Degree requirements

General Education requirements

The MCECS General Education requirements for engineering students can be met in one of the following ways:

1. Students who complete their entire program at Portland State University meet the requirement by taking 39 credits of University Studies. (15 credits Freshmen Inquiry, 12 credits Sophomore Inquiry, and 12 credits Upper-division Cluster.)
2. Transfer students meet the requirement by having Wr 121, Comm 220, and 32 credits as a combination of University Studies courses and liberal arts/social science transfer credits. (At a minimum the 12 credit upper-division cluster must be taken at PSU. Please contact ECE departmental adviser for details of this requirement.)
3. Courses specifically required in a program must be taken on a graded basis unless those classes are only available with a pass/no-pass grading option. Classes not specifically identified by a unique number, for example an upper-division cluster class, may be taken on a P/NP basis.

GPA requirements

In order to graduate, electrical engineering and computer engineering students must have an overall GPA, which includes all courses taken at PSU, greater than 2.00. Their major GPA must be greater than 2.00. Major GPA includes all of the engineering courses used toward satisfying the degree requirements, whether taken at PSU or transferred. Normal PSU policies apply for grade replacement in major GPA calculation. If at any point either of these GPAs falls below 2.00 students will be placed on probation, as explained in the Continuation Criteria section above.