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Undergraduate Catalog 2016 - 2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Education-DTE
  

  • EDC 309 - Art Methods For The Classroom Teacher

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDB 200, EDB 300, EDB 301, EDB 302, and either ART 252 or ART 253, are required for eligibility; must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. Offers techniques for teaching expressive and responsive dimensions of the visual arts to young children and individuals with special needs.


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  • EDC 310 - Elementary Methods For the Art Specialist

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDB 200, EDB 300, EDB 301, and EDB 302. Prerequisite or Corequisite: EDB 305 (open only to Art Education majors). GPA of 2.5 or above. Provides a series of learning experiences that develop knowledge and skills relative to planning, implementing, and evaluating art programs for children in the elementary grades.


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  • EDC 311 - Secondary Methods For the Art Specialist

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDC 310, EDB 200, EDB 300, EDB 301, and EDB 302. Prerequisite or Corequisite: EDB 305 (open only to Art Education majors). GPA of 2.5 or above. Class sessions, studio laboratory work, and school-site experiences that develop the necessary knowledge and competencies for planning, implementing, and evaluating art programs in the secondary school.


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  • EDC 312 - Foreign Language Education In the Elementary Schools

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDB 200, EDB 300, EDB 301, EDB 302, EDB 305, EDL 305 and oral competency in the target language; must be taken concurrently with EST 374. Structured field experience. Consideration and evaluation of the philosophy, practices, and problems of teaching modern foreign languages and cultures at the elementary level, with emphasis on lesson planning, implementation, and evaluation.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EDC 313 - Foreign Language Education In the Secondary Schools

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDB 200, EDB 301, EDB 302, EDB 305, oral competency in the target language and concurrent enrollment in EDC 312; must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher and be a declared major or minor in the college to be eligible for this course. Techniques and materials for teaching modern foreign languages and cultures at the secondary level, with emphasis on lesson planning, implementation, and evaluation.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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Education Foundations
  
  
  
  

Education-Secondary
  

  • EDS 313 - Secondary Language Arts Instruction and Assessment

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Gen Ed Eng/Comp, EDL 305, EDB 305, and concurrent enrollment in EST 379; must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher and be declared college major or minor to be eligible for this course.Critical exploration and analysis of current developments in the teaching of secondary English with emphasis on student-centered methods that encourage integrated study of the language arts. Pragmatic and theoretical aspects of language, literature, and composition instruction are considered - especially as they apply to the selection of objectives, strategies, and materials for instruction and evaluation. Areas of study include reading and writing development, the writing process, the processes involved in reading literary works, oral language and listening skill development, as well as formative and summative techniques for assessing pupil progress.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall

    General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum


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  • EDS 316 - Secondary Social Studies Instruction and Assessment

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EDL 305, EDB 305, and concurrent enrollment in EST 381; must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher and be declared college major or minor to be eligible for this course. Explores concepts, purposes, and underlying assumptions of teaching and assessing social sciences; develops activities to improve intermediate and secondary student’s interest and competence in democratic citizenship in a pluralistic society; addresses interdisciplinary curriculum linkages.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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Education-Technology
  

  • EDT 419 - Field Experience Secondary Education

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Prior application, approved eligibility, checklist and satisfactory completion of Checkpoint I artifacts on Taskstream. Co-requisites: Enrolled in EDS 313, EDS 316, or EDC 312. Structured field experience designed to accompany the content-based instruction methods courses EDS 313, EDS 316, or EDC 312. This course prepares CSUteach Humanities students for student teaching, stresses the practical application of theory and research to the planning, delivery and evaluation of instruction. Students explore the various roles of a teacher and begin formulating a personal philosophy for teaching while working 80 hours in a high school classroom under the direction of a highly qualified mentor teacher and university supervisor.


