Portland-State-University 2019-2020 Bulletin

Electrical Engineering B.S.

Requirements

The Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 – telephone: (410) 347-7700. It is designed to provide a comprehensive background in the electrical sciences and offers an opportunity for specialization in the areas of analog/RF circuits, digital/VLSI design, electromagnetics, microelectronics, power engineering, and signal processing. This program provides the student with the educational background necessary for employment in virtually all electrical engineering fields. Majors in electrical engineering must complete the following University and departmental degree requirements. Any deviation from the required courses must be approved by the department.

Freshman year

ECE 101Exploring Electrical Engineering

4

ECE 102Engineering Computation

4

ECE 103Engineering Programming

4

ECE 171Digital Circuits

4

ECE 172Digital Systems

4

Mth 251Calculus I

4

Mth 252Calculus II

4

Mth 253Calculus III

4

Ch 221General Chemistry I

4

Ch 227General Chemistry Laboratory

1

Freshman Inquiry

15

Total Credit Hours:52

Sophomore year

ECE 211Introduction to Design Processes

1

ECE 212Introduction to Project Development

2

ECE 221Electric Circuit Analysis I

4

ECE 222Electric Circuit Analysis II

4

ECE 223Electric Circuit Analysis III

4

Mth 254Calculus IV

4

Mth 256Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

4

Mth 261Introduction to Linear Algebra

4

Ph 221General Physics (with Calculus) I

3

Ph 222General Physics (with Calculus) II

3

Ph 223General Physics (with Calculus) III

3

Ph 214Lab for Ph 201 or Ph 211 or Ph 221

1

Ph 215Lab for Ph 202 or Ph 212 or Ph 222

1

Ph 216Lab for Ph 203 or Ph 213 or Ph 223

1

Sophomore Inquiry

12

Total Credit Hours:51

Junior year

ECE 315Signals and Systems I

4

ECE 316Signals and Systems II

4

ECE 317Signals and Systems III

4

ECE 321Electronics I

4

ECE 322Electronics II

4

ECE 331Engineering Electromagnetics I

4

ECE 332Engineering Electromagnetics II

4

EE 347Power Systems I

4

ECE 371Microprocessors

4

Stat 351Probability and Statistics for Electrical and Computer Engineering

4

Junior ECE elective

4

Total Credit Hours:44
Junior-level ECE electives are ECE 323, EE 348, ECE 351, ECE 361, ECE 362, ECE 372, ECE 373.

Senior year

ECE 411Industry Design Processes

2

ECE 412Senior Project Development I

4

ECE 413Senior Project Development II

2

ECE 424Engineering Professional Practice

2

Junior or senior ECE electives

8

Senior ECE electives

4

Upper-division cluster

8

Ec 314UPrivate and Public Investment Analysis

4

Total Credit Hours:34

Ec 314U is a required course contained within some upper-division clusters.

Junior-level ECE electives are ECE 323, EE 348, ECE 351, ECE 361, ECE 362, ECE 372, ECE 373. One of the junior- or senior-level electives may be a Mth, CS, ME, or Ph course numbered 311 (or 411) and above.

Senior-level ECE electives are any ECE course numbered 400 and above.