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. Students are expected to declare their specialization track by the Spring term of their junior year. 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 171 | Digital Circuits | 4 |
| ECE 101 | Exploring Electrical Engineering | 4 |
| ECE 102 | Engineering Computation | 4 |
| ECE 103 | Engineering Programming | 4 |
| Mth 251 | Calculus I | 4 |
| Mth 252 | Calculus II | 4 |
| Mth 261 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 4 |
| Ch 221 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| Ch 227 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| | Freshman Inquiry | 15 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Sophomore year
| ECE 221 | Electric Circuit Analysis I | 4 |
| ECE 222 | Electric Circuit Analysis II | 4 |
| ECE 223 | Electric Circuit Analysis III | 4 |
| ECE 271 | Digital Systems | 4 |
| Mth 254 | Calculus IV | 4 |
| Mth 256 | Applied Differential Equations I | 4 |
| Ph 221 | General Physics (with Calculus) | 3 |
| Ph 222 | General Physics (with Calculus) | 3 |
| Ph 223 | General Physics (with Calculus) | 3 |
| Ph 214 | Lab for Ph 201 or Ph 211 or Ph 221 | 1 |
| Ph 215 | Lab for Ph 202 or Ph 212 or Ph 222 | 1 |
| Ph 216 | Lab for Ph 203 or Ph 213 or Ph 223 | 1 |
| | Sophomore Inquiry | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Junior year
| ECE 311 | Feedback and Control | 4 |
| ECE 321 | Electronics I | 4 |
| ECE 322 | Electronics II | 4 |
| ECE 323 | Electronics III | 4 |
| ECE 331 | Engineering Electromagnetics I | 4 |
| ECE 332 | Engineering Electromagnetics II | 4 |
| ECE 371 | Microprocessors | 4 |
| ECE 312 | Fourier Analysis | 4 |
| Stat 451 | Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I | 4 |
| Wr 327 | Technical Report Writing | 4 |
| | Upper-division Math/Science elective | 4 |
| | Track specific junior electrical engineering electives | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
Track specific junior electives are listed in departmental guides and departmental website.
Students in the Energy Systems track take ECE 347 instead of ECE 323.
Wr 227 is accepted for transfer students only.
Senior year
| ECE 411 | Industry Design Processes | 4 |
| ECE 412 | Senior Project Development I | 4 |
| ECE 413 | Senior Project Development II | 2 |
| | Track specific senior electrical engineering electives | 16 |
| | Upper-division cluster | 12 |
| Ec 314 | Private and Public Investment Analysis | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 38 |
Ec 314 is a required course that can be taken as a part of some upper-division clusters.
Track specific senior electrical engineering electives
The student is required to complete at least 16 senior elective credits, as determined by their chosen track. A list of tracks and their corresponding electives is published in departmental guides and the departmental website and currently includes Analog/RF Circuits, Digital/VLSI, Electromagnetics, Microelectronics, Power Engineering, and Signal Processing tracks. The following omnibus numbered courses are excluded:
ECE 403 Honors thesis may be used by students in the electrical engineering honors track.