Electrical Engineering / Bachelor of Science

Total Credit Hours: 133
Major Credit Hours: 90

Electrical engineers design devices and systems that transport, transform, and control electrical energy to accomplish tasks. From the hardly visible circuits that power today's mobile computing devices to the electrical grid that carries electricity across the country, electrical engineers design, build, test, and deploy circuits that operate at all these scales and for a tremendous variety of purposes. They develop solutions to problems that obey design, performance, and safety constraints, using their deep knowledge of mathematics and physics to optimize their innovations. Lewis University’s electrical engineering program focuses on the large-scale applications associated with the electric power grid, electric machinery, control systems, and power electronics, but the dependence of these applications on other areas of the field, including radio frequency interference, electromagnetism, and digital logic, means that graduates of this program will possess both the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to begin long, productive careers in the electrical engineering field.

Admission Requirements

Incoming first-year students must have a minimum ACT Math subscore of 25 or SAT Math subscore of 610 or be ready to enroll in Calculus 1 to be admitted to the Electrical Engineering program. Transfer students and students who are changing majors must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and must be ready to enroll in Calculus 1. Prospective students wishing to be admitted to the program but who do not currently meet the requirements can be admitted under the Pre-Electrical and Computer Engineering Program. They can then apply for admission to the Electrical Engineering program once transfer admission requirements are met by contacting ece@lewisu.edu.

Degree Requirements

Program: BS-EECE-1

I. Engineering Foundations (41)

CHEM-11000General Chemistry 1

4

CHEM-11100General Chemistry 1 Lab

1

CPSC-21000Programming Fundamentals

3

MATH-20900Calculus 1

4

MATH-22000Applied Probability and Statistics

3

MATH-23500Calculus 2

4

MATH-25000Calculus 3

4

MATH-30000Differential Equations

3

MATH-30500Linear Algebra

3

PHYS-21000General Physics 1

3

PHYS-21100General Physics 1 Lab

1

PHYS-21500General Physics 2

3

PHYS-21600General Physics 2 Lab

1

PHYS-21800General Physics 3

3

PHYS-21900General Physics 3 Lab

1

II. Electrical Engineering Core (37)

ECEN-10000Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

3

ECEN-20000Engineering Design and Tools

3

ECEN-21000Logic Design

3

ECEN-22000Circuit Analysis I

4

ECEN-22100Circuit Analysis II

3

ECEN-23000Signals and Systems

3

ECEN-25000Semiconductor Devices

3

ECEN-27000Applied Electromagnetics

3

ECEN-35000Electronic Circuits

3

ECEN-37000Electromechanics

3

ECEN-37500Control Systems

3

ECEN-38000Electric Power Systems

3

III. Electrical Engineering Electives (6)

Select at least two courses from the following electives:
ECEN-30000Computer Architecture 1

3

ECEN-31000Computer Architecture 2

3

ECEN-32000Hardware and Software Systems

3

ECEN-33000Digital Communications

3

ECEN-33500Digital Signal Processing

3

ECEN-34000Introduction to VLSI Design

3

ECEN-41000Artificial Intelligence

3

ECEN-45000Robotics

3

ECEN-47500Power Electronics

3

ECEN-48000Renewable Energy Systems

3

ECEN-49800Electrical and Computer Engineering Internship

1-3

PHYS-33100Thermodynamics

3

PHYS-41100Computational Electrodynamics

3

IV. Capstone (6)

ECEN-40000Electrical and Computer Engineering Practice

3

ECEN-49600Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Project

3

V. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement is satisfied within the major by taking ECEN 49600.