Program Objectives

The Computer Engineering program seeks to prepare graduates who, after the first few years of their professional career, have:

• Established themselves as practicing engineering professionals in industry or government, or engaged in graduate study.
• Demonstrated their ability to work successfully as members of a professional team and function effectively as responsible professionals.
• Demonstrated their ability to adapt to new technology and career challenges. 

Curriculum And Overview Of Courses

The Core Curriculum For Computer Engineering Majors

The following section outlines the core curriculum for Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. In addition, course scheduling information is provided within this section.

Prerequisite Structure

The prerequisite structure for required computer science and electrical engineering courses required for the BSCOME is diagramed in the CpE curriculum, "Undergraduate Computer Engineering Curriculum". When selecting a course schedule, it is imperative that this prerequisite structure be followed absolutely. For example, a student may take ECE-202 only if ECE-201 has been completed successfully.

Technical Electives

Technical electives are required for the electrical engineering and computer engineering undergraduate degree programs. Students must select a minimum of four technical electives from the following listing but are not required to choose all of their technical electives from one particular emphasis area. They may choose any four technical electives of interest. Courses are grouped in emphasis areas to allow students to specialize in an area of interest if they so desire. Additionally, electrical engineering students may choose technical electives from computer engineering emphasis areas and vice versa. All prerequisite courses listed below in italics must be passed with a grade of C or better in order to proceed in the curriculum.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Emphasis Areas

System Science

Courses	Title
ECE 355	Intro to Networks and Data Communications (P-junior standing) - fall
ECE 451	Communication Systems (P-ECE 202, 304) - spring
ECE 455	Network Engineering and Design (P-ECE 355, or permission from instructor) - spring
ECE 458	Instrumentation (P-ECE 202, PHYS 102N, 112N or 232N) - spring
ECE 461	Automatic Control Systems (P-ECE 202) - fall
ECE 482	VLSI Systems Design (P/C ECE 241, 313) - spring

Physical Science

Courses	Title
ECE 303	Introduction to Electric Power (P-ECE 201) - fall
ECE 403	Power Electronics (P-MATH 307 and ECE 303)
ECE 404	Electric Drives (P-ECE 201 and ECE 303)
ECE 454	Introduction to Bioelectrics (P-MATH 200 or higher, PHYS 111N or higher) - fall
ECE 458	Instrumentation (ECE 202, PHYS 102N, 112N or 232N) - spring
ECE 472	Plasma Discharges and Materials Processing (P-ECE 323) - fall
ECE 473	Solid State Electronics (P-ECE 313, 323, 332) - fall
ECE 474	Optical Communications (P-ECE 323 and MATH 312) - spring
ECE 478	Lasers and Laser Applications in Engineering (P-ECE 313 and MATH 312) - spring

Digital Design

Courses	Title
ECE 341	Digital System Design (P-ECE 241)
ECE 346	Microcontrollers (P-ECE 241) - spring
ECE 443	Computer Architecture (P-ECE 341, 346, P/C-ECE 304, 489W) - fall
ECE 458	Instrumentation (ECE 202, PHYS 102N, 112N or 232N) - spring

Modeling and Simulation, Medical Imaging Computer Graphics and Visualization

Courses	Title
ECE 405	Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation (P-ECE 304 or equiv.) - spring
ECE 406	Introduction to Visualization (P-CS 150) - fall
ECE 407	Introduction to Game Development (P-CS 361 or equivalent) - spring
ECE 462	Introduction to Medical Image Analysis (P-MATH 212)
ECE 481	Introduction to Digital Image Processing (P-ECE 202) - spring
CS 460	Computer Graphics (P-CS 361)

Computer Hardware, Embedded Systems, Real-Time Systems, FPGA/VLSI Design

Courses	Title
ECE 332	Microelectronic Materials and Processes (P-ECE 202) - fall
ECE 387	Microelectronic Fabrication Laboratory (P-ECE 332) - spring
ECE 441	Advanced Digital Design and FPGAs (P-ECE 341) - spring
ECE 482	VLSI Systems Design (P-ECE 241, 313) - spring
ECE 483	Embedded Systems (P-ECE 313, 346) - fall

Computer Networks, Wireless Communications, Sensor Networks, Network Security

Courses	Title
ECE 355	Intro to Networks and Data Communications (P-junior standing) - fall
ECE 455	Network Engineering and Design (P-ECE 355, or permission from instructor) - spring
ECE 451	Communication Systems (P-ECE 202, 304) - spring
ECE 452	Intro to Wireless Communication Networks (P-ECE 202, 304) - spring
CS 472	Network Systems Security (P-CS 361)

Signal/Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine Intelligence

Courses	Title
ECE 481	Introduction to Digital Image Processing (P-ECE 202) - spring
ECE 462	Introduction to Medical Image Analysis (P-MATH 212)

Students in the Computer Engineering program can choose an additional computer science course as one of their Technical Electives, as this strengthens their minor in Computer Science. Students may choose from the following CS courses.

Courses	Title
CS 355	Principles of Programming Languages (P-CS 250, 252)
CS 390	Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science (P-CS 250, 381)
CS 454	Network Management (P-CS 455)
CS 476	Systems Programming (P-CS 330, 361)
CS 487	Applied Parallel Computing (P-CS 270, 361)
CS 488	Principles of Compiler Construction (P-CS 361)

Non-major Engineering Elective

The non-major engineering elective provides the student with exposure to another engineering field. This three hour course must meet the criteria for an ABET approved engineering science course and all prerequisites for the course must be met.

One of the following courses is suggested: CEE 204-Statics, ME 201-Materials Science, ME 204-Statics, any CS course, or any Engineering Management course.

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DOUBLE MAJORS/DOUBLE DEGREES

Students may wish to fulfill the Upper Division General Education requirement by choosing to complete both majors within our department. Through careful planning, this could be accomplished by taking only a few extra courses in addition to those required for the first major. The extra courses would be taken in place of the elective courses. A minimum of 129 credits are needed to complete all requirements for both majors. Students earning less than 150 credits would receive one degree listing both majors (double major), the primary major and the secondary major. Students having accumulated a total of 150 or more credit hours (mainly transfer students with extra credits) would receive two distinct degrees (double degree).

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The ECE department has collaborated with the Computer Science Department to make a similar double degree option available to those students who wish to complete both the Computer Engineering and the Computer Science degrees. The combined program requires 150 credits or more, thus giving students two distinct degrees.

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