Electrical Engineering, B.E.E.

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Description

Electrical Engineering provides a variety of opportunities in careers related to digital computers, electronics, control systems, communications, energy, power systems and many more.

What careers can this major prepare you for?

Graduates work in careers such as Avionic Engineering, Chief Electrical Engineering, Electrical Design Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Planning Engineering, Process Control Engineering, Broadcasting Engineering.

What skills are developed within this major?

Students learn apply principles of mathematics, science, and engineering in a variety of contexts. They hone their ability to use the techniques, skills, and tools necessary for science and engineering practice as well as design and conduct experiments. They learn to analyze and interpret data.

Admission to Major

Admission to the Washkewicz College of Engineering.

Hours Required for Degree

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

College Requirements

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Major-Field Requirements

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

Mathematics Required Courses (4 courses)

Ethics Required Course (1 course)

PHL 215 - Engineering Ethics

Science Required Courses (4 courses)

Co-Op Required Course

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

ESC 130 - Engineering Co-op Orientation

Engineering Science Required Courses (6-7 courses)

Honors Program Requirements

EECS honors students are required to complete 15 to 20 credit hours of honors courses in the EECS 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 , instead of . However, students who have taken before admission to the honors program are not required to take .

University Scholars Requirements

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 EECS 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.

Accelerated 4+1 Program

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