Undergraduate Programs

CPE Technical Electives
Graduating Class of 2012 - Tentative


The courses listed below are approved for CPE in-major and non-major technical elective credit. Actual course offerings will be based on sufficient resources, including faculty availability, and student demand. Refer to the university’s on-line timetable of classes for specific course availability information.

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In-Major Technical Electives

Non-Major Technical Electives
In-Major Electives
All courses are grouped according to their inter-relatedness, but students are free to choose from multiple groups. If you are not sure of an academic focus, then you are encouraged to take courses from several groupings, giving you a broader background.
Computers (ECE)

4504 Computer Organization (4C) Prereq: CS 3204 (Design Technical Elective)


4514 Digital Design II (4C) Prereq: 3504 (Design Technical Elective)


4520 Digital Design and Mixed-Signal System Testing and Testable Design (3C) Prereq: 2574, 3504


4524 Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Applications (4C) Prereq: 2574; Co-Req: STAT 4714 (Design Technical Elective)


4530 Hardware/ Software Codesign (3C) Prereq: 3504, 3534


4540 VLSI Circuit Design (3C) Prereq: 2204, 3504 (Design Technical Elective)


4550 Real-Time Systems (3C) Prereq: 4534 or CS 3204 (Design Technical Elective)


4560 Computer and Network Security Fundamentals (3C) Prereq: 4564


4564 Network Application Design (3C) Prereq: 2504, 2574 (Design Technical Elective)


4570 Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems (3C) Prereq: ECE 4564 or CS 4254 (Design Technical Elective)


4574 Large-Scale Software Development for Engineering Systems (3C) Prereq: 3574 (Design Technical Elective)


4984 Computer Organization (3C) Prereq: ECE 2500, ECE 3534


4984 ID-ECE Interdisciplinary Design Project (3C) Prereq: ECE 4514 or 4534 (Design Technical Elective)


Computers (CS)

Note on CS Course Restrictions


CS 2606 Data Structures and Object Oriented Development II (3C) Prereq: CS 2605


CS 3204 Operating Systems (3C) Prereq: ECE 2504, CS 2604 or CS 2606


CS 3304 Comparative Languages (3C) Prereq: CS 2604 or CS 2606


CS 3414 (Math 3414) Numerical Methods (3C) Prereq: CS 1044 or 1705; Math 2214, 2224


CS 3824 Introduction to Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (3C) Prereq: CS 2204 CS 2606


CS 4104 Data and Algorithm Analysis (3C) Prereq: CS 2604 or CS 2606, Math 3134 or Math 3034


CS 4114 Formal Languages (3C) Prereq: Math 3134 or Math 3034


CS 4124 Theory of Computation (3C) Prereq: Math 3134 or Math 3034


CS 4204 Computer Graphics (3C) Prereq: CS 2604 or CS 2606


CS 4214 Simulation and Modeling (3C) Prereq: CS 1704, STAT 4714


CS 4224 Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems (3C) Prereq: CS 3204, STAT 4714


  

CS 4234 Parallel Computation (3C) Prereq: CS 3204


CS 4244 Internet Programming (3C) Prereq: CS 3204


CS 4254 Network Arch Programming (3C) Prereq: CS 3204


CS 4304 Compiler Design (3C) Prereq: CS 3204


CS 4414 Issues in Scientific Computing (3C) Prereq: MATH 2214, MATH 3214


CS 4604 Introduction to Database Management Systems (3C) Prereq: CS 2604 or CS 2606


CS 4624 Multimedia/ Hypertext (3C) Prereq: CS 2604 or CS 2606


NOTE: The Computer Science Department may restrict some of its courses to CS majors during registration periods. Contact that department and follow any specific procedure they may have on registering for their courses. CS requires a C or better in all in-major prerequisite courses.


Communications

3614 Introduction to Communication Systems (3C) Prereq: 2704; Co-req: STAT 3614


4605 Radio Engineering (3C) Prereq: 3106, 3204, 3614; Co-req:4675


4606 Radio Engineering (3C) Prereq: 4605


4614 Telecommunication Networks (3C) Prereq: 2504, 2704, STAT 4714


4624 Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design (3C) Prereq: 3704


