BS in Computer Engineering (92–93 hours*)

Learning Outcomes

1. Fundamentals: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics (differential, integral, and multivariate calculus; linear algebra; complex variables; differential equations; discrete math; and probability), science (Newtonian mechanics; electricity and magnetism; and introductory chemistry), computer fundamentals (programming languages; computer organization; and software/hardware interfaces), and engineering science (signals and systems, electromagnetics, and electronic devices).
2. Experiments and data analysis: An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
3. System design: An ability to design a system component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
4. Teamwork: An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
5. Leadership: An understanding of principles of leadership and project management.
6. Engineering problems: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
7. Ethics: An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
8. Communication skills: An ability to communicate effectively.
9. Broad education: The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
10. Lifelong learning: A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
11. Contemporary issues: A knowledge of contemporary issues.
12. Techniques, skills, and tools: An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

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1. Complete the following prerequisite courses:
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 and 111 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   
   MATH 113 : Calculus 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 113 : Calculus 2. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 112 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Techniques and applications of integration; sequences, series, convergence tests, power series; parametric equations; polar coordinates.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   
   PHSCS 121 : Principles of Physics 1. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHSCS 121 : Principles of Physics 1. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Calculus or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Newtonian mechanics. Weekly lab.
   
   
   PHSCS 220 : Principles of Physics 3. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHSCS 220 : Principles of Physics 3. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Phscs 121 or equivalent; Math 113 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Electricity and magnetism. Weekly lab.
   
   
2. Complete the following:
   EC EN 124 : (EC En-C S) Introduction to Computing Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 124 : (EC En-C S) Introduction to Computing Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	How a computer works, from hardware to high-level programming: logic circuits, computer instructions, assembly language, binary arithmetic, C programming, program translation, data structures, algorithm analysis.
   
   
   EC EN 191 : New Student Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 191 : New Student Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of electrical and computer engineering with group and individual design projects.
   
   
   EC EN 212 : Circuit Analysis and Laboratory. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 212 : Circuit Analysis and Laboratory. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Phscs 220 and Math 113 with an average grade of B or better, or clearance from department advisor.
   DESCRIPTION:	Analysis of electric circuits; sinusoidal-steady state, resonance, Bode plots, and balanced three-phase circuits. Includes labs.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
   EC EN 224 : Fundamentals of Digital Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 224 : Fundamentals of Digital Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	CS-ECEn 124.
   DESCRIPTION:	Digital logic: theory, design, and implementation of combinational and sequential logic. Laboratory experience in construction of digital logic circuits.
   
   
   EC EN 313 : Electronic Circuit Design 1. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 313 : Electronic Circuit Design 1. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	EC En 212.
   DESCRIPTION:	Analysis and design of linear and nonlinear electronic circuit building blocks.
   
   
   EC EN 320 : Digital System Design. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 320 : Digital System Design. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	EC En 212, 224.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced digital design, including hardware description languages, electrical properties of digital circuits, synchronous and asynchronous circuits, computer arithmetic, and interfacing to external circuitry.
   
   
   EC EN 324 : Computer Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 324 : Computer Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	EC En 224, C S 235.
   DESCRIPTION:	Machine-level representations of programs and data, processor architecture, program performance optimizaton, memory hierarchies, virtual memory, linking, exceptions.
   
   
   EC EN 370 : (EC En - Math 331) Probability Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 370 : (EC En - Math 331) Probability Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 343.
   DESCRIPTION:	Axiomatic probability theory, conditional probability, discrete / continuous random variables, expectation, conditional expectation, moments, functions of random variables, multivariate distributions, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem.
   
   
   EC EN 380 : Signals and Systems. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 380 : Signals and Systems. (5:4:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	ECEn 212, Math 334.
   DESCRIPTION:	Time and frequency domain analysis of discrete or continuous systems subjected to periodic or nonperiodic input signals.
   
   
   EC EN 391 : Junior Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 391 : Junior Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	EC En 212.
   DESCRIPTION:	Seminars and colloquia on current topics in electrical and computer engineering, as well as ethics, contemporary issues, and life-long learning.
   NOTE:	Attendance and some writing are required.
   
