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    Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Engineering, Electrical Engineering Concentration, Major


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The Engineering major provides graduates with a uniquely well-rounded education, designed to expose students to the complex socio-cultural and economic reasons for engineering problems and the effects of engineering solutions, so that they become professionals who value diverse perspectives and respect the full trajectory of an engineering issue from its origins to the teamwork necessary to produce solutions, to the communications and dissemination of information. Our students come from highly diverse backgrounds, and the program is designed to help them to realize the assets they come with, and use them to propose solutions which they could only arrive at by valuing their assets and those of others.

In the Electrical Engineering concentration of the major, students learn to design and test various types of electrical equipment, including computer hardware, sensors, biomedical instrumentation, and control systems. Electrical engineers work with every kind of device imaginable. In this concentration, emphasis is placed on devices used to improve people’s lives across the globe, such as low-cost medical diagnostics and alternative energy strategies.

Program Educational Objectives & Student Outcomes


Please see the Engineering Major 

Major Requirements (80 units)


Degree Planner


First-Year


Fall Units
ENGR 020 - Intro to Prototyping      0
ENGR 100 - Becoming an Engineer   2
ENGR 110 - Project & Design I   4
MATH 109 - Calculus & Analytic Geom I  (or other, by placement) (Prerequisite MATH 108 - Precalculus ) 4
Core such as PHIL 246 - Engineering Ethics /THRS 246 - Ethics: Engineering    4
Core or CHEM 150 - Gen Chem 1 for Eng and Sci   4
Total Semester Units 18
Spring Units
ENGR 102 - Intro to Programming  or CS 110 - Intro to Computer Science I   4
MATH 110 - Calculus & Analytic Geom II   4
PHYS 150 - Physics for Engineers I   4
Core or Language Course 1 (if needed) 4
Total Semester Units 16

Sophomore Year


Fall Units
ENGR 234 - Sensors through History   4
MATH 211 - Calculus & Analytic Geom III   4
PHYS 151 - Physics for Engineers II   4
Core or Language Course 2 (if needed) 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
ENGR 201 - Diff Eq & Systems Modeling   4
ENGR 203 - Engineering Computation I   2
ENGR 210 - Project and Design II   4
ENGR 264 - Analog Electronics   4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 18

Junior Year


Fall Units
ENGR 301 - Applied Linear Algebra      4
ENGR 303 - Engineering Computation II   2
MATH 360 - Probability & Statistics   4
ENGR 362 - Signals & Systems  4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 18
Spring Units
ENGR 310 - Project & Design III   4
ENGR 364 - Control Systems   4
Core 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16

Senior Year


Fall Units
ENGR 410 - Project & Design Capstone I    2
ENGR 262 - Intro to Digital Electronics   4
Core 4
Core 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 18
Spring Units
ENGR 411 - Project & Design Capstone II   4
Core 4
Core or General Elective (if needed) 4
Core or General Elective (if needed) 4
Total Semester Units 14

*This information is subject to change, the degree planner is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information. 

 

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