Electrical Engineering Semester-Wise Degree Plan (2022-2023)
DEGREE PLAN: BS in Electrical Engineering
Freshman Year
Fall
Hours
Spring
Hours
ENGL 1301
Composition I
3
ENGL 1302
Composition II
3
HIST 1301
History of the U.S. to 1877
3
HIST 1302
History of the U.S. Since 1877
3
MATH 2413
Calculus I
4
PLSC 2305
American National Politics
3
CHEM 1311
General Chemistry I
3
MATH 2414
Calculus II
4
CHEM 1111
Gen Chemistry I Laboratory
1
PHYS 2325
University Physics I
3
EENG 1303
Object-Oriented Programming
3
PHYS 2125
University Physics I lab
1
17
17
Sophomore Year
Fall
Hours
Spring
Hours
MATH 2415
Calculus III
4
EENG 3373
Engineering Probability and
Statistics
3
PHYS 2326
University Physics II
3
MATH 3320
Differential Equations
3
PHYS 2126
University Physics II Lab
1
ENGR 2305
Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis
3
MATH 3310
Linear Algebra
3
EENG 2105
Fundamental of Circuit Lab
1
EENG 2320
Foundations of Electrical
Engineering
3
EENG 2310
Digital Circuits Design
3
PLSC 2306
State and Local Politics
3
EENG 2110
Digital Circuits Laboratory
1
17
14
Junior Year
Fall
Spring
EENG 3303
Electromagnetic Fields
3
EENG 3309
Electronic Circuits Analysis II
3
EENG 3380
Signals and Systems
3
EENG 4340
Control Systems
3
EENG 3304
Electric Circuits II
3
EENG 3307
Microprocessors
3
COMM 1315
Intro to Public Speaking
3
EENG 4330
Electric Machines
3
EENG 3306
Electronic Circuits Analysis I
3
ENGR 4195
Professional Practice
1
EENG 3106
Electronic Circuits Analysis I
Lab
1
ENGL 23xx
Lang/Phil/Cultural Course
3
16
16
Senior Year
Fall
Spring
EENG 4325
Communication Theory
3
EENG 4460
Senior Design
4
Visual/Performing Arts
3
ENG43xx
Technical Elective
3
EENG 4310
Electric Power Systems
3
ENG43xx
Technical Elective
3
EENG 4110
Electric Power Systems Lab
1
Social and Behavioral Science
Course
3
EENG 3314
Power Electronics
3
ENG43xx
Technical Elective
3
16
13
Total hours
Descriptions of Electrical Engineering Courses
(Updated September 26, 2022)
EENG 1303 Object-Oriented Programming in Java (3-0)
Introduction to object-oriented programming using the Java language. Primitive data
types and expressions; application program interfaces; applets, debugging techniques
and integrated development environments are covered. Students will learn to use
existing classes; selection and iteration control structures; and data structures.
Prerequisite: College Algebra or equivalent.
ENGR 2305 Fundamentals of Circuits Analysis (3-0)
Define voltage, current, electrical energy & power, and the basic circuit elements.
Kirchhoff’s Laws and systematic formulation of circuit analysis; mesh and nodal
analysis; Thevenin and Norton's Theorems; operational amplifiers & storage elements;
first order circuits; AC steady-state circuit analysis using phasors. Complex power in ac
systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 2326. University Physics II.
EENG 2105 Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis Laboratory (0-1)
Laboratory experiments supporting theoretical principles presented in ENGR 2305
involving DC and AC circuit theory, network theorems, time, and frequency domain
circuit analysis. Introduction to principles and operation of basic laboratory equipment;
laboratory report preparation. Corequisite: ENGR 2305.
EENG 2310 Digital Circuits Design (3-0)
Introduction to number system; Boolean algebra; logic operations; combinational logic
circuit design; Karnaugh maps; sequential circuit design including registers and
counters. Three hours of lecture and three-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2326
EENG 2110 Digital Circuits Laboratory (0-1)
Laboratory experiments on logic operations; combinational logic circuit design;
Karnaugh maps; sequential circuits including flip flops, and counters. Prerequisite:
PHYS 2326
EENG 2320 Foundations of Electrical Engineering (3-0)
Introduction to (a) Boolean algebra logic, set theory, graph and trees as applied to
electrical circuits, image compression and network systems, (b) complex variables as
applied to electrical circuit theory, electromagnetism and electrostatics; and (c) Some of
the problem solving via MATLAB. Topics will be covered in the context of Electrical
Engineering and examples will be given with applications of Electrical Engineering.
Prerequisites: MATH 2414
EENG 3106 Electronic Circuit Analysis Laboratory I (0-1)
Semiconductor devices; diode characteristics; diode circuits and applications: wave
shaping and rectifier circuits; transistor biasing (bipolar junction transistors and field
effect transistors); low frequency transistor amplifier design; multi-stage amplifier
design. Corequisite: EENG 3306.
EENG 3303 Electromagnetic Fields (3-0)
Vector analysis; static electric field; steady electric currents; static magnetic fields; time
varying fields and Maxwell’s equations; plane electromagnetic waves; transmission
lines; introduction to waveguides; introduction to antennas. Prerequisites: ENGR 2305
and MATH 3320.