   
   EC EN 490 : Team Design Project. (4:2:6)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 490 : Team Design Project. (4:2:6)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Selected 400-level electrical and computer engineering courses, depending on the specific project.
   DESCRIPTION:	Culminating design experience based on skills learned in advanced technical courses. Students work in teams to plan, design, test, and demonstrate a major project.
   
   
3. Complete at least 19 hours from the following advanced technical program and technical electives:
   • Complete at least two of the following courses:
     EC EN 425 : Real-Time Operating Systems. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 425 : Real-Time Operating Systems. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     PREREQUISITE:	EC En 324.
     DESCRIPTION:	Hardware/software interface, real-time kernel internals, implementation of high-level language constructs, issues in real-time application software development.
     
     
     EC EN 427 : Embedded Systems. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 427 : Embedded Systems. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F
     PREREQUISITE:	EC En 320, 324.
     DESCRIPTION:	Interfacing digital hardware components to an embedded system processor. Developing the hardware-software interface. Developing application software. Using C and assembly language in device-driver design, monitor-debugger, and real-time kernel. Lab.
     
     
     EC EN 451 : Introduction to Digital VLSI Circuits. (4:3:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 451 : Introduction to Digital VLSI Circuits. (4:3:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	W
     PREREQUISITE:	ECEn 313, 320.
     DESCRIPTION:	Design of very large-scale integrated circuits for digital systems. CAD tools used extensively to simulate the design and create and verify mask circuits.
     
     
   • Complete one of the following options:
     Either
     EC EN 362 : Transmission Line Fundamentals for High-Speed Digital Systems. (2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 362 : Transmission Line Fundamentals for High-Speed Digital Systems. (2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W
     PREREQUISITE:	ECEn 212, Math 334; computer engineering major status.
     DESCRIPTION:	Transmission lines for high-speed digital systems.
     NOTE:	Lab included.
     
     
     Or
     EC EN 360 : Transmission Lines and Introductory Fields. (4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 360 : Transmission Lines and Introductory Fields. (4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W
     PREREQUISITE:	Math 214, 334, ECEn 212.
     DESCRIPTION:	Properties and application of transmission lines. Introduction to electric and magnetic field theory and development of Maxwell's equations.
     
     
     EC EN 361 : Transmission Lines and Introductory Fields Laboratory. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     EC EN 361 : Transmission Lines and Introductory Fields Laboratory. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
     
     OFFERED:	F, W
     PREREQUISITE:	ECEn 360 or concurrent enrollment.
     DESCRIPTION:	Experiments and measurement techniques in static and time-varying fields. Transmission line design and measurements. Microwave generation, propagation, detection, and hardware components.
     
     
   • Complete remaining course hours selected from the following:
     1. Additional courses listed in item 3a above or other 400-level electrical and computer engineering courses.
     2. Any of the following:
        C S 345 : Operating Systems Design. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 345 : Operating Systems Design. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W, Su
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 240.
        DESCRIPTION:	Principles and concepts of operating systems design and the implementation of an operating system.
        
        
        C S 428 : Software Engineering. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 428 : Software Engineering. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340.
        DESCRIPTION:	Analysis, design, implementation, and testing of significant software systems.
        
        
        C S 431 : Algorithmic Languages and Compilers. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 431 : Algorithmic Languages and Compilers. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	W, Su
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 330, 340.
        DESCRIPTION:	Formal description of algorithmic languages and techniques used in their compilation: semantics, ambiguities, procedures, replication, iteration, recursion.
        
        
        C S 452 : Database Modeling Concepts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 452 : Database Modeling Concepts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340, 360.
        DESCRIPTION:	Database models: relational, deductive, object-oriented. Integrity constraints, query languages, database design.
        
        
        C S 455 : Computer Graphics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 455 : Computer Graphics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340, Math 343.
        DESCRIPTION:	Interactive computer graphics systems programming and architecture.
        
        
        C S 456 : Introduction to User Interface Software. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 456 : Introduction to User Interface Software. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340.
        DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to software architectures and techniques for graphical user interfaces. Input devices, windowing systems, event-driven programming, interactive geometry.
        
        
        C S 460 : Computer Communications and Networking. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 460 : Computer Communications and Networking. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340, 360.
        DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to data communications and computer networking. Communications fundamentals, computer networks, software, architecture, telecommunications, regulation, standards.
        
