Please note that this is a list of ECE courses offered, past and present. It should not be considered a definitive list; before making any enrollment decisions based on this information, please check with your advisor.
For additional details about a particular course, follow the course number link provided.
The course rollout shows the expected course offerings for the upcoming semesters.
A list of course pre/co-requisites is also available.
| Course | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Courses | ||
| 18-050 | Study Abroad | Variable |
| 18-100 | Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering | 12 |
| 18-200 | Emerging Trends in Electrical and Computer Engineering | 1 |
| 18-202 | Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering | 12 |
| 18-213 | Introduction to Computer Systems | 12 |
| 18-220 | Electronic Devices and Analog Circuits | 12 |
| 18-231 | Sophomore Projects | Variable |
| 18-232 | Sophomore Projects | Variable |
| 18-240 | Structure and Design of Digital Systems | 12 |
| 18-290 | Signals and Systems | 12 |
| 18-300 | Fundamentals of Electromagnetics | 12 |
| 18-310 | Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices | 12 |
| 18-320 | Microelectronic Circuits | 12 |
| 18-331 | Junior Projects | Variable |
| 18-332 | Junior Projects | Variable |
| 18-340 | Digital Computation | 12 |
| 18-341 | Logic Design Using Simulation, Synthesis, and Verification Techniques | 12 |
| 18-342 | Fundamentals of Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-345 | Introduction to Telecommunication Networks | 12 |
| 18-348 | Embedded System Engineering | 12 |
| 18-349 | Embedded Real-Time Systems | 12 |
| 18-370 | Fundamentals of Control | 12 |
| 18-372 | Fundamentals in Electric Energy Systems | 12 |
| 18-390 | ECE Co-op | 0 |
| 18-391 | Noisy Signal Representation and Processing | 12 |
| 18-401 | Electromechanics | 12 |
| 18-402 | Applied Electrodynamics | 12 |
| 18-411 | Computational Techniques in Engineering | 12 |
| 18-415 | From Design to the Market for Deep Submicron ICs | 12 |
| 18-418 | Electric Energy Processing: Fundamentals and Applications | 12 |
| 18-419 | Semiconductor Device Applications - Optoelectronics and Nanoelectronics | 12 |
| 18-421 | Analog Integrated Circuits I | 12 |
| 18-422 | Analysis and Design of Digital Circuits | 12 |
| 18-431 | Senior Projects | Variable |
| 18-432 | Senior Projects | Variable |
| 18-447 | Introduction to Computer Architecture | 12 |
| 18-450 | Digital Communications | 12 |
| 18-473 | Computational Methods for the Smart Grid | 9 |
| 18-474 | Embedded Control Systems | 12 |
| 18-482 | Telecommunications, Technology Policy & Management | 12 |
| 18-487 | Introduction to Computer and Network Security and Applied Cryptography | 12 |
| 18-491 | Fundamentals of Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-492 | Special Topics in Speech Processing | 12 |
| 18-493 | Electroacoustics | 12 |
| 18-496 | Introduction to Biomedical Imaging and Image Analysis | 12 |
| 18-499 | Internship | Variable |
| 18-510 | Sensor Systems Design | 12 |
| 18-513 | RF Circuits and Antennas for Wireless Systems | 12 |
| 18-525 | Integrated Circuit Design Project | 12 |
| 18-540 | Rapid Prototyping of Computer Systems | 12 |
| 18-545 | Advanced Digital Design Project | 12 |
| 18-549 | Embedded Systems Design | 12 |
| 18-551 | Digital Communication and Signal Processing Systems Design | 12 |
| 18-578 | Mechatronic Design | 12 |
| 18-587 | Electrical Energy Conversion, Control, and Management | 12 |
| Graduate Courses | ||
| 18-601 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Technology | 12 |
| 18-603 | Leadership for Engineers | 12 |
| 18-605 | Innovation in Science and Engineering - Theory and Fundamentals | 12 |
| 18-610 | Fundamentals of Modern CMOS Devices | 12 |
| 18-614 | Microelectromechanical Systems | 12 |
| 18-615 | Micro and Nano Systems Fabrication | 12 |
| 18-616 | Information Storage Devices and Systems | 12 |
| 18-617 | Memory Devices and Systems | 12 |
| 18-618 | Smart Grids and Future Electric Energy Systems | 12 |
| 18-622 | Advanced Digital Integrated Circuit Design | 12 |
| 18-623 | Analog Integrated Circuit Design | 12 |
| 18-629 | Special Topics in Circuits: Integrated Microsystems | 12 |
| 18-629A | Special Topics in Circuits: Integrated Microsystems | 12 |
