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The program of study leading to the B.Sc. degree is a four-year program.
The first two years are common to all students. The first (freshman) year
provides a broad foundation in mathematics, physics, and computer programming,
and offers introductory courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(ECE). The second (sophomore) year offers more mathematics and fundamental
ECE classes, emphasizing circuits, analog and digital electronics, signals
and systems. During the third (junior) year, more ECE courses are taught,
including fields and waves, control systems, design of digital systems
and computers, and a few ECE electives. During the final, senior year most
courses taken are ECE electives; the last semester of studies includes
Senior Design Project - a course in which the student, under the supervision
of his/her advisor, works individually on a practical engineering problem.
 All
ECE courses include class meetings (lectures and recitations) and laboratory
work or design projects.
The use of computers as engineering tools for problem solving and to support
laboratory work is encouraged throughout the program. All ECE courses are
taught by faculty members of professorial rank. Teaching assistants conduct
some of the recitation classes, assist in the laboratories, and serve as
graders.
In addition to science and engineering courses, courses in humanities,
arts, economics, or social sciences are also required to be taken each
year.
Areas of Concentration
At the end of the second year of studies, each student selects his/her
primary area of concentration, and optionally, secondary area of concentration.
Six exciting fields of concentration are currently available:
 Computer
Systems and Networks,
Control
and Management,
Instrumentation,
Measurement and Control,
Microelectronics
and Optoelectronics,
System
and Signal Processing
Telecommunications.
A primary purpose of concentrating on one field is to enable a student
to explore the selected subject area in considerable depth. A considerable
mastery of the area represented by the primary concentration is achieved
through a sequence of junior- and senior-level elective courses, culminating
in the Senior Design Project. Exploration of the secondary area of concentration
is achieved through elective courses.
Advisor
The long-range objective of academic advising is to assist students in
assuming responsibility for their academic programs and in setting and
achieving academic and personal goals.
At the time of initial registration, each student is assigned an advisor,
according to his/her preliminary academic interests. This professor advises
the student about courses and supervises the student's progress. At the
time when the student declares his/her concentration, another advisor representing
the selected area is assigned to the student. This new advisor works with
the student on planning his/her academic
program and, in most cases,
supervises the student's Senior Design Project.
The advisor must approve the student's program of study each semester. |
