Requirements for BSEE Degree
A sample 4-year curriculum plan
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EE Critical Path for Technical Courses
Samples 4-Year Curriculum Plan
Samples 4.5-Year Curriculum Plan
BSSE Degree Requirement (120 units)
A sample 4-year curriculum plan
Freshman Year | |||
Semester 1 | Units | Semester 2 | Units |
MATH 30 or 30X – Calculus 1 | 3 | MATH 31 or 31X – Calculus 2 | 4 |
COMM 20 - Public Speaking | 3 | PHYS 50 - General Physics/Mechanics | 4 |
ENGL 1A - First Year Writing | 3 | ENGL 1B – Argument and Analysis | 3 |
EE 30 – Introduction to Programming Micro-Controllers for EE | 3 | CHEM 1A – General Chemistry | 5 |
Semester 1 Total | 12 | Semester 2 Total | 16 |
Sophomore Year | |||
Semester 3 | Units | Semester 4 | Units |
MATH 32 or 32X – Calculus 3 | 3 |
MATH 33A - Ordinary Differential Equations for SCI & ENGR, OR MATH 33LA – Diff. Eq. & Linear Algebra |
3 |
PHYS 51 - General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | PHYS 52 - General Physics/Waves, Light, Heat | 4 |
AMS 1A - American Cultures to 1877 | 6 | AMS 1B - American Cultures 1877 - Present | 6 |
ENGR 10 – Introduction to Engineering | 3 | EE 97 - Introductory EE Laboratory | 1 |
EE 98 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis | 3 | ||
Semester 3 Total | 16 | Semester 4 Total | 17 |
Junior Year | |||
Semester 5 | Units | Semester 6 | Units |
EE 110 - Circuits and Systems | 3 | EE 112 - Introduction to Signal Processing | 3 |
EE 110L - Continuous and Discrete Time Systems Laboratory | 1 | EE 120 - Microprocessor Based System Design | 4 |
EE 118 - Digital Logic Circuit Design | 4 | EE 122 - Electronic Design I | 4 |
EE 140 - Principles of Electromag. Fields | 3 | EE 128 - Physical Electronics | 3 |
MATE 153 - Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials | 3 | ENGR 100W - Engineering Reports | 3 |
Semester 5 Total | 14 | Semester 6 Total | 17 |
Senior Year | |||
Semester 7 | Units | Semester 8 | Units |
EE 102 – Probability & Statistics in Electrical | 3 | Upper-Division Technical Elective #2 | 3 |
EE 124 - Electronic Design II | 4 | Upper-Division Technical Elective #3 | 3 |
EE 132 – Theory of Automatic Controls, OR EE 160 - Principles of Comm. Systems |
3 | Upper-Division Technical Elective #4 | 3 |
Upper-Division Technical Elective #1 | 3 | EE 198B - Senior Design Project II | 3 |
EE 198A - Senior Design Project I | 1 | ENGR 195B - Global and Social Issues in Engineering | 1 |
ENGR 195A - Global and Social Issues in Engineering | 1 | ||
Semester 7 Total | 15 | Semester 8 Total | 13 |
Want to take classes in Summer:
1. Check for Summer Class availability
2. Move a class from a semester (especially Spring semester) to the following summer session