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Educational Technology
  

  • ETE 243 - Educational Technology 1

    [1 credit(s)]
    Corequisites: EDB 241 and EDB 242. Provides an introduction to instructional technology useful to teachers. Students will use and evaluate media technology, focusing on ways to effectively integrate technology and other media resources into the instructional program. Offered with Rotation I.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • ETE 343 - Educational Technology 2

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ETE 243. Provides intermediate instruction on instructional technology useful to teachers. Students will use and evaluate media technology, focusing on ways to effectively integrate technology and other media resources into the instructional program. Offered with Rotation II.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • ETE 353 - Educational Technology 3

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ETE 343. Provides advanced instruction on instructional technology useful to teachers. Students will use and evaluate media technology, focusing on ways to effectively integrate technology and other media resources into the instructional program. Offered with Rotation III.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • ETE 455 - Instructional Design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Junior Standing. This course provides a theoretical foundation for instructional design principles and models intended to lead to the development of specific skills. Emerging trends in the field are investigated by means of learning research, technological innovation in education, psychology of online learning, pedagogy in virtual learning environments, assessment for learning, etc.


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Education U Teach
  

  • EUT 201 - Step One: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching

    [1 credit(s)]
    This course will provide students with an opportunity to: 1) explore teaching in science or mathematics as a career; 2) experience early field experiences in teaching; and 3) explore the theory and practice that is necessary to design and deliver excellent instruction. Participants will obtain first-hand experience with planning and implementing inquiry-based science or mathematics lessons in elementary classrooms. NB: Has a grades 3-5 field experience in addition to class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EUT 202 - Step One: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching Humanities

    [1 credit(s)]
    This course will provide students with an opportunity to: 1) explore teaching in Social Studies or English Language Arts as a career; 2) experience early field experiences in teaching; and 3) explore the theory and practice that is necessary to design and deliver excellent instruction. Participants will obtain first-hand experience with planning and implementing inquiry-based lessons in elementary classrooms. NB: Has a grades 3-5 field experience in addition to class meeting times.


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  • EUT 210 - Perspectives in Mathematics and Science

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 215 or 217. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. This course explores a selection of topics and episodes in the history of science and mathematics. The specific objectives and expectations are part of four broad, interlocking goals: 1) provide an overview of the history of science and mathematics; 2) enable future teachers to enact these historical perspectives and contexts throughout their pedagogy; 3) promote intellectual curiosity and sharpen critical thinking skills; and 4) improve presentation and writing skills.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring

    General Education Category: Arts and Humanities, Writing Across Curriculum


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  • EUT 212 - Step Two: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in Foreign Language

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 202. This course will provide students with an opportunity to continue to explore Foreign Language teaching as a career through focused field experiences at the middle school level using inquiry-based instructional techniques. Participants build upon and practice inquiry-based lesson design skills that were introduced in EUT 202 and will also become familiar with exemplary curricula for the middle school setting. NB: Has a grades 6-8 field experience in addition to class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: When demand is sufficient


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  • EUT 213 - Step Two: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in English Language Arts

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 202. This course will provide students with an opportunity to continue to explore English Language Arts teaching as a career through focused field experiences at the middle school level using inquiry-based instructional techniques. Participants build upon and practice inquiry-based lesson design skills that were introduced in EUT 202 and will also become familiar with exemplary curricula for the middle school setting. NB: Has a grades 6-8 field experience in addition to class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: When demand is sufficient


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  • EUT 215 - Step Two: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in Mathematics

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 201. This course will provide students with an opportunity to continue to explore mathematics teaching as a career through focused field experiences at the middle school level using inquiry-based instructional techniques. Participants build upon and practice inquiry-based lesson design skills that were introduced in EUT 201 and will also become familiar with exemplary mathematics curricula for the middle school setting. NB: Has a grades 6-8 field experience in addition to class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EUT 216 - Step Two: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in Social Studies

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 202. This course will provide students with an opportunity to continue to explore Social Studies teaching as a career through focused field experiences at the middle school level using inquiry-based instructional techniques. Participants build upon and practice inquiry-based lesson design skills that were introduced in EUT 202 and will also become familiar with exemplary curricula for the middle school setting. NB: Has a grades 6-8 field experience in addition to class meeting times.


