Revised April 24, 2019

Technical Electives

The following are the departmentally approved technical electives for ECE programs. See notes and restrictions below.

Aerospace Eng. (AE): 202, 302, 311, 312, 321, 352, 353, 402, 403, 410, 412, 416, 419, 420, 427, 428, 433, 434, 435, 451, 460

Agri. Bio Eng. (ABE): all 300- and 400-level courses except 440*

Astronomy (ASTR): 210, 310, 330, 350, 404, 405, 406, 414, 450

Atmospheric Science (ATMS): 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 404, 405, 406, 410, 411, 420, 421, 425, 447, 449

Biochemistry (BIOC): 406, 440, 446, 455

Bioengineering (BIOE): 201, 202, 302, 414, 415, 461, 467, 473, 476, and 480

Biophysics (BIOP): all 400-level courses*

Chem & Bio Eng (CHBE): 221, 321, 421, 422, 424, 430, 431, 440, 451, 452, 453, 456, 457, 471, 472, 473, 474

Chemistry (CHEM): 104/105, all 200, 300, 400 level* except 397, 497, 499

Civil & Env. Eng. (CEE): 310, 330, 408, 410, 416, 430, 447, 491

Computer Science (CS): (101, by approval), 173**, 225**, 242, 357, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 433, 436, 438, 439 ,440, 445, 446, 447, 450, 460, 461, 463, 465, 466, 467, 473, 475, 476; 477, 481, 484; CS 398 & 498 Special Topics, as approved.

ECE^†: 297, 304, 307, 310, 311, 314, 329***, 330, 333, 340***, 342, 343, 350, 365, 374**, 380, 391**, 395, 396, 397, 402, 403, 408, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 424, 425, 428, 431, 432, 434, 435, 437, 438, 439, 441, 443, 444, 445***, 446, 447, 448, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 461, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 472, 473, 476, 478, 480, 481, 482, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 495, 496***, 499***; ECE 398 & 498 Special Topics, as approved.

For Electrical Engineering

Elective Labs: See table below for specific courses

For Computer Engineering

1 of 6 EE Foundation Courses: 310, 329, 330, 340, 461, 486

Advanced Computing Elective Courses: See table below for specific courses

Engineering (ENG): 491, InterdisciplinaryDesign; CubeSat, Solar Decathlon, Formula SAE, Baja SAE, or by approval. Other Engineering courses by approval of the Advising Office.

Geology (GEOL): 107, 208, 333, 380, 411, 417, 432, 436, 440, 450, 452, 460

Industrial Eng. (IE): 310, 330, 360, 361, 400, 410, 411, 412, 413, 420, 430, 431

Integrative Biology (IB): 150, 202, 203, 204, 302, 335, 348, 368, 401, 405, 420, 421, 426, 427, 431, 432, 440, 443, 444, 451, 452, 453, 461, 462, 463, 464, 467, 468, 471, 472, 473, 481, 482, 483, 485, 486

Linguistics (LING): 300, 406, 407, 427

Material Science & Engineering (MSE): 280, all 300- and 400-level courses except 304, 460, 461*

Math: 213**, 347, 348, 357, 402, 403, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 423, 424, 425, 427,428, 432, 442, 444, 446, 447, 448, 450, 453, 473, 475, 481, 482, 484, 487, 489, 494

Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB): 150, 250, 251, 252, 253, 300, 301, 314, 316, 354, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 408, 410, 413, 419, 421, 424, 426, 430, 431, 433, 435, 446, 480

Mechanical Eng. (ME): 200, 310, 320, 330, 340, 370, 371, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 410, 411, 412, 420, 430, 431, 440, 445, 450, 451, 452, 460, 461, 471, 472, 485, and 487

Music (MUS): 407, 409

Neuroscience (NEUR): 453

Nuclear Plasma & Radiological (NPRE): 201, 247, 402, 412, 421, 423, 429, 431, 432, 435, 441, 442, 444, 446, 447, 448, 451, 455, 457, 458, 470, 475

Physics (PHYS): 225, 325, 326, 401, 402, 403, 406, 419, 420, 427, 460, 466, 470, 485, 486, 487

Speech & Hearing Science (SHS): 200, 240, 300, 301, 320, 450, and 470

Statistics (STAT): 420, 424, 428, 429, and 440

Systems Eng (SE): 411, 420, 423, 424

Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (TAM): 211, 212, 251, 324, 335, 412, 435, 445, 451

* except seminars and special topics courses, which may be reviewed in the Advising Office
** Elective for EEs, required for CompEs
*** Elective for CompEs
Proficiency exams, AP, A-level, and Int'l. Baccalaureate credit cannot be used as technical elective hours.
Technical electives must be taken for a letter grade. S/U graded courses will not count.
Bring descriptions of new courses to the Advising Office, 2120 ECE Building, for evaluation.

Restrictions:

• Courses that are “same as” ECE courses are counted as ECE courses.  GE 421 Intro to Robotics is “same as” ECE 470, so it counts as an ECE tech elective.  In CS 241 it says “Credit is not given for both CS 241 and ECE 391.” They are not the same course; you won’t get any credit for CS 241.
• ECE/PHIL 316, Engineering Ethics, is a Campus Humanities course which meets the Comp II requirement.  It does not count as an ECE Elective.
• Some sections of ECE 198, 199, 298, 398, and 498, Special Topics, may not have technical content. These sections will not count as ECE electives.
• Specifically required ECE courses (e.g., ECE 220) do not count as electives.
• Courses for non-majors (e.g., ECE 205) do not count except by permission.
• Independent study courses = ECE elective hours: ECE 297, Individual Study, ECE 397, Individual Study in ECE, ECE 396, Honors Project, ECE 496+499 ***, Senior Thesis. ECE 297 may be repeated once for a total of 2 hours of ECE tech electives, but does not count as part of the 6 hours of independent study allowed for tech electives.

