Computer Engineering BS

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Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication Literacy courses for the Computer Engineering major are ECE 3331 and ECE 4333 and two from ECE 3332 , ECE 3333 , ECE 3334 , ECE 3335 , ECE 3336 , ECE 3337 , or ECE 3338 .

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

ENGR 1330 - Computational Thinking with Data Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1110 - Engineering Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ENGR 1320 - Bio-Inspired Design for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Second Year

Fall

ECE 2305 - C Programming with Hardware Applications 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 2372 - Modern Digital System Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3302 - Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

ECE 3362 - Microcontrollers with Assembly 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3308 - Probability, Statistics, & Discrete Math 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3303 - Signals and Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 2413 - Data Structures 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Third Year

Fall

ECE 3331 - Robotics Project Lab 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3311 - Electronics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3325 - Computer Networks 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 2365 - Object-Oriented Programming 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Spring

ECE Group B Elective
ECE 4375 - Microprocessor Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours (Offered spring only)
ECE/CS/MATH 33–/43– Tech Elective
CS 3365 - Software Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Fourth Year

Fall

ECE Group B Elective
ECE 4380 - Embedded Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours (Offered fall only)
ECE/CS/MATH 33–/43– Tech Elective
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 12

Spring

ECE 4333 - Capstone Project Lab 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE/CS 43– Tech Elective
ECE/CS 43– Tech Elective
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Total Hours: 128

All students must satisfy the university foreign language requirement with two years of foreign language credit from high school (same language) or two semesters of college credit (same language).

Electives must be selected from approved lists to ensure that ABET, core curriculum, departmental, and state legislative requirements are satisfied.

Core Curriculum: HIST 2300 , HIST 2301 (or approved HIST), POLS 1301 , POLS 2306 , ENGR 2392 (satisfies the Language, Philosophy, & Culture credit), and choose from Core Curriculum course list found in catalog (or DegreeWorks) to fulfill Oral Communication, Social & Behavioral Sciences (IE 2324 ), Creative Arts, & Multicultural Requirement . Two opportunities exist for courses to fulfill both Multicultural and one additional core requirement.

Group B: Project Lab in Focus Area (CHOOSE TWO): ECE 3332 , ECE 3333 , ECE 3334 , ECE 3335 , ECE 3336 , ECE 3337 , ECE 3338 – prerequisites vary.

ECE/CS/MATH Tech Elective: Choose from departmentally approved list.