Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum

A BSEE degree is comprised of 128 credit hours and can be earned in four years. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. 

A reduced selection of freshman, sophomore, and junior courses is offered during the summer. Cooperative education is encouraged, though it extends the course of study. General education courses are required by the University. UTC has course transfer agreements with many regional community colleges, as indicated in the Transfer Equivalency Charts.

The table below presents a typical schedule. A description of each course can be found in the Undergraduate Course Catalog. The table indicates the prerequisites for each required course in the curriculum. A 'c' after the code (as in M1c) indicates that the listed course is a corequisite.

Electrical Engineering Clear Path (2020-2021 BSEE Curriculum)

BSEE Program Catalog can be downloaded here (2020-2021 Catalog Year)

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
G0	ENGL 1010 - Rhetoric & Composition I		3
	ENME 1011 - 2D/3D Modeling		1
G1	ENME 1030 - Basic Engineering Science	M0	3
	ENME 1030L - Freshman Engr. Lab	G1	1
G2	CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I		3
	CHEM 1110L - General Chemistry I Lab	G2	1
M0	MATH 1950 - Calculus I		4
Total			16

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Spring Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
G3	ENGL 1020 - Rhetoric & Composition II	G0	3
G4	ENCE 1040 - Vector Statics	G1,M1	3
M1	MATH 1960 - Calculus II	M0	4
M2	MATH 2200 - Linear Algebra	M0	3
	ENEE 1010 – Intro to Electrical Eng.		3
Total			16

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SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
P0	PHYS 2310 - Electricity & Magnetism	G1,M1	3
	PHYS 2310L - Electricity & Mag. Lab	P0	1
M3	MATH 2450 - Differential Equations	M1,M2	3
E0	ENEE 2250 - Engineering Programming	M3	3
E1	ENEE 2700 - Electrical Circuits I	M3,P0	3
E2	ENEE 2710L - Electrical Circuits Lab	E1	1
G5	Behavioral & Social Sciences (ECON 1010)		3
Total			17

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SOPHOMORE YEAR
Spring Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
	ENCE 2220 - Statistics for Engineering	M1	3
M4	MATH 2560 - Calculus III	M1,M2	4
E3	ENEE 2720 - Electrical Circuits II	E1,M3,P0	3
	ENEE 2740 - Digital Electronics	E1	3
G5	Behavioral & Social Sciences (ECON 1020)		3
Total			16

 

JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
E4	ENEE 3250 - Signals and Systems	E1,M3	3
E5	ENEE 3720 - Analog Electronics	E3	3
	ENEE 3720L - Analog Electronics Lab	E2,E5	1
E6	ENEE 3750 - EM Fields & Waves	E1,P0,M4	3
E7	ENEE 3800 - Electrical Energy Conv.	E3	3
	ENEE 3800L - Electrical Energy Conv Lab	E7	1
	Gen Ed (Fine Arts & Humanities)		3
Total			17

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JUNIOR YEAR
Spring Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
E8	ENEE 3790 - Control Systems Design	E4,G6	3
	ENEE 4800 - Electronic Instrumentation	E0,E5	3
	EE Focus Elective (1)		3
	EE Focus Lab Elective		1
	EE Elective (1)		3
	Technical Elective (1)		3
Total			16

 

SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
G6	ENEE 3850 - Inter. Design Project I	E5	3
	EE Focus Elective (2)		3
	EE Lab Elective (1)		1
	EE Elective (2)		3
	EE Focus Elective (3)		3
	Gen Ed (Fine Arts & Humanities)		3
Total			16

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SENIOR YEAR
Spring Semester
Course Name		PCreq	Hrs
	ENEE 4850 - (or ENEE 4995)	E8,G6	3
	ENEE 4900 - FE & Professionalism	G6	1
	EE Elective (3)		3
	EE Lab Elective (2)		1
	Technical Elective (2)		3
	Gen Ed (Non-Western Culture)		3
Total			14

 

Note: See Table 2 for EE Focus Electives
Note: ENEE 4710 – Embedded Systems (4 hours) counts as both a COURSE and a LAB elective.

Table 1 - SUMMARY OF TOTAL ELECTIVES NEEDED

ELECTIVES	NUMBER NEEDED
EE Focus Electives	3
EE Focus Lab Elective	1
EE Electives	3
EE Lab Electives	2
Technical Electives	2

EE ELECTIVES - Three 3-hour 3000-level or 4000-level EE courses except ENEE 3280 and ENEE 3700.

EE LABORATORY ELECTIVES - Two 1-hour 3000-level or 4000-level EE laboratory courses from the following list:

• ENEE 4790L (E7,E8) – Linear Controls & Drives Lab
• ENEE 4600L – Power Electronics Lab
• ENEE 3770L – Advanced Electronics Lab
• ENEE 4710 (E0, 2740) – Embedded Systems (4 hours)
• ENEE 4720L – Power Simulation Laboratory

EE FOCUS ELECTIVES - Three 3-hour EE focus area courses from Table 2.

EE FOCUS LAB ELECTIVES - One 1-hour EE focus area lab course from Table 2.

 

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES - Two 3-hour 3000-level or above engineering (ENME, ENCE, ENCH, CPEN, CPSC, or ENEE) or advisor-approved courses except ENEE 3280 and ENEE 3700.

• HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TECHNICAL ELECTIVES are Engineering Economy (ENGR 3520); Thermo-Fluids (ENME 3050); Thermodynamics (ENME 3030); Fluid Mechanics (ENME 3070)

 

IMPORTANT:  Students will need to satisfy one of the following focus areas (10 credits hours total).
 

 Table 2 - EE FOCUS AREA COURSES

Focus Area	Focus Electives	Focus Lab Electives
Power Systems and Smart Grid	Power System Analysis (ENEE 4720) Digital Communication (ENEE 4760) Select one of the following: Protective Relaying (ENEE 4620) Smart Power Distribution (ENEE 4670) Power Electronics (ENEE 4600)	Power Simulation Lab (ENEE 4720L)
Robotics and Intelligent Systems	Fuzzy and Intelligent Controls (ENEE 4330) Robotics and Controls Research (ENEE 4350) Any one of the following: Neural Network Design (ENEE 4320) Nonlinear Control Systems (ENEE 4780) Embedded Systems (ENEE 4710)	Linear Controls and Drives Lab (ENEE 4750L)
Microelectronics and Computers	Embedded Systems (ENEE 4710 – 4 Hours) Advance Electronics (ENEE 3770) Any one of the following: Digital Signal Processing (ENEE 4820) Power Electronics (ENEE 4600)	Covered by lab component of Embedded System (ENEE 4710)

Clear Paths

•    2023-2024 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2022-2023 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2021-2022 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2020-2021 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2019-2020 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2018-2019 Clearpath Flowchart
•    2017-2018 Clearpath Flowchart