Electrical Engineering BS

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Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication Literacy courses for the Electrical Engineering major are: ECE 3331 , ECE 3332 , ECE 3333 , and ECE 4333 .

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 1304 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 1305 - Introduction to Engineering and Computer Programming 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 2372 - Modern Digital System Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Second Year

Fall

MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3302 - Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3362 - Microcontrollers 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring

MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 3342 - Mathematical Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Taking MATH 3342 will complete a math minor.)
OR
IE 3341 - Engineering Statistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3311 - Electronics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3331 - Project Laboratory I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3303 - Linear System Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3306 - Electric Circuits II 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Third Year

Fall

ECE 3332 - Project Laboratory II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3312 - Electronics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3323 - Principles of Communication Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours
Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 16

Spring

ECE 3333 - Project Laboratory III 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3341 - Electromagnetic Theory I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3353 - Feedback Control Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 3351 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists II 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Fourth Year

Fall

ECE 4333 - Project Laboratory IV 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3342 - Electromagnetic Theory II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE Jr./Sr. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE Jr./Sr. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 15

Spring

ECE 4334 - Project Laboratory V 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ECE 4000-Level Elective
ECE Jr./Sr. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE Jr./Sr. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE Jr./Sr. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 15

Total Hours: 132

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 legislative requirements are satisfied.

* Choose from core curriculum list.

Multicultural Requirement

When choosing a Social & Behavioral Sciences, Creative Arts, or Language, Philosophy, & Culture elective, choose a course that also fulfills the university’s multicultural requirement .

ECE Jr./Sr. Elective

Students pursuing PE license may take up to four Other Engineering electives. Select from departmentally approved list.