Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Science B.A./B.S.

Science

For a list of courses under the Science academic distribution area, review the Requirements website.

One of the following courses:

Wr 323Writing as Critical Inquiry

4

or

Wr 327Technical Report Writing

4

or

WIC course

4

Requirements

Upper-division credits from one department in the major academic area

8

Upper-division credits from a second department in the major academic area

8

Additional upper division credits from any department(s) in the major academic area

16

Additional credits in the major academic area

20

Engineering Science and Information Science Tracks

*** These tracks require a very specific degree map that is typically only available to undergraduate students who have completed significant prerequisite courses in math, physics, and engineering subjects. Students should only consider these tracks if they have the necessary prerequisite courses and have discussed these tracks with their advisor. ***

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences recognizes that specific Engineering (ECE) courses contain a high degree of science content. For students wanting to specialize in Engineering Science or Information Science, the College recognizes the following courses as equivalent to courses from two distinct departments. As such, students in either of these two tracks may use the below courses to fulfill the Science B.A./B.S. requirement of area distribution courses from two separate departments.

Students are strongly recommended to first discuss these two track options with an advisor prior to enrolling in these courses.

Engineering Science courses (high physics or math content)

ECE 315Signals and Systems I

4

ECE 316Signals and Systems II

4

ECE 321Electronics I

4

ECE 331Engineering Electromagnetics I

4

ECE 332Engineering Electromagnetics II

4

ECE 415Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices

4

ECE 416Integrated Circuit (IC) Technologies

4

ECE 461Communication Systems Design I

4

Information Science courses (high algorithmic/computational content)

ECE 351Verilog and FPGA Design

4

ECE 361Computer System Organization

4

ECE 362Embedded Operating Systems

4

ECE 371Microprocessors

4

ECE 372Microprocessor Interfacing and Embedded Systems

5

Science: Engineering Science

Requirements

Upper division credits from the approved Engineering Science courses

16

Upper division credits from the approved Information Science courses

8

Additional upper division credits from any department(s) in the major academic area or the approved Engineering Science or Information Science courses

8

Additional credits in the major academic area

20

One of the following courses:

Wr 323Writing as Critical Inquiry

4

or

Wr 327Technical Report Writing

4

or

WIC course

4

Science: Information Science

Requirements

Upper division credits from the approved Information Science courses

16

Upper division credits from the approved Engineering Science courses

8

Additional upper division credits from any department(s) in the major academic area or the approved Engineering Science or Information Science courses

8

Additional credits in the major academic area

20

One of the following courses:

Wr 323Writing as Critical Inquiry

4

or

Wr 327Technical Report Writing

4

or

WIC course

4

Courses used to satisfy the major requirements, whether taken at PSU or elsewhere, must be graded C- or above. A maximum of 12 credits may be graded P.