PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY

The Electrical Engineering undergraduate program is founded on basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering science fundamentals. The program emphasizes engineering science, and focuses on the application of scientific knowledge to the solution of engineering problems. This focus is intended to lead students to develop analysis and design skills, and original thought processes that will serve them throughout their careers in a rapidly changing world.

The electrical engineering program is based on the philosophy that specialization is better acquired at the graduate level. The program is a broad-based program with an emphasis on the fundamentals of electrical engineering. The curriculum consists of engineering background courses in science and mathematics; courses in the humanities, social sciences and fine arts that foster an appreciation of the interrelationship of basic sciences, technological advances, and society; and major multi-course sequences in engineering. Multi-course sequence areas are:

1. Core topics common to all areas of engineering,
2. Circuits and Electronics,
3. Analog Systems,
4. Digital Systems,
5. Electromagnetic Fields, RF and microwaves, and
6. Engineering Design.

The basic program in Electrical Engineering requires multiple courses in each of the above areas. The emphasis areas of Computer Engineering, RF and Wireless Engineering, and Telecommunications permit additional concentration in one of the areas and require multiple courses in at least five of the above areas.