ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2014-2016 CATALOG
Suggested Arrangement of Courses for Eight Semester Program
Minimum of 125 credit hours
First Year
Fall Semester
Semester Hours
EE 302, Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering ........... 3
EE 306, Introduction to Computing ........................................... 3
M 408C, Differential and Integral Calculus .............................. 4
RHE 306, Rhetoric and Composition (English Composition) ... 3
UGS 302* or 303, First-Year Signature Course ........................ 3
TOTAL...............................................................16
Spring Semester
Semester Hours
EE 319K, Introduction to Embedded Systems ......................... 3
M 408D, Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus ........ 4
PHY 303K, Engineering Physics I .......................................... 3
PHY 103M, Laboratory for Physics 303K .............................. 1
Approved Social & Behavioral Science Elective .................... 3
TOTAL ........................................................ 14
Second Year
Fall Semester
Semester Hours
EE 411, Circuit Theory .............................................................. 4
M 427K, Advanced Calculus for Applications 1 ........................ 4
PHY 303L, Engineering Physics II ............................................ 3
PHY 103N, Laboratory for Physics 303L .................................. 1
Approved Visual and Performing Arts Elective ........................ 3
TOTAL..........................................................15
TOTAL ............................................................ 15
Spring Semester
Semester Hours
EE 313, Linear Systems and Signals ........................................ 3
EE 312, Software Design Implementation I ............................. 3
M 340L, Matricies and Matrix Calculations ........................... 3
E 316K, Masterworks of Literature (Humanities) ................... 3
GOV 310L (American and Texas Government) ...................... 3
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TOTAL..........................................................15
Third Year
Fall Semester
Semester Hours
EE 333T, Engineering Communications* .................................. 3
EE 351K, Probability and Random Processes ........................... 3
Primary Technical Core Laboratory ........................................... 4
Primary Technical Core Requirement ................................. 3 or 4
Primary Technical Core Mathematics ................................. 3 or 4
TOTAL................................................16 or 18
Spring Semester
Semester Hours
Primary Technical Core Requirement ...................................... 3
Primary Technical Core Requirement or Elective ................... 3
Secondary Technical Core Laboratory..................................... 4
Secondary Technical Core Requirement .................................. 3
Secondary Technical Core Mathematics ........................... 3 or 4
TOTAL ............................................... 16 or 17
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Semester Hours
EE 364D, Introduction to Engineering Design .......................... 3
Secondary Technical Core Requirement .................................... 3
Primary Technical Core Elective ............................................... 3
Primary Technical Core Elective ............................................... 3
American History ....................................................................... 3
TOTAL..........................................................15
Spring Semester
Semester Hours
EE 464R/K/H/C/G, Senior Design Project .............................. 4
Primary Technical Core Elective ............................................. 3
Approved Elective .................................................................... 3
GOV 312L (American and Texas) Government ...................... 3
American History ..................................................................... 3
TOTAL ........................................................ 16
*UGS 302 and EE 333T fulfill the two required writing flags.
**As of 2012 the University requires that all students also have a Cultural Diversity Flag and Global Cultures Flag, these are often included
in Visual/Performing Arts and Social Behavioral Sciences Electives. They cannot be fulfilled with AP/IB credit. See Flags Handout in
ENS 135 for more information**
***Check with the Undergraduate Office (ENS 135) for a list of approved elective courses***