 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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| Non-Major Technical Electives | |
| Mechanical Engineering Senior Engineering Design and Project | |
| Graduate Courses Used as Technical Electives |
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4504 Computer Organization (4C) Prereq: CS 3204 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, 2534 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) |
Note on CS Course Restrictions
NOTE: The Computer Science Department restricts some of its courses to CS majors. Contact the CS department to follow their force-add procedure. CS requires a C or better in all in-major (CS or ECE) prerequisite courses. CS may accept some ECE courses as prerequisite substitutions. See the CS advisors in 114 McBryde for any clarification of prerequisite requirements. Note that many CS courses are taught in Java. If you use an ECE course as prerequisite, you will be expected to be proficient in Java before entering these upper level courses. |
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| 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 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 |
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 4154 Perils of Space: An Introduction to Space Weather (3C) Prereq: 3106 4164 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Theory and Design (4C) Prereq: 3106 |
Circuits/Electronics
3004 AC Circuit Analysis (3C) Prereq: 2704 3074 AC Circuit Analysis Lab (1C) Prereq: 2704. 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 4235 Electronic Packaging (3C) Prereq: 2204 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 |
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| Power Systems
3304 Introduction to Power Systems (3C) Prereq: 3004 3354 Power Laboratory (1C) Prereq: 3304 4304 Design in Power Engineering (3C) Prereq: 3304 4334 Power System Analysis and Control (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 4704 Principles of Robotics Systems (3C) Prereq: 3704 4734 Mechatronics (3C) Prereq: 2504, 2704 |
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 Notes: |
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Mechanical Engineering Senior Engineering Design and Project
ECE students, with the permission of the ME department, can enroll in the ME senior engineering design and project courses. Note: both semesters must be completed. ME 4015 (3) Engineering Design and Project |
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.
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Graduate Courses Used as Technical Electives
ECE students who meet the University requirements to enroll in graduate courses may use graduate level ECE courses as technical elective credit.
- Per University policy, undergraduate students must have earned a 3.0 cumulative GPA to be eligible to enroll in graduate level courses.
- Note that undergraduate students enrolled in graduate courses to be used for undergraduate requirements cannot use those credits toward a graduate degree in ECE at VT. The exceptions to this policy are students enrolled in the Accelerated UG/G program. Please see your advisor if you have questions regarding this policy.
- To enroll in graduate level courses, undergraduates must complete an Application for Graduate Courses form. If prerequisites are met and space permits, students will be force-added to the graduate course(s).