4634 Analog and Digital Communications (3C) Prereq: 3614, STAT 4714


4644 Satellite Communications (3C) Prereq: 3614


4654 DSP Implementation of Communication Systems (3C) Prereq: 4624, 4634


4664 Analog and Digital Communications Lab (3C) Prereq: 3614, Corequisite: 4634


4674 Scattering Parameters Lab (1C) Prereq: 4605, 4675


4675 Radio Engineering Lab (1C) Prereq: 3106, 3204; Co-req: 4605


4676 Radio Engineering Lab (1C) Prereq: 4675; Co-req: 4606


4684 Digital Signal Processing Lab (1C) Prereq: 4624


Electromagnetics

3105 Electromagnetic Fields (3C) Prereq: 2004, MATH 2224, PHYSICS 2306


3106 Electromagnetic Fields (3C) Prereq: 3105


4104 Microwave and RF Engineering (4C) Prereq: 3106, 3204


4114 Antennas (3C) Prereq: 3106


4124 Radio Wave Propagation (3C) Prereq: 3106


4134 Fiber Optics and Applications (3C) Prereq: 3106


4144 Optical Information Processing (3C) Prerreq: 3106


4164 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Theory and Design (4C) Prereq: 3106


4184 Fiber Optics Laboratory (1C) Prereq: 4134


4984 Perils of Space: An Introduction to Space Weather (1C) Prereq: 3106


Circuits/Electronics

3004 AC Circuit Analysis (3C) Prereq: 2704


3074 AC Circuit Analysis LAB (1C) Prereq: 2704, 3004. Co-req: 3004


3204 Analog Electronics (3C) Prereq: 2204, 2704. Co-req: 3274


3274 Electronics Lab (1C) Prereq: 2274. Co-req: 3204


4205 Electronic Circuit Design (3C) Prereq: 3204


4206 Electronic Circuit Design (3C) Prereq: 4205


4214 Semiconductor Device Fundamentals (3C) Prereq: 2204 or MSE 3204 or PHYS 3455


4220 Analog Integrated Circuit Design (3C) Prereq: 3204


4224 Power Electronics (3C) Prereq: 3204


4234 Semiconductor Processing (3C) Prereq: 2204, or 3054


4240 Intermediates Semiconductor Wafer Processing Laboratory (3C) Prereq: 4234 or MSE 4234

4284 Power Electronics Lab (1C) Prereq: 4224


4984 Advanced Semiconductor Procesing Lab (1C) Prereq: 4234

Power Systems

3304 Introduction to Power Systems (3C) Prereq: 3004


3354 Power Laboratory (1C) Prereq: 3304


4304 Design in Power Engineering (3C) Prereq: 3304


4324 Electronic Control of Machines (3C) Prereq: 4405, 4224


4334 Power System Analysis and Control (3C) Prereq: 3304


4344 Electric Power Quality for a Digital Economy (3C) Prereq: 3304


4354 Power System Protection (3C) Prereq: 4334


4364 Alternate Energy Systems (3C) Prereq: STAT 4714


4374 Power System Protection Lab (1C) Prereq: 4334 Coreq: 4354


Systems & Controls

3704 Continuous and Discrete System Theory (3C) Prereq: 2704


4405 Control Systems (3C) Prereq: 3704


4406 Control Systems (3C) Prereq: 4405


4415 Control Systems Lab (1C) Prereq: 4405


4416 Control Systems Lab (1C) Prereq: 4415


4704 Principles of Robotics Systems (3C) Prereq: 3704


4734 Mechatronics (3C) Prereq: 2504, 2704


Independent Work
& Special Studies

The courses listed below can generally be used for technical elective credit or design technical elective credit, based on the particular content of each course as it is taught in a given semester. Please discuss technical elective credit options for these courses with your advisor prior to registering for the courses.


4974 (ARR) Independent Study

4984 (ARR) Special Study
4994 (ARR) Undergraduate Research

Notes:
4974, and 4994: Students must complete an Undergraduate Research, Independent Study Authorization Form, prior to Registration. Forms are available in the ECE Advising office in 340 Whittemore. For purposes of satisfying the major technical elective requirements, the sum of the number of hours taken from ECE 4904, 4974, 4994 cannot exceed 3, without prior approval.

Non-Major Technical Electives

ECE students may take up to 3 credit hours of non-major technical electives. Students are reminded that they DO NOT have to take a non-major technical elective. All technical electives can come from the in-major list.

  • 1) Any 3000 or 4000 level course, except those listed in Items 2 and 3, in Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics NOT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION, THAT DOES NOT DUPLICATE any course in the program of study, and for which you have the appropriate prerequisite, may be used as a non-major technical elective.
  • 2) Non-major 4904, 4964, 4974, 4984, 4994 courses and study abroad courses must be approved for non-major technical elective credit in advance. See your advisor for guidance.
  • 3) REMINDER: ESM 4404 – Fundamentals of Professional Engineering – CANNOT be used as a non-major technical elective and DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS GRADUATION.