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  • EUT 217 - Step Two: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in Science

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EUT 201. This course will provide students with an opportunity to explore science teaching as a career through focused field experiences at the middle school level using inquiry-based instructional techniques. Participants build upon and practice inquiry-based lesson design skills that were introduced in EUT 201 and will also become familiar with exemplary science curricula for the middle school setting. NB: Has a grades 6-8 field experience in addition to class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EUT 302 - Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre-req: Gen Ed Eng/Comp. Prerequisite or Corequisite: EUT 201. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. The goal of this course is to develop a powerful tool kit of approaches to knowing and learning in mathematics and science. This course focuses on issues of what it means to learn and know science and mathematics including: 1) How knowing and learning are structured; 2) The tensions between general, cross-disciplinary characterizations of knowing (e.g., intelligence) and the specifics of coming to understand powerful ideas in mathematics and science; 3) Connections between kinds of assessments and theories of knowing; and 4) Various uses of technology associated with specific approaches to learning.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall

    General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum


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  • EUT 305 - Classroom Interactions

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EUT 302. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. This course continues the process of preparing future teachers to teach mathematics and science in secondary settings by providing opportunities to see how theories explored in EUT 302 play out in instructional settings. Students will design and implement instructional activities informed by their understanding of what it means to know and learn mathematics and science, and then evaluate the outcomes of those activities on the basis of student artifacts (i.e., what students say, do, or create). An important focus of the course is on building awareness and understanding of equity issues and their effects on learning, NB: Has an 40-hour 6-8 grade field experience in addition to weekly class meeting times.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EUT 306 - Classroom Interactions in Humanities

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EDB 302. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and meet all college GPA standards to be eligible for this course.  This course continues the process of preparing future teachers to teach humanities in secondary settings by providing opportunities to see how theories explored in EDB 302 play out in instructional settings. Students will design and implement instructional activities informed by their understanding of what it means to know and learn English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Language, then evaluate the outcomes of those activities on the basis of student artifacts (i.e., what students say, do, or create). An important focus of the course is on building awareness and understanding of equity issues and their effects on learning, NB: Has a 40-hour 6-8 grade field experience in addition to weekly class meeting times.


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  • EUT 312 - Integrated Performance Assessment: Instruction in Foreign Language

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EUT 306. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and meet all college GPA standards to be eligible for this course. Co-Requisite: EST 398. This course provides experience in identifying, choosing, and preparing for appropriate methods based on backward planning with the 3 Modes of Communication, which integrates assessment as an ongoing element of instruction in Foreign Languages and Cultures. Candidates gain experience in employing authentic materials and creating meaningful tasks to prepare lessons based on the needs and characteristics of students in grades preK through 12, which they may use in the co-requisite course (EST 398: CSUteach Humanities Apprentice Teaching I). Learners also establish connections to professional organizations in foreign language teaching and research. Must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher and be a declared major or minor to be eligible for this course.

    Semesters Offered: When demand is sufficient


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  • EUT 313 - Inquiry-Based Instruction in English Language Arts

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EUT 306. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and meet all college GPA standards to be eligible for this course. Co-Requisite: EST 398. Inquiry-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing, and teaching problem-based lessons through an extensive associated field experience (EST 398). Physical materials and strategies for teaching English Language Arts at the intermediate and secondary level are considered, as are student characteristics, teaching and learning styles, issues of equity and diversity and constructivist theories of learning.


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  • EUT 315 - Project-Based Instruction in Mathematics

    [3 credit(s)]
    Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. Must have taken EUT 305; co-requisite: EST 399. Project-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing, and teaching problem-based lessons through an extensive associated field experience (EST 399). Physical materials and strategies for teaching mathematics at the intermediate and secondary level are considered, as are student characteristics, teaching and learning styles, issues of equity and diversity and constructivist theories of learning.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EUT 316 - Project-Based Instruction in Social Studies

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EUT 306. Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and meet all college GPA standards to be eligible for this course. Co-Requisite: EST 398. Project-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing, and teaching problem-based lessons through an extensive associated field experience (EST 398). Physical materials and a variety of strategies for teaching Social Studies at the intermediate and secondary level are considered and explored.