| 18-629B | Special Topics in Circuits: Modeling and Design for Reliability – From Technology to Application | 12 |
| 18-629PP | Special Topics in Circuits: Microelectronics & Micromechanical Technologies | 12 |
| 18-630 | Introduction to Security and Policy | 12 |
| 18-631 | Introduction to Information Security | 12 |
| 18-635 | Web Application Security and Performance | 12 |
| 18-636 | Browser Security | 12 |
| 18-637 | Wireless Network Security | 12 |
| 18-638 | Mobile Security | 12 |
| 18-639A | Special Topics in Security: Intrusion Tolerance | 12 |
| 18-639F | Special Topics in Security: Browser Security | 12 |
| 18-639PP | Special Topics in Security: Intrusion Tolerance | 12 |
| 18-639SV | Special Topics in Security: Mobile Security | 12 |
| 18-641 | Java for Smart Phone Development | 12 |
| 18-641SV | Java for Smart Phone Development | 12 |
| 18-642 | Introduction to Software Engineering | 12 |
| 18-642SV | Introduction to Software Engineering | 12 |
| 18-644 | Mobile Hardware for Software Engineers | 12 |
| 18-644SV | Mobile Hardware for Software Engineers | 12 |
| 18-645 | How to Write Fast Code | 12 |
| 18-645SV | How to Write Fast Code | Variable |
| 18-646 | Low-Power System-on-Chip Architecture | 12 |
| 18-646SV | Low-Power System-on-Chip Architecture | 12 |
| 18-647 | Connected Embedded Systems Architecture | 12 |
| 18-648 | Real-Time Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-649 | Distributed Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-650 | Policies of Wireless Systems and the Internet | 12 |
| 18-660 | Numerical Methods for Engineering Design and Optimization | 12 |
| 18-660SV | Numerical Methods for Engineering Design and Optimization | 12 |
| 18-667 | Design of Integrated Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-669 | Special Topics In Cad I: Computing and Biology: Theory and Practice | 12 |
| 18-697 | Statistical Discovery and Learning | 12 |
| 18-697SV | Statistical Discovery and Learning | 12 |
| 18-698 | Neural Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-703 | Managing and Leading Research and Development | 12 |
| 18-712 | Elements of Photonics for Communication Systems | 12 |
| 18-713 | Optical Networks | 12 |
| 18-713PP | Optical Networks | 12 |
| 18-715 | Physics of Applied Magnetism | 12 |
| 18-716 | Advanced Applied Magnetism | 12 |
| 18-721 | Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits Design | 12 |
| 18-723 | RF IC Design and Implementation | 12 |
| 18-724 | Microelectromechanical System Design | 12 |
| 18-725 | Advanced Digital Integrated Circuit Design | 12 |
| 18-729C | Special Topics in Circuits: Power Electronics | 12 |
| 18-729E | Special Topics in Circuits: IC Technology: 3D System Integration (with VeSFETs) | 12 |
| 18-730 | Introduction to Computer Security | 12 |
| 18-730G | Introduction to Computer Security | 12 |
| 18-730PP | Introduction to Computer Security | 12 |
| 18-731 | Network Security | 12 |
| 18-731PP | Network Security | 12 |
| 18-731SV | Network Security | 12 |
| 18-732 | Secure Software Systems | 12 |
| 18-732J | Secure Software Systems | 12 |
| 18-732PP | Secure Software Systems | 12 |
| 18-733 | Applied Cryptography | 12 |
| 18-733J | Applied Cryptography | 12 |
| 18-733SV | Applied Cryptography | 12 |
| 18-734 | Foundations of Privacy | 12 |
| 18-739A | Special Topics in Security: Foundations of Security and Privacy | 12 |
| 18-739C | Special Topics in Security: Vulnerability, Defenses, and Malware Analysis | 12 |
| 18-739SV | Special Topics in Security: Foundations of Security and Privacy | 12 |
| 18-740 | Computer Architecture | 12 |
| 18-741 | Advanced Computer Architecture | 12 |
| 18-742 | Parallel Computer Architecture | 12 |
| 18-743 | Energy Aware Computing | 12 |
| 18-745 | Rapid Prototyping of Computer Systems | 12 |
| 18-746 | Advanced Storage Systems | 12 |
| 18-748 | Wireless Sensor Networks | 12 |
| 18-749 | Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems | 12 |
| 18-749PP | Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems | 12 |
| 18-751 | Applied Stochastic Processes | 12 |
| 18-752 | Estimation, Detection and Identification | 12 |
| 18-752PP | Estimation, Detection and Identification | 12 |
| 18-753 | Information Theory and Coding | 12 |
| 18-754 | Error Control Coding | 12 |
| 18-756 | Packet Switching and Computer Networks | 12 |
| 18-756G | Packet Switching and Computer Networks | 12 |
| 18-756PP | Packet Switching and Computer Networks | 12 |
