The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree program prepares its graduates for a successful career in the rapidly evolving and intellectually challenging field of electrical engineering. Electrical engineers can design medical devices small enough to be implanted in the human body, and power generation and transmission systems large enough to power our world, can create the smart products we use in everyday life, and communication and sensing systems used to explore under the sea and in outer space, can develop products to provide entertainment such as music and games, and products that meet our basic needs such as transportation and life-saving medical equipment. The ECE department prepares students through a rigorous and broad series of technical courses that culminate in a year-long, team-oriented capstone design experience. The department offers several areas of specialization, including computers, signal processing, electronics, communications, optical systems, electromagnetics, and renewable energy and energy conversion. Graduates in electrical engineering from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) can work in fields including microelectronics, robotics and control systems, digital systems and networking, digital signal processing, power and renewable energy, communications, and electromagnetics. Many graduates work in product development, product testing, system management, sales, and consulting. Some graduates chose to attend graduate school to prepare for research or teaching careers, while others move into administrative, management or entrepreneurial positions.
Communications is concerned with the preparation, transmission, and reception of encoded information via media ranging from wires to fiber optic cables and space. Included are topics such as AM, FM, and pulse modulation techniques, telecommunication systems, satellite telemetry, and wireless and computer networks.
