CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
The University
CHAPTER 2
School of Architecture
CHAPTER 3
Red McCombs
School of Business
CHAPTER 4
College of Communication
CHAPTER 5
College of Education
CHAPTER 6
College of Engineering
CHAPTER 7
College of Fine Arts
CHAPTER 8
College of Liberal Arts
CHAPTER 9
College of
Natural Sciences
CHAPTER 10
School of Nursing
CHAPTER 11
College of Pharmacy
CHAPTER 12
School of Social Work
CHAPTER 13
The Faculty
Texas Common Course Numbering System
(Appendix A)
APPENDIX B
Degree and Course Abbreviations
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
The undergraduate program in electrical engineering provides background in engineering fundamentals, with an emphasis on the development of the analytical and creative ability needed to achieve success in an advancing technological community. Careers involve a wide range of activities, including design, development, teaching, management, sales, and research. Areas in which electrical and computer engineers contribute heavily include information and communication systems; automation; control, computer, and data processing systems; power systems; biomedical electronics; and electronic materials and devices.
A core objective of the program is to graduate students who have mastered the fundamentals of mathematics and science as a foundation for continued formal engineering education and independent study throughout their careers. Students are also expected to develop skills in problem solving, simulation, and experimental verification. A further objective is to enable students to use modern engineering tools to design electrical, electronic, and computer components and systems. Because the development of complex technology often requires the engineer to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, students must also acquire the skills necessary to communicate effectively with others in both the technical community and the general population. Additional objectives are to produce graduates who recognize the impact their profession has on society and who are willing to uphold the highest standards of professional and ethical responsibility. Preparing students with these foundations for a successful professional engineering career is the overall goal of the degree program.
Students seeking the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering pursue one of two curricula: electrical engineering or computer engineering. Both curricula are accredited in electrical engineering by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The computer engineering curriculum is also accredited in computer engineering. Each curriculum includes a required core of courses in mathematics, basic science, English composition, fine arts or humanities, social science, and electrical engineering. The computer engineering curriculum supplements the electrical engineering core with additional computer engineering courses. The electrical engineering curriculum allows the student to study a single topic in depth by choosing electives from a technical area. At least three technical electives must be selected from a single technical area.
Curricula
Course requirements are divided into three categories: basic sequence courses, major sequence courses, and other required courses. Enrollment in major sequence courses is restricted to students who have received credit for all of the basic sequence courses and have been admitted to the major sequence by the College of Engineering Admissions Committee. (Requirements for admission to a major sequence are given in this chapter.) Enrollment in other required courses is not restricted by completion of the basic sequence.
Courses used to fulfill technical and nontechnical elective requirements must be approved by the electrical engineering faculty before the student enrolls in them. Courses that fulfill the social science and fine arts/humanities requirements are listed in this chapter.
Electrical Engineering Curriculum
| Courses | Semester Hours | ||
| Basic Sequence Courses | |||
| Chemistry 301, Electrical Engineering 302, 411, 312, 313, 316, 319K, English 316K, Mathematics 408C, 408D, 427K, 340L, Physics 303K, 303L, 103M, 103N, Rhetoric and Composition 306 | 51 | ||
| Major Sequence Courses |
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| Electrical Engineering 321, 321K or 345M or 345S, 325, 333T, 338, 338K, 339, 351K, 155, 362K, 464K, Physics 355, approved technical electives (15 hours) | 50 |
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| Other Required Courses | |||
| American government, including Texas government | 6 | ||
| American history | 6 | ||
| Approved fine arts or humanities elective | 3 | ||
| Approved social science elective | 3 | ||
| Engineering science elective | 3 | ||
| Approved electives | 6 | ||
| Minimum Required | 128 | ||
Computer Engineering Curriculum
| Courses | Semester Hours | ||
| Basic Sequence Courses | |||
| Chemistry 301, Electrical Engineering 302, 411, 312, 313, 316, 319K, English 316K, Mathematics 408C, 408D, 427K, Mathematics 325K or Philosophy 313K, Physics 303K, 303L, 103M, 103N, Rhetoric and Composition 306 | 51 | ||
| Major Sequence Courses |
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| Electrical Engineering 321, 321K or 345M or 345S, 325, 333T, 338, 338K, 339, 351K, 155, 360C, 360N, 464K, Electrical Engineering 360P or Computer Sciences 372, Physics 355, approved technical electives (12 hours) | 53 |
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| Other Required Courses | |||
| American government, including Texas government | 6 | ||
| American history | 6 | ||
| Approved fine arts or humanities elective | 3 | ||
| Approved social science elective | 3 | ||
| Engineering science elective | 3 | ||
| Approved elective | 3 | ||
| Minimum Required | 128 | ||
Technical Area Options
Students must select at least three courses from a technical area. Students who intend to satisfy the additional requirements of the accredited computer engineering program must select courses from the computer engineering technical area.