| 18-757 | Network Management and Control | 12 |
| 18-757PP | Network Management and Control | 12 |
| 18-758 | Wireless Communications | 12 |
| 18-759 | Wireless Networks | 12 |
| 18-759G | Wireless Networks | 12 |
| 18-759PP | Wireless Networks | 12 |
| 18-760 | VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout | 12 |
| 18-762 | Circuit Simulation: Theory and Practice | 12 |
| 18-764 | In Between Design and Manufacturing of Deep-Submicron Integrated Circuits | 12 |
| 18-765 | Digital Systems Testing and Testable Design | 12 |
| 18-765PP | Digital Systems Testing and Testable Design | 12 |
| 18-769 | Design for Manufacturability in Nanometer Era | 12 |
| 18-771 | Linear Systems | 12 |
| 18-771PP | Linear Systems | 12 |
| 18-771SV | Linear Systems | 12 |
| 18-777 | Complex Large-Scale Dynamic Systems | 12 |
| 18-781 | Speech Recognition and Understanding | 12 |
| 18-781SV | Speech Recognition and Understanding | 12 |
| 18-782PP | Machine Learning | 12 |
| 18-790 | Wavelets and Multiresolution Techniques | Variable |
| 18-791 | Medical Imaging Analysis | 12 |
| 18-792 | Advanced Digital Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-793 | Optical Image and Radar Processing | 12 |
| 18-794 | Pattern Recognition Theory | 12 |
| 18-795 | Bioimage Informatics | 12 |
| 18-796PP | Multimedia Communications: Coding, Systems, and Networking | 12 |
| 18-797 | Machine Learning for Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-798 | Image, Video, and Multimedia | 12 |
| 18-798PP | Image, Video, and Multimedia | 12 |
| 18-799 | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Advanced Speech Lab | Variable |
| 18-799A | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Registration in Bioimaging | 12 |
| 18-799B | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Nonlinear Optimization | 12 |
| 18-799C | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization | 12 |
| 18-799D | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Design Impletmentation of Speech Recognition Systems | 12 |
| 18-799E | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Biometric Recognition | 12 |
| 18-799F | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Algebraic Signal Processing Theory | 12 |
| 18-799G | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Wavelets and Multiresolution Techniques | 12 |
| 18-799H | New Topics in Signal Processing: Network Science: Modeling and Inference | 12 |
| 18-799J | Special topics in signal processing | 12 |
| 18-799K | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Cognitive Video | 12 |
| 18-799L | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Advanced Speech Lab | 12 |
| 18-799M | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Advanced Machine Learning | 12 |
| 18-799PB | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Nonlinear Optimization | 12 |
| 18-799PF | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Image Analysis and Recognition | 12 |
| 18-799PP | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Nonlinear Optimization | 12 |
| 18-799R | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Large Scale Stochastic Adaptive Systems | 12 |
| 18-799X | Special Topics in Signal Processing: Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering Optimization | 12 |
| 18-817 | Applied Physics: Fundamentals of Semiconductors and Nanostructures | 12 |
| 18-819A | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Applications of Lithographically | 12 |
| 18-819B | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Introduction to Solar Arrays: Modeling, Analysis, and Design | 12 |
| 18-819C | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Micro and Nano Systems Fabrication | 12 |
| 18-819D | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Nanoscale Electronic Devices: Science, Materials, and Potential Applications | 12 |
| 18-819E | Special Topics in Applies Physics: Neural Technology, Sensing, and Stimulation | 12 |
| 18-819F | Special topics in Applied Physics: Waves and Applications | 12 |
| 18-819H | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Physical Sensors, Transducers and Instrumentation | 12 |
| 18-819L | Special Topics in Applied Physics: Antennas for Wireless Communications | 12 |
| 18-819M | Special topics in Applied Physics: Ultrasonic Devices and Applications | 12 |
