Department of Electrical Engineering
Chair and Professor: Mousavinezhad
Assistant Professors: Chiu, Zydek
Professors: Naidu, Stuffle
Associate Professors: Ellis, Kantabutra
Adjunct Faculty: Hunter, Jensen, Lefevre, McJunKin,
Pan, Renlund
Affiliate Faculty: Rieger, Suri
Electrical
Engineering Courses
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Accreditation
The undergraduate program in Electrical
Engineering (EE) is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation
Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
Educational Objectives:
•
PEO1. Depth and Breadth: Produce graduates who demonstrate broad and
in-depth knowledge in the practice of, or advanced study of, electrical
engineering.
• PEO2. Career Development: Produce graduates
who will demonstrate and maintain the necessary knowledge and skills
throughout their careers to solve problems in the complex modern work
environment.
• PEO3. Professionalism: Produce graduates who
demonstrate professional responsibilities.
Declaring an Electrical Engineering Major
To declare an Electrical Engineering major, a
student must have an overall GPA of 2.0 and have completed all the key
courses listed below with a grade point average (GPA) for these courses
of at least 2.0 with no grade lower than C-. Each student should submit
an application form (available in the Engineering Office)
and transcripts as soon as possible (sophomore year) – and will
not be allowed to register for any Engineering upper
division course (i.e. those numbered 3000 or above) until officially
declared an Electrical Engineering major.
Key Courses:
EE 2240 Introduction to Electrical Circuits 3 cr
EE 2274,2275 Introduction to Digital Systems, and Lab 4 cr
CHEM 1111,1111L General Chemistry I, and Lab 5 cr
CS 1181 Computer Science and Programming I 3 cr
PHYS 2211,2212 Engineering Physics I, II 8 cr
Electrical Engineering Degree Requirements
Including the University's General Education
Requirements, the program of study
for the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree totals 129
credits as follows:
Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Core Courses (44 credits):
CS 1181 Computer Science and Programming I 3 cr
CS 1182 Computer Science and Programming II 3 cr
CS/MATH 1187 Applied Discrete Structures 3 cr
ENGL 3307 Professional and Technical Writing 3 cr
MATH 1175 Calculus II 4 cr
MATH 2240 Linear Algebra 3 cr
MATH 2275 Calculus III 4 cr
MATH 3360 Differential Equations 3 cr
EE 2240 Introduction to Electrical Circuits 3 cr
EE 3340 Fundamentals of ElectricalDevices 3 cr
EE 3342 Fundamentals of ElectricalDevices Laboratory 1 cr
CE/ENGR 3360 Engineering Economics 2 cr
EE 4416 Applied Engineering Methods 3 cr
EE 4496A Project Design I 3 cr
EE 4496B Project Design II 3 cr
Required
Courses (47 credits):
EE 2274 Introduction to Digital Systems 3 cr
EE 2275 Introduction to Digital Systems Laboratory 1 cr
EE 3325 Electromagnetics 4 cr
EE 3329 Introduction to Electronics 3 cr
EE 3345 Signals and Systems 3 cr
EE 4400 Electrical Engineering Senior Seminar 1 cr
EE 4418 Communication Systems 3 cr
EE 4427, 4427L Embedded Systems Engineering, and Lab 3 cr
EE 4429, 4429L Advanced Electronics, and Lab 3 cr
EE 4472, 4472L Electrical Machines and Power, and Lab 4 cr
EE 4473 Automatic Control Systems 3 cr
EE 4475 Digital Signal Processing 3 cr
EE 4484 Signal Processing Laboratory 1 cr
CS 4475 Computer Architecture and Organization 3 cr
IN ADDITION
EE Electives* 6 cr
Upper division Technical Elective or EE elective 3 cr
*List of approved courses is available from
the Engineering office.
