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Typical Program of Undergraduate Study

Fall Semester		Spring Semester
First Year
MATH 1296-CALCULUS I	5	MATH 1297-CALCULUS II	5
ECE 1001-INTRO TO ECE	2	ECE 1315-DIGITAL SYSTEMS	4
WRIT 1120 COLLEGE WRITING	3	PHYS 2011-GENERAL PHYSICS I	4
CS 1511-COMPUTER SCIENCE I	5	CS 1521-COMPUTER SCIENCE II	5
	15		18
Second Year
MATH 3280-DIFF EQUATIONS LIN ALGEBRA	4	MATH 3298-CALCULUS III	4
ECE 2006-ELEC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS	4	CHEM 1151 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I	5
ECE 2325-MICROPROCESSOR SYS	4	ECE 2111-LIN SYSTEMS & SIGNALS	4
PHYS 2012-GENERAL PHYSICS II	4	ECE 2212-ELECTRONICS I	4
	16		17
Third Year
ECE 3151-CONTROL SYSTEMS	3	ECE 3611-SEMICONDUCTORS	3
ECE 3235-ELECTRONICS II	4	ECE 3341-COMPUTER CIRCUITS	4
CS 2511-SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT	4	CS 5631 OPERATING SYSTEMS	4
PHIL 3242-VALUES AND TECHNOLOGY	3	STAT 3611-INTRO TO STATISTICS	4
LIB ED ELECTIVE¹	2	WRIT 3130 ADV WRITING-ENGR	3
	16		18
Fourth Year
ECE 3445-ELECTROMAGNETICS	3	ECE TECHNICAL ELECTIVE³	3
ECE 4899-SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT I²	1	ECE 4999-SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT II²	3
ECE TECHNICAL ELECTIVE³	3	ECE TECHNICAL ELECTIVE³	3
LIB ED ELECTIVE¹	3	ENGINEERING "BREADTH" ELECTIVE	3
LIB ED ELECTIVE¹	3	Econ 1022-MACRO-ECONOMICS or ECON 1023-MICRO-ECONOMICS	3
	13		15

^1. Lib Ed elective choices (plus Phil 3242 and either Econ 1022 oe Econ 1023) must include the following:
   - At least one course from category 7
   - At least two courses from category 9
   - At least one course from category 10 or 2nd category 9 course with a different designator
   - At least one course emphasizing international perspective
   - At least one course emphasizing cultural diversity

^2. ECE 4951-Design Workshop may be taken in place of ECE 4899 and ECE 4999.

³. ECE Technical Electives must include at least one course selected from the following list: ECE 4305 (4 cr), ECE 5315 (3 cr).

⁴. Engineering "Breadth" Elective must include one course selected from the following list: ENGR 2015, ENGR 2110, ChE 2001, ChE 2011, ChE 2111.

JANUARY 2009