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Your second and third years have distinctive course requirements and electives.
Here we can compare four related majors through select second and third year courses.
Electrical Engineering
EE 2174 - Digital Logic and Lab
Introduces analysis, design, and application of digital logic. Includes Boolean algebra, binary numbers, logic gates, combinational and sequential logic, storage elements and hardware-description-language based synthesis.
- Credits:
4.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-2)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): CS 1121 or CS 1131 or CS 1111
EE 3140 - Electromagnetics
Covers basic principles of engineering electromagnetics with an emphasis on Maxwell's equations.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): PH 2200 and MA 3160 and (EE 2110 or EE 2112)
EE 3901 - Design Fundamentals
The design process; includes team design activities and studies project management, ethics, and professionalism.
- Credits:
2.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (2-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
- Pre-Requisite(s): EE 2112 or (EE 2180 and EE 3010) and UN 1015
Applied Physics
PH 2260 - Honors Physics III - Electricity and Magnetism
Calculus-based introduction to electromagnetism. Topics include Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, capacitance, circuits, magnetic forces and fields, Ampere's law, induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves and geometrical optics.
- Credits:
4.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (4-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): (PH 1160 or PH 2100) and (PH 1200(C) or PH 2261(C)) and MA 2160
PH 2400 - University Physics IV-Waves and Modern Physics
A calculus-based introduction to waves and modern physics. Topics include interference and diffraction, special relativity, photons and matter waves, the Bohr atom, wave mechanics, atomic physics, molecular and solid-state physics, and nuclear physics.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): PH 2200 or PH 2260
PH 3110 - Theoretical Mechanics I
An intermediate study of mechanics, including the study of Newtonian mechanics of a single particle and multiple-particle systems, oscillations, motion in non-inertial reference frames, gravitation and central-force motion, and Lagrangian mechanics.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): (PH 2200 or PH 2260) and (MA 3520 or MA 3521 or MA 3530 or MA 3560)
An introduction to geometrical and physical optics. Topics in geometrical optics include ray analysis of mirrors, lenses, prisms, and optical systems. Topics in physical optics include polarization, interference, interferometry, and diffraction. The laboratory explores optics through experiments in imaging, fiber optics, interferometry, diffraction, polarization, and laser beam propagation.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (2-0-3)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): MA 3520(C) or MA 3521(C) or MA 3530(C) or MA 3560(C)
PH 3410 - Quantum Physics I
An introduction to the foundations of modern physics and Schrodinger's wave mechanics. Topics include thermal radiation, particle-like properties of radiation, Bohr's model of the atom, matter waves, Schrodinger's wave mechanics, quantization of angular momentum, and the one-electron atom.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): PH 2400 and (MA 3520 or MA 3521 or MA 3530 or MA 3560)
Electrical Engineering Technology
Advanced treatment of passive linear electrical circuits. Superposition, Thevenin, Norton, and maximum power transfer theorems. Analysis of AC networks with attention to frequency response, attenuation, resonance, bandwidth, and terminal impedance. Bridge circuits and filters.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Co-Requisite(s): EET 2122
- Pre-Requisite(s): (EET 1121 and EET 1122) and (MA 1160 or MA 1161)
EET 2233 - Electrical Machinery
Fundamental steady-state analysis of DC, AC polyphase and AC single-phase electrical machines as well as transformers.
- Credits:
4.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-3)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): EET 1121 and EET 1122
EET 3131 - Sensors and Instrumentation
Sensors and instrumentation used in a wide variety of industrial applications. Instrument static characteristics, measurement errors, and calibration. Signal conditioning circuits including instrumentation amplifiers, DC bridges, and filters. Sensors for measuring motion, force, pressure, flow, and temperature, including physical principles and required electronic circuits.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-2)
- Semesters Offered:
Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): EET 1411 or EET 2121 or PH 2230 or EE 2111 or EE 3010
EET 3225 - Analog Electronic Circuits
Analog electronic devices and circuits, including diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and operational amplifiers. Practical applications include amplifiers, rectifiers, and comparators.
- Credits:
4.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-3)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): EET 2121
EET 3281 - Electrical Project Development and Troubleshooting
Covers soldering, component layout, printed circuit board artwork, troubleshooting, electrical and environmental factors in design as well as an overview of the practical methods used by industry to process projects. The student designs and fabricates a circuit board and assembles a project.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-1-3)
- Semesters Offered:
Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): EET 2121 and EET 3225
Mechanical Engineering
Force systems in two and three dimensions. Includes composition and resolution of forces and force systems, principles of equilibrium applied to various bodies, simple structures, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia. Vector algebra used where appropriate. Prerequisite of MA2160 with a grade of C or better is required.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of For Res & Env Sci, College of Engineering
- Pre-Requisite(s): MA 2160
ME 2150 - Mechanics of Materials
Introduction to mechanical behavior of materials, including stress/strain at a point, principle stresses and strains, stress-strain relationships, determination of stresses and deformations in situations involving axial loading, torsional loading of circular cross sections, and flexural loading of straight members. Also covers stresses due to combined loading and buckling of columns.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of For Res & Env Sci, College of Engineering
- Pre-Requisite(s): MEEM 2110 or ME 2110
ME 3400 - Machine Design and Analysis
In this course, students apply concepts from previous classes to design and analyze mechanical systems using solid elements, bolted joints, welds, springs, spinning shafts, bearings, and gears. Students use case studies to develop relationships between design and performance.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Robotics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Pre-Requisite(s): MSE 2100 and (ENG 2120 or MEEM 2150 or ME 2150) and (MEEM 2700 or ME 2700)
ME 3750 - Dynamic Systems
This course deals with the modeling, analysis and control of mixed physics systems. It covers differential equation generation for mechanical, thermal, and electrical systems, their simulation, and methods for analyzing their performance operating in both open and closed loop.
- Credits:
4.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-4-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering
- Pre-Requisite(s): (MEEM 2700 or ME 2700) and (MA 3520 or MA 3521 or MA 3530 or MA 3560)
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