EE Curriculum for the Bachelor's Degree

August 2001

The Electrical Engineering BS degree program requires a minimum of 124 credit hours. The curriculum is graphically represented in the most recent flow chart. The departmental requirements consist of 45 credit hours of basic courses and 26 credit hours of technical electives. Students must major in one of the three tracks: Computers, Electro-Physics, or Systems. There are also design credit and speaking intensive (SI) requirements.

All electives are subject to the approval of an adviser. Enrollment in EE courses requires a grade of C or better in all prerequisite courses. College Requirements Students must complete the General Education Core courses for engineering (see the description of the "Undergraduate Programs" for the College of Engineering in the University of Hawaii at Manoa Course Catalog).

Note that the curriculum is based on when a student entered the EE program. In other words, a student may follow an older curriculum that was current when the student entered the program. Below is given a list of all the relevant changes from older curriculum.

Departmental Basic Requirements

Students must complete a total of 71 credit hours including the following:

• EE 160 Programming for Engineers (4)
• EE 260 Introduction to Digital Design (4)
• EE 211 Basic Circuit Analysis (4)
• EE 213 Basic Lab Measurements and Techniques (4)
• EE 324 Physical Electronics (3)
• EE 315 Signal and System Analysis (3)
• EE 323 Basic Electronics/Lab (3/1)
• EE 341 Introduction to Communication Systems/Lab (3/1)
• EE 342 Probability and Statistics (3)
• EE 371 Fields and Waves I (3)
• PHYS 274 General Physics III (3)
• ME 311 Thermodynamics (3) or CE 270 Applied Mechanics I (3)
• MATH 302 Introduction to Differential Equations I (3)
• Technical electives (26)

Technical Electives

The 26-credit requirement of technical electives consists of a

• Major in one of the three tracks (Computers, Electro-Physics, or Systems). A major track consists of 17 credits, which includes all courses in Group I and the remaining courses chosen from Group II. It should be noted that courses in Group I in a major track includes at least two labs (note that EE 366 and EE 415 have built-in labs.):
  • Computers Track:
    • Group I: EE 361/361L, 366, 367/367L
    • Group II: EE 449, 461, 467, 468
  • Electro-Physics Track:
    • Group I: EE 326/326L, 327, 372/372L
    • Group II: EE 328/328L, 422/422L, 423, 426, 427, 473, 474, 477
  • Systems Track:
    • Group I: EE 351/351L, 415
    • Group II: EE 331/331L, 435, 436, 437, 442, 446, 449, 452, 453

• 3 credits of a technical elective (300 level or above) outside the major track.

• 6 credits of projects in EE 296/396/496. At least one credit of EE 296 is required for the sophomore year, at least two credits of EE 396 are required for the junior year, and at least three credits of EE 496 are required for the senior year. The EE 496 senior design project is the capstone design course and requires a significant design effort.

  Note that the courses EE 296/396/496 are speaking intensive.

Design Credits

A minimum of 16 design credits are required. Each course has assigned to it a number of design credits. The Design Credits List shows the design credits per course. The Design Experience Statement explains the design requirements for the BS program.

Speaking Intensive Requirements

Older Curriculum

The curriculum is based on when a student entered the EE program. The following is a list of changes that were made since August 1994.

• August 1996:
  • Math 205 is now a 4 credit course.
  • Math 206 now has a 1 credit lab, Math 206 L, required of all engineering students.
• August 1997:
  • At least one credit of EE 296 is required in the sophomore year.
  • At least two credits of EE 396 is required in the junior year.
  • EE 342 replaces the Math elective and is required of all EE students.
  • Systems track student now have 2 track core courses (EE 351 and lab and EE 415) and require three (3) track electives.
• August 1998:
  • EE 160 replaces EE 150 for EE students.
  • EE 466 has changed to EE 366, which is 4 credits, including a weekly lab.
  • EE 366 has become a Computer Track Core requirement, together with EE 361/L and EE 367/L. Computer Track Elective is now two courses (6 credits) from EE 461, EE 467, EE 468, or EE 449.