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Module 3: Required Foundation Courses 

The Table below includes the twelve courses designated by the Department as the foundation for Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Nine of these courses (for a total of thirty-three hours) are offered by the ECE Department. The other three courses (for a total of nine hours) are offered by the Computer Science Department. 

Module 3: Required Foundation Courses 

 

 

Course Title

 

 

Course Number

 

 

Credit Hours

 

Undergraduate Degree Programs

 

 

EE 1

 

CE 2

EE 3

CES

Dual

Major

 

 

 

 

 

Intro. Discrete Logic and Digital Sys.

ECE 225

4*

 

 

 

 

Electric Circuits

ECE 235

4

 

 

 

 

Digital Circuit Design

ECE 327

4

 

 

 

 

Computer Organization and Design

ECE 329

4

 

 

 

 

Electronics

ECE 345

4

 

 

 

 

Signals and Systems

ECE 355

4

 

 

 

 

Systems and Control

ECE 356

4

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields

ECE 375

3

 

 

 

 

Electromechanical Energy Conversion

ECE 385

4

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Computer Science

CS   202

3

 

 

 

 

Programming with Data Structures

CS   220

3

 

 

 

 

Systems Programming

CS   306

3

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credit Hours

32

34

39

42

 

1 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

2 Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

3 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Computer Engineering

* Two of the four credit hours have already been counted in Module 2 (Discrete   Mathematics)

 

With reference to the Table, the content of Module 3 for the different programs and degree options is as follows: 

·         For the Electrical Engineering program, nine courses (eight ECE and one CS), for a total of thirty-two hours. 

·         For the Computer Engineering program, ten courses (seven ECE and three CS), for a total of 34 hours. 

·         For the Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Computer Engineering program, eleven courses (nine ECE and two CS), for a total of thirty-nine hours. 

·         For the Dual Major in Electrical and in Computer Engineering, consists of all twelve courses, for a total of forty-two hours. 

The detailed description of Module 3 (in terms of lecture, laboratory, project hours and professional component content) for each of the programs above is given in the description and analysis of the curriculum of the respective major.

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