELEC_ENG 381-0 | Electronic Properties of Materials |
| ELEC_ENG 384-0 | Solid State Electronic Devices |
| ELEC_ENG 385-0 | Optoelectronics |
| ELEC_ENG 388-0 | Nanotechnology |
| MECH_ENG 381-0 | Introduction to Micro-electro-mechanical Systems |