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  • EUT 317 - Project-Based Instruction in Science

    [3 credit(s)]
    Must be admitted to the college as a declared major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher to be eligible for this course. Must have taken EUT 305, co-requisite: EST 399. Project-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing, and teaching problem-based lessons through an extensive associated field experience (EST 399). Physical materials and strategies for teaching science at the intermediate and secondary level are considered, as are student characteristics, teaching and learning styles, issues of equity and diversity and constructivist theories of learning.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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Electrical and Computer Engineering
  

  • EEC 310 - Electric Circuits I

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite or corequisite: ESC 250. Basic electrical concepts; network theorems; circuit laws; resistance, capacitance, inductance; response of RC, RL and RLC circuits to initial conditions and constant forcing functions; AC steady-state analysis and AC power; integration of computer applications using PSPICE.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 311 - Electric Circuits II

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 310, ESC 250. Prerequisite or corequisite: PHY 244. Continuation of EEC 310. Polyphase AC circuits; magnetically-coupled circuits; frequency response and resonance; two-port networks; Laplace transform analysis of circuits; transfer functions, poles and zeros; convolution; Fourier series and Fourier transform analysis; integration of computer applications using PSPICE.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 312 - Electric Circuits Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 310. Co-or prerequisite: EEC 311. Selected laboratory experiments in electric circuits.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 313 - Electronics I

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: ESC 250, EEC 310. Prerequisite or corequisite: EEC 311. Rectifier diodes and applications; Zener diodes and applications; biasing BJT and FET amplifiers; small signal analysis of BJT and FET amplifiers; power amplifiers; amplifier frequency response.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 314 - Electronics II

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 311, 313. Corequisite: EEC 315. Operational amplifiers and op-amp applications, active filters, oscillator circuits, and amplifier frequency response.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 315 - Electronics Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 311, 313. Prerequisite or corequisite: EEC 314. Selected experiments on electronic circuits.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 316 - Electronic Devices Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 311, 313. Selected experiments on electronic circuits.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 361 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 311and MTH 283. Ampere’s and Faraday’s laws applied to electromechanical energy conversion devices. Induced torque and induced voltage in both motors and generators. Analysis of the sinusoidal steady-state operation and performance of three-phase motors and generators. Control under different steady-state loading conditions.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 383 - Digital Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Pre- or co-requisite: EEC 310 or PHY 242/244. Coverage includes binary number systems, Boolean algebra, combinational logic design principles, combinational logic design practices, finite state machine, sequential logic design principles, and sequential logic design practices.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 384 - Digital Systems Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC383 or EEC 382. Selected experiments in digital systems.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 414 - Writing in Electrical & Computer Engineering

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Gen Ed Eng/Comp, This course is designed to enhance the ability of students to write effectively on topics within the discipline of electrical and computer engineering. A substantial written report is one of the requirements. Students enrolled in EEC 414 must be concurrently enrolled in any 300-or 400-level content-based EEC course excluding laboratory courses and Senior Design. Prior to registering for EEC 414, students must obtain a written agreement of the instructor of the content-based course certifying that the instructor will serve as a grader of the writing required in EEC 414. The content course instructor, in consultation with the student, will determine the topic of the written report.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall

    General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum


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  • EEC 417 - Embedded Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 314, 315, 383 and 384. Software design of microcontroller-based embedded systems. Topics covered include microcontroller architecture, assembly programming, real-time interrupts, external interrupts, program size considerations, input/output issues, analog-to-digital conversion, serial port reception/transmission, step motor control, RS232 communication, and mathematics in a fixed point microcontroller.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 421 - Software Engineering

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 483. Software process, methods, and tools; phases of software development process including requirements analysis, design, coding, and testing; methods and techniques for software engineering, and software project management, metrics, and quality assurance.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 430 - Digital Signal Processing

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EE: EEC 314, 315,383, 384; CE: EEC 313, 316,383, 384. Modeling of DSP operations using discrete-time signals and systems: difference equations, Z-transforms, Fourier methods; signal sampling (A/D) and reconstruction (D/A); digital filters; sample rate converters and oversampling; DFT, and fast convolution; delta-sigma converters; selected applications. Out-of-class projects done using Matlab.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 440 - Control Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 314 and 315 for EE students; EEC 313 and 316 for CE students. Analysis and design of control systems. Topics covered include: the use of feedback; modeling and the use of mathematical model in understanding behavior of dynamic systems; useful design tools such as PID, root-locus, loop shaping, pole placement; robustness in stability and performance; real world problem solving using control theory.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 441 - Control Systems Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EE: EEC 315, CE: EEC 316. Pre- or co-requisite for EE and CE: EEC 440. A series of control system experiments including process control using a PID controller, and modeling and digital control of a torsion mechanism.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 447 - Engineering Applications Of Programmable Logic Controllers

