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BSEE Degree Requirements

Blue Program -- 129 Total Credits

For students who enter the EE Major as Juniors prior to Fall 2008

First Semester (16 credits)

____ MATH 140 Calculus I (4) +
____ PHYS 211 Mechanics (4) +
____ ENGL 15/30 Rhetoric and Composition (3) 
____ CHEM 12/110 Chemical Principles (3) +
____ CHEM 14/111 Experimental Chemistry (1) 
____ 1st Year Seminar (1)

Second Semester (17 credits)

____ MATH 141 Calculus II (4) +
____ PHYS 212 Electricity and Magnetism (4) 
____ CMPSC 201C Programming for Engr (3)
____ EDSGN 100 Engineering Design (3) 
____ AHS elective (3) %
Third Semester (17 credits)

____ EE 210 Circuits and Devices (4) *
____ CSE/CMPEN 271 Digital Systems (3) * 
____ CSE/CMPEN 275 Digital Design Lab (1) 
____ PHYS 213 Fluids and Thermal Physics (2) 
____ PHYS 214 Waves and Quantum Physics (2)
____ MATH 220 Matrices (2)
____ MATH 250 Differential Equations (3)

Fourth Semester (17 credits)

____ EE 310 Electronic Circuit Design (4) *
____ MATH 230 Calculus III (4)
____ PHYS 237 or EMCH 11/211 or M E 23/201
          or BIOL 141 or CSE 120/CMPSC 122 (3) 
____ ECON 2/4 Micro or Macro Economics (3)
____ CAS 100A/B Effective Speech (3)
Fifth Semester (15.5 credits)

____ EE 330 Engineering Electromagnetics (4) * 
____ EE 350 Continuous-time Linear Sys (4) *
____ ESCI 314 Engr. Application of Materials (3) *
____ AHS elective (3) %
____ Health & Physical Activity (1.5)
Sixth Semester (16.5 credits)

____ EE 324/316 Embedded Microcontrollers (3) * 
____ EE/CMPEN 300 level elective (3) 
____ EE/CMPEN 300/400 level elective (3) 
____ Statistics elective (3) 
____ AHS elective (3) %
____ Health & Physical Activity (1.5)

Seventh and Eighth Semesters (30 credits)
The order in which you take these courses may vary. Please consult your advisor.

____ EE/CMPEN 400 level elective (3) 
____ EE/CMPEN 400 level elective (3) 
____ ENGL 202C Technical Writing (3) 
____ AHS elective (3) %
____ Related elective (3) 

____ EE 402W/403W Senior Design (3) 
____ EE/CMPEN 400 level elective (3) 
____ Engineering elective (3) 
____ AHS elective (3) %
____ Related elective (3)

+ Course requires a grade of C or better for entrance into Electrical Engineering.
* Course requires a grade of C or better for graduation from Electrical Engineering.
% AHS elective stands for A rts, H umanities, and S ocial and Behavioral Sciences elective.

With careful planning, courses may be arranged in many different ways.  You must be careful to plan a schedule so that all prerequisites are satisfied.





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