EENG 3304 Electric Circuits II (3-0)
Second-order circuits; AC circuits; AC power analysis; three-phase circuits;
magnetically coupled circuits; frequency and filters; introduction to Laplace and Fourier
transforms. Prerequisites: ENGR 2305.
EENG 3306 Electronic Circuit Analysis I (3-0)
Introduction to semiconductor devices; junction diode characteristics; analog diode
circuits; Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) and Field Effect Transistor (FET)
characteristics and models; transistor biasing and low frequency amplifier analysis and
designs; multi-stage amplifiers, nonlinear (harmonic) distortion; transistor audio
amplifiers. Prerequisites: ENGR 2305.
EENG 3307 Microprocessors (3-0)
Microprocessor/microcontroller architectures, instruction set, assembly and C language
programming, addressing modes, input output ports, I/O programming, interrupts.
Three hours of lecture per week with integrated laboratory sessions. Prerequisites:
EENG 2310 and EENG 1303.
EENG 3309 Electronic Circuit Analysis II (3-0)
Operational amplifiers; frequency response of passive and active networks; feedback
concepts and oscillators; small-signal analysis; load-line analysis; introduction to
nonlinear electronic circuits; digital circuits. Prerequisite: EENG 3306.
EENG 3314 Power Electronics (3-0)
The use of solid state components in power systems; rectifiers; controlled rectifiers
circuits; AC voltage controllers; Thyristor commutation techniques; DC-DC Converters;
Inverters. Prerequisites: EENG 3304, EENG 3309.
ENGR 3373 Engineering Probability and Statistics (3-0)
Fundamental concepts of discrete and continuous random variables. Mean, variance
and covariance for random variables. The creation and proper utilization of statistical
decision models for engineering analysis and design.
Pre-requisites: MATH 2415 Calculus III.
EENG 3380 Signals and Systems (3-0)
Types of signals; types of systems; properties of systems; convolution; Fourier series,
Fourier transforms; Laplace transforms; Difference equations; Z-transform; Discrete-
time systems; applications and design concepts. Prerequisites: ENGR 2305, MATH
2415, and MATH 3320.
EENG 4302 Digital Systems (3-0)
Hardware description language such as VHDL; design of digital systems using VHDL;
digital systems design using FPGAs and software simulation. Prerequisite: EENG 3307.
EENG 4310 Electric Power Systems (3-0)
Three-phase circuits; transformers; transmission line parameters; transmission line
modeling and steady-state analysis; power flow analysis. Prerequisites: EENG 3303,
EENG 3304.
EENG 4110 Electric Power Systems Laboratory (0-1)
Laboratory experience to accompany EENG 4310. Co-requisite: EENG 4310.
EENG 4312 Instrumentation Systems (3-0)
Data acquisition of both analog and digital signals; analysis of sensor data;
characterization of signal noise; Internet of Things (IoT) devices and introduction to
various buses. EENG 3307.
EENG 4320 Computer Architecture and Design (3-0)
Introduction to computer architecture, RISC/CISC architectures, instruction set design,
data path, ALU and control unit design, pipelining of Instruction execution, memory,
cache and I/O design; virtual memory concepts Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 3307
EENG 4325 Communication Theory (3-0)
Analog and Digital modulation techniques, effects of noise in modulation, signal to
noise ratio, digital data transmission, probability of error, bandwidth requirements and
sampling theorem. Prerequisite: ENGR 2305, EENG 3380
EENG 4330 Electric Machines (3-0)
Magnetic circuits and magnetic materials; Transformers; Electromechanical energy
conversion principles; Rotating electric machines and their magnetic field interactions;
Electrical circuit models to quantify machine and power system interactions; Power,
torque, speed, and performance of synchronous and induction machines. Prerequisites:
EENG 3303, EENG 3304.
EENG 4335 Direct Generation Methods (3-0)
The conversion of energy directly into electricity without the usual electric machines are
considered. Different forms of energy storage are studied. Technologies considered
include solar panels, heat transfer, chemical and fuel cells. Prerequisite: ENGR 2305.
EENG 4340 Control Systems (3-0)
Introduction to control system, modeling of systems, state variable analysis, feedback
control and performance, stability, Root locus, Nyquist diagrams and Bode plots,
frequency response of the system. The computer as a simulation tool for control system
design and analysis is introduced. Prerequisites: MATH 3320, EENG 3380.
EENG 4380 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering (3-0)
Occasionally offered special topics as course in Electrical Engineering to be used as a
senior-level elective course. Prerequisites: Specified by the instructor
EECS 4391 Independent Study in Electrical Engineering (3-0)
Instructor specified and directed independent study course in electrical engineering.
Work or study should be equivalent to an average of 3 hours student effort per week.
Final report is required. Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of the instructor
EENG 4460 Senior Design (4-0)
A capstone design course that builds on previous course work, including all stages of
the design process taking into account myriad realistic constraints such as
manufacturability, sustainability, economic, environmental, safety, use of applicable
standards and reliability issues. Oral presentation, written report and demonstration at
the senior design expo. Prerequisites: EENG 3307.
ENGR 4195 Professional Practice (1-0)
Introduction to the engineering profession with emphasis on professional and ethical
responsibility. The impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,
environmental, and societal context is discussed. Professional registration is discussed
and an engineering field examination is given. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in
engineering.