The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine

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Mathematics and Basic Science Courses: Mathematics 2A-B, 2D, 2J, 3D, and 2E; Chemistry 1A and 1LA; Physics 7A-B-D-E, 7LA-LB-LD, 51A-B, 52A-B-C; Engineering ECE180 or Mathematics 114A.

Engineering Topics Courses: Students must complete each of the following courses and accumulate a minimum of 26 units of engineering design, including at least one course with more than 50 percent design content: Engineering ENGR54 or ENGR80, ECE10, ECE31, ECE31LA, ECE70A, ECE70B and ECE70LB, ECE113A, ECE113LA, ECE113B, ECE113LB, ECE113C, ECE113LC, ECE113D (or ECE151), ECE120A, ECE120B, ECE140A, ECE140LA, ECE170, ECE189A-B, ECE186. Students select, with the approval of a faculty advisor, any additional engineering topics courses needed to satisfy school and department requirements.

Technical Elective Courses: Students select, with the approval of a faculty advisor, a minimum of 19 units of technical elective courses. Students may select an area of specialization and complete the associated requirements, as shown below.

At most an aggregate total of 6 units of 199 or H199 courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements; 199 and H199 courses are open to students with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

(The nominal Electrical Engineering program will require 196 units of courses to satisfy all university and major requirements. Because each student comes to UCI with a different level of preparation, the actual number of units will vary.)

Specialization in Electro-optics and Solid-State Devices: 11 units selected from Engineering ECE113D (if not used to satisfy major requirements), ECE114A, ECE114B, ECE115A-B, ECE176, ECE176L, ECE177, ECE177L, ECE178, ECE198 (Special Topics in Electro-optics or Solid State Materials/Devices), ECE199 or ECEH199 (up to 3 units).

Specialization in Power Systems: 12 units selected from Engineering ECE140B, ECE160, ECE160L, ECE163, ECE163L, ECE166A, ECE166B, ECE199 or ECEH199 (up to 3 units).

Specialization in Systems and Signal Processing: 12 units selected from Engineering ECE128, ECE135A, ECE135B, ECE136, ECE140B, ECE163, ECE163L, ECE198 (Special Topics in Computer Graphics or Digital Signal Processing Laboratory), or ECE199 or ECEH199 (up to 3 units).