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Electrical Engineering - BS

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College

College of Engineering

Program Level

Undergraduate

About this Degree

Electrical engineers work with electronics, electricity, and electromagnetism, and electronic devices. Electrical engineering covers a broad range of application areas, including power generation and delivery, transportation (cars and airplanes), communication (radio, TV, wireless, telephones), robotics, computers (memory systems, displays, microprocessors), defense applications (navigation, radar, and secure communication), and consumer electronics (DVD and MP3 players). The Electrical Engineering BS degree program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and the Program Criteria for Electrical Engineering and Similarly Named Programs.

Admission Requirements for this Program

  • New Freshman and Transfer Students (from other institutions or other USU programs)

    • Admitted to USU in Good Standing

    New Freshman:

    • 2.8 High School GPA or higher

    • 20 ACT or 1030 SAT or higher

Admission Requirements for the Pre-Professional Program:

  • Completion of Engineering Foundations courses (listed below)

  • course, MATH 1220, CHEM 1210, CHEM 1215, PHYS 2210, PHYS 2215, ENGR 1010,  ENGR 1400 completed with a C- or higher

  • 2.8 or higher GPA in Engineering Foundations courses