Electrical Engineering Program Requirements

Electrical Engineering, B.S.

To be admitted to the BSEE program a student must complete the following courses with a minimum grade of C in these courses and grade point average of 2.5 or above. A student not meeting all of the admission requirements, may request in writing, a provisional admission status for a semester from the department. The provisional admission status must be approved by the electrical engineering program coordinator.

Total Program Credits: 126

General Education Requirements: 39 Credits
ENGL 1010 Introduction to Writing CC 3 credits
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing Humanities Social Sciences 3 credits
Math 1210 Calculus I 5 credits
American Institutions: Complete one of the following: 3 credits
HIST 2700 US History to 1877 (3)
& HIST 2710 and US History since 1877 (3)
HIST 1700 American Civilization (3)
HIST 1740 US Economy History (3)
POLS 1000 American Heritage (3)
POLS 1100 American National Government (3)
Complete the following:
PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values 3 credits
HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness 2 credits
or PES 1097 Fitness for Life (2)
Distribution Courses:
COMM 1020 Public Speaking 3 credits
COMM 2110 Interpersonal Communications 3 credits
Fine Arts (Choose from list) 3 credits
Biology (Choose from list) 3 credits
PHYS 2210 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I 4 credits
CHEM 1210 Principles for Chemistry I 4 credits
Discipline Core Requirements: 81 Credits
CS 1400 Fundamentals of Programming 3 credits
CS 2810 Computer Organization and Architecture 3 credits
ENGR 1000 Introduction to Engineering 3 credits
ECE 2250 Circuit Theory 3 credits
ECE 2255 Circuit Theory Lab 1 credit
ECE 2700 Digital Design I 3 credits
ECE 2705 Digital Design Lab 1 credit
ECE 2760 Introduction to Semiconductor Theory and Nanotechnology 3 credits
ECE 3250 Power Systems Engineering 3 credits
ECE 3350 Control Systems 3 credits
ECE 3450 Electromagnetics and Transmission Lines 3 credits
ECE 3710 Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 3 credits
ECE 3730 Embedded Systems I 3 credits
ECE 3740 Digital Design II 3 credits
ECE 3750 Engineering Analysis 3 credits
ECE 3760 Electronic Systems 3 credits
ECE 3765 Electronic Systems Lab 1 credit
ECE 3770 Signals and Systems 3 credits
ECE 3780 Communication Systems and Circuits 3 credits
ECE 4730 Embedded Systems II 3 credits
ECE 4750 Digital Signal Processing 3 credits
ECE 4760 VLSI Design 3 credits
ECE 4900 Electrical Engineering Capstone I 3 credits
ECE 4950 Electrical Engineering Capstone II 3 credits
PHYS 2215 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lab 1 credit
PHYS 2220 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I PP 4 credits
PHYS 2225 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Lab 1 credit
CHEM 1215 Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory 1 credit
MATH 1220 Calculus II 5 credits
MATH 2210 Calculus III 3 credits
Elective Requirements: (Choose 2) 6 Credits
ECE 4770 Artificial Neural Networks 3 credits
ECE 4780 Wireless and Mobile Communications 3 credits
CS 4480 Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision 3 credits

Graduation Requirements

  1. Completion of a minimum of 126 semester credits, with a minimum of 40 upper-division credits.
  2. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or above, with a minimum grade of C in all discipline core and elective requirements.
  3. Residency hours - minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU. 10 of these hours must be within the last 45 hours earned. At least 12 of the credit hours earned in residence must be in approved CS + ECE courses.
  4. All transfer credit must be approved in writing by UVU and the electrical engineering program coordinator.
  5. No more than 80 semester hours and no more than 20 hours in CS and ECE courses of transfer credit.
  6. No more than 6 semester hours may be earned through independent study.
  7. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.