Electrical Engineering

The electrical engineering major gives you the core knowledge and skills for a career in engineering, marketing, sales, research and other electronics-focused fields.

Preparing You For Success

You learn the foundation of electrical and computer engineering, with courses touching topics such as software, electromagnetics, circuits, simulations and systems theory. Each year includes design projects where you explore robotics, control, communication, energy, wireless systems and other applications. In addition to the engineering core, you take courses outside the department to strengthen your professional skills. These may be from business, communication, marketing or other majors. If you want a deeper understanding of computers, you can add the computer option to the degree. If you want to pursue engineering practice in robotics, you can add the robotics and controls concentration to your degree.

By the time you graduate, your experiences may include:

• Networking and professional development through the department’s annual job fair, Bradley chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, robotics club 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 program successfully prepares you to enter or advance in the workforce. In recent years, all electrical engineering students secured jobs or continued their education within six months of graduation. Students work at places such as Boeing, Exelon, Northrop Grumman, Siemens and Underwriters Lab. Others attended graduate schools at Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Illinois, for example.

Accreditation

Bradley's electrical engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, see https://www.abet.org for more details.

Major Requirements

Required Courses - 45 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 402: Undergraduate Design Seminar II - 1 hr.
• ECE 497: Capstone Project System Level Design - 1 hr.
• ECE 498: Senior Capstone Project I - 2 hrs.
• ECE 499: Senior Capstone Project II - 3 hrs.

Elective Courses (choose five) - 15 hrs.

• ECE 431: Communication Theory I - 3 hrs.
• ECE 432: Communication Theory II - 3 hrs.
• ECE 440: Electromechanical Systems - 3 hrs.
• ECE 441: Control System Theory I - 3 hrs.
• ECE 442: Control System Theory II - 3 hrs.
• ECE 450: Electromagnetic Theory - 3 hrs.
• ECE 451: Radio Frequency Circuits and Systems - 3 hrs.
• ECE 452: Wireless Communication Systems - 3 hrs.
• ECE 453: Radio Frequency Communications Laboratory - 3 hrs.
• ECE 460: Digital Signal Processing - 3 hrs.
• ECE 461: Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing - 3 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.

Total Hours: 129