BS in Electrical Engineering

The B.S. in Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Electrical, Computer, Communications, and Telecommunication(s) Engineering Program Criteria. Electrical Engineering is a large and expanding field which is concerned with the following fundamental areas: digital signal processing, semiconductor electronics, microprocessors and embedded systems, VSLI design, cyber-physical systems, data communications, energy systems and power electronics, transmission and distribution, RF and microwave, robotics and control system design, electromechanics and mechatronics, computer networks, digital design, image processing, computer vision. If computer science can be regarded to be on the information processing side of computer engineering, then electrical engineering can be regarded to be on the side which builds upon the fundamental physical properties of electricity and magnetism. Electrical engineers often work with other engineers, physical scientists, and computer scientists. The Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department moved into a new building in Fall 2008. The department administers its own local area network which includes multiple UnixLinux servers, two software programming labs, a walk-in labtutoring center, one advanced workstation lab, an isolated network lab, an AIvisualization lab, a DSPcommunications lab, one digital electronics hardware lab, a power systemselectronics lab, and a roboticscontrol systems lab. There is also a department librarymajor study room with computers available to students.

An international applicant who just completed high school must have a GPA of at least 2.5 out of a 4.0 scale from a secondary school. An international applicant who attended any post-secondary institution must have a GPA of at least 2.4 (a “C” or better where “A” = 4.0) from a college or university with 60 semester (90 quarter) units completed. For an admission to a graduate program, applicants must have already earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.