2007 Electrical Engineering MDE & Electives Information

You must take a total of 33 technical elective credits to complete the EE requirements.

Core Elective – minimum 8 credits

You must choose at least 8 credits from 2 or more categories:

Signals and Systems

  • EECS 353. Introduction to Communication Systems (Pre-req. EECS 216 or 306)
  • EECS 451. Digital Signal Processing and Analysis (Pre-req.: EECS 216 or 306)
  • EECS 455. Digital Communication Signals and Systems (Pre-req.: (EECS 216 or 306)
  • EECS 460. Control Systems Analysis and Design (Pre-req.: EECS 216 or 306)

Circuits

  • EECS 311       Electronic Circuits  (Pre-req. EECS 216 or EECS 206 & 215)
  • EECS 312       Digital Integrated Circuits  (Pre-req. EECS 216 or EECS 206 & 215)

Electromagnetics/Optics

  • EECS 330       Electromagnetics II  (Pre-req. EECS 230)

Computers

  • EECS 270       Introduction to Logic Design
  • EECS 370       Computer Architecture  (Pre-reqs EECS 203 or 270 AND 280 or 283)

Upper-Level EE Electives – minimum 7 credits (11 credits if MATH 425 is taken)

EECS courses at the 300-level or higher, excluding EECS 314, 495, 497 and EECS 499; at least 3 credits must be at the 400-level or higher.  Excludes software courses.

Major Design Experience (one course) – minimum 4 credits

Technical Communications 496 AND EECS 496 must be elected concurrently with one of the MDE courses listed below.

  • EECS 411       Microwave Circuits I
  • EECS 413       Monolithic Amplifier Circuits
  • EECS 425       Integrated Microsystems Laboratory
  • EECS 427       VLSI Design I
  • EECS 430       Radiowave Propagation and Link Design
  • EECS 438       Advanced Lasers and Optics Laboratory
  • EECS 452       Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
  • EECS 470       Computer Architecture

Students must enroll concurrently in EECS 496, TCHNCLM 496 and the MDE course. Major design courses from other departments (including some special topics classes) may be acceptable with prior approval of the Chief Program Advisor.

Flexible Technical Electives – minimum 14 credits

Any 300-level or above class offered by an ABET accredited College of Engineering Department (other than EECS) may be used for this requirement. In addition, some 200-level classes are also acceptable (noted by department below). EECS classes which are not used to satisfy other program requirements may also be used (see conditions below). Many mathematics and science classes are acceptable (specific ones are noted below).

Other courses may be acceptable with prior approval of the Chief Program Advisor. The basic standard is that a class which you are proposing as an FTE should involve at least as much technical content as the classes on this list. A rough guideline is that it should involve the use of college-level mathematics (differential/integral calculus - Math 116, differential equations - Math 216, probability - Math 425/EECS 401, and/or linear algebra - Math 217 or 417/419). If little mathematics beyond arithmetic or basic algebra is involved, it is unlikely to be approved. Courses that involve only qualitative reasoning are not likely to be approved.

CoE FTE Classes:

Aerospace Engineering

  • AEROSP 225Introduction to Gas Dynamics
  • AEROSP 245Performance of Aircraft and Spacecraft
  • AEROSP 285Introduction to Solid Mechanics and Design

Biomedical Engineering

  • BiomedE 221  Biophysical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
  • BiomedE 231  Intro to Biomechanics

EE students should not take BiomedE 211, Circuits & Systems for Biomedical Engineering, due to the overlap with EECS 215 & 216. No program credit will be granted to EE students taking BME 211. EE/BME dual majors should consult both program advisors.

Chemical Engineering

  • CHEME 230   Thermodyamics I

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • CEE 211          Statistics and Dynamics
  • CEE 212          Solid and Structural Mechanics
  • CEE 260          Environmental Principles

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • EECS 203       Discrete Mathematics
  • EECS 281       Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Any EECS Courses at the 300 level or above (excluding 314 and 495)
  • EECS 499 Directed Study: Obtain an Approval Form from the EECS Advising Office. Maximum of 4 credit hrs. will be applied to FTE’s. Any additional credit hours will go to unrestricted electives only. (Permission is required for students without senior standing.)

Industrial and Operations Engineering

  • IOE 201          Economic Decision Making (2 cr.)
  • IOE 202          Operations Modeling (2 cr.)

You must take both to obtain FTE credit. Only open to sophomores.

Mechanical Engineering

  • ME 211           Introduction to Solid Mechanics
  • ME 235           Thermodynamics I
  • ME 240           Introduction to Dynamics and Vibrations
  • ME 250           Design and Manufacturing I

Materials Science and Engineering

  • MSE 220         Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing
  • MSE 242         Physics of Materials
  • MSE 250         Principles of Engineering Materials

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

  • NA 270           Marine Design

Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

  • NERS 211       Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Non-CoE FTE Classes:

Biology

  • BIO 305          Genetics
  • BIO 310          Introductory Biochemistry
  • BIO 311          Introductory Biochemistry
  • BIO 390          Evolution
  • Any course at the 400-level or above

Chemistry

  • Any course at the 300-level or above

Economics

  • ECON 401      Intermediate Microeconomic Theory  
  • ECON 406      Introduction to Econometrics

Mathematics

  • MATH 354, 395, 396, 404, 412, 416, 417, 419, 420, 423, 424, 433, 450, 451, 452, 454, 462, 463, 471, 475, 476, 481, 490, any course at the 500-level or above

Tutoring Courses are excluded.

Physics

  • Any course at the 300-level or above, excluding Physics 333, 334 and 420

Tutoring Courses are excluded.

Business, Accounting, Finance

  • Most classes from these areas will not be accepted. Students should plan to use unrestricted (“free”) electives for these classes. Fin 300, ACC 471, BE 300 are specifically not allowed as FTE’s.

Performance Arts and Technology

Students in dual degree programs under PAT may use the following course for FTE credit. Students not in PAT/EE dual degree programs will not be allowed to do so without the approval of the chief program advisor.

  • PAT 451 and PAT 452 will count for 3 cr. hrs. of FTE (both classes must be taken for FTE credit)
  • PAT 461 and PAT 462 will count for 3 cr. hrs. of FTE (both classes must be taken for FTE credit)
  • PAT 472 will count for 3 cr. hrs. of FTE

Other courses may be acceptable with advance approval of the Chief Program Advisor.

 

 

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