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EE: EEC 314, 315; CE: EEC 313, 316. Applications of PLC’s including ladder logic concepts, data manipulation, analog input and output with an emphasis on PID control, network configurations and concepts, and the solution of practical industrial problems through design projects.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 450 - Communications

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EE: EEC 314, ESC 310. CE: EEC 311, EEC 313, ESC 310. Baseband pulse and digital signaling; bandpass signaling principles and circuitry; AM, FM and digital modulated systems

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 451 - Communications Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EE: EEC 314, 315; CE: EEC 313, 316. Pre- or co-requisite for EE and CE: EEC 450. Use of communications-specific test and measurement equipment. Experiments on spectrum analysis, noise, amplitude, frequency and phase modulation, mixers, IF amplifiers, pulse modulation, sampling, baseband modulation, optimum receivers, and amplitude-, frequency-, and phase-shift keying.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EEC 460 - Engineering Electromagnetics

    [4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: PHY 244 and EEC 361. Fundamental laws of electromagnetic fields: Gauss’s, Faraday’s, Ampere’s, and Biot-Savart’s. Maxwell’s equations as applicable to finite and infinitesimal regions in three-dimensional space and their engineering implications. Source distribution and boundary value engineering problems and their analytical or numerical solution. Electromagnetic waves propagation. Applications to the design of transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 470 - Power Electronics I

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EEC 314 and EEC 361. Analysis, performance, characterization, and design of power electronics converters using diodes, thyristors, transistors and other controllable semiconductor switches.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 471 - Machines/Power Electronics Laboratory

    [2 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 470. Experiments dealing with single-phase and three-phase transformers; steady-state performance of dc, induction, and synchronous machines; rectifiers, inverters, switch-mode converters and their applications in adjustable motor drives.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 473 - Power Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 361.Power system components modeling: transformers, generators, and transmission lines. Power flow analysis. Must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 474 - Power Electronics II

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 470. Advanced Course in Power Electronics: switching function representation of converter circuits (DC-DC, AC-DC, DC-AC and AC-AC), resonant converters, adjustable torque drives, field oriented induction motor control, residential and industrial applications, utility applications, power supply applications.


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  • EEC 483 - Computer Organization

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 383, 384; CIS 260, 265. Illustration of basic architecture concepts and control circuit implementation. Topics include basic computer organization, central processor organization, instruction set design, arithmetic logic unit design, datapath and control, and memory organization.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 484 - Computer Networks

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 383, 384. Network architectures, layered network protocol design issues, reference models, network standards, data link and medium access control protocols, routing algorithms and the Internet Protocol, ARP and DHCP, transport-level protocols including TCP and UDP, application-level protocols such as HTTP and DNS.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 485 - High Performance Architectures

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 483. The design of high-performance computer systems, with emphasis on cost-performance tradeoff, performance evaluation, instruction set design, hardwired control-unit design, micro- and nano-programming, pipelining, memory hierarchy, and I/O interfaces.


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  • EEC 486 - Operating Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: CIS 265. Co-requisite: EEC 483. Operating system concepts: memory management, process management, and file management; sample operating systems.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EEC 487 - Advanced Digital Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 384. Coverage includes CPLD/FPGA devices, digital design methodology, VHDL hardware description language, VHDL description for combinational circuits, sequential circuits, FSM (finite state machine) and FSMD (finite state machine with datapath).

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 488 - Hardware-Software Co-design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite or co-requisite: EEC 487, CIS 340. Partition, design and implementation of hardware and software concurrently; including experiments and projects utilizing VHDL, EDA software tools and FPGA devices to design, synthesize, simulate, implement and test advanced digital systems with soft-core processor and hardware accelerators

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EEC 492 - Special Topics

    [1-3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: approval of instructor and academic advisor. Presentation and discussion of a current topic in electrical and computer engineering. May be repeated for credit for a total of 6 credit hours with a change of topic.


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  • EEC 493 - Senior Design I

    [2 credit(s)]
    BEE: Pre-/corequisites: EEC 440, EEC 450, or EEC 470; BCE: Pre-/corequisites: EEC 487 or CIS 454 or EEC 484; BSCS: Prerequisite: CIS 345. First of a two-consecutive semester senior design sequence. Students are formed into small design groups (typically 3 students) and assigned an open-ended design project. In addition, students are required to keep an engineering notebook, to write progress reports and a final report, and to make an oral presentation of the design effort.


