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Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering - Concurrent Majors

Students wishing to complete a concurrent major (double major) must first be admitted into a "primary major." After completing the entrance-to-major process for their primary major, a student then completes an Application for the Approval of Concurrent Major form and obtains the appropriate signatures and approvals from your department chair. Once students are admitted into a concurrent major, they will have two degree audits, one for each major, to select from when using LionPATH.

The student will then need to complete all the courses required for the primary major, and any additional courses (listed below) for the secondary major. All the majors offered in Electrical, Computer, and Software engineering require that the student take three technical elective courses. However, a student working towards a double major will complete these technical electives by virtue of the requirements necessary to complete the secondary major. As a consequence, the technical elective requirement for a student pursuing a concurrent major is different; the student needs to complete only one technical elective course, a course that is not required for either the primary or secondary major. This technical elective must have a 300 or 400 level E E, CMPEN, or SWENG designation.

 

Computer Engineering and Software Engineering Concurrent Major with CENBD as the Primary Major

Course Number/NameCredits
SWENG 311: Object-Oriented Design3 credits
SWENG 352W: Real-Time Operating Systems3 credits
SWENG 411: Software Engineering Principles3 credits
SWENG 421: Software Architecture3 credits
SWENG 431: Verification and Testing3 credits
CMPSC 461: Programming Language Fundamentals3 credits
CMPSC 431W: Database Management Systems3 credits
MANGT 301: Behavioral concepts of Management3 credits
1 Technical Elective3 credits
Total27 credits

 

Computer Engineering and Software Engineering Concurrent Major with SE BD as the Primary Major

Course Number/NameCredits
MATH 230: Calc of Several Variations4 credits
E E 310: Microelectronics I4 credits
E E 352: Signals and Systems4 credits
CMPEN 371: Advanced Digital3 credits
CMPEN 411: VLSI3 credits
CMPEN 431: Architecture3 credits
CMPEN 352W: Embedded Systems3 credits
PHYS 214: Wave Motion2 credits
1 Technical Elective3 credits
Total29 credits

 

Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Concurrent Major with CENBD as the Primary Major

Course Number/NameCredits
E MCH 211: Statics3 credits
E E 312: Circuits II3 credits
E E 313W: Microelectronics II4 credits
E E 331: Electromagnetics3 credits
Either E MCH 212, M E 300, or PHYS 2373 credits
E E 360: Communications3 credits
E E 380: Controls3 credit
E E 383: Systems & Controls Lab1 credit
E E 387: Motors3 credits
1 Technical Elective3 credits
Total29 credits

 

Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Concurrent Major with EE BD as the Primary Major (Students are required to take CMPSC 122 as their Engineering Science elective during the fourth semester)

Course Number/NameCredits
CMPSC 360: Discrete3 credits
CMPEN 351: Microprocessors3 credits
CMPEN 371: Advanced Digital3 credits
CMPSC 465: Data Structure3 credits
CMPEN 411: VLSI3 credits
CMPEN 431: Architecture3 credits
CMPEN 352W: Embedded Systems3 credits
CMPEN 441: Operating Systems3 credits
CMPEN 461: Data Communications3 credits
1 Technical Elective3 credits
Total30 credits

 

Computer Engineering and Computer Science Concurrent Major with CMPBD (Computer Science) as the Primary Major

Course Number/NameCredits
CHEM 111: Experimental Chemistry I1 credits
CMPEN 271: Introduction to Digital Design3 credits
CMPEN 275: Digital Design Laboratory1 credits
EE 210: Circuits and Devices4 credits
CMPEN 371: Advanced Digital Design3 credits
CMPEN 351: Microprocessors3 credits
CMPEN 352W: Embedded Systems3 credits
CMPEN 441: VLSI Design3 credits
3 Technical Elective9 credits
Total30 credits

 

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Concurrent Major with CENBD (Computer Engineering) as the Primary Major

Course Number/NameCredits
CMPSC 221: Object Oriented Programming with Web-Based Applications3 credits
CMPSC 312: Computer Organization and Architecture2 credits
PHYS 213: Fluid and Thermal Physics3 credits
CMPSC 474: Operating Systems and Systems Programming3 credits
PHYS 237: Introduction to Modern Physics3 credits
CMPSC 335: Fundamentals of Communications Networks3 credits
CMPSC 431W: Database Management Systems3 credits
CMPSC 461: Programming Language Concepts3 credits
CMPSC 421: Net-Centric Programming3 credits
1 Technical Elective3 credits
Total29 credits

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