ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

PROGRAM ADVISING HANDBOOK

Professor Andrew E. Yagle

Former Chief Program Advisor

2007-08 Academic Year Edition

For more information, consult the following:
• The College of Engineering (CoE) Bulletin (CoEB). All of the answers are in there.
• The EECS Advising web site at http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/undergraduate
• The EECS Advising Office at 3415 EECS and 763-2305, open 8-5 Monday-Friday.

• PROGRAM INFORMATION
  • Information for freshmen interested in any EECS program
  • Declaring Electrical Engineering as your degree program
  • Our new and flexible Electrical Engineering program
  • Overview of Electrical Engineering courses by areas
• ADVISING INFORMATION
  • Advising advice and hints (courtesy the School of Hard Knocks)
  • Taking courses at another school and transferring credit
  • Humanities and Social Science courses (CoE requirements)
  • A summary of the College of Engineering Global Engineering Program
• EXTRACURRICULAR INFORMATION
  • Extracurricular activities (there's more to life than courses!)
  • Getting help for courses and living life outside courses
  • Grades (note this comes after "Extracurricular Activities")
• SCHEDULING INFORMATION
  • Comparison between EE, CE and CS-Engin degree requirements
  • Sample schedule; more realistic than the one in CoE Bulletin
  • Dual (double) majors with some other CoE degree programs
  • Sample schedules for various areas of Electrical Engineering
• FIELD OF EE INFORMATION
  • Information about various areas of Electrical Engineering

INFORMATION FOR EECS FRESHMEN

ARE YOU AN ENGINEERING FRESHMAN

INTERESTED IN MAJORING IN EECS?

THREE REASONS TO MAJOR IN EECS:
• Computers are everywhere and in everything.
  How many things are you carrying on you right now
  that have chips in them? Algorithms, programming,
  layout, and construction of them all involve EECS.
• How many things are you carrying on you right now
  that are wireless? Electromagnetic propagation,
  communications and signal processing are all EECS.
• You can do almost anything with an EECS degree.

WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE MAJORS IN EECS?


• EE: Electrical Engineering. Sub-areas include:
  • Analog and Digital Circuits, VLSI, MEMS
  • Communications, Control, Signal Processing
  • Electromagnetics, Optics, Solid-State Devices
• CE: Computer Engineering. Sub-areas include:
  • Architectures, Embedded Systems, VLSI, CAD
  • Operating Systems, Compilers, Networks
  • Digital Signal Processing and Embedded Control
• CS-E: Computer Science-Engineering. Sub-areas include:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics
  • Computer Databases, Networks, and Software
  • Electronic Commerce and Computer Game Design
• For more information see www.eecs.umich.edu

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR SOPHOMORE YEAR:


• EE:Take EECS 215 (circuits) as soon as possible.
  Prereqs: Engin 101 and Math 116. Co-requisite: Physics 240.
  You need this before you can take anything else in EE.
  
  
• CE:Take EECS 270 and 280 as soon as possible.
  
• Prereqs: Engin 101; also Math 115 for EECS 280.
• EECS 270 is logic devices (nand gates, flip flops, etc.)
• EECS 280 is programming and data structures (more than 101!)
  
  
• CS-E:Take EECS 203 (discrete math) and 280 as soon as possible.
• Prereqs: Math 115. CEs should also take 203 as soon as possible.
• CS-E's will also find it helpful to take EECS 270 as soon as possible.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:

Notes for Electrical Engineering:
• Take EECS 215 as a fall sophomore if possible.
• Only EECS 270 and 280 don't require EECS 215 first.
  You need to know this if you have much AP credit.

COMPUTER ENGINEERING:

Notes for Computer Engineering:
• Take EECS 270 as a fall sophomore if possible.
• Take both EECS 270 and EECS 280 as soon as possible.
  You need both before you can take (required) EECS 370.

COMPUTER SCIENCE-ENGINEERING:

Notes for Computer Science-Engineering:
• Take EECS 203 and 280 as early as possible.
  You can take either of them before the other.
• EECS 281 and 370 both require EECS 203 and 280.

