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Option Requirements

The electrical engineering option is designed to prepare its students for either graduate study or research and development work in government or industrial laboratories. It accomplishes this by building on the core curriculum to provide a broad and rigorous exposure to the fundamentals of electrical engineering. It strives to maintain a balance between classroom lectures and laboratory and design experience, and emphasizes the problem formulation and solving skills that are essential to any engineering discipline. The program also strives to develop in each student self-reliance, creativity, professional ethics, and an appreciation of the importance of continuing intellectual growth.

Students electing this option will normally choose to take APh/EE 9, Solid-state electronics for integrated circuits, as a freshman- year elective. Freshmen interested in digital electronics might also consider taking EE/CS 51. Then in the sophomore year, the formal study of electrical engineering will begin with the theory and laboratory practice of analog and digital electronics, EE 20 ab and EE/CS 51/52, respectively; and an introduction to solid-state sensors and actuators, EE 40. The junior year features EE 111; a course on feedback control systems (either CDS 110a or EE 113); an introduction to analog and digital communications, EE 160; and an analog electronics laboratory, EE 90. In the senior year, the student will take electromagnetic engineering, EE 151; and will also be asked to demonstrate his or her ability to formulate and carry out an independent research or design project through either a senior thesis, EE/CS 80 abc, or the senior project design laboratory, EE 91 ab. In addition, the student, especially in the senior year, will have a significant opportunity to take elective courses that will allow him/her to explore earlier topics in depth, or to investigate topics that have not been covered previously. (See the "suggested electives" section, page 202.)

A student whose interests lie in the electrical sciences but who wishes to pursue a broader course of studies than that allowed by the requirements of the electrical engineering option may elect the engineering and applied science option. Attention is called to the fact that any student who has a gradepoint average less than 1.9 at the end of the academic year in the subjects listed under electrical engineering may be refused permission to continue work in this option.

Option Requirements
1. E 10.
2. ACM 95 abc.
3. EE 20 ab, EE 40, EE 111, EE 151, EE 160, and either EE 113 or CDS 110 a.
4. EE/CS 51, EE/CS 52, EE 90.
5. EE 80 abc, or two courses selected from EE 91 ab and EE/CS 53.
6. APh/EE 9 ab.
7. In addition to the above courses, 27 units selected from any EE course numbered over 100, or any cross-listed courses numbered over 100 that include EE in the listing. Also, CDS 111 is acceptable.
8. Passing grades must be earned in a total of 486 units, including courses listed above.

Typical Course Schedule

..Units Per Term Second Year . 1st 2nd 3rd Ph 2 ab Sophomore Physics 9 9 - Ma 2 ab Sophomore Mathematics 9 9 - HSS Electives 9 9 9 EE 20 ab Electronics Laboratory 9 9 - EE 40 Intro. to Solid-State Sensors and Actuator - - 9 EE/CS 51 Principles of Microprocessor Systems - 9 - EE/CS 52 Microprocessor Systems Laboratory - - 12 Electives - - 15 36 45 45 . Third Year . 1st 2nd 3rd ACM 95 abc Introductory Methods of Applied Mathematics 12 12 12 . HSS Electives2 9 9 9 EE 111 Signals, Systems, and Transforms 9 - - EE 90 Analog Electronics Project Lab - - 9 EE 160 Communication-System Fundamentals - 9 - EE 113 Feedback and Control Circuits 9 - - or CDS 110 a Introductory Control Theory Electives - 9 9 39 39 39 . Fourth Year . 1st 2nd 3rd HSS Electives 9 9 9 E 10 Technical Seminar Presentations - 3 - EE 91 ab Experimental Projects in Electronic Circuits 12 12 - EE 151 Electromagnetic Engineering - 12 - Electives 18 9 36 39 45 45

Suggested Electives
First-year students interested in electrical engineering should consider taking APh/EE 9 ab, which is an EE option requirement (though it need not be taken freshman year).

Suggested elective courses for the second, third, and fourth year for various specializations within electrical engineering are given below. Students interested in other areas of specialization or interdisciplinary areas are encouraged to develop their own elective program in consultation with their faculty adviser. Communications and Signal Processing

Communications and Signal Processing
Second Year: Selected from APh 17 abc, APh 23, APh 24, EE/CS 53
Third and Fourth Year: EE 112 ab, EE/Ma 126, EE/Ma 127 ab, EE 161, EE 162, EE 163 ab, EE 164, EE 167, APh/EE 130 abc, and selections from CNS/EE 124, APh/EE 132, EE/CS 54, Ma 112 a.

Control
Second Year: APh 17 abc
Third and Fourth Year: CDS 110 ab, CDS 111, and selections from EE 112 ab, EE 162, EE 164.

Electronic Circuits
Second Year: APh 17 abc
Third and Fourth Year: CDS 111, EE 112 ab, EE 114 ab, and selections from EE/CS/Mu 17 abc, EE 50, EE 55, EE 105, EE 153, CS/EE 181 abc, CS 185 abc, APh/EE 183 ab.

Microwave and Radio Engineering
Second Year: APh 23, APh 24, APh 17 abc
Third and Fourth Year: EE 153, EE/Ge 157 abc, EE/Ge 158 ab, EE 114 ab, APh/EE 130 abc, APh/EE 132, APh/EE 183 ab.

Optoelectronics
Second Year: APh 23, APh 24, APh 17 abc
Third and Fourth Year: APh/EE 130 abc, APh/EE 132, APh 105 abc, APh 114 abc, APh/EE 183 ab, APh 190 abc, EE 153.

Solid-State Electronics
Second Year: APh 17 abc
Third and Fourth Year: APh/EE 183 ab, and selections from APh 105 abc, APh 114 ab, EE 153.