        
        C S 462 : Large-Scale Distributed System Design. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 462 : Large-Scale Distributed System Design. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 340, 360.
        DESCRIPTION:	Designing and implementing client-server enterprise applications. Web servers, application servers, database connectivity, remote procedure calls, transactions, messaging, directory, naming services, threads, security, data formats.
        
        
        C S 465 : Computer Security. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 465 : Computer Security. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 360.
        RECOMMENDED:	C S 404.
        DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to computer security fundamentals: confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and access control. Secret key and public key cryptography, network security protocols, viruses, and fire walls.
        
        
        C S 470 : Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 470 : Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, Sp
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 312, Math 343, Stat 321.
        DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to core areas of artifical intelligence; intelligent agents, problem solving and search, knowledge-based systems and inference, planning, uncertainty, learning, and perception.
        
        
        C S 478 : Introduction to Neural Networks and Machine Learning. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 478 : Introduction to Neural Networks and Machine Learning. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F, W
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 312, Math 343, Stat 321.
        DESCRIPTION:	Neural network and machine learning models include Perceptrons, back-propagation, decision trees, genetic algorithms, and other mechanisms allowing computers to learn without being programmed.
        
        
        C S 486 : Verification and Validation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        C S 486 : Verification and Validation. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
        
        OFFERED:	F
        PREREQUISITE:	C S 312, Math 343, Stat 321.
        DESCRIPTION:	Implementing formal verification algorithms and using them in protocol and circuit design; proving both incorrectness and correctness.
        
        
     3. 500-level computer science courses.

4. Complete the following supporting courses:
   CHEM 105 : General College Chemistry. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHEM 105 : General College Chemistry. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 (or equivalent) or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Atomic and molecular structure including bonding and periodic properties of the elements; reaction energetics, electrochemistry, acids and bases, inorganic and organic chemistry.
   NOTE:	Primarily for students in engineering and biological sciences. Three lectures and two recitation sections per week.
   
   
   Or
   CHEM 111 : Principles of Chemistry. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CHEM 111 : Principles of Chemistry. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 (or equivalent) or concurrent enrollment.
   RECOMMENDED:	High school chemistry, physics, and introductory calculus or concurrent enrollment in Math 112.
   DESCRIPTION:	Stoichiometry, kinetic-molecular theory, thermodynamics, states of matter, solutions and equilibria, electrochemistry, structure and bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics.
   NOTE:	Tutorial included.
   
   
   
   
   C S 142 : Introduction to Computer Programming. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 142 : Introduction to Computer Programming. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Knowledge of algebra.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to object-oriented program design and development. Principles of algorithm formulation and implementation.
   
   
   C S 235 : Data Structures and Algorithms. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 235 : Data Structures and Algorithms. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142.
   DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental data structures and algorithms of computer science; basic algorithm analysis; recursion; sorting and searching; lists, stacks, queues, trees, hashing; object-oriented data abstraction.
   
   
   C S 236 : Discrete Structures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 236 : Discrete Structures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 235.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to grammars and parsing; predicate and propositional logic; proof techniques; sets, functions, relations, relational data model; graphs and graph algorithms.
   
   
   C S 240 : Advanced Programming Concepts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 240 : Advanced Programming Concepts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 236.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced software development with an object-oriented focus. Development and testing of several 1500 to 2000 line modules from formal specifications. UNIX and C++ environment.
   
   
   
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 312 : Persuasive Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 150 or equivalent; junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Expository and persuasive writing focusing on practical reasons for evaluating audiences, generating and structuring an argument, and making stylistic decisions. Library research paper.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   Or
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
   PREREQUISITE:	Engl 150 or equivalent; junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effective processes of written, oral, and visual technical communication, including collaborative processes. Writing for academic and professional audiences.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   
   
   MATH 334 : Ordinary Differential Equations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 334 : Ordinary Differential Equations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 113, 343.
   DESCRIPTION:	Methods and theory of ordinary differential equations.
   
   
   MATH 343 : Elementary Linear Algebra. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 343 : Elementary Linear Algebra. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 112 or 119.
   DESCRIPTION:	Linear systems, matrices, vectors and vector spaces, linear transformations, determinants, inner product spaces, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors.
   
   

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