DECLARING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE)

Before you can formally Declare EE, you must satisfy the following:

1. Have COMPLETED Engin 100 and 101 with C's or better.
   Transfer students take English 125 and EECS 183 instead;
2. Have COMPLETED Math 115 and 116 with C's or better;
3. Have COMPLETED Physics 140 and 141 with C's or better;
4. Have COMPLETED Chemistry 125, 126 and 130 with C's or better
   (OR: Have COMPLETED Chem 210 and 211 with C's or better);
5. Have COMPLETED at least one full term here at U-M;
6. Be in good academic standing (i.e., not on probation);
7. Have earned at least 24 CTP on your transcript (above courses total 26 CTP);
8. Have a GPA of 2.0 or greater BOTH overall AND for the previous term.
9. So call 763-2305 and make an appointment with the staff TODAY.

CoE GLOBAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

1. What is the Program in Global Engineering?
   • Overseas experience; does NOT postpone graduation
   • 78% of students in English-speaking countries
   • Universities overseas in Europe, Asia, Australia
2. What is the Engineering Global Leadership Program?
   • 5-year joint B.S.-M.S.E. degree program
   • Requires 3.6 GPA for eligibility (3.55 at interview)
   • Requires courses with international components
3. What's in it for me?
   • Research opportunities at overseas universities
   • Global perspectives are valuable to employers
     with strong international operations (e.g., autos)
   • Global perspectives are valuable for grad school.
     Your fellow students and your research group
     co-members will primarily be from overseas.
4. Why should I spend a term overseas
   instead of taking an internship or co-op?
   • Experience that sets you apart from others
   • May help you get an internship or co-op.
5. What courses should I take overseas?
   • Humanities; social science; math; science
   • NOT high-level (300+) EECS courses
6. Where can I get more information?
   • www.engin.umich.edu/ipe 245 Chrysler Center
   • Stacie Edington(sjed@umich.edu)
   • Melissa Eljamal(eljamalm@umich.edu)

OUR FLEXIBLE EE PROGRAM

For more details on these and other courses, see the CoE Bulletin.
1. You take all of the courses in the CoE core [55 hours]:
   • Math 115,116,215,216 [16 hours total]
   • Physics 140,141,240,241 [10 hours]; Chemistry 125,126,130 [5 hours]
   • Engin 100 (Engineering) and 101 (Basic C++ Programming) [8 hours]
     Transfer students take English 125 instead of Engin 100;
     LSA transfer students take EECS 183 instead of Engin 101
   • Humanities and Social Science [16 hours]; see below for rules.

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2. You take required courses in each of these four areas [16 hours]:
   • EECS 215 in Circuits (analog, digital, MEMS, VLSI)
   • EECS 216 in Systems (communications, control, signal processing)
   • EECS 230 in Electromagnetics (electromagnetics, optics, remote sensing)
   • EECS 280 in Computers (hardware, software)

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   • These courses introduce you to each of these four areas of EE (solid state comes later).
   • Usually you will like some of these areas and dislike others. If you like ALL of them, great!
   • Based on these courses, you begin to decide in which areas of EE you wish to specialize.

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3. You take two Core (follow-up) courses in ANY TWO of these four areas [8 hours]:
   • EECS 311 or 312 in Circuits (follow-up to EECS 215)
   • EECS 353 or 451 or 455 or 460 in Systems (follow-up to EECS 216)
   • EECS 330 in Electromagnetics (follow-up to EECS 230)
   • EECS 270 or 370 in Computers (follow-up to EECS 280)

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   • This gives you deeper exposure to two different areas of EE.
   • You can also get broader exposure using "flexible technical electives" (see below).

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4. You take two more required courses in two more areas [8 hours]:
   • EECS 320 in Solid State (fabrication, MEMS);
   • Students interested in circuits or VLSI should take EECS 320 early!
   • EECS 401 in Probability and Random Processes.

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   • Now you can start to hone in on a single area of interest (e.g., Systems)
   • OR continue taking courses in several different areas--your choice!