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  • EEC 494 - Senior Design II

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EEC 493; Pre-/co-requisites: Digital: EEC 487 or EEC 484; Power: EEC 474. Second of a two-consecutive semester senior design sequence. Students are formed into small design groups (typically 3 students) and assigned an open-ended design project. In addition, students are required to keep an engineering notebook, to write progress reports and a final report, and to make an oral presentation of the design effort.

    General Education Category: Capstone


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  • EEC 495 - Undergraduate Research

    [9 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: approval of research advisor and academic advisor. Participation in on-going research. Student will be involved in an original investigation. Course may be substituted for a regularly required departmental course in the curriculum.


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  • EEC 495H - Honors Research

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing, and approval of student’s honors advisor. Student will be involved in an engineering research or development project under the personal supervision of a faculty member. The specific responsibilities of the student will be arranged by mutual consent of the student, the student’s honors advisor, and the department’s undergraduate advisor. May be repeated for credit.


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  • EEC 496 - Independent Study

    [9 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and academic advisor. Independent study on a special topic under the guidance of a faculty member. May be repeated up to 8 credits.


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  • EEC 499H - Honors Thesis

    [1-4 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Senior standing, and approval of student’s honors advisor. Student will be involved in an engineering research or development project under the personal supervision of a faculty member. The specific responsibilities of the student will be arranged by mutual consent of the student, the student’s honors advisor, and the department’s undergraduate advisor. The culmination of this course is a written thesis that is approved by a committee of departmental faculty members. The student will also present a public, oral defense of the thesis to the thesis committee. May be repeated for credit up to a total of eight credit hours.


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  • EET 201 - Fundamentals of Electronics

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 205 or equivalent. Introduction to analog and digital electronics, diodes, FET’s, BJT’s, DC biasing, VI characteristics, single-stage amplifiers, operational amplifiers, active filters, linear and digital ICs, power supplies and voltage regulators.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 202 - Fundamentals of Digital Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 201 or equivalent. Introduction to the fundamentals of digital electronics. Number systems and codes, simple and combinational logic circuits, flip-flops, counters, registers, IC logic families, MSI logic circuits, digital systems using HDL, analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converters, memory devices, PLDs, and microprocessors.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 205 - DC Circuits

    [3 credit(s)]
    This course presents the fundamentals of DC circuit analysis. Topics include: voltage, current, sources, Ohm’s law; circuit analysis methods (nodal and mesh anaylses).

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 207 - AC Circuits

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 205 ( DC Circuits). This course presents the fundamentals of AC circuit analysis. Topics include: alternating-current voltage, current, sources, Ohm’s law applied to AC circuits; circuit analysis methods (nodal and mesh analyses), steady-state power, and three-phase balanced systems.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 315 - Microprocessors & Digital System Design

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: Associate-degree-level course in digital electronics or EET 202 or equivalent. Architecture and hardware design of microprocessor-based system, including bus structure, interrupts handling, I/O ports, control signal, and peripherals. Combinational and sequential logic circuitry implemented with Field Programmable Gate Array design methodology.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 316 - Microprocessor & Digital System Design Laboratory

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 315 (as a prerequisite or corequisite). Experiments dealing with architecture and hardware design of microprocessor-based system, including bus structure, interrupts handling, I/O ports, control signal, and peripherals. Combinational and sequential logic circuitry implemented with Field Programmable Gate Array design methodology.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 320 - Embedded Microprocessor Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EET 315 and EET 316 or equivalents. A comprehensive understanding of the instruction set and the related programming algorithmic thought process required to design with and incorporate microprocessor-based systems in dedicated applications. Topics include serial and parallel data communication, exception processing, file transfer protocol, I/O interfacing and peripherals, and assembly language programming.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 330 - Advanced Circuit Analysis

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 205 and EET 207 and MTT 300 or equivalents. Co-requisite: MTT 301 or ESC 250 or equivalent. Transform methods in circuit analysis, including the detailed analysis of circuits, waveforms, time-domain techniques, Laplace transform solutions, transfer functions, frequency response and Bode diagrams.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 410 - Power Electronic Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 330 and MTT 301 or equivalents. Fundamental concepts of real, reactive, and apparent power and AC power analysis reviewed. Design considerations of power electronic rectification, controlled rectification, DC chopper power modulators, and DC-to-AC inverters. Fourier series analysis of inverter waveforms and power filter design are examined.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 411 - Power Electronic Systems Laboratory