Recommended
Schedule
Fall Semester
Freshman Year
CHEM 1111,1111L General Chemistry I, and Lab 5 cr
CS 1181 Computer Science and Programming I 3 cr
MATH 1170 Calculus I 4 cr
Social Science and Humanities Course 3 cr
Semester Total 15 cr
Spring Semester
Freshman Year
CS 1182 Computer Science and Programming II 3 cr
CS/MATH 1187 Applied Discrete Structures 3 cr
ENGL 1102 Critical Reading and Writing 3 cr
MATH 1175 Calculus II 4 cr
PHYS 2211 Engineering Physics 4 cr
Semester Total 17 cr
Fall Semester Sophomore
Year
COMM 1101 Principles of Speech 3 cr
EE 2274, 2275 Introduction to Digital Systems, and Lab 4 cr
EE 2240 Introduction to Electrical Circuits 3 cr
MATH 2240 Linear Algebra 3 cr
PHYS 2212 Engineering Physics 4 cr
Semester Total 17 cr
Spring Semester
Sophomore Year
Social Science and Humanities Course 3 cr
EE 3340, 3342 Fundamentals of Electrical Devices, and Lab 4 cr
CE/ENGR 3360 Engineering Economics 2 cr
ENGL 3307 Professional and Technical Writing 3 cr
MATH 2275 Calculus III 4 cr
Semester Total 16 cr
Fall Semester Junior
Year
CS 4475 Computer Architecture and Organization 3 cr
EE 3325 Electromagnetics 4 cr
EE 3345 Signals and Systems 3 cr
EE 4472, 4472L Electrical Machines and Power, and Lab 4 cr
MATH 3360 Differential Equations 3 cr
Semester Total 17 cr
Spring Semester Junior
Year
EE 3329 Introduction to Electronics 3 cr
EE 4427,4427L Embedded Systems Engineering, and Lab 3 cr
EE 4473 Automatic Control Systems 3 cr
EE 4416 Applied Engineering Methods 3 cr
Social Science or Humanities Course 3 cr
Semester Total 15 cr
Fall Semester Senior
Year
EE 4400 Senior Seminar 1 cr
EE 4429, 4429L Advanced Electronics, and Lab 3 cr
EE Elective 3 cr
Technical Elective 3 cr
EE 4496A Project Design I 3 cr
Social Science or Humanities Course 3 cr
Semester Total 16 cr
Spring Semester
Senior
Year
EE 4418 Communication Systems 3 cr
EE 4475 Digital Signal Processing 3 cr
EE 4484 Signal Processing Laboratory 1 cr
EE Elective 3 cr
EE 4496B Project Design II 3 cr
Social Science or Humanities Course 3 cr
Semester Total 16 cr
Electrical Engineering Courses
EE 2240 Introduction to
Electrical Circuits 3 credits.
Passive circuit elements. DC circuits. Voltage and current sources.
Circuit laws, theorems and node and loop analysis. Transients in RLC
circuits. Introduction to AC circuits. Computer-aided analysis. PREREQ:
MATH 1170. F
EE 2274 Introduction to Digital
Systems 3 credits.
Number systems; Boolean algebra fundamentals; system reduction,
combinational and sequential logic. PREREQ: CS/MATH 1187. PRE-or-COREQ:
EE
2275. F
EE 2275 Introduction to Digital
Systems Laboratory 1 credit. Laboratory experience in the
construction of basic digital logic circuits and state machines.
PRE-or-COREQ: EE 2274. F
EE 3325 Electromagnetics 4 credits.
Vectors and fields, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics,
Maxwell’s equations, boundary value problems, plane and guided
waves. PREREQ: EE 3340, MATH 2275, and PHYS 2212; MATH 3360
recommended. F
EE 3329 Introduction to
Electronics 3 credits.
Introduction to semiconductor theory, diodes, bipolar junction
transistors and amplifiers, metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect
transistors and amplifiers, and frequency response. PRE-or-COREQ: EE
3340. S
EE 3340 Fundamentals of
Electrical Devices 3 credits.
AC circuits. Design of passive and active filters. Three-phase
circuits. Transformers. AC and DC machines. Computer-aided
analysis. PREREQ: EE 2240. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 3342 and MATH 1175. S
EE 3342 Fundamentals of
Electrical Devices Laboratory 1 credit. Laboratory course
emphasizing basic electrical measurements and methods. PRE-or-COREQ: EE
3340. S
EE 3345 Signals and Systems 3
credits.
Linear time-invariant systems, continuous and discrete; Fourier series,
Fourier transforms, discrete Fourier transforms; Laplace transforms,
z-transforms; state-space analysis. PREREQ: EE 3340. PRE-or-COREQ: MATH
3360. F
EE 4400 Senior Seminar 1 credit.
Current topics in Electrical Engineering. PREREQ: Senior standing in
Electrical Engineering. F
EE 4413 Techniques of
Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis and Design 3 credits.
Automatic formulation of equations and fundamental programming
techniques pertinent to computer-aided circuit analysis, design,
modeling. May include sensitivity calculations, system analogies,
optimization. PREREQ: CS 1181, EE 3340, and EE 3342. D
EE 4416 Applied Engineering
Methods 3 credits.
Applied discrete and continuous probability, random variables,
probability distributions, sampling, data description, parameter
estimation, hypothesis testing, inference, correlation and linear and
multiple regression. PREREQ: MATH 1170. S
EE 4418 Communication Systems 3
credits.
Basic principles of analysis and design of modern analog and digital
communication systems, including transmission and reception.
PREREQ: EE 3329 and EE 3345. S
EE 4427 Embedded Systems
Engineering 2 credits.
