Electrical Engineering Degree Program

Electrical Engineering

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 departments 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).

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 goals for its undergraduate students:

• That they have the knowledge and skills necessary for them to be immediately productive upon entering the workforce or advanced study;
• That they will maintain and develop the knowledge and the skills needed to identify, formulate, and solve problems throughout their career; and
• That they will exhibit personal integrity, ethical behavior, and cultural awareness in the practice of their profession.

The program offers two curriculum paths leading to a B.S.E.E. The basic electrical engineering curriculum is intended for students who want to work in one of the many areas of electrical engineering or for those who are undecided as to which area they want to pursue. A computer engineering option curriculum path is available for students who intend to work in the area of computers.

All electrical engineering students must fulfill the University�s general education requirements and the humanities and social sciences requirements of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. Students are required to take six courses in both mathematics and basic science to provide a foundation for their study and practice of engineering. There are eight general engineering courses that help prepare students to work in a multidisciplinary environment. As part of this, computer engineering option students will take the three introductory computer science courses. The electrical engineering core consists of nine courses and five labs, which cover the breadth of electrical engineering with courses in circuits, systems, electronics, and microprocessors. Electrical engineering students will take six additional courses in these areas as well as electromagnetics and energy conversion. Computer engineering option students will take four additional advanced computer science courses. Engineering design projects are required of students throughout the curriculum culminating in EE 495 Electrical Engineering Design, in which students complete a design project that simulates work found in professional practice.

The senior year provides an opportunity for students to obtain depth in a specialized area in electrical engineering with seven technical elective courses. Courses may be chosen from communications, power systems and energy conversion, network theory, electronics, avionics, electromagnetic fields, computer systems, control systems, and others. For their technical electives, computer engineering option students take courses in digital systems and VLSI

Ohio University is unique in offering internships in avionics engineering. The Ohio University Avionics Engineering Center, a research and engineering organization that is a unit within EECS, is extraordinary in providing undergraduate electrical engineering majors direct field and laboratory experience on real-world avionics projects sponsored by federal agencies and industry. Internship course credit can be granted for laboratory work performed, and a number of part-time jobs are supported for qualified students. Interns work with the professional faculty and staff on projects involving instrument landing systems, navigation processors, test flight evaluation, and low frequency navigation sensor systems.

The basic electrical engineering curriculum requires 213 credit hours or 17 to 18 hours per quarter. The computer engineering option requires a minimum of 201 hours.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Major code BS7253

Freshman

Fall

CHEM 151    Fund. of Chemistry I 2        5
MATH 263A   Calculus                    4
              Freshman composition1,3      5
              Soc. Sci. or Hum.1,4       3-5

Winter

CHEM 152    Fund. of Chemistry II                5
MATH 263B   Calculus                           4
ET 280       Engineering and Tech.-An Overview1   4
IT 101        Engineering GraphicsI               3
              Soc. Sci. or Hum.3               3-4

Spring

CHEM 123   Prin. of Chemistry               4
MATH 263C  Calculus                       4
ET 181       Computer Methods in Engr. I      4
INCO 103    Public Speaking1   4
             Soc. Sci. or Hum.1,4           3-5

Sophomore

Fall

EE 200        Intro to Personal Computer Software for EEs    0
EE 210        Circuit Analysis I                          4
MATH 263D   Calculus                                  4
PHYS 251     General Physics                           5
              Soc. Sci. or Hum.4                       3-5

Winter

EE 211      Circuit Analysis II          4
EE 221      Instrumentation Laboratory   2
MATH 340   Diff. Equations             4
CE 220      Statics                    4
PHYS 252   General Physics           4-5

Spring

EE 212    Circuit Analysis III          4
EE 222    Intro to Digital Circuits       3
EE 232    Analytic Foundations in EE    5
ME 224    Dynamics                  4
CE 222    Strength of Materials         4

Junior

Fall

EE 301    Intermediate Laboratory I             1
EE 310    Linear Systems and Networks I       4
EE 321    Electromagnetics and Materials I       5
EE 340    Electronics I                       5
ET 240    Computer Methods in Engineering II   4

Winter

EE 302   Intermediate Laboratory II         1
EE 312   Linear Systems and Networks II   4
EE 322   Electromagnetics and Materials II   5
EE 341   Electronics II                   4
EE 367   Intro to Microprocessors          4

Spring

EE 303     Intermediate Laboratory III              1
EE 335     Energy Conversion                     5
EE 371     Applied Probability and Statistics for EE   3
ENG 305J  Technical Writing                      4
ME 321    Thermodynamics                       4