Area I, Biomedical Engineering
There are two distinct paths that students may take in the biomedical engineering technical area. One option is designed for premedical, preveterinary, and predental students; it contains many of the chemistry and life science courses required for admission to medical school. The other option, for students interested in the application of engineering to medicine, is designed to serve as a foundation for graduate study in biomedical engineering.
Premedical, preveterinary, and predental option. Students pursuing this option should have a grade point average of at least 3.00 at the end of the sophomore year. To fulfill the technical area requirements of this option, a student should complete Electrical Engineering 374K and 374L. In addition, twelve semester hours of biology and sixteen semester hours of chemistry, including all of the following, are generally required for medical school application.
Biology 211, Introductory Biology: Cell Biology
Biology 212, Introductory Biology: Genetics and Evolution
Biology 213, Introductory Biology: Diversity and Ecology
Biology 214, Introductory Biology: Structure and Function of Organisms
Chemistry 302, Principles of Chemistry II
Chemistry 204, Introduction to Chemical Practice
Chemistry 610A, Organic Chemistry; 610B,
Organic Chemistry; and 210C, Organic Chemistry Laboratory
A sample four-year program is available that illustrates how electives and additional courses can be used to fulfill all of the premedical requirements.
Biomedical engineering option
One of the following:
- Electrical Engineering 325K, Antennas and Wireless Propagation
- Electrical Engineering 345L, Microprocessor Applications and
- Organization
- Electrical Engineering 347, Modern Optics
- Electrical Engineering 351M, Digital Signal Processing
- Mechanical Engineering 354, Biomedical Engineering
Electrical Engineering 374K, Biomedical Electronics
Electrical Engineering 374L, Applications of Biomedical Engineering
Area II, Computer Engineering
The student must take three courses from the following list, including at least one course from group 1 and at least one course from group 2.