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5. You take 7 hours of "upper level" (300-level or above) EE courses [7 hours]:
   • At least one course must be 400-level; this may be a 3-hour course.
   • Often students take 8 hours; the overflow goes into flexible technical electives.
   • You cannot use EECS 314,495,497,499 to fulfill this requirement.
   • You cannot use courses that are considered to be software courses
     (EECS 376,477,481-486,489,492-494) to fulfill this requirement.
   • These courses should be chosen to satisfy prerequisites for the MDE below.

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6. You take a "Major Design Experience" (MDE) course in your senior year [4 hours]:
   • EECS 411,413,425,427,430,438,452,470. You cannot use any other EECS course.
   • These are project courses in which you work in teams and present reports,
     both oral and written. Excellent preparation for being a professional engineer!
   • To learn how to present reports, you will take Tech Comm 496 with this (see below).
   • To learn more about professionalism, you will take EECS 496 with this (see below).

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7. You take some "Flexible Technical Electives" (usually 4 courses) [14 hours]:
   • You need 58 hours total of technical courses, including the 6 required courses
     and including 1 hour of technical content in EECS 496, which is a 2-hour course.
   • Requirements: 24+8+7+4+1+14=58 hours, as follows:
     • 24 hours of required courses: EECS 215,216,230,280,320,401;
     • 8 hours of core (follow-up) courses; 7 hours of upper-level electives;
     • 4 hours of MDE course; 1 technical hour in EECS 496;
     • 14 hours of flexible technical electives, for a total of 58 hours.
     • What courses are acceptable as flexible technical electives?
       • EECS 203,270,281; any 300-level or 400-level EECS course except 314 and 495;
       • 4 hours of EECS 499, with approval of the Chief Program Advisor;
       • Many (but not all) 200-level engineering courses (check with Advising Office);
       • Math: 354,395,396,404,412,416,417,419,420,423,424,433,450,451,452,454,462;
       • Math: 463,471,475,476,481,490 and any 500-level or above course. NOT 425!;
       • Biology: 305,310,311,390; any 400-level or above course; Economics 401 or 406;
       • Physics and Chemistry: Any 300-level or above course except Physics 333,334,420.
     • What courses are NOT acceptable as flexible technical electives?
       • Any course NOT listed above. In particular:
       • Any Statistics course (including 412); EECS 250; EECS 314; EECS 495;
       • Any teaching, tutoring, or education class (e.g., Math 333, Physics 333);
       • 200-level AOSS and BME courses; any other Economics or Finance courses;
       • Most PAT courses (e.g., PAT 201 and 401); Engin 280; Biology 162. But:
       • Each of: (PAT 451 AND 452);(PAT 461 AND 462);(PAT 472) count for 3 hours
         BUT: This is ONLY for students who are enrolled in the PAT program.
     • This choice of courses is where the EE program is very flexible!

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   • You take 3 courses in "Technical Communication/Professionalism" [5 hours]:
     • Tech Comm 300 is a 1-hour course to be taken before the MDE.
       It covers the basics of technical writing and communication.
     • Tech Comm 496 is a 2-hour course to be taken along with the MDE.
       It will help you with the presentation aspects of the MDE course.
     • EECS 496 is a 2-hour course to be taken along with the MDE.
       It will help you with the professionalism aspects of engineering.

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   • You take 11 hours of "Unrestricted (Free) Electives" [11 hours]. See below.

OVERVIEW OF EE COURSES BY AREAS

COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE:
• Excludes EECS 283, EECS 314, EECS 401, EECS 495 and computer courses;
• This is only approximate, of course; some courses span more than one area;
• You must take all 5 Basic courses; and 2 Core courses in different areas;
• "MDE"=Major Design Experience course (you must take one to graduate);
• "MEMS"=Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (a very "hot" area right now);
• Note Solid State has no Core course, but has many Upper-Level courses.

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MORE COMMENTS ON TAKING COURSES:
• For more details on courses, check out individual course web sites.
  These are built by the faculty teaching the course that term, so they
  provide up-to-date information about the course for the present term.
• For information on what your fellow students thought of the courses,
  check out www.umich.edu/~msa/advice for student course ratings.
• The grapevine from other students is often a good source of information
  about good humanities and social science courses. Also see the LSA Course Guide.
  But DON'T rely on it for what courses are acceptable--see below instead!

