Description
Electrical, electronics and computer engineers find innovative ways to use electricity and computers to improve people’s lives. Electrical engineers have dozens of career options. They can design power systems or automotive controls, develop medical testing equipment, work on the space shuttle, design communications satellites or develop new and faster computer technologies. The preparation for all of these begins with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
The Electrical Engineering curriculum is carefully designed to provide students with a background that enables students to join the industrial work force directly after graduation or continue with graduate studies. The program is based on a design-oriented philosophy that allows students to not only understand the theoretical concepts but also apply those concepts in practical situations. Students work on numerous design problems and projects assigned by the professors in the classroom and laboratory, and acquire hands-on experience by undertaking cooperative education training in industry beginning in the sophomore year. Current design students are working on the design and development of an internationally competitive autonomous vehicle to participate in the International Ground Vehicle Competition (www.IGVC.org). In the 2008 competition, our team won the international competition and in the 2006 and 2007 competitions, our teams placed 3rd overall in the Grand Award among 37-40 teams from around the world.
There is a basic core of material that every electrical engineer should know to provide the foundation for all other learning and work. For this reason all electrical engineering majors are required to take a series of departmental core courses in addition to the Engineering core requirements. The departmental core courses are:
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| | | cr. | rec./lec. | lab. |
| ENGR 2040 0r | Engineering Programming | | 3 | 3 | |
| CSC 1710 | Introduction to Computer Science I | | 3 | 3 | |
| ENGR 3220 | Control Systems | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 2500 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering I | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 2510 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering I Lab | | 1 | | 3 |
| ELEE 2520 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering II | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 2530 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering II Lab | | 1 | | 3 |
| ELEE 3540 | Advanced Electronic Systems | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 3550 | Advanced Electronic Systems Laboratory | | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ELEE 3880 | Signals and Systems | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 2640 | Digital Logic Circuits | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 2650 | Digital Logic Circuits Lab | | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ELEE 3660 | Electromagnetics I | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 3720 | Electromechanical Energy Conversion | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 3740 | Communication Theory I | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 3860 | Microprocessors | | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ELEE 3870 | Microprocessors Lab | | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ELEE 4010 | Electrical Design I | | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| ELEE 4030 | Electrical Design II | | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| PHY 3670 | Modern Physics | | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| PHY 3680 | Solid State | | 2 | 2 | 0 |
The typical sequence of courses is listed in the separate Program Flow Chart and the Departmental Curriculum Forms available in the College Records Office.
Concentrations - flexibility and focus
In addition to the departmental core, each student chooses between two program options: (1) Electronics, Control and Communication Systems and (2) Computer Engineering.
Electronics, Control and Communication Systems:
Use state-of-the-art Electronic Design Automation (EAD) tools for analysis and design. This option is recommended for students who want a broad exposure to the sub-disciplines within Electrical Engineering. Students in this area will take three additional elective courses from the electrical and computer engineering department or other engineering departments.
Computer Engineering:
Specialize in this rapidly growing area by taking courses such as Computer Architecture, Hardware Description Languages (VHDL), Computer Networking and Embedded Systems. The electrical and computer engineering program emphasizes a design-oriented philosophy, allowing students to not only grasp the theoretical concepts but to apply those concepts. It is recognized that the “tools and toys” in electrical and computer engineering continually change, but that a sound background in the underlying theoretical concepts allows straightforward assimilation of new technologies (i.e. concepts and theory prevents obsolescence). Students in the computer engineering concentration will take additional courses as follows:
The typical sequence of courses is listed in the separate Program Flow Chart and the Departmental Curriculum Forms available in the College Records Office and at http://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/eengr/course_ info.htm Students in the Electronics, Control, and Communication Systems concentration can take technical elective courses from the undergraduate catalog for EE students after consultation with their advisors.
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