Salt Lake Community College
Computer Engineering Associates Degree in as little as 4 semesters.
69 Credits Minimum
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
General Education requirement in this degree are reduced. Students who earn an Associate of PreEngineering degree will need to complete additional General Education requirement for a bachelor’s
degree at the receiving institution. Transfer student should obtain advising regarding General Education
requirement specific to Engineering majors.
CORE SKILLS:
COMPOSITION (EN) 6 CREDITS
ENGL 1010 Intro to Writing 3 A WRTG 0990 w/C grade or better or appropriate Accuplacer score ENGL
2010 Intermediate Writing 3 A ENGL 1010 w/C grade or better OR ENGL 2100 Technical Writing 3 A
ENGL 1010 w/C grade or better.
QUANTITATIVE LITERACY (QL) 4 CREDITS
COURSE CR SEM PREREQUISITE
MATH 1210 Calculus I 4 A Within the last year, MATH 1060 or MATH 1080 w/C grade or better or
appropriate Accuplacer score.
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS (AI) CHOOSE 3 CREDITS FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
COURSE CR SEM PREREQUISITE
ECON 1740 Econ History of US 3 A RDG 0990 w/C grade or better or appropriate Accuplacer score
HIST 1700 American Civilization 3 A RDG 0990 w/C grade or better or appropriate Accuplacer score.
POLS 1100 US Govt & Politics 3 A RDG 0990 w/C grade or better or appropriate Accuplacer score.
DISTRIBUTION AREAS:
Choose an additional nine credits from the three following distribution areas.
COURSE CR
Fine Arts (FA) 3-4
Humanities (HU) 3
Social Science (SS) 3
REQUIRED COURSES: (47 CREDITS)
COURSE CR SEM PREREQUISITE
CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I 4 F, Sp MATH 1050 w/C grade or better or appropriate Accuplacer
score.
Recommended coreq: CHEM 1215 ENGR 1040 Engineer Computing 3 F, Sp MATH 1060 or 1080 (either
may be taken concurrently)
CS 1410 Fund Programming 4 A CS 1400
CS 2420 Algorithms & Data Struc 4 A CS 1410
CS 2430 Discrete Structures 3 F, Sp CS 2420
CS 2810 Computer Architecture 4 F, Sp CS 1410
CPE 2700 Fund Digital Sys Design 4 Sp CS 1600 and PHYS 2220
EE 1020 Elec Eng Prob w/Matlab 1 F, Sp MATH 1060 or 1080 (Either may be taken concurrently)
EE 1030 UNIX for Elec Engr 1 F, Sp
MATH 1220 Calculus II 4 A Within the last year, MATH 1210 w/C grade or better.
MATH 2210 Multivariate Calc 3 A Within the last year, MATH 1220 w/C grade or better.
MATH 2250 Diff EquaLin Alg 4 F, Sp Within the last year, MATH 1220 w/C grade or better.
PHYS 2210 Physics f/Sci & Eng I 4 A MATH 1210. Recommended coreq: PHYS 2215
PHYS 2220 Physics f/Sci & Eng II 4 A PHYS 2210 and MATH 1220. Recommended coreq: PHYS 2225
PROGRAM ELECTIVES:
COURSE CR SEM PREREQUISITE
CPE 2720 Computer Design 2 F, Sp EE 2700 or CPE 2700 (either may be taken concurrently)
CS 2000 Co-op Education 1 F, Sp Instructor approval.
CS 2900 Current Topics/CS 1 TBA Instructor approval.
EE 1010 IntrLbInstr/Mthds 1 F, Sp
EE 1270 ElecCrcts/CmpEng 4 F, Sp MATH 1220; PHYS 2210; EE 1020 or ENGR 1030 or ENGR 1040
(any may be taken concurrently)
EE 2260 Fund of Elec Cir 4 F, Sp EE 1270 and PHYS 2220
EE 2280 Engineer Elec 4 F, Sp EE 1270, MATH 2250, PHYS 2220