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Electrical Engineering - Courses

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Course List

 

EE 274 - Introduction to Digital Systems
3 credits. Number  systems;  Boolean  algebra 
fundamentals; system reduction, combinational 
and sequential logic. PREREQ: CS/MATH 187. 
COREQ: EE 275. F

EE 275 - Introduction to Digital Systems Laboratory
1 credit. Laboratory  experience 
in the construction of basic digital logic circuits 
and state machines. COREQ: EE 274. F

EE 325 - Electromagnetics
3 credits. Vectors and
fields, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrody-
namics, Maxwell’s equations, boundary value 
problems, plane and guided waves. PREREQ: 
ENGR 340, MATH 275, and PHYS 212; MATH 
360 recommended. F

EE 329 - Introduction to Electronics
3 credits.
Introduction to semiconductor theory, diodes, bi-
polar junction transistors and amplifiers, metal-
oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors and
amplifiers, and frequency response. PREREQ:
ENGR 340 and ENGR 342. S

EE 345 - Signals and Systems
3 credits.
Linear time-invariant systems, continuous and discrete; 
Fourier  series,  Fourier  transforms,  discrete 
Fourier transforms; Laplace transforms, z-trans-
forms; state-space analysis. PREREQ: ENGR 
340. COREQ: MATH 360. F

EE 400 - Senior Seminar
1 credit.
Current topics in Electrical Engineering. PREREQ: 
Senior standing in Electrical Engineering. F 

EE 413g - Techniques of Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis and Design
3 credits. 
Automatic formulation of equations and fundamental 
programming techniques pertinent to computer-
aided circuit analysis, design, modeling. May 
include sensitivity calculations, system analo-
gies, optimization. PREREQ: CS 181, ENGR 
340, and ENGR 342. D

EE 418g - Communication Systems
3 credits.
Basic principles of analysis and design of mod-
ern analog and digital communication systems, 
including transmission and reception.  PREREQ:  
EE 329 and EE 345. S

EE 427g - Embedded Systems Engineering
2 credits. Integration of algorithms, software 
and hardware to design real-time and embed-
ded systems for signal processing and control. 
PREREQ: CS g475. COREQ: EE g427L. S

EE 427gL - Embedded Systems Engineering Laboratory
1 credit.  Design  and  implement 
embedded signal processing and control systems 
through the integration of algorithms, software, 
and hardware. COREQ: EE g427. S

EE 429g - Advanced Electronics
2 credits. 
Introduction to operational amplifiers and their
applications, current mirrors, active loads, differ-
ential amplifiers, feedback and stability, filters,
oscillators, Schmitt triggers, power amplifiers
and  voltage  regulators.  PREREQ:  EE  329. 
COREQ: EE g429L. F

EE 429gL - Advanced Electronics Lab
1 credit. 
Transistor biasing, amplifiers and other basic
analog circuit designs. COREQ: EE g429. F

EE 432g - Introduction to VLSI Design
3 credits. Photolithography, CMOS fabrication, 
MOSFET operation, CMOS passive elements, 
design rules and layout, CAD tools for IC design, 
inverters,  static  logic  and  transmission  gates, 
dynamic logic. PREREQ: EE 329. D

EE 433g - Mixed Signal Design
3 credits. 
Analog  IC  design.  Passive  components, 
parasitic  elements,  component  matching,  IC 
layout techniques, amplifiers, current sources,
comparators, op amps, noise, switched capacitor 
circuits. Includes lab work using design tools. 
PREREQ: EE g432. D

EE 472g - Electrical Machines and Power
3 credits.  Theory  and  application  of  electrical 
machinery and transformers. Power and energy 
relationships  in  power  systems.  PREREQ: 
ENGR  340  and  ENGR  342.  COREQ:  EE 
g472L. F 

EE 472L - Electrical Machines and Power Laboratory
1 credit.  Experimental  study 
of  the  fundamental  physical  phenomena  and 
characteristics of transformers, induction mo-
tors, synchronous and direct current machines. 
COREQ: EE g472. F

EE 473g - Automatic Control Systems
3 credits.  
Continuous-time control systems using both fre-
quency-domain and state-space techniques. Top-
ics include design methodology, performance 
specifications, analysis and design techniques.
PREREQ: EE 345 or ME g405. S

EE 474g - Advanced Circuit Theory
3 credits. 
Methods of analog electrical circuit analysis and 
synthesis. Topics include signal flow graphs,
multi-port networks, simulation techniques, and 
topological methods for formulation of network 
equations. PREREQ: ENGR 340, ENGR 342 
and EE 345. D

EE 475g - Digital Signal Processing
3 credits. 
Discrete, fast Fourier and Z-transforms, corre-
lation, convolution, finite and infinite impulse
response digital filter design, spectral analysis
and adaptive digital filters. PREREQ: EE 345.
COREQ: EE g484. S

EE 476g - Semiconductor Processing and Fabrication
3 credits. Silicon semiconductor 
processing and basic integrated circuit fabrica-
tion. Physics, chemistry and technology in basic 
processing steps in production of integrated cir-
cuits. PREREQ: PHYS  212 or equivalent. D

EE 478g - Semiconductor Devices
3 credits. 
Operating principles of basic building blocks of 
modern silicon-based semiconductor devices to 
include p-n junctions, field effect transistors and
bipolar junction transistors. PREREQ: PHYS 
212 or equivalent. D

EE 479g - Advanced Semiconductor Devices
3 credits. Review of semiconductor band theory. 
Opto-electronics, quantum mechanics, hetero-
junctions, power and microwave semiconductor 
devices. PREREQ: EE g478 or equivalent. D 

EE 482g - Principles of Power Electronics
3 credits.  Introduction  to  steady  state  converter 
modeling and analysis. Principles of converter 
dynamics and control including controller design. 
PREREQ: EE 329. COREQ: EE g473. D

EE 484g - Signal Processing Lab
1 credit.
Design finite and infinite response digital filters in
digital signal processing  applications. COREQ: 
EE g475. S

EE 491g - Digital Control Systems
3 credits.
Analysis  and  design  of  digital  control  systems, 
Z-transforms, transient response, stability, root
locus, frequency response, design, state-space and 
state feedback.  PREREQ: EE g473. D

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