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Electrical Engineering - BS

College of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
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Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120	Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100	Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30	Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10	Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below	Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link	University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is MATH 5710: Introduction to Probability .

Pre-Professional Program

Admissions Requirements for this Program

New freshmen

Admitted to USU in Good Standing.*

Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU

2.8 GPA or higher in math, science, & engineering courses and ready to take

MATH 1210: Calculus I (QL)

*Minimum 2.5 High School GPA, 17 ACT and 90 Admission Index; must also be “calculus ready”. That is, they must: (1) achieve a score of 27 or higher on the math ACT test;(2) complete MATH 1050 and 1060 or MATH 1210; or (3) achieve an AP score of at least 3 on the AB Calculus or BC Calculus test.

First Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ECE 1400: Computer Programming for Electrical and Computer Engineers I *	4		ECE 1410: Computer Programming for Electrical and Computer Engineers II *	3
Breadth Humanities (BHU)	3	Select a course from the list	ECE 2700: Digital Circuits *	4
MATH 1210: Calculus I (QL) *	4	Math Placement See (will fulfill the Quantitative Literacy (QL) or Exploration requirement)	MATH 1220: Calculus II (QL) *	4	(will fulfill the Quantitative Literacy (QL) or Exploration requirement)
Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	Select a course from the list	PHYS 2210: Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (BPS/QI) * ^	4
Breadth Creative Arts (BCA)	3	Select a course from the list	PHYS 2215: Physics for Scientists and Engineers Lab I * ^	1
Total Credits:	17		Total Credits:	16
^_Comments * Required for admission to the Professional Engineering Program . Though not required, students are encouraged to take USU 1010: University Connections (1-3) or ENGR 1940: Women in Engineering Seminar (1) .			Comments * Required for admission to the Professional Engineering Program . ^ Students satisfying PHYS 2210 and /or PHYS 2220 with AP taken before Fall 2011 will not need PHYS 2215 and/or PHYS 2225 .

Second Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ECE 2250: Electrical Circuits 1 *	3		ECE 2290: Electrical Circuits 2 *	3
MATH 2210: Multivariable Calculus (QI) *	3		ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2) *	3	See Engineering English
MATH 2270: Linear Algebra (QI) *	3	(will fulfill the Quantitative Intensive (QI) requirement)	MATH 2280: Ordinary Differential Equations (QI) *	3	(will fulfill the Quantitative Intensive (QI) requirement)
PHYS 2220: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (BPS/QI) * ^	4	(will fulfill the Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) requirement)	Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)	3	Select a course from the list
PHYS 2225: Physics for Scientists and Engineers Lab II * ^	1		ECE 3700: Digital System Design	3
Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)	3	Select a course from the list
Total Credits:	17		Total Credits:	15
^_Comments * Required for admission to the Professional Engineering Program . ^ Students satisfying PHYS 2210 and /or PHYS 2220 with AP taken before Fall 2011 will not need PHYS 2215 and/or PHYS 2225 .			_^Comments * Required for admission to the Professional Engineering Program . Apply for admission to the Professional Program.

Professional Engineering Program

Admissions Requirements for this Program

To be admitted to the professional program, students must:

- Have an institution GPA of 2.8 or higher in the pre-professional courses (denoted with an asterisk *), NOT including ENGL 2010 .

- Pass all of the courses in the pre-professional program with a C- or better (denoted with an asterisk *).

- Have no more than 3 repeats total in the pre-professional courses. Multiple repeats of the same course and audits are included in the total of 3 repeats. Lab-only courses (e.g. PHYS 2215) are not counted in the total of 3 repeats.

Third Year

_{Fall Semester}

_Credits

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_{Spring Semester}

_Credits

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ECE 3620: Continuous-Time Systems and Signals

ECE 3410: Microelectronics I

ECE 3710: Microcontroller Hardware and Software

ECE 3640: Discrete-Time Systems and Signals

ECE 3810: Engineering Professionalism

Must have taken ENGR 3080 before or take concurrently.

ECE 3870: Electromagnetics I

ENGR 3080: Technical Communication for Engineers (CI)

Must be taken before or concurrently with ECE 3810
(will fulfill the Communications Intensive (CI) requirement)

Depth Social Sciences (DSS)

Select a course from the list

MATH 5710: Introduction to Probability

Depth Humanities and Creative Arts (DHA)

2-3

Select a course from the list

Total Credits:

16-17

Total Credits:

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Fourth Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ECE 4820: Engineering Design I	1		ECE 4840: Engineering Design II (CI)	2
ECE 4830: Engineering Communications I	1		ECE 4850: Engineering Communications II (CI)	1	(will fulfill the Communications Intensive (CI) requirement)
Electrical Engineering Elective	3		Electrical Engineering Elective	3-4
Electrical Engineering Elective	3		Electrical Engineering Elective	3
Electrical Engineering Elective	3		Electrical Engineering Elective	3
Electrical Engineering Elective	3		Electrical Engineering Math/Science Elective	3
Technical Electives	0-4
Total Credits:	14-18		Total Credits:	15-16
^_Comments Electrical Engineering Professional Program Requirements			_^Comments Apply for graduation as soon as you have registered for your last semester. Electrical Engineering Professional Program Requirements Total Program Credits: 125-126

Required for Admission to the Professional Program

An institution GPA of 2.8 or higher is required in the pre-professional courses, NOT including ENGL 2010. All courses require a grade of C- or better.

