Undergraduate Program Tour
The B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering is a broad and highly flexible (four year ABET-accredited) degree program based upon the recognition that Electrical and Computer Engineering is broad and multidimensional. The program is structured to provide students with the smallest set of constraints consistent with a rich and comprehensive view of the profession, as judged by the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Through consultation with the Associate Department Head, the Assistant for Undergraduate Education, or the Undergraduate Program Assistant, students design a customized degree program comprising a specific set of courses, tailored to meet their individual interests and career goals.
Program objectives
The ECE program objectives are shown below. They represent our vision for what our students will be doing in their engineering careers five years after they have graduated. The principal behaviors we seek to foster in our students are expertise, innovation and leadership. Our graduates will be:
Three dimensions of objectives for our graduates.
Experts
- They will solve problems by applying ECE fundamentals
- Their solutions will reflect depth of understanding in their sophistication.
- Their solutions will reflect breadth of understanding by drawing on multiple disciplines.
Innovators
- They will demonstrate creativity in their engineering practice.
- They will consider holistic systems-oriented approaches in their designs.
- They will think strategically in their planning and execution.
Leaders
- They will take initiative, and demonstrate resourcefulness.
- They will collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
- They will be leaders in their organizations, their profession and in society.