Senior

Fall

              Senior Depth Elective I4   3
PHYS 254     Contemporary Physics     3
             Mathematics Elective7     4
             Soc. Sci. or Hum.3      3-5
             Technical Elective5        3

Winter

            Senior Depth Elective II5   3
EE 401      Advanced Laboratory 8    1
EE 495      EE Design              3
            Technical Elective6        3
            Soc. Sci. or Hum.4      3-5

Spring

          Senior Depth Elective III5   3
EE 402    Advanced Laboratory 8     1
          Soc. Sci. or Hum.4      6-9
          Technical Elective6        6
          Tier III requirement9       4

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Option

Major code BS7254

Freshman

Fall

CHEM 151    Fund. of Chemistry I         5
MATH 263A   Calculus                   4
              Freshman composition1,3    5
              Soc. Sci. or Hum.1,3      4-5

Winter

CHEM 152     Fund. of Chemistry II              5
ET 280        Engineering and Tech.-An Overview   4
IT 101         Engineering Drawing I              3
MATH 263B   Calculus                          4

Spring

MATH 263C   Calculus                  4
ET 181        Computer Meth. in Engr. 1  4
INCO 103     Public Speaking1          4
              Soc. Sci. or Hum.3      4-5

Sophomore

Fall

EE 200         Intro to Pers. Comp. Software for EEs   0
EE 210         Circuit Analysis I                    4MATH 263D    Calculus                             4
PHYS 251      General Physics                      5

Winter

CS 240A     Intro. Computer Science     5
EE 211      Circuit Analysis II          4
EE 221      Instrumentation Laboratory   2
MATH 340   Diff. Equations            4
PHYS 252   General Physics            5

Spring

CS 240B     Intro. Computer Science     4
EE 222      Intro to Digital Circuits       3
EE 232      Analytic Foundations of EE   5
PHYS 253   General Physics             5

Junior

Fall

CS 240C    Intro to Computer Science        4
CS 300      Intro. Discrete Structures        5
EE 310      Linear Systems and Networks I   4
EE 461      Digital Systems I               3

Winter

CS 361    Data Structures           5
EE 301    Intermediate Laboratory I   1
EE 340    Electronics I              5
EE 367    Intro to Microprocessors   4
EE 462    Digital Systems II         3

Spring

EE 303      Intermediate Laboratory III              1
EE 371      Applied Probability and Statistics for EE   3
EE 463      Digital Systems III                     3
CE 220      Statics                               4
orCE 301   Applied Mechanics                    or5
ENG 305J   Technical Writing                      4
            Soc. Sci. or Hum.4                   3-5

Senior

Fall

CS 404    Design and Analysis of Algorithms   5
EE 495    Electrical Eng. Design              3
         Technical Elective6               3-5
         Tier III Requirement9               4

Winter

CS 462   Database Systems I     5
EE 401   Advanced Lab         8
EE 415   VLSI Design          3
         Technical elective6    3-5
         Soc. Sci. or Hum.    4-5

Spring

CS 456   Software Design and Dev.   5
EE 402   Advanced Lab8            1
         Technical Electives       3-5
         Soc. Sci. or Hum.       4-5

1. Course can be taken any quarter during freshman year.
2. Alternatives to sequence CHEM 151, 152, and 123 are:

   CHEM 151, BIOS 170, and BIOS 171;

   CHEM 151, PBIO 110, and PBIO 111; or

   CHEM 151, GEOL 283, GEOL 211 or 270.

3. Freshman English composition requirement can be satisfied in any quarter of the freshman year. ENG 151 Freshman Composition: Writing and Rhetoric is preferred.
4. Total hours must be at least 24, with at least 8 in humanities and 8 in social sciences. See College of Engineering and Technology section on degree requirements for information on specific course selections.
5. Must be taken in the same EE areas each quarter, i.e., controls, communications, power, etc. Contact the EE office for a list of senior concentration elective courses offered each year.
6. Technical electives are normally 400-level EE courses not used as senior system electives. However, technical electives can (with prior department approval) be other 400-level engineering, mathematics, or computer science courses.
7. Can be taken in any quarter of the senior year. Must be selected from the following: MATH 411, 412, 413A, 440, 441, 444, 446, 450A, 460A, 470, or 480A. Other 400-level math courses can be taken with prior approval by the EECS curriculum committee.
8. Must take at least one structured senior lab. Contact the EE office for a list of structured labs taught each year.
9. Tier III requirement can be satisfied in any quarter of the senior year.

If you are transferring from another institution, consult with the EE office to determine the remaining requirements for the completion of the degree.

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