Electrical Engineering with Computer Option
The electrical engineering major with computer option gives you the core knowledge and skills of electrical engineering with an additional emphasis on computer and software development. As the world’s technology evolves to more software controlled devices and systems, this degree prepares you to design and combine complex hardware and software solutions.
Preparing You for Success
You learn the foundations of electrical and computer engineering, with courses touching topics such as software, electromagnetics, circuits, simulations and systems theory. It includes a series of computer engineering courses to give you added knowledge in the field. These explore system design and implementation, as well as hardware-software interfacing. Every year includes design projects where you explore robotics, communication, energy, wireless systems and other applications. In addition to the engineering core, you take 12 hours of courses outside the department to strengthen your professional skills. These may be from business, communication, marketing or other majors.
By the time you graduate, your experiences may include:
- Networking and professional development through the department’s annual job fair, the Bradley chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and other student organizations
- Research mentored by faculty
- Internship and practicum opportunities
- Design project every year
- A two-semester capstone project
Making Your Mark
Bradley’s electrical engineering degree with a computer option successfully prepares you to enter or advance in the workforce. In recent years, all electrical engineering students found jobs or continued their education within six months of graduation. They’re working at places such as NASA, Komatsu, Raytheon and Qualcomm. Others attended graduate school at Georgia Tech, the University of Virginia and University of Iowa.
Accreditation
Bradley's electrical engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
Major Requirements
Required Courses - 42 hrs.
- ECE 100: Introduction to EE: Circuits and Digital Systems Laboratory - 2 hrs.
- ECE 101: Introduction to EE: DC Circuits - 2 hrs.
- ECE 102: Introduction to EE: Digital Systems - 3 hrs.
- ECE 103: Introduction to EE: Computers and Programming - 3 hrs.
- ECE 204: AC Circuits and Introduction to Systems - 3 hrs.
- ECE 205: Microcontroller Architecture and Programming - 3 hrs.
- ECE 206: Continuous-Time Signals and Systems - 3 hrs.
- ECE 207: Simulation and Analysis for Electrical Engineers - 2 hrs.
- ECE 208: Transmission Lines and Electromagnetic Fields - 3 hrs.
- ECE 221: AC Circuits and Systems Laboratory - 2 hrs.
- ECE 301: Discrete-Time Signals and Systems - 3 hrs.
- ECE 302: Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes for EE - 3 hrs.
- ECE 303: Electronics - 3 hrs.
- ECE 322: Electronics and Interfacing Laboratory - 2 hrs.
- ECE 401: Undergraduate Design Seminar I - 1 hr.
- ECE 497: Capstone Project System Level Design - 1 hr.
- ECE 498: Senior Capstone Project I - 2 hrs.
- ECE 402: Undergraduate Design Seminar II - 1 hr.
- ECE 499: Senior Capstone Project II - 3 hrs.
Elective Courses (choose five) - 15 hrs.
- ECE 462: Digital Image Processing - 3 hrs.
- ECE 463: Medical Imaging - 3 hrs.
- ECE 465: Engineering Applications of Neural Networks - 3 hrs.
- ECE 466: Real-Time DSP Laboratory - 3 hrs.
- ECE 467: Robotics Design Laboratory - 3 hrs.
- ECE 470: Data-Structures and Object Oriented Programming - 3 hrs.
- ECE 471: Real-Time Operating Systems - 3 hrs.
- ECE 472: Embedded Microcontroller Linux - 3 hrs.
- ECE 473: Embedded TCP/IP - 3 hrs.
- ECE 474: Robotic Navigation with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping - 3 hrs.
- ECE 481: Digital Systems: Design and Synthesis - 3 hrs.
- ECE 482: Digital Systems: High-Level Synthesis and Codesign - 3 hrs.
- ECE 483: Digital Systems: Microprocessor Architecture and Design - 3 hrs.
Additional Requirement
- Students in the option are also required to complete a 12-hour professional elective stem. Some or all of 12 credit hours can also be applied towards a minor program.
Total Hours: 129
Course Sequence
Freshman - Fall Semester (16 hours)
- ECE 100 Intro to EE: Circuits and Dig. Sys. Lab — 2
- ECE 103 Intro to EE: Comps. and Programming — 3
- Core Courses — 11
- EHS 120 University Experience
Freshman - Spring Semester (16 hours)
- ECE 101 Intro to EE: DC Circuits — 2
- ECE 102 Intro to EE: Digital Systems — 3
- Core Courses — 11
Sophomore - Fall Semester (17 hours)
- ECE 204 AC Circuits and Intro. to Systems — 3
- ECE 205 Microcontroller Arch. and Prog. — 3
- MTH 207 Ele. Linear Algebra with Apps. — 3
- MTH 223 Calculus III — 4
- PHY 201 University Physics II — 4
Sophomore - Spring Semester (16 hours)
- ECE 206 Continuous-Time Signals and Systems — 3
- ECE 207 Sim. and Analysis for Elec. Engineers — 2
- ECE 208 Trans. Lines and Electromag. Fields — 3
- ECE 221 AC Circuits and Systems Laboratory — 2
- MTH 224 Differential Equations — 3
- Core Course — 3
Junior - Fall Semester (17 hours)
- ECE 301 Discrete-Time Signals and Systems — 3
- ECE 302 Prob., Stats., Random Proc. for EE — 3
- ECE 303 Electronics — 3
- ECE 322 Electronics and Interfacing Lab — 2
- ECE Digital Elective — 3
- Core Course — 3
Junior - Spring Semester (15 hours)
- ECE Digital Electives — 9
- Core Courses — 6
Senior - Fall Semester (16 hours)
- ECE 401 Undergraduate Design Seminar I — 1
- ECE 497 and 498 Senior Capstone Project I — 3
- Engineering Electives — 6
- ECE Digital Elective — 3
- Core Course — 3
Senior - Spring Semester (16 hours)
- ECE 402 Undergraduate Design Seminar II — 1
- ECE 499 Senior Capstone Project II — 3
- Engineering Electives — 9
- Core Course — 3
Course sequence information is provided for sample purposes only. Students should consult with their academic advisor about their individual plan for course registration and completion of program requirements.