The Semiconductor Engineering named option in Electrical Engineering prepares students for a career in electrical engineering with an emphasis on engineering semiconductor-based devices and systems. This named option provides guidance and recognition for students pursuing this career path. The option uses 20 of the elective credits within the 120-credit Electrical Engineering BS degree program to focus on the science, tools, and practices associated with semiconductor engineering. Students selecting this option must submit an option declaration form to the dean’s office in Engineering Hall.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Complete all: | ||
| E C E 305 | Semiconductor Properties Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| E C E 335 | Microelectronic Devices 2 | 3 |
| E C E 548 | Integrated Circuit Design 2 | 3 |
| E C E 549 | Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory 2 | 4 |
| Complete one: | 3 | |
| Semiconductor Physics and Devices 3 | ||
| Electronics of Solids 3 | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete two courses: | 6 | |
| Electronic Circuits II 3 | ||
| Materials Science-Structure and Property Relations in Solids (offered in Fall) 3 | ||
| Photonics 3, 4 | ||
| Introduction to Thin-Film Deposition Processes (offered in Spring) 3, 5 | ||
| Semiconductor Physics and Devices 2, 3 | ||
| Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials (offered in Fall) 3, 5 | ||
| Electronics of Solids 2, 3 | ||
| Introduction to Quantum Sensing 3 | ||
| Integrated Optics and Optoelectronics 4, 5 | ||
| Analog MOS Integrated Circuit Design 2, 3 | ||
| Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems 2, 3 | ||
| Solid State Physics 3 | ||
| Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (offered in Spring) 3, 5 | ||
| Digital Circuits and Components 2, 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 20 | |
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This course can be taken as an Advanced Elective - Laboratory.
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This course can be taken as an Advanced Elective in Circuits & Devices.
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This course can be taken as a Professional Elective.
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This course can be taken as an Advanced Elective in Fields and Waves.
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This course has additional requisites not required for the BS in Electrical Engineering.
Four-Year Plan
Sample Four-Year Plan
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MATH 221 | 5 | E C E/COMP SCI 252 | 3 |
| CHEM 103, 104, or 109 | 4-5 | PHYSICS 201 | 5 |
| E C E 210 | 2 | MATH 222 | 4 |
or Communications A | Communications A or | 3 | |
| Liberal Studies Elective | 3 | ||
| 14-15 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PHYSICS 202 | 5 | E C E 222 | 4 |
| MATH 234 | 4 | COMP SCI 300 | 3 |
| E C E 203 | 3 | E C E 230 | 4 |
| Liberal Studies Elective | 3 | E C E 270 | 1 |
| Free Elective | 1 | ||
| 15 | 13 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| E C E/PHYSICS 235 | 3 | ECE Advanced Elective | 3 |
| Statistics/Probability Elective | 3 | INTEREGR 397 | 3 |
| E C E 340 | 3 | E C E 305 | 1 |
| E C E 271 | 1 | E C E 335 | 3 |
| E C E 330 | 3 | Liberal Studies Elective | 3 |
| E C E/COMP SCI 352 | 3 | Professional Elective (Adv Math) | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Liberal Studies Elective | 3 | Professional Elective1 | 3 |
| E C E 548 | 3 | E C E 466 or 445 | 3 |
| E C E 549 | 4 | ECE Advanced Elective (4XX)1 | 3 |
| EE Advanced Lab (3XX) | 1 | ECE Capstone Design | 3 |
| E C E 370 | 2 | Liberal Studies Elective | 3 |
| Professional Elective1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Total Credits 120-121 | |||
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Replace at least two of these professional electives or advanced electives with courses from the Semiconductors electives list. Elective courses may have additional requisites.