ADVISING ADVICE AND HINTS

Make an appointment to see an EE Advisor at least once a year.
I sound like a dentist, but at least we won't give you novocaine!
1. Plan ahead! You need to make decisions now about the next year.

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2. Yagle's Law: The two courses you want to take will often conflict.
   • EX: EECS 330 and 401. There are only so many time slots and rooms available;
   • Keep on top of course prerequisites and terms offered; these can change!
   • Don't put off taking required (or desirable) courses!

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3. EXAMPLE #1: Are you interested in VLSI Design (EECS 427)?
   • You need to decide now if this is March of your sophomore year!
   • You need to take the following courses in exactly the following terms:
   • Fall Junior: EECS 320. Winter Junior: EECS 312.
   • Fall or Winter Senior: EECS 427, Tech Comm 496, EECS 496.

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4. EXAMPLE #2: Are you interested in Lasers & Optics (EECS 438)?
   • You need to take the following courses in exactly the following terms:
   • Fall Junior: EECS 230. Winter Junior: EECS 330.
   • Fall Senior: EECS 434. Winter Senior: EECS 438.
   • EECS 434 is not a hard prerequisite for EECS 438, but it helps greatly.

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5. EXAMPLE #3: Are you interested in Communications?
   • You need to take the following courses in exactly the following terms:
   • Fall Junior: EECS 216. Winter Junior: EECS 401 & 353.
   • Fall Senior: EECS 455. Winter Senior: EECS 452.
   • EECS 455 is fall only; EECS 216 is a prerequisite for EECS 401.
   • EECS 401 is a hard prerequisite for EECS 455.

TRANSFER CREDIT

If feasible, this can save you both time and money. The procedure:
1. Check www.engin.umich.edu/transferdatabase/ (CoE course equivalency database).
2. Obtain a "Guest Application" at CoE Recruitment and Admissions (RA)(1108 Lurie).
   This serves as your application to the other school;
3. Provide the RA Office with a course description, syllabus, exams, etc.
   The course will be evaluated for possible equivalency to U-M courses;
4. Take the course at the other school, and get a C or better (not a C-!);
5. Have the other school send an OFFICIAL transcript to the RA Office.
   Address: 1108 LEC, 1221 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor MI 48109-2102.
6. You must take 30 of your last 38 hours here at U-M (Ann Arbor campus)(CoE rule).
7. COURSES YOU CAN MOST LIKELY TAKE AT ANOTHER SCHOOL:
   • Math 115,116,215,216; Physics 140,141,240,241; Chemistry 125,126,130;
   • Humanities or Free courses; EECS 215 (Introduction to Circuits);
   • Social Science courses; EECS 280 (Programming and Data Structures).

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES

(This is entirely a CoE requirement, and it is very confusing--read carefully)
You need 16 hours total, which must include the following:
1. 6 hours of courses designated "Humanities" (NOT "Social Science");
2. A "Sequence" of two courses (6 hours total) from same department.
   At least one of the sequence courses must be 300-level or higher.

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A course is NOT a Humanities or Social Science course if ANY of these apply:
1. It is designated BS,CE,MSA,NA,QR,experiential,directed/independent study;
2. Its title includes any of the following words: composition, math,
   outreach, performance, physics, practicum, statistics, studio, tutor.

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A course is considered a "Humanities" course if any of these apply:
1. Designated HU in LSA Bulletin (LSAB); must be a non-performance course;
2. Foreign language designated LR or HU in LSAB; 200-level by any exam.
   NOTE: Foreign language at 100-level by AP exam counts as Free Electives.
3. Offered in any of the following departments or divisions:
   • Asian, English, Germanic, Romance, Slavic Languages & Literatures
   • Architecture (non-studio), Art (non-studio), Classical Archaeology,
   • Comparative Literature, Dance (non-performance), Film & Video, Great Books,
   • History Of Art, Music (non-performance), Music History & Musicology,
   • Philosophy, Religion, Theatre & Drama (non-performance).

