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 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete three courses: | 9 | |
| Electronic Circuits II 3 | ||
| Photonics 3, 4 | ||
| Semiconductor Physics and Devices 2, 3 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Digital Circuits and Components 2, 3 | ||
| Materials Science-Structure and Property Relations in Solids (offered in Fall) 3 | ||
| Introduction to Thin-Film Deposition Processes (offered in Spring) 3, 5 | ||
| Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials 3, 5 | ||
| Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (offered in Spring) 3, 5 | ||
| Solid State Physics 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 Engr Comm 1 | Engr Comm 1 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 |
| 15 | 12 | ||
| 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 |
| E C E 548 | 3 | E C E 549 | 4 |
| E C E 370 | 2 | ECE Advanced Elective (4XX)1 | 3 |
| EE Advanced Lab (3XX) | 1 | ECE Advanced Elective (4XX)1 | 3 |
| Professional Elective1 | 3 | ECE Capstone Design | 4 |
| Professional Elective1 | 3 | Liberal Studies Elective | 3 |
| Liberal Studies Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Total Credits 120-121 | |||
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Replace at least three of these professional electives or advanced electives with courses from the Semiconductors electives list. Elective courses may have additional requisites.