In different departments, CS, PHYS, etc. independent study can be approved for non-ECE tech elective hours. Bring to 2120 ECE Building for approval.

However,  no student may take more than 4 hours special problems with the same instructor, nor count more than a total of 6 hours towards graduation as a technical elective or a required advanced ECE course or lab.

• Non-ECE tech elective hours: ENG 491 Interdisciplinary Design Project, and other project classes, for technical credit, go to 2120 ECEB.

ECE Elective Laboratories: Old EE majors must take 2 hardware labs besides the required labs (385, 445), more are allowed. EE students entering August, 2014 and later must take 3 labs, at least one of which must be a hardware lab.

 

Hardware Labs				Software Labs
1 hr	ECE 343	Electronic Circuits Lab		1 hr	ECE 311	Digital Signal Processing Lab
4 hrs	ECE 391	Computer Systems Engineering		1 hr	ECE 314	Probability in Engineering Lab
2 - 3 hrs	ECE 395	Advanced Digital Projects Lab		3 hrs	ECE 365	Data Science and Engineering
3 hrs	ECE 402	Electronic Music Synthesis		4 hrs	ECE 411	Comp Organization & Design Design
2 hrs	ECE 415	Biomedical Instrumentation Lab
2 hrs	ECE 420	Embedded DSP Lab
4 hrs	ECE 431	Electric Machinery
3 hrs	ECE 435/CS 436	Computer Networking Lab
3 hrs	ECE 437	Sensors and Instrumentation
3 hrs	ECE 438	Communication Networks
3 hrs	ECE 439	Wireless Networks
4 hrs	ECE 443	LEDs and Solar Cells
4 hrs	ECE 444	IC Device Theory
4 hrs	ECE 446	Prin Experiment Research in EE
3 hrs	ECE 447	Active Microwave Circuit Design
3 hrs	ECE 451	Adv Microwave Measurements
4 hrs	ECE 453	Wireless Communication Systems
4 hrs	ECE 456	Global Nav Satellite Systems
3 hrs	ECE 460	Optical Imaging
2 hrs	ECE 463	Digital Communications Lab
1 hr	ECE 466	Optical Communications Lab
3 hrs	ECE 468	Optical Remote Sensing
2 hrs	ECE 469	Power Electronics Lab
4 hrs	ECE 470	Introduction to Robotics
4 hrs	ECE 481	Nanotechnology
4 hrs	ECE 486	Control Systems
3 hrs	ECE 489	Robot Dynamics and Control
4 hrs	ECE 495	Photonic Device Lab

New CompE curriculum: Computer engineering majors beginning Fall 2014 must take at least 3 Advanced Computing Electives.  ECE 411 counts as both advanced computing elective and a design elective.

 

Advanced Computing Electives NOTE: Some ECE classes are cross listed with CS
CS				ECE
3 hrs	CS 357 or	Numerical Methods I		4 hrs	ECE 408/ CS 483	Applied Parallel Programming
3 hrs	CS 411	Database Systems		4 hrs	ECE 411	Computer Organization & Design
3 hrs	CS 412	Introduction to Data Mining		3 hrs	ECE 412	Microcomputer Laboratory
3 hrs	CS 414	Multimedia Systems		3 hrs	ECE 419/ CS 460	Computer Security Lab
3 hrs	CS 418	Interactive Computer Graphics		4 hrs	ECE 422/ CS 461	Computer Security I
3 hrs	CS 419	Production Computer Graphics		3 hrs	ECE 424/ CS 463	Computer Security II
3 hrs	CS 420	Parallel Programming: Scientists and Engineers		3 hrs	ECE 425	Intro to VLSI System Design
3 hrs	CS 421	Progrmg Languages & Compilers		3 hrs	ECE 428/ CS 425	Distributed Systems
3 hrs	CS 423	Operating Systems Design		3 hrs	ECE 435/ CS 436	Computer Networking Lab
3 hrs	CS 424	Real Time Systems		3 hrs	ECE 438/ CS 438	Computer Networking Laboratory
3 hrs	CS 425	Distributed Systems		3 hrs	ECE 439/ CS 439	Wireless networks
3 hrs	CS 426	Compiler Construction		3 hrs	ECE 448/CS 440	Artifical Intelligence
3 hrs	CS 431	Embedded Systems		3 hrs	ECE 462	Logic Synthesis
3 hrs	CS 436	Computer Networking Laboratory		4 hrs	ECE 470	Introduction to Robotics
3 hrs	CS 438	Communication Networks		3 hrs	ECE 478/ CS 477	Formal Software Devel. Methods
3 hrs	CS 440	Artificial Intelligence		3 hrs	ECE 491/ CS 450	Numerical Analysis
3 hrs	CS 446	Machine Learning		3 hrs	ECE 492/CS 420	Parallel Programming: Scientists and Engineers
3 hrs	CS 450	Numerical Analysis		3 hrs	ECE 498 RC	Smart Phone Computing and Applications
3 hrs	CS 461	Computer Security I
3 hrs	CS 475	Formal Models of Computation
3 hrs	CS 476	Programming Verification
3 hrs	CS 477	Formal Software Devel Methods
3 hrs	CS 483	Applied Parallel Programming
3 hrs	CS 498 MP	Logic for Computer Science
3 hrs	CS 498 VR	Virtual Reality
3 hrs	CS 498 AML	Applied Machine Learning