OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) |
Major code BS7253
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
329 Stocker Center
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1568
www.ohio.edu/engineering/eecs
Costas Vassiliadis, contact person
vassilia@ohio.edu
Program Overview
The electrical engineering program is administered by the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). The School is the beneficiary of a major endowment from the late Dr. C. Paul Stocker, an electrical engineering alumnus. This endowment provides support for facilities and a level of excellence surpassed by few other electrical engineering and computer science schools in the nation.
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is located in Stocker Center, a modern facility housing undergraduate, graduate, and research activities. The program offers a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) degree, which is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org .
The electrical engineering program offers two curriculum tracks leading to a B.S.E.E. degree. The electrical engineering (EE) track is intended for students who want to work in one of the many areas of electrical engineering. A computer engineering (CpE) track is available for students who intend to work in the area of computers. Students who are undecided as to which area they want to pursue should follow the electrical engineering track until they decide.
Electrical engineering addresses the wide application of electrical and electronic phenomena to real-world needs, from consumer goods to space exploration. It encompasses such diverse areas as research, development, design, sales, and operation of electrical and electronic systems. Areas of specialization include such varied fields as circuit design, communications, computers and automata, control systems, electromagnetics, energy sources and systems, power electronics, power system planning, electronics, and instrumentation. Students interested in digital computers may choose from courses in the School on programming, digital circuits, computer design, and software engineering.
Electrical engineering graduates hold challenging positions in such nonelectrical industries as chemical, nuclear, automotive, medical, textile, petroleum, and transportation, as well as in electronics, communications, power, control, and other electrical industries. The jobs performed by electrical engineering graduates include such diverse activities as research, development, design, production and manufacturing, and consulting.
The electrical engineering program has three major objectives for its undergraduate students (Program Educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing the graduates to achieve):
- They use their technical acumen to improve the human condition.
- They exhibit and promote in others: integrity, ethical behavior, multi-cultural awareness, and continuous self-development.
- They apply and grow their technical, interpersonal, and collaborative strengths to successfully lead and inspire others toward effective innovation
All electrical engineering students must fulfill the University’s General Education requirements. Students will select elective courses in conjunction with their advisors. To develop the general knowledge and skills necessary to support the study and practice of engineering, students will take 8 courses in mathematics and the basic sciences. The purpose of the five general engineering courses is to give students an understanding of engineering fundamentals outside of electrical engineering.
The electrical engineering portion of the curriculum consists of several blocks of courses. The introductory block is intended to promote the students interested in electrical engineering, while introducing physical and logical concepts necessary for future studies. The goal of the foundations block is to develop the fundamental knowledge and analytical skills necessary for the study and practice of electrical engineering. The intermediate breadth block prepares the student to study the various areas of electrical engineering and computer engineering at the advanced level. EECS electives allow students to develop specialized knowledge and skills in one of the areas of electrical and computer engineering or explore other topics at the advanced level.
Because the ability to solve problems is critical for engineers, students will develop engineering design skills as they progress through the curriculum. Engineering design is addressed in most E E courses. In the intermediate design block, students will develop experience in experimental design and analysis. The design experience culminates in the senior year with the capstone design sequence of courses, where students complete a design project that simulates work found in professional practice.
Admissions Information
Freshman/First-Year Admission
To best prepare for the demands of the academic programs in Russ College, four years of college preparatory math, one year of chemistry, and one year of physics are necessary. Students ranked in the top 30 percent of their classes who score at least 24 on the ACT or comparable SAT are most likely to be successful in Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
Change of Program Policy
Students who wish to transfer into an engineering or computer science program must have earned a C or better in a math course and a science course. The math course must be equivalent to MATH 1200 or higher. The science course must be equivalent to CHEM 1210 or higher, or PHYS 2051 / PHYS 2054 & PHYS 2055 or higher. Students enrolled at any Ohio University campus who wish to transfer into any program in the Russ College cannot do so if they would be on academic probation after transferring into that major. The probation rules for Russ College are stricter than those for the University as a whole. In order not to be on probation, a student must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher for all courses taken, for all courses taken in the Russ College, and for all courses taken in the intended major. Students must also have successfully completed all required courses in three attempts and have no required course they have attempted twice without success. For some courses, success means a grade of at least a C or C-.
External Transfer Admission
Transfer students who have earned fewer than 20 semester hours of credit at another accredited collegiate institution may be admitted directly to an engineering or computer science program, if they meet the general requirements for admission to Ohio University and have completed four years of college-prep math and one year each of chemistry and physics and have scored at least a 24 on the ACT or comparable SAT.
Transfer students who have earned more than 20 semester hours of credit at another accredited collegiate institution may be admitted directly to an engineering or computer science program, if they meet the general requirements for transfer students, including a GPA greater than 2.5.Students who wish to transfer into an engineering or computer science program must have earned a C or better in a math course and a science course. The math course must be equivalent to MATH 1200 or higher. The science course must be equivalent to CHEM 1210 or higher, or PHYS 2051 / PHYS 2054 & PHYS 2055 or higher.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Electrical engineering (EE), the largest engineering branch, deals with the study of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism and the way these theories are applied to sub-disciplines such as: Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power, Telecommunication systems including Wireless Communications, Automatic Control Systems and Robotics, Aviation Electronic (Avionics) Systems, Aerospace and Electronics Systems, Computers and Microprocessors, Lasers, Optoelectronic and Superconductor Devices, Microelectronic Devices and Integrated Circuit Technology, Signal Processing, Microwave Systems and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Antennas, Audio, Speech, Video and Image Processing, Automotive Electronics, Industrial Sensors and Instrumentation, Power Electronics, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy, Nanoelectronics and Nanofabrication, Ultrasonic Imaging, Bio-Engineering and Medical Electronics.
