Overview
Electrical engineering studies provide a great starting point for electrical engineering practice as well as medicine, business and law, and graduate work in the physical sciences and engineering. The electrical engineering breadth elective focus area aims to provide students with breadth of background necessary to get started on any of these career tracks.
Depending on the courses selected, completion of electrical engineering breadth elective focus area coursework will provide students with additional understanding of topics in the design, development, testing, and maintenance of computer, electronics, power, control and communications systems.
Students with broad background in electrical engineering will find career opportunities both in industry and academia. Examples range from jobs as teaching or research professors, to positions in the telecommunications, power and computing industries, to medical, legal or hard science related positions.
Students interested in this EFA are encouraged to consider the course suggestions listed below when completing their Plan of Study Form.
| EE Electrical Track Requirements | Suggested Options |
|---|---|
| Track | Electrical Track |
| Depth Elective (Select One) |
ECE:5300 Switching Theory ECE:5410 Advanced Circuit Techniques ECE:5500 Communication Theory ECE:5600 Control Theory (Same as: ME:5360) ECE:5700 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory |
| Breadth Elective (Select One) |
ECE:3540 Communication Networks ECE:3330 Software Design ECE:3360 Embedded Systems |
| 5000-Level ECE Elective (Select Two) |
All 5000-level depth electives listed above and
ECE:5460 Digital Signal Processing (Same as: IGPI:5460) ECE:5520 Information and Coding Theory ECE:5530 Wireless Sensor Networks ECE:5640 Computer-based Control (Same as: IGPI:5641, ME:5362) |
| Technical Elective (Select Three) |
All breadth, depth and 5000-level ECE electives listed above and
ECE:5420 Power Electronics ECE:5620 Electric Power Systems ECE:5430 Electric Drive Systems ECE:5630 Sustainable Energy Conversion MATH:4200 Complex Variables |
| Additional Elective (Select One*) |
Any of the above OR course selected in consultation with advisor.
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* Students graduating before Fall 2017 are required to select two additional electives.
Advising Notes
- A minor in Mathematics can be earned by including one qualifying Math course in the EFA plan.