UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
August 2013
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE - TECHNICAL ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT
EE students must take at least 27 hours of electives. Of those 27 hours of electives, 21 elective hours must be advanced ECE
classes. To complete the requirement, students may either take additional ECE elective classes or take up to six (6) credit
hours of non-ECE classes selected from the list on the back of this page.
Be sure prerequisites are complete for any classes selected. No class may be counted for both a B.S. degree and a graduate degree.
Requirements include the following:
Electrical Engineering Breadth Electives
Breadth Requirement. Take at least one class in three of the five following areas. Approved classes for each area are listed below.
All breadth classes also count as technical electives. (F, S indicates which semester the course is offered)
Electronics and Semiconductor Devices
ECE 3110
(F)
4.0
Engineering Electronics II
Microwaves and Optics
ECE 5320
(F)
ECE 5324
(S)
ECE 5325
(S)
ECE 5340
(S)
ECE 5410
(F)
4.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
Microwave Engineering I
Antenna Theory and Design
Wireless Communication Systems
Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics
Lasers and Their Applications
Signals and Systems
ECE 3510
(S)
ECE 5510
(F)
ECE 5530
(S)
4.0
3.0
3.0
Introduction to Feedback Systems
Random Processes
Digital Signal Processing
Computer and Digital Design
ECE 3810
(F)
4.0
Computer Organization
Power Engineering
ECE 3600
(F)
Introduction to Electric Power Engineering
3.0
Additional Electrical Engineering Electives
EE students are required to take additional advanced Electrical Engineering classes, making ECE electives (including breadth
classes) total 21 hours or more.
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ECE classes numbered 5xxx or higher, including special topics courses with numbers 5960, 5961, and 5962, are usually ECE
electives.
Some ECE electives are numbered 3xxx, although most 3xxx classes are required.
Classes with both 5xxx and 6xxx numbers should be taken as 5xxx classes by undergraduates.
New electives being taught for the first time are given temporary special topics numbers, usually 5960, 5961, and 5962 for higher
level classes, or 3960, 3961, and 3962 for lower level classes.
Most electives are numbered in accordance with the following system:
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Classes in the Microelectronics area are x1xx and x2xx
Classes in the Microwaves and Optics area are x3xx and x4xx
Classes in the Signal Processing, Communications, and Control Systems area are x5xx
Classes in the Computer and Digital Design area are x7xx and x8xx.
Classes in the Power area are x6xx.
Non-ECE Electives
Students are allowed to take up to 6 credit hours outside the major.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
October 31, 2013
APPROVED NON-ECE ELECTIVES
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE
Taking non-ECE electives is optional, NOT required. Do not take two classes covering similar material.
Class No.
Hours
Class Name
BIOEN 5090
BIOEN 5101
BIOEN 5201
3
4
4
Biophysical Chemistry
Engineering Principles in Bioinstrumentation
Biomechanics
BIOL 1210
BIOL 2001
BIOL 2010
BIOL 2020
BIOL 2030
4
4
3
3
3
Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology I: Cell Biology and Genetics
Evolution & Diversity of Life
Principles of Cell Biology
Genetics
CHEM 1215*
CHEM 1220
CHEM 2310
CHEM 2320
CHEM 3060
CHEM 3070
1
4
4
4
4
4
General Chemistry Lab I
General Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry II
Physical Chemistry I
Physical Chemistry II
CH EN 2300
CH EN 2800
CH EN 3353
CH EN 5657
2
3
3
4
Thermodynamics I
Fundamentals of Process Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Nuclear Engineering I
CS 2100
CS 2420
CS 3500
CS 5100
CS 5300
CS 5310
CS 5320
CS 5460
CS 5480
CS 6210
CS 6370
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
Discrete Structures
Intro to Algorithms & Data Structures
Software Practice
Foundations of Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Computer Vision
Operating Systems
Computer Networks
Advanced Scientific Computing I
Geometric Computation for Motion Planning
CVEEN 2140
CVEEN 5850
3
3
Strength of Materials
Engineering Law & Contracts
ENGIN 5020
GEO 5250
3
3
Emerging Tech & Bus. Mgmt.
Inversion Theory & Applications
*DARS catalog year 2011-2012 and later.
Class No.
Hours
Class Name
MATH 3210
MATH 3220
MATH 4200
MATH 4510
MATH 5030
MATH 5040
MATH 5080
MATH 5210
MATH 5310
MATH 5600
MATH 5740
MATH 5760
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
Foundations of Analysis I
Foundations of Analysis II
Introduction to Complex Variables
Introduction to Topology
Actuarial Mathematics
Stochastic Processes & Simulation I
Statistical Inference I
Introduction to Real Analysis
Introduction to Modern Algebra I
Survey of Numerical Analysis
Mathematical Modeling
Introduction to Mathematical Finance I
ME EN 1300
ME EN 2080
ME EN 3300
ME EN 3650
ME EN 3700
ME EN 5000
ME EN 5030
ME EN 5220
ME EN 5510
ME EN 6960
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Stats and Strengths of Materials
Dynamics
Strength of Materials
Heat Transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Engineering Law & Contracts
Reliability Engineering
Robotics
Introduction to Finite Elements
Geometric Computation for Motion Planning
MSE 2010
MSE 3210
4
3
Introduction to Materials Science & Eng.
Electronic Properties of Solids
NUCL 3000
NUCL 3100
NUCL 3200
3
3
3
Nuclear Principles in Engineering and Science
Introduction to Neutron-Based Engineering
Radiochemistry with Laboratory I
PHYS 3150
PHYS 3410
PHYS 3719
PHYS 3760
PHYS 4060
PHYS 5110
PHYS 5510
PHYS 5520
PHYS 5590
PHYS 6770
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Energy and Sustainability
Modern Optics I and II
Undergraduate Laboratory
Principles of Thermo & Statistical Mechanics
Observational Astronomy for Scientists
Introduction to Nuclear & Particle Physics
Solid-State Physics I
Solid-State Physics II
Introduction to Astrophysics
Optical Measurement Tech & Instruments