Electrical engineers design products affecting everything from public health to safety, and ranging from huge electric power generators to miniature microprocessor chips. These products include: devices for the generation and delivery of electric power to consumers: (homes/businesses/industry), electronic instruments to measure temperature, speed, pressure and flow rate, computers embedded into systems enriched with methods of data processing and storage, communications systems; radio, tv, satellite systems, telephones and fiber-optic systems, aircraft flight control and collision-avoidance systems, systems used in medical electronics, medical lasers, systems that education and entertain, computers and computer networks, compact-disk players, and multimedia systems.
Most electrical engineering jobs are in the following places: Engineering and Business Consulting Companies, Government Agencies, Manufacturers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Manufacturers of Computer and/or Industrial Equipment, Transportation, Communications and Utility Companies, Computer and Data Processing Services Companies.
Sample of companies that hire electrical engineers: AT&T, Microsoft, Ericsson, Inc., Milliken, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, IBM, Intel, Sprint Corporation, Intel Corporation, Texas Instruments, International Paper, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Verizon, Walt Disney, AEP, Qualcomm, Cisco Systems, 3Com, Nortel Networks, Audiovox, Johnson Controls, Raytheon, TRW, Kimberly-Clark, NASA, NSA, Rocwell, RoviSys, Ford Motor, Boeing, General Motors, Honda, and Lockheed Martin.
Requirements
University-wide Graduation Requirements
Ohio University requires completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours for conferral of a bachelor’s degree. However, the Electrical Engineering major requires a minimum of 123.5 semester hours. For more information on the minimum hours requirement and other university-wide requirements, please review the Graduation Requirements – Universitywide page.
College-Level Requirements for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology
View the College-Level Requirements for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology .
Core Curriculum
Complete the following course:
- ET 1500 - Engineering and Technology: Career Orientation Credit Hours: .5
Math and Basic Science
Complete the following courses:
- EE 2324 - Analytical Foundations of Electrical Engineering Credit Hours: 4
- EE 3713 - Applied Probability and Statistics for Electrical Engineers Credit Hours: 3
- CHEM 1510 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
- MATH 2301 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
- MATH 2302 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 4
- MATH 3300 - Calculus III Credit Hours: 4
- PHYS 2051 - General Physics Credit Hours: 5
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or
- PHYS 2054 - General Physics 1 classical mechanics and thermodynamics Credit Hours: 3
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and
- PHYS 2055 - General Physics 1 laboratory course Credit Hours: 1
Science Elective
Complete one course from the following:
- BIOS 1700 - Biological Sciences I: Molecules and Cells Credit Hours: 3
- CHEM 1520 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
General Engineering
Complete the following courses and one programming elective and one engineering elective:
- CS 2400 - Introduction to Computer Science I Credit Hours: 4
- CS 2653 - Professional and Ethical Aspects of Computing Credit Hours: 3
- ET 2905 - History of Technology in Society Credit Hours: 3
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or
- HIST 2905 - History of Technology in Society Credit Hours: 3
Programming Elective
Complete one of the following couses:
- CS 2300 - Computer Programming in JAVA Credit Hours: 4
- CS 2401 - Introduction to Computer Science II Credit Hours: 4
- ET 2100 - Engineering Programming Credit Hours: 4
Engineering Elective
Complete two of the following courses:
- CE 3400 - Fluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
- ET 2200 - Statics Credit Hours: 3
- ET 2220 - Strength of Materials Credit Hours: 3
- ET 2240 - Dynamics Credit Hours: 3
- ET 2300 - Principles of Engineering Materials Credit Hours: 3
- ET 3200 - Engineering Thermodynamics Credit Hours: 3
- ET 3300 - Engineering Economy Credit Hours: 2
Electrical Engineering Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- EE 1014 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering Credit Hours: 4
- EE 1024 - Introduction to Computer Engineering Credit Hours: 4
- EE 2104 - Circuits I Credit Hours: 4
- EE 2114 - Circuits II Credit Hours: 4
- EE 2213 - Instrumentation Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3214 - Electromagnetics and Materials I Credit Hours: 4
- EE 3223 - Electromagnetics and Materials II Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3334 - Linear Signals and Systems Credit Hours: 4
- EE 3343 - Electronics I Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3513 - Digital Signals and Systems Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3954 - Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Credit Hours: 4
- EE 3963 - Electric Machines Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3973 - Electronics II Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4953 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design I Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4963 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design II Credit Hours: 3
Senior EE/CS Electives
Complete two of the following courses:
- CS 3560 - Software Engineering Tools and Practices Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4000 - Introduction to Distributed, Parallel, and Web-Centric Computing Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4040 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4060 - Computation Theory Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4100 - Introduction to Formal Languages and Compilers Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4160 - Problem Solving with Bioinformatics Tools Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4170 - Data Mining With Applications in the Life Sciences Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4250 - Interactive Computer Graphics Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4440 - Data Communications Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4500 - Advanced Object Oriented Design and GUI Techniques Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4580 - Operating Systems II Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4620 - Database Systems Credit Hours: 3
- CS 4750 - Internet Engineering Credit Hours: 4
- CS 4800 - Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3613 - Computer Organization Credit Hours: 3
- EE 3753 - Introduction to Computer Networks Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4053 - Physical and Power Electronics Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4143 - Design of Digital Circuits Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4183 - Micro and Nano Fabrication Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4213 - Feedback Control Theory Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4313 - Optoelectronics and Photonics Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4403 - Antenna and Microwave Theory Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4523 - Introduction to Electric Power System Engineering and Analysis Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4673 - Embedded Systems Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4683 - Computer Architecture Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4713 - Communication Engineering Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4853 - Electronic Navigation Systems Credit Hours: 3
- EE 4913 - Programmable Logic Controllers Credit Hours: 3