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 410 (as a prerequisite or corequisite). Experiments dealing with single-phase AC power analysis, rectifiers, inverters, switch-mode converters and their applications in adjustable motor drives.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 415 - Electronic Circuits, Signals, & Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EET 201 and EET 330 or equivalents. Analog electronics with applications using current integrated circuit devices. Analysis techniques of linear and non-linear systems and ideal and non-ideal device characteristics with an emphasis on practical design concepts.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EET 416 - Electronic Circuits, Signals, & Systems Laboratory

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EET 415 (as a prerequisite or corequisite). Experiments dealing with analog electronics applications using current integrated circuit devices, linear and non-linear systems and ideal and non-ideal device characteristics with an emphasis on practical design concepts.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall and Spring


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  • EET 420 - Advanced Digital Communications Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: MTT 300, EET 301 or equivalent. Co-requisite: EET 421. Survey of basic communication concepts involving rf amplifier, AM and FM modulation techniques, system performance under noise. Digital modulation and digital communication concepts. Data communication techniques. Digital radio and space communication. Fiberoptic communication.


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  • EET 421 - Advanced Digital Communications Systems Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: MTT 300, EET 301 or equivalent. Co-requisite: EET 420. Laboratory course for studying digital communication systems. Experimental study of modulation and demodulation in AM, FM, and dgital communication systems, A/D and D/A conversion, measurement of power spectra, and noise characterization in frequency domain.


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  • EET 430 - Applications of FPGAs & VHDL

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: EET 315, EET 316, or equivalents. Programming in Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) that describes the inputs and outputs, behavior, and functions of circuits. Applications of logic circuitry will be implemented with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 440 - Feedback Control Systems

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 330 or equivalent. Algebraic diagram representation of open and closed loop processes. Block diagram reduction methods. Fundamental analysis methods of linear feedback controls using transfer function, time-domain, and frequency-domain methodologies. Analysis and design is also extended to non-linear processes using computer simulation methods. Simulation evaluations include closed loop tuning, dead-time process control, and electro-mechanical motion control.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring


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  • EET 441 - Feedback Control Systems Laboratory

    [1 credit(s)]
    Pre-req: Gen Ed Eng/Comp. EET 440 (as a prerequisite or corequisite). Experiments dealing with feedback control system concepts, open and closed loop processes, block diagram reduction methods, analysis of linear feedback controls using transfer function, time-domain, and frequency-domain methodologies. Computer simulations of non-linear processes, closed loop tuning, dead-time process control, and electro-mechanical motion control. Writing Course.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring

    General Education Category: Writing Across Curriculum


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  • EET 450 - Embedded Microcontrollers

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 320, EET 321 or equivalent. Co-requisite: EET 451. A comprehensive understanding of the related programming algorithmic thought process required to design with and incorporate microcontroller based systems in dedicated applications. Topics include: Microcontroller architecture, the instruction set, assembly and C program development, I/O interfacing, peripherials, interrupt processing and systems applications.


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  • EET 451 - Embedded Microcontrollers Lab

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 450 (as a prerequiste or corequisite). Laboratory section designed to be taken concurrently with the lecture course, EET 450.


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  • EET 460 - Senior Design A

    [1 credit(s)]
    Prerequisites: Senior standing and all required 300-level program courses. Planning for the capstone course, EET 480 Senior Design B, to demonstrate the ability to define a problem in engineering terms and develop a realistic plan to complete an engineering project. A comprehensive written plan including budget, equipment requirements, time schedule, problem description, design alternatives, and tentative design will be prepared. Students are expected to extend their knowledge through self-study and research in developing and assessing design options. Ethical, legal, and environmental considerations are included. Students are encouraged to propose team projects.

    Semesters Offered: Every Fall


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  • EET 480 - Senior Design B

    [3 credit(s)]
    Prerequisite: EET 460 in previous semester, or permission of instructor. Complete project development from concept and proposal submitted in EET 460. Final written and oral reports will be required.

    Semesters Offered: Every Spring

    General Education Category: Capstone


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