Group 1
Electrical Engineering 332, Computer Graphics
Electrical Engineering 345L, Microprocessor Applications and
Organization
Electrical Engineering 345S, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing
Laboratory [6]
Electrical Engineering 360P, Operating Systems
An advanced course that emphasizes programming
Group 2
Electrical Engineering 345M, Microcomputer Interfacing
Laboratory [6]
Electrical Engineering 360M, Digital Systems Engineering II
Electrical Engineering 360R, Computer-Aided Integrated Circuit Design
Electrical Engineering 360S, Digital Integrated Circuit Design
Electrical Engineering 362K, Introduction to Automatic Control
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic 14: Telecommunication Networks
Area III, Information Systems Engineering
Electrical Engineering 370, Automatic Control II
Electrical Engineering 370K, Computer Control Systems
Electrical Engineering 370L, Introduction to Manufacturing Systems
Automation
Electrical Engineering 371M, Communication Systems
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic 16: Introduction to
Robotics and Mechatronics
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic: Introduction to Neural Networks
Mathematics 365C, Real Analysis I
Area IV, Electromagnetic Engineering
Electrical Engineering 325K, Antennas and Wireless Propagation
Electrical Engineering 347, Modern Optics
Electrical Engineering 348, Laser and Optical Engineering
Electrical Engineering 363M, Microwave and Radio Frequency
Engineering
Electrical Engineering 363N, Engineering Acoustics
Area V, Electronic Materials, Electronic Devices, and Integrated Electronics
Electrical Engineering 325K, Antennas and Wireless Propagation
Electrical Engineering 338L, Analog Integrated Circuit Design
Electrical Engineering 440, Microelectronics Fabrication Techniques
Electrical Engineering 347, Modern Optics
Electrical Engineering 348, Laser and Optical Engineering
Electrical Engineering 360R, Computer-Aided Integrated Circuit Design
Electrical Engineering 360S, Digital Integrated Circuit Design
Area VI, Management and Production
Electrical Engineering 366, Engineering Economics I
Electrical Engineering 366K, Engineering Economics II
Electrical Engineering 366L, Statistics for Manufacturing
Electrical Engineering 370L, Introduction to Manufacturing Systems
Automation
Mechanical Engineering 366L, Operations Research Models
Area VII, Power Systems and Energy Conversion
Students must complete Electrical Engineering 369, Power Systems Engineering, and at least two courses from the following list:Electrical Engineering 341, Electromechanical Systems I
Electrical Engineering 362L, Power Electronics
Electrical Engineering 368, Electrical Power Transmission and
Distribution
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic: Electricity Markets, Trading,
and Transmission
Area VIII, Software Engineering
Students must complete Electrical Engineering 360C, Data Structures in C++, and at least three courses from the following list. The student should take Electrical Engineering 360C during his or her first semester in the major sequence.
Computer Sciences 345, Programming Languages
Computer Sciences 347, Data Management
Electrical Engineering 360E, Computing Fundamentals
Electrical Engineering 360F, Software Engineering Processes
Electrical Engineering 360P, Operating Systems
Area IX, Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Students must complete three courses from the following list, including at least one course from each group.
Group 1
Electrical Engineering 345S, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory [6]Electrical Engineering 351M, Digital Signal Processing
Electrical Engineering 371R, Digital Image and Video Processing
Group 2
Electrical Engineering 360K, Introduction to Digital CommunicationsElectrical Engineering 371M, Communications Systems
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic 14: Telecommunication Networks
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic 18: Distributed Information System Security
Electrical Engineering 379K, Topic 19: Network Engineering
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
Electrical Engineering Curriculum
First Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| CH 301, Principles of Chemistry I | 3 | |
| E E 302, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering | 3 | |
| M 408C, Differential and Integral Calculus | 4 | |
| RHE 306, Rhetoric and Composition | 3 | |
| Social science or fine arts/humanities elective | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
First Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 312, Electrical Engineering Computation | 3 | |
| M 408D, Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus | 4 | |
| PHY 303K, Engineering Physics I | 3 | |
| PHY 103M, Laboratory for Physics 303K | 1 | |
| Social science or fine arts/humanities elective | 3 | |
| Approved elective | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | |
Second Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E 316K, Masterworks of Literature | 3 | |
| E E 411, Circuit Theory | 4 | |
| E E 316, Digital Systems Engineering I | 3 | |
| M 427K, Advanced Calculus for Applications I |
4 | |
| PHY 303L, Engineering Physics II | 3 | |
