Four Year Program Sample
The following sample four-year program, designed for incoming freshmen,
illustrates the careful planning necessary to complete the BS in ECE degree.
All students are urged to construct such a four-year plan, in consultation with an ECE degree adviser, as early as possible. While subsequent changes
are likely, maintaining a four-year plan provides a coherent path toward the degree. The markings (1) through (7) refer to notes and are explained at the bottom of the table.
First Semester Hours
MATH 210 Calculus I 4
ME 111 Essential Engineering 3
CHEM 211 General Chemistry I(1) 4
CHEM 211L General Chemistry I, Lab(a) 1
Constitution Requirement(b) 3
Total Hours 15
Second Semester Hours
MATH 220 Calculus II 4
PHYS 240 Physics for Science and Engr. I 5
COMS 110 Fundamentals of Effective Speaking 3
CE 211 Engineering Enterprise 3
ECON 201 Economics I(c) 3
Total Hours 18
Third Semester Hours
MATH 250 Calculus III 4
PHYS 250 Physics for Science & Engr. II 5
ECE 216 Engineering Computation 4
ECE 226 Logic Design 3
ECE 227 Logic Design Lab 1
Total Hours 16
Fourth Semester Hours
WEPT 0
CS 291 Discrete Structures II 3
ENGL 225 English II(d) 3
ECE 276 Circuit Theory 3
ECE 341 Engineering Mathematics 4
PHIL 222 Foundations of Logic 3
Total Hours 17
Fifth Semester Hours
CS 352 Data Structures and Algorithms 3
CS 394R Applied Probability 3
ECE 378 Systems Lab 2
ECE 380 Signals & Systems 4
ECE 381 Signals & Systems Lab 1
ECE 426 Microcomputer Architecture
and Interfacing 3
ECE 427 Microcomputer Architecture
and Interfacing Lab 1
Total Hours 17
Sixth Semester Hours
ECE 302 Traveling Waves & Fields 3
ECE 303 Traveling Waves & Fields Lab 1
ECE 330 Electronic Circuits 4
ECE 331 Electronic Circuits Lab 1
ECE 428R Embedded Systems 3
ECE 429 Embedded Systems Lab 1
Total Hours 13
Seventh Semester Hours
CE 311 Technical Entrepreneur 3
CS 431 Introduction to Operating Systems 3
ECE 402WI Senior Design I 2
Senior Elective(e) 3
Senior Elective(e) 3
Total Hours 14
Eighth Semester Hours
ECE 403 Senior Design II 3
Senior Elective(e) 3
Senior Elective(e) 3
Fine Arts(f) 3
Social and Behavioral Science(g) 3
Total Hours 15
Total Hours: 125
(a) Students with HS chemistry may petition to take BIOL 108/108L instead.
(b) Constitution Requirement may be satisfied by taking either HIST 101, 102, 360R or
POLSC 210.
(c) Or ECON 202 Economics II.
(d) Prereq.: ACT English score at least 30, SAT Verbal score at least 630, AP English Lang/Comp score at least 4, or ENGL 110.
(e) See options and limitations for senior electives under curriculum requirements.
(f) Fine Arts electives include art/art history, conservatory or theatre.
(g) Social and Behavioral Science electives include criminal justice, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social science or sociology.