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A course is considered "Social Science" if any of these apply:
1. Designated SS in LSA Bulletin (LSAB); must be a non-practicum course;
2. Offered in any of the following departments or divisions:
   • Any of the following Studies:
     • Armenian, Classical, Judaic, Latin American & Caribbean, Latina/o,
     • Middle Eastern & North African, Native American, Near Eastern,
     • Russian & East European.
   • AAAS, American Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Communications, Economics,
   • History, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies

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For more details see www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/undergraduate/hu_ss.html.

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UNRESTRICTED (Free) ELECTIVES
Despite the name, these aren't entirely free:
1. Maximum of 3 hours of tutoring or performance (including marching band);
2. Maximum of 12 hours of ROTC courses (CoEB p.63)

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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

There's much more to life in EECS than classes! Some suggestions:
• PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY: Interested in EE?
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):
    http://www.umichieee.org.
    The professional society of all electrical engineering worldwide.
  • Girls in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Society (GEECS):
    http://www.engin.umich.edu/soc/geecs/.

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• HONOR SOCIETIES: Are you a good student? Then check out:
  • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) (EECS Honor Society) http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~hkn;
  • Tau Beta Pi (TBP) (Engineering Honor Society) http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~tbp.
    I personally am a member of the Michigan Gamma Chapter.

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• OTHER STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Want even more? Then check out:
  http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/students/Student_Organizations.html.

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• OTHER WEB SITES OF INTEREST: For information on:
  • College of Engineering student support (MEPO, WIE, Global Leadership Program):
    http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/support/;
  • Job hunting, interviews, and career guidance (both summer and post-graduation):
    Engineering Career Resource Center (ECRC): http://career.engin.umich.edu;
  • Graduate school at U-M (why go anywhere else?): www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/graduate/,
    or visit the Graduate Office just down the hall at 3403 and 3404 EECS!

GETTING HELP FOR COURSES AND LIFE

You can be certain you aren't alone. Some resources:
1. CAPS (Counseling And Psychological Services):
   3100 Michigan Union, 764-8312, www.umich.edu/~caps/
   "The counseling process is aimed at helping students resolve personal difficulties and acquire the skills, attitudes, abilities, and knowledge that will enable them to take full advantages of their college experience. CAPS offers a variety of confidential brief services relevant to an extended range of student concerns, including personal counseling for individuals, couples, groups; consultation; referrals; crisis intervention."
2. MEPO (Minority Engineering Program Office): 1463 Lurie
   "Scholarship assistance, counseling, placement, academic and success skill-building."
3. Tutoring: Tau Beta Pi http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~tbp/ offers tutoring.
   The tutoring I did as a Tau Beta Pi electee got me interested in teaching.

GRADES

What you need to know about grades (all taken from the CoEB):
1. All technical courses require a C or better! (EECS policy as of July 1, 2004);
2. CoE rule: D- is passing in Humanities/Social Science and Free Electives;
3. Minimum GPAs for graduation: You must satisfy both of the following:
   2.0 in all U-M courses and 2.0 in all technical required and elective courses;
4. Courses may be retaken if grade is C- or below; the effect on your GPA
   is to average the grades (although they appear separately on transcript);
5. Pass/Fail courses: Maximum of 4 courses and 14 hours;
   • Humanities/Social Science and Free Electives only; not Engin 100;
   • Technical courses taken Pass/Fail count as Free Electives.
   • All courses taken in the College of Engineering are taken under the CoE
     Honor Code of the College of Engineering.

More about grades and grading (speaking as a faculty member):
1. Instructors are required to explain how grades will be determined.
   Example: "Exam #1: 25%. Exam #2: 25%. Final: 25%. Problem Sets: 25%."
2. Instructors usually give exam score distributions, so you can judge where you stand.
3. Instructors will not tell you to drop a course! This is your decision!
   Failure to hear from the instructor does not mean you are passing the course!
4. If you are doing well in labs but poorly on exams, you are likely in trouble.
   You should find out where you stand in the class, but dropping is up to you.
5. Dropping after the 3^rd week (check for exact date) means you get a "W."
6. Dropping after the 9^th week (check for exact date) means you get an "E."
7. We won't allow drops after the 9^th week without a doctor's note.
8. We would love to give all of you A's! But you never oblige us...

