BSEE: Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering, B.S.E.E.
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Key Highlights of Electrical Engineering
- It’s the future: innovations in digital transformation from factories to farming, global infrastructure development, and the electrification of everything.
- Variety: electrical engineering has applications in power systems, telecommunications, and the automotive industry to name just a few.
- Power the world: stabilize the power grid, create renewable energy systems, or create/stabilize new battery technology to power everything from a phone to a city
Career Opportunities
- Power Systems Engineer: Works on generation, transmission, and distribution networks.
- Smart Grid Specialist: Develops intelligent energy management systems.
- Embedded Systems Engineer: Programs microcontrollers and develops real-time systems (used in automotive, appliances, etc.)
- Telecommunications Engineer: Works on mobile networks, satellite systems, and fiber optics
- Control Systems Engineer: Designs control loops for automation for industries, robotics, or aerospace.
- Automation Engineer: Programs PLCs, SCADA systems, and factory automation.
Undergraduate Catalog and ClearPath
The undergraduate catalog lists the classes needed for graduating the program. The ClearPath showcase shows you the recommended order of taking the needed classes per semester of the program.
The Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunications(s), and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
Electrical Engineering, B.S.E.E. 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.
Electrical Engineering Clear Path
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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:
| Power Simulation Lab (ENEE 4720L) |
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| Robotics and Intelligent Systems | Fuzzy and Intelligent Controls (ENEE 4330) Robotics and Controls Research (ENEE 4350) Any one of the following:
| Linear Controls and Drives Lab (ENEE 4750L) |
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| Microelectronics and Computers | Embedded Systems (ENEE 4710 – 4 Hours) Advance Electronics (ENEE 3770) Any one of the following:
| Covered by lab component of Embedded System (ENEE 4710) |