| 18-835PP | Special Topics in Applied Security | 12 |
| 18-842 | Distributed Systems | 12 |
| 18-842G | Distributed Systems | 12 |
| 18-842PP | Distributed Systems | 12 |
| 18-843 | Mobile and Pervasive Computing | 12 |
| 18-843S | Mobile and Pervasive Computing | 12 |
| 18-843SV | Mobile and Pervasive Computing | 12 |
| 18-845 | Internet Services | 12 |
| 18-847PP | Special Topics in Computer Systems: Modern Foundations of Computer Networking | 12 |
| 18-847Z | Special Topics in Computer Systems: Data Intensive Computing and Storage | 12 |
| 18-848B | Special Topics in Embedded Systems: CE: Real Time Multimedia Systems Modeling | 12 |
| 18-848C | Special Topics in Embedded Systems: Networked Cyber-Physical Systems | 12 |
| 18-848D | Special Topics in Embedded Systems: Sports Technology | 12 |
| 18-848PP | Special Topics in Embedded Systems: Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-849 | Dependable Embedded Systems | 12 |
| 18-859 | Special Topics in Communications: Communication and Networking | 12 |
| 18-859C | Special Topics in Communications: Network Management and Control | 12 |
| 18-859G | Special Topics in Communication: Communication and Networking | 12 |
| 18-859H | Special Topics in Communications: Emerging Topics in Wireless Networks | 12 |
| 18-859PI | Special Topics in Communications: Distributed Systems and Networking | 12 |
| 18-859PP | Special Topics in Communications: Principles of Broadband Networks | 12 |
| 18-869A | Special Topics in CAD: Statistical IC Design | 12 |
| 18-869B | Special Topics in CAD: Design for Manufacturability | 12 |
| 18-869D | Special Topics in CAD: Wild and Crazy Ideas in Electrical and Computer Engineering | 12 |
| 18-875 | Engineering and Economics of Electric Energy Systems | 12 |
| 18-879 | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Stochastic Optimization | Variable |
| 18-879A | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Computer Control Engineering | 12 |
| 18-879C | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Optimal Control | 12 |
| 18-879H | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Advanced Linear Systems and Control | 12 |
| 18-879K | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Adaptive Control and Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-879L | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Logical Analysis of Hybrid Systems | 12 |
| 18-879M | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Optimization in Energy Networks | 12 |
| 18-879N | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Multi-Agent Systems | 12 |
| 18-879P | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Engineering and Economics of Electric Power Systems | 12 |
| 18-879PR | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Nonlinear Systems | 12 |
| 18-879Q | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Control: How Systems Really Work | 12 |
| 18-879R | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Electric Power Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Control | 12 |
| 18-879S | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Networked Control Systems | 12 |
| 18-879SC | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Optimal Control | 12 |
| 18-879SV | Special Topics in Systems and Controls: Stochastic Optimization | 12 |
| 18-879T | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Nonlinear Systems | 12 |
| 18-879U | Special Topics in Systems and Control: Stochastic Optimization | 12 |
| 18-882A | A Special Topics in Energy Systems: Power Electronics | 12 |
| 18-901 | Graduate Seminar | Variable |
| 18-902 | Graduate Seminar | Variable |
| 18-906 | Graduate Seminar | Variable |
| 18-980 | M.S. Graduate Project | Variable |
| 18-983 | M.S. Teaching Assistantship | 0 |
| 18-984 | M.S. Teaching Assistantship | 0 |
| 18-990 | Ph.D. Graduate Research | Variable |
| 18-990PP | Ph.D. Graduate Research | Variable |
| 18-991 | ECE Graduate Teaching Internship | Variable |
| 18-991PP | ECE Graduate Teaching Internship | Variable |
| 18-992 | ECE Graduate Teaching Internship | 12 |
| 18-995 | Practicum in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Variable |
| CIT Interdisciplinary Courses | ||
| 39-200 | Business for Engineers | 9 |
| 39-405 | Engineering Design | 12 |
| 39-500 | Honors Research Project | Variable |
| 39-606 | Engineering Product Design Projects | Variable |