REALISTIC SAMPLE SCHEDULE

COMPARISON BETWEEN EE, CE, AND CS-Engin

NOTES ON ALL PROGRAMS:
• #hours above don't match the exact requirements;
  these are defaults for what students actually take.
• See the CoE Bulletin for the exact requirements.
• "Reqs"=required; "Core"=choose 2 out of 4.
• "," denotes and; while "/" denotes or.

NOTES ON ELECTRICAL:
• Other MDEs: EECS 411,413,438,470,BME 450;
• For comparison with previous EE program list:
  EECS 496 counts as: 1 hour flex+1 hour free

NOTES ON COMPUTER-E:
• Can use MDE-list courses for Upper
• Actual Upper requirement is 6 hours,
  so can take 3-hour 500-level courses
• Cannot use EECS 499 as flex

NOTES ON COMPUTER-S:
• All EECS CS electives are 400-level
• Cannot use EECS 499 as flex

DUAL (DOUBLE) MAJORS

To obtain two B.S.E. degrees in two different programs, you:
1. must satisfy all the requirements of both programs;
2. must take 14 additional hours of technical courses;
3. must take the courses listed in the set dual degree programs below;
4. must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0;
5. should meet at least once a year with advisors from both programs.

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DUAL DEGREE: Electrical and Mechanical

Comments on this dual major:
1. Hum & SS must include Economics;
2. Must also take Tech Comm 215;
3. ME 450 satisfies EE MDE requirement;
   take EECS 4xx to replace missing EE course;
4. Tech Comm 300 and EE labs replace ME 495;
5. EECS 401 satisfies ME Advanced Math;
6. Total: 55+44+1+44=144 hours;
   less if take some 3-hour courses.

DUAL DEGREE: Electrical and Materials Science

Comments on this dual major:
1. Hum & SS must include Economics;
2. MSE requires Chemistry 210 specifically;
3. EECS 215 replaces ME 211 for MSE;
4. TC 300 and 496 included in MSE courses;
5. MSE 220 can replace MSE 250;
6. Total: 55+44+46=145 hours.

DUAL DEGREE: with Industrial & Operations

Comments on this dual major:
1. We strongly encourage taking Math 214
   (linear algebra); required by IOE (replace with 216);
2. Tech Elec #1-3 means 12 hours of IOE courses:
   one or more courses from 3 of 4 groups (see CoEB);
3. IOE 265+IOE 316+IOE 366 replace EECS 401;
   replace with 400-level EECS course (July 2001);
4. IOE 424 and 481 are MDE courses: heads up!.
   Must take MDEs in EECS or IOE; encourage both;
5. EECS 215,280 are non-IOE engin; accept 216 too;
6. 8/24 IOE tech elecs may be non-IOE;
   use Upper-level EE courses for these;
7. Take TC 380 with IOE MDE;
   Take EECS 496 with EECS MDE;
8. Total: 55+44+44+2=145 hours.

B.S. Sound Engineering

(CoE and School of Music)

Comments on this degree program:
1. 6 hours from following list:
   MHM 139,140,239,240,345,346;
2. PAT 490 is 8 hours;
3. EECS 314 substitutes for EECS 215;
4. EECS 415 is now ME 415 (acoustics);
5. Require total of 120 hours.

SAMPLE SCHEDULES FOR VARIOUS AREAS OF EE

Preferred schedule (EECS 215 during fall sophomore term):

NOTES:
• Systems students should take EECS 401 in junior year.
• "140"={Phys 140 & 141}; "130"={Chem 125,126,130};
  "240"={Phys 240 & 241}; "496"={TC 496 & EECS 496}.
• Students must decide core courses during fall junior term.
  Take required courses EECS 230 & 320 ASAP for exposure.
• Can permute this somewhat, but need 216 for everything.

