Admission to the Washkewicz College of Engineering.

Minimum hours required for the degree: 126. This does not include credits earned in the Engineering Cooperative Education Program.

See college page for college requirements.

Grade Restriction: Electrical Engineering students are limited to a total of two D grades in EEC courses.

(Optional course for degree - required by Co-Op program)

9 credit hours required - must be chosen from available EEC or CIS 300/400-level courses

Students who complete 3 credit hours of ESC 300/400 (three semesters of co-op rotations) can substitute 3 credit hours of Electrical Engineering Technical Electives with the three ESC 300/400 courses.

Honors students are required to complete 15 to 20 credit hours of honors courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. General guidelines for these credit hours are given below. However, the specific courses that each student takes will be agreed upon by the student, the department’s undergraduate advisor, and the student’s honors advisor. The student’s regular undergraduate advisor is responsible for finding an honors advisor who is mutually agreeable to the undergraduate advisor, the honors advisor, and the honors student.

In addition to honors courses, honors students are required to take MTH 281 - Multivariable Calculus (4 credits), instead of MTH 283 - Multivariable Calculus For Engineers (2 credits). However, students who have taken MTH 283 before admission to the honors program are not required to take MTH 281.

The honors credits (15 to 20 hours) should be selected from the following list:

• Honors Thesis (required) (EEC 499H, 1 to 3 credits) - Each honors student conducts research and writes a thesis under the supervision of an Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member.
• Honors Research (EEC 495H, 1 to 3 credits) - This is research conducted jointly with an Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, similar to an independent study.
• Graduate Course - Any 500 level Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate course for which the student has the prerequisites.
• Junior Honors, Senior Honors - Most 300 level and 400 level Electrical and Computer Engineering courses can be expanded to become an honors course. This is referred to by the Honors Program as a “contract course.” This is done in collaboration among the undergraduate advisor, the honors advisor, and the course instructor.

Honors credits can be used to replace the equivalent credit hours (15 to 20) of the normally required courses. Credits earned as Honors Thesis (EEC 499H) or Honors Research (EEC 495H) can replace credits for any 400 level EEC or CIS course, with the exception of Senior Design (EEC 493/494). 

Scholars students who are majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering are required to complete 12 to 20 credit hours of honors courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. General guidelines for these credit hours are given below. However, the specific courses that each student selects to fulfill upper-division scholars requirements will be agreed upon by the student, the department’s undergraduate advisor, and the student’s scholars advisor. The student’s undergraduate academic advisor is responsible for finding an upper-division scholars advisor who is mutually agreeable to the undergraduate advisor, the scholars advisor, and the student.

The honors credits (12 to 20 hours) should be selected from the following list:

• Honors Thesis (EEC 499H, 1 to 3 credits) - The student conducts research and writes a thesis under the supervision of an Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member.
• Honors Research (EEC 495H, 1 to 3 credits) - This is research conducted jointly with an Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, similar to an independent study.
• Graduate Course - Any 500 level Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate course for which the student has the prerequisites.
• Junior Honors, Senior Honors - Most 300 level or 400 level Electrical and Computer Engineering courses can be expanded to become an honors course. This is referred to by the Honors Program as a “contract course.” This is done in collaboration among the undergraduate advisor, the scholars advisor, and the course instructor.

Honors credits can be used to replace the equivalent credit hours (12-20) of the normally required courses. Credits earned as Honors Thesis (EEC 499H) or Honors Research (EEC 495H) can replace credits for any 400 level EEC or CIS course, with the exception of Senior Design (EEC 493/494).

See the Electrical Engineering, Accelerated Master’s BSEE/MSEE page.