Integration of algorithms, software and hardware to design real-time
and embedded systems for signal processing and control. PREREQ: CS
4475. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4427L. S
EE 4427L Embedded Systems
Engineering Laboratory 1 credit.
Design and implement embedded signal processing and control systems
through the integration of algorithms, software, and hardware.
PRE-or-COREQ:
EE 4427. S
EE 4429 Advanced Electronics 2
credits.
Introduction to operational amplifiers and their applications, current
mirrors, active loads, differential amplifiers, feedback and stability,
filters, oscillators, Schmitt triggers, power amplifiers and voltage
regulators. PREREQ: EE 3329. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4429L. F
EE 4429L Advanced Electronics Lab
1 credit. Transistor biasing, amplifiers and other basic analog
circuit designs. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4429. F
EE 4432 Introduction to VLSI
Design 3 credits.
Photolithography, CMOS fabrication, MOSFET operation, CMOS passive
elements, design rules and layout, CAD tools for IC design, inverters,
static logic and transmission gates, dynamic logic. PREREQ: EE 3329. D
EE 4433 Mixed Signal Design 3
credits.
Analog IC design. Passive components, parasitic elements, component
matching, IC layout techniques, amplifiers, current sources,
comparators, op amps, noise, switched capacitor circuits. Includes lab
work using design tools. PREREQ: EE 4432. D
EE 4472 Electrical Machines and
Power 3 credits.
Theory and application of electrical machinery and transformers. Power
and energy relationships in power systems. PREREQ: EE 3340 and EE 3342.
PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4472L. F
EE 4472L Electrical Machines and
Power Laboratory 1 credit.
Experimental study of the fundamental physical phenomena and
characteristics of transformers, induction motors, synchronous and
direct current machines. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4472. F
EE 4473 Automatic Control Systems
3 credits.
Continuous-time control systems using both frequency-domain and
state-space techniques. Topics include design methodology, performance
specifications, analysis and design techniques. PREREQ: EE 3345 or ME
4405. S
EE 4474 Advanced Circuit Theory 3
credits.
Methods of analog electrical circuit analysis and synthesis. Topics
include signal flow graphs, multi-port networks, simulation
techniques, and topological methods for formulation of network
equations. PREREQ: EE 3340. D
EE 4475 Digital Signal Processing
3 credits.
Discrete, fast Fourier and Z-transforms, correlation, convolution,
finite and infinite impulse response digital filter design,
spectral analysis and adaptive digital filters. PREREQ: EE 3345.
PRE-or-COREQ:
EE 4484. S
EE 4476 Semiconductor Processing
and Fabrication 3 credits.
Silicon semiconductor processing and basic integrated circuit
fabrication. Physics, chemistry and technology in basic processing
steps in production of integrated circuits. PREREQ: PHYS 2212 or
equivalent. D
EE 4478 Semiconductor Devices 3
credits.
Operating principles of basic building blocks of modern silicon-based
semiconductor devices to include p-n junctions, field effect
transistors and bipolar junction transistors. PREREQ: PHYS 2212 or
equivalent. D
EE 4479 Advanced Semiconductor
Devices 3 credits.
Review of semiconductor band theory. Opto-electronics, quantum
mechanics, heterojunctions, power and microwave semiconductor devices.
PREREQ: EE 4478 or equivalent. D
EE 4481 Independent Problems 1-3
credits.
Students are assigned to, or request assign¬ment to, independent
problems on the basis of interest and preparation. May be repeated for
a maximum of 6 credits. Equivalent to CE/ENGR 4481 and CS 4482.
PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D
EE 4482 Principles of Power
Electronics 3 credits.
Introduction to steady state converter modeling and analysis.
Principles of converter dynamics and control including controller
design. PREREQ: EE 3329. PRE-or-COREQ: EE 4473. D
EE 4484 Signal Processing
Laboratory 1 credit. Design finite and infinite response digital
filters in digital signal processing applications. PRE-or-COREQ:
EE 4475. S
EE 4491 Digital Control Systems 3
credits.
Analysis and design of digital control systems, Z-transforms, transient
response, stability, root locus, frequency response, design,
state-space and state feedback. PREREQ: EE 4473. D
EE 4496A Project Design I 3
credits.
Semester one of a two semester sequence dealing with the conceptual
design of multi-disciplinary projects requiring multi-disciplinary
teams. Equivalent to CE, CS, ENGR, and ME 4496A. PREREQ: Approval
of
application for admission to course. F
EE 4496B Project Design II 3
credits.
Continuation of design sequence dealing with the design, analysis,
implementation, and consequences of multi-disciplinary projects.
Equivalent to CE, CS, ENGR, and ME 4496B. PREREQ: EE
4496A. S