| PHY 103N, Laboratory for Physics 303L | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 313, Linear Systems and Signals | 3 | |
| E E 319K, Introduction to Microcontrollers | 3 | |
| M 340L, Matrices and Matrix Calculations | 3 | |
| American history | 3 | |
| Engineering science elective | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Third Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 321, Electrical Engineering Laboratory I | 3 | |
| E E 325, Electromagnetic Engineering | 3 | |
| E E 333T, Engineering Communication | 3 | |
| E E 338, Electronic Circuits I | 3 | |
| E E 155, Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar | 1 | |
| American history | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
Third Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 338K, Electronic Circuits II | 3 | |
| E E 339, Solid-State Electronic Devices | 3 | |
| E E 351K, Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes | 3 | |
| PHY 355, Modern Physics for Engineers | 3 | |
| Approved technical elective | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Fourth Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 321K, Electrical Engineering Laboratory II; 345M, Microcomputer Interfacing Laboratory; or 345S, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory | 3 | |
| E E 362K, Introduction to Automatic Control | 3 | |
| American government | 3 | |
| Approved technical electives | 6 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Fourth Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 464K, Electrical Engineering Projects Laboratory | 4 | |
| American government | 3 | |
| Approved technical electives | 6 | |
| Approved elective | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
Computer Engineering Curriculum
First Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| CH 301, Principles of Chemistry I | 3 | |
| E E 302, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering | 3 | |
| M 408C, Differential and Integral Calculus | 4 | |
| RHE 306, Rhetoric and Composition | 3 | |
| Social science or fine arts/humanities elective | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
First Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 312, Electrical Engineering Computation | 3 | |
| M 408D, Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus | 4 | |
| PHY 303K, Engineering Physics I | 3 | |
| PHY 103M, Laboratory for Physics 303K | 1 | |
| Social science or fine arts/humanities elective | 3 | |
| Approved elective | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | |
Second Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E 316K, Masterworks of Literature | 3 | |
| E E 411, Circuit Theory | 4 | |
| E E 316, Digital Systems Engineering I | 3 | |
| M 427K, Advanced Calculus for Applications I | 4 | |
| PHY 303L, Engineering Physics II | 3 | |
| PHY 103N, Laboratory for Physics 303L | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | |
Second Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 313, Linear Systems and Signals | 3 | |
| E E 319K, Introduction to Microcontrollers | 3 | |
| M 325K, Discrete Mathematics, or PHL 313K, Logic, Sets, and Functions | 3 | |
| American history | 3 | |
| Engineering science elective | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Third Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 321, Electrical Engineering Laboratory I | 3 | |
| E E 325, Electromagnetic Engineering | 3 | |
| E E 333T, Engineering Communication | 3 | |
| E E 338, Electronic Circuits I | 3 | |
| E E 155, Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar | 1 | |
| E E 360C, Data Structures in C++ | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
Third Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 338K, Electronic Circuits II | 3 | |
| E E 339, Solid-State Electronic Devices | 3 | |
| E E 351K, Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes | 3 | |
| Approved technical elective | 3 | |
| American history | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Fourth Year--Fall Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 321K, Electrical Engineering Laboratory II; 345M, Microcomputer Interfacing Laboratory; or 345S, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory | 3 | |
| PHY 355, Modern Physics for Engineers | 3 | |
| American government | 3 | |
| Approved technical electives | 6 | |
| Total | 15 | |
Fourth Year--Spring Semester
| Courses | Semester Hours | |
| E E 464K, Electrical Engineering Projects Laboratory | 4 | |
| E E 360P, Operating Systems, or C S 372, Introduction to Operating Systems | 3 | |
| E E 360N, Computer Architecture | 3 | |
| American government | 3 | |
| Approved technical elective | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |
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Contents
Chapter 1 - The University
Chapter 2 - School of Architecture
Chapter 3 - Red McCombs School of Business
Chapter 4 - College of Communication
Chapter 5 - College of Education
Chapter 6 - College of Engineering
Chapter 7 - College of Fine Arts
Chapter 8 - College of Liberal Arts
Chapter 9 - College of Natural Sciences
Chapter 10 - School of Nursing
Chapter 11 - College of Pharmacy
Chapter 12 - School of Social Work
Chapter 13 - The Faculty
Texas Common Course Numbering System (Appendix A)
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