Alternate schedule (EECS 215 during wint sophomore term):

NOTES:
• 320 before 230 since 216 not needed for 320.
• Optics students need 230 during fall junior term;
  then can take 330 and 334 in winter junior term
• Students need 3 EECS course in 1 term to graduate
  in four years, even if AP credit for Hum and Free
• IN THE FOLLOWING SAMPLE SCHEDULES:
  • Flex TEs shown are recommended, not required.
    Can use other EECS or engineering courses.
  • Need 14 hours of Flex TEs; math courses 3 hours.
    Use some 4-hour engineering courses instead.
  • Hum/SS: In case of doubt, take Econ 101 & 102.

ANALOG CIRCUITS

DIGITAL CIRCUITS

NOTES:
• Can postpone EECS 230 and EECS 401 if you know
  you aren't interested in Systems or Electromagnetics
• Design course: EECS 413 (analog) or 427 (digital).
• FALL ONLY: 413,421.

ELECTROMAGNETICS

OPTICS

NOTES:
• Need 14 hours of Flex TEs; math courses 3 hours
  Use some 4-hour engineering courses instead.
• FALL ONLY: 411,434. WINTER ONLY: 334,430,438.

SOLID STATE

NOTES:
• Use EECS 311 or 312 or 330 (if taking 420) as Core #2.
  EECS 420 (fall only) requires 330 as second core elective.
• FALL ONLY: 421,423. WINTER ONLY: 425,429; (maybe) 311.

CONTROL

COMMUNICATIONS & SIGNAL PROCESSING

NOTES:
• Must take EECS 401 during junior year for 455.
• Control students can exchange EECS 452 and 461.
• FALL ONLY: 455,460; (maybe) 451. WINTER ONLY: 353

INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS AREAS OF EE

• For a list of faculty organized by areas, see www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/faculty/faculty.html
• For information about any EECS course, click on it. This takes you to its ABET course form.
  Note: The textbook information listed on these forms is subject to change without notice!
  Check the EECS department time schedule and book list for more up-to-date information.
• Flexible technical electives: Use to take courses in more than one area, for LSA minor, etc.
  Two general suggestions: Math 417 or 419 (linear algebra), Math 471 (numerical methods).
  
• Latest revision of this document: April 1, 2006.

OVERVIEW OF EE COURSES BY AREAS

CONTROL SYSTEMS

DESCRIPTION: Combining modeling, dynamics and feedback to make a system (electrical, mechanical, economic) to behave in a desired way, often in the presence of noise or uncertainty in the system model. Desired behavior: fast response time; tracking an input signal; rejecting disturbances in an input signal (active suspension or noise control); and robustness to modeling error in the system.

UM Mobile Robotics Lab

APPLICATIONS: 1. Automobile emissions controls; active suspensions; cruise control 2. Data flow management in communications networks (part of TCP/IP) 3. Manufacturing systems (e.g., just-in-time); semiconductor fabrication 4. Aircraft and spacecraft inertial guidance; biological population control 5. Improving the stability of flexible structures in space (space station) 6. Robotics; industrial robots; walking robots (see the web link below).

NavChair

COMMUNICATIONS

DESCRIPTION: Sending messages and/or data from a sender to a receiver involves: (1) efficient coding of the signal;(2) efficient transmission methods; (3) efficient decoding methods for noisy signals;(4) efficient storage. Communications involves any and all of these issues and concepts. Wireless comm. is an example of the interdisciplinary nature of EE. It requires understanding of communications and radio propagation.

satellite dish

APPLICATIONS: 1. Data networks; voice; faxes; modems; DSL; DBS 2. GPS; cellular phones; radar and outer space images 3. Wireless; landline; satellite; optical communication 4. Optical (CD-ROM & DVD; magnetic data storage 5. Pagers; Bluetooth; tower placement; multipath

UM's W8UM amateur radio

Employment: Telecommunications companies Professional web site: http://www.comsoc.org/
EECS radio station: Click here for info about amateur radio station W8UM in 4421 EECS!