Electrical Engineering Required Courses

A GPA of 2.0 or higher must be maintained in all upper-division engineering/math/science courses required for, or used as technical electives in, this major.

Elective Courses

A GPA of 2.0 or higher must be maintained in all upper-division engineering/math/science courses required for, or used as technical electives in, this major.

Electrical Engineering Electives (select 18-22 credits)

A combined total of 22 Electrical Engineering electives and Technical electives are required, of which at least 18 must be Electrical Engineering electives.

Technical Electives (select 0-4 credits)

CEE 4200 - Engineering Economics 3
CS 1440 - Methods in Computer Science 3
CS 2420 - Algorithms and Data Structures–CS 3 (QI) 3
CS 3100 - Operating Systems and Concurrency 3
CS 4700 - Programming Languages 3
CS 5000 - Theory of Computability 3
CS 5050 - Advanced Algorithms 3
CS 5110 - Multi Agent Systems 3
CS 5200 - Introduction to Distributed Systems 4
CS 5300 - Compiler Construction 4
CS 5400 - Computer Graphics I 4
CS 5460 - Computer Security 3
CS 5500 - Parallel Programming 3
CS 5600 - Intelligent Systems 4
CS 5800 - Introduction to Database Systems 3
ECE 2420 - Algorithms and Data Structures 3
ECE 4250 - Internship/Co-op 1-3
ECE 4930 - Special Studies for Undergraduates (Deleted as of Spring 2020) 1-3
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics 3
ENGR 2030 - Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 3
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials 3
ENGR 2450 - Numerical Methods for Engineers 3
MAE 2160 - Material Science 3
MAE 2300 - Thermodynamics I 3
Students cannot receive credit for both Engineering Mechanics and Analytical Mechanics.

Students cannot receive credit for both Engineering Thermodynamics and Thermal Physics.

Math and Science Electives (select 3 credits)

AP Biology 3-5
BIOL 1610 - Biology I 3
BIOL 2420 - Human Physiology 4
BIOL 3300 - General Microbiology 4
AP Chemistry 3-5
CHEM 1210 - Principles of Chemistry I 4
CHEM 1215 - Chemical Principles Laboratory I 1
CHEM 1220 - Principles of Chemistry II (BPS) 4
CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I 4
CHEM 3700 - Introductory Biochemistry 3
CHEM 3710 - Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory 1
ENGR 2450 - Numerical Methods for Engineers 3
MATH 3310 - Discrete Mathematics 3
MATH 4200 - Foundations of Analysis (CI) 3
MATH 4310 - Introduction to Algebraic Structures (CI) 3
MATH 4610 - Fundamentals of Numerical Analysis 3
MATH 5210 - Introduction to Analysis I 3
MATH 5220 - Introduction to Analysis II 3
MATH 5270 - Complex Variables 3
MATH 5310 - Introduction to Modern Algebra 3
MATH 5340 - Theory of Linear Algebra 3
MATH 5410 - Methods of Applied Mathematics 3
MATH 5420 - Partial Differential Equations 3
MATH 5460 - Nonlinear Dynamics 3
MATH 5510 - Introduction to Topology 3
MATH 5610 - Computational Linear Algebra 2
MATH 5620 - Numerical Algorithms for Approximate Solutions of DE 2
MATH 5720 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics 3
MATH 5760 - Applied Stochastic Processes 2
PHYS 2710 - Introductory Modern Physics 3
PHYS 3550 - Intermediate Classical Mechanics 3
PHYS 3600 - Electromagnetism I 3
PHYS 3700 - Thermal Physics 3
PHYS 3710 - Intermediate Modern Physics 3
PHYS 3750 - Foundations of Wave Phenomena 3
PHYS 4600 - Electromagnetism II 3
PHYS 4650 - Optics I 3
PHYS 4680 - Optics II 3
PHYS 4700 - Quantum Mechanics I 3
PHYS 4710 - Quantum Mechanics II 3
PHYS 5700 - Introduction to Microfabrication 3
Students cannot receive credit for both ENGR 2010  and PHYS 3550 .

Students cannot receive credit for both MAE 2300  and PHYS 3700 .

Students cannot receive credit for both ECE 5700  and PHYS 5700 .

Electrical Engineering - BS

College of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Minimum University Requirements

Pre-Professional Program

Admissions Requirements for this Program

First Year

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Second Year

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Professional Engineering Program

Admissions Requirements for this Program

Third Year

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Fourth Year

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Required for Admission to the Professional Program

Electrical Engineering Required Courses

Elective Courses

Electrical Engineering Electives (select 18-22 credits)

Technical Electives (select 0-4 credits)

Math and Science Electives (select 3 credits)

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