Texas A&M University Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005 Edition

INEN 302 Econ. Analysis of Engr. Projects

ELEN 405 Electrical Design Lab .

Electrical engineering electives 2

ENGR 482 Ethics and Engineering

University Core Curriculum elective 1

Electrical engineering electives 2

Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business

Curriculum in
Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineers develop and apply the theories of electricity, electronics and electromagnetics to analyze and design systems which generate or use electricity. Examples of such systems are those for power generation and transmission, computation, communication, automatic control and instrumentation. The devices that practicing engineers work with and design include integrated circuits (VLSI), waveguides, antennas, computers and other digital systems, rotating machines and motor drives, lasers and optical fibers.

The curriculum is designed to prepare the undergraduate for work in the highly diverse electrical engineering profession. A solid foundation in physics, chemistry and mathematics is used to support courses in the fundamentals of electrical engineering. The use of computers is integrated throughout the curriculum, and basic studies in circuits, electronics, electromagnetic fields and digital logic lead to a flexible program of electives in the junior and senior year. Electives may be chosen from the broad categories of controls and communications, microelectronic circuit design, computer engineering, power systems and electromagnetics/electro-optics. Laboratory work is structured to first familiarize the student with the basic concepts and then to apply these concepts to engineering problems.

Students who expect to enroll in electrical engineering after attending another college or university should note that there is a five-semester sequence of electrical engineering courses in the curriculum. If the prerequisites are satisfied, transfer students may complete this sequence in two years and one summer session.

Educational Program Objectives

Activities of the Electrical Engineering Department including research, teaching, and professional and community service revolve around the threefold mission of the department:

To create new knowledge and challenge young minds by participation in the process of discovery and invention;
To educate electrical and computer engineers with a solid background of fundamentals, stretching their imagination and preparing them for an exciting future;
To serve the society through research, education and outreach activities.

Undergraduate education plays a major part in helping the department to achieve its mission. As such, the department has established a set of undergraduate educational program objectives which will help to insure that the mission of the department is upheld. These program objectives represent a concise, measurable set of descriptions of what the department is trying to accomplish through its undergraduate program. Furthermore, these objectives are designed to be observable in our graduates in a time window of two to five years after graduation from the program.

The Department of Electrical Engineering's three Undergraduate Educational Program Objectives are as follows:

Objective 1 --Graduates who choose to pursue a career in industry or government will become productive and valuable engineers.

Objective 2 --Graduates who choose to pursue advanced degrees will be able to gain admission to graduate programs and will become successful graduate students.

Objective 3 --In keeping with the legacy of an Aggie Engineer, graduates will be successful in attaining positions of leadership in their professional careers.

The extent to which the department is meeting these objectives is periodically assessed through such instruments as alumni surveys, employer/recruiter surveys and EIT exam results. Our goal is to continually improve the program's ability to meet these educational objectives. The electrical engineering curriculum and individual course contents are periodically evaluated and adjusted in order to further support our ability to achieve the program objectives. More information on these efforts can be found at the Electrical Engineering departmental website ee.tamu.edu by clicking on the links for "Academics," "Undergraduate," and "Accreditation." The department welcomes comments and suggestions from any interested individuals regarding the above program objectives and/or how the department can better meet these objectives.

(See Freshman Year)

SOPHOMORE YEAR

First Semester	(Th-Pr)	Cr	Second Semester	(Th-Pr)	Cr
ENGR 211 Conserv. Prin. of Engr. Mech.	(2-2)	3	ELEN 214 Electrical Circuit Theory	(3-3)	4
ENGR 212 Conserv. Prin. in Thermal Sci.	(2-2)	3	ELEN 248 Intro. to Dig. Sys. Design	(3-3)	4
MATH 251 Engineering Mathematics III	(3-0)	3	MATH 308 Differential Equations	(3-0)	3
University Core Curriculum electives 1		6	PHYS 222 Mod. Physics for Engineers	(3-0)	3
		15			14

JUNIOR YEAR

ELEN 314 Linear Circuit Analysis	(3-0)	3	ENGL 210 Scientific and Tech. Writing or ENGL 301 Technical Writing	(3-0)	3
ELEN 322 Elec. and Magnetic Fields	(3-0)	3	STAT 211 Prin. of Statistics I or STAT 414 Mathematical Statistics	(3-0)	3
ELEN 325 Electronics	(3-3)	4	Electrical engineering electives 2		6
ELEN 370 Elec. Props. of Matls.	(3-0)	3	University Core Curriculum elective 1		3
MATH 311 Topics in Applied Mathematics I	(3-0)	3			15
		16

SENIOR YEAR

NOTES: 1. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum. Of the 18 hours shown as University Core Curriculum electives, 3 must be from visual and performing arts, 3 from social and behavioral sciences, 6 from U.S. history, and 6 from POLS 206 and 207. The required 6 hours from international and cultural diversity may be met by courses satisfying the visual and performing arts, social and behavioral sciences, and the political science and history requirements if they are also on the approved list of international and cultural diversity courses (see the International and Cultural Diversity table).

2. A list of basic electives in electrical engineering, available from the department office, has been divided into five technical areas. Students must meet the following restrictions in their selection of these electives:

a. Students are required to take at least three courses from one technical area.

b. Students are required to take four other technical electives from at least two technical areas not selected in (a).

c. Remaining electrical engineering electives may be selected from any 300- or 400-level electrical engineering course.

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