SIGNAL PROCESSING

DESCRIPTION: A signal is either a continuous function of time (analog) or a discrete sequence of numbers (digital) arising from audio, biological, comm., or medical sources. Signal processing is the mathematical analysis & synthesis of signals for either: (1) compression, restoration, de-noising, classification, detection, filtering, or (2) enhancement of a feature. This may be performed using either DSP chips or with software. Matlab is used extensively in both teaching and research.

Dolphin click (courtesy Prof. W.J. Williams)

ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND VLSI

1. Design, simulation, and physical realization of analog processing     circuits that amplify, filter, mix, oscillate, and convert A to D 2. Construction of circuits using discrete components (transistors) 3. Design, simulation, CAD layout of digital circuits and systems,     including digital logic circuits (adders, multipliers, and PLA's)     and memory circuits, including SRAM, DRAM, and ROM 4. Modeling of circuit devices (transistors, diodes, transformers) 5. VLSI: design, analysis, implementation of large digital circuits

Employment: Motorola, Qualcomm, Agere, Agilent, Analog Devices, HP, Intel, National Semiconductor, Sun Microsystems. EECS 427 (VLSI) is very good preparation for working for Intel UM's EECS Department has had much success in placing alumni.
Professional sites:http://sscs.org & www.mrc.uidaho.edu/vlsi/

SOLID STATE

DESCRIPTION: Physics-based semiconductor device properties, such as: transistors, FETs, solar cells, LEDs, semiconductor lasers. Solid-state EE is a material application of quantum physics. The fabrication lab requires wearing a spacesuit-like outfit!

APPLICATIONS: 1. Fabrication of microelectronic semiconductor devices 2. New areas of nanoelectronics & molecular electronics	SSEL clean room
Employment: Intel, IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments Professional web site: http://www.ieee.org/society/eds/ Click here for Solid-State Electronics Lab homepage.

No, it's not Area 51...

It's the EECS SSEL

M.E.M.S. (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems)

DESCRIPTION: Design and fabrication of microdevices and microcircuits; also exploration of new microelectronic, microphotonic and MEMS devices, where "MEMS"=Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems. The fabrication lab requires wearing a spacesuit-like outfit!

APPLICATIONS: 1. Fabrication of ever-faster semiconductor device chips 2. Fabrication of ever-tinier microdevices (e.g., motors)

OPTICS ENGINEERING

DESCRIPTION: Optics involves the interaction of light with matter, ultrashort pulse generation, interferometry, laser physics, optical frequency conversion in nonlinear media, laser spectroscopy, propagation and modulation of light in fibers, & scattering.

APPLICATIONS: 1. Fiber-optic communications;spectroscopy;lasers;leds;displays 2. Holography; imaging through tissue; diffraction-limited imaging 3. Laser surgery; contactless testing of high-speed circuits; clocks 4. X-ray and terahertz sources; night vision; isotope separation

Employment: Automobile and telecom companies making any of these: Fax machines, copiers, solar converters, scanners, displays, CDs, LEDs, Flat panel displays, semiconductor circuit testing, NIST, night vision.	ablation
Professional web sites: optics.org and www.osa.org and www.i-leos.org Click here for the homepage for UM's Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.

ELECTROMAGNETICS AND REMOTE SENSING

DESCRIPTION: Generation and measurement of waves; modelling their interactions with objects & media, spanning VHF to millimeter wave range. This includes: antenna design, RF circuit design, RF MEMS, analytical and numerical analysis of scattering and propagation, inverse scattering for target iden- tification & imaging, next-generation instrumentation for active & passive remote sensing of the earth and other planets in our solar system.

RadLab anechoic chamber

Earth-observing satellite

APPLICATIONS: 1. Signal propagation modelling for wireless communication; 2. Antenna & waveguide design for wireless communication; 3. Imaging radars and radiometers for planetary exploration; 4. Detection of buried objects (land mines, pipes, tunnels); 5. Monitoring environment for weather prediction models; 6. High-speed circuit signal propagation and interference; 7. Generation of waves (transducers) for medical imaging.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN MUSIC