The development of the microcomputer has created a need for engineering technologists with a specialized knowledge of computers and control systems. The bachelor degree in computer engineering technology was created to meet this need.
The degree program in computer engineering technology utilizes a core of mathematics, physics, and electronics courses. These courses provide the scientific and technical background for an in-depth study of the hardware and software aspects of computers and related systems.
The emphasis of the program is on microcomputers and their application to the solution of industrial problems relating to robotics, control, instrumentation, monitoring, data communications, networks, and automated testing.
Graduates of these programs are qualified for employment as engineering technologists with companies that utilize computers in computation and control activities as well as companies that design, manufacture, market, install, and service computers and computer networks.
Suggested areas of special interest:
1. Embedded Systems: (take 2 of the following courses)
| ECET 4630 | Digital Signal Processing |
| ECET 4720 | Distributed Microcontrollers and PCs |
| ECET 4730 | VHDL and Field Programmable Gate Arrays |
2. Networks: (take 2 of the following courses)
| ECET 4720 | Distributed Microcontrollers and PCs |
| ECET XXXX | BS Telecom 3000-4000 course |
| ECET XXXX | BS Telecom 3000-4000 course |
Graduate will specialize in the development and implementation of networks of computers and microcontrollers. Applications include tele-medicine, factory automation systems, point-of-sales systems, and robotics. There will be heavy emphasis of high-level programming using C, Visual C++, JAVA, Visual BASIC, HTML, Windows including NT, LINUX, TCP/IP, etc. Hardware will emphasize PCs and embedded PCs, smart devices, LAN technologies, and remote sensing and control.
| Hours Per Week | |||||||
| Class | Lab | Credit Hours | |||||
| ECET | 1000 | Orientation | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ECET | 1010 | Fundamentals | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| EG | 1210* | Survey of Engineering Graphics | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ENGL | 1101 | English Composition I | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| MATH | 1113 | Precalculus | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| ECET | 1100 | Circuits I | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 1200 | Digital I | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ENGL | 1102 | English Composition II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MATH | 2253 | Calculus I | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| SPCH | 2400 | Public Speaking | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| Hours Per Week | |||||||
| Class | Lab | Credit Hours | |||||
| ECET | 2110 | Circuits II | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 2300 | Electronics I | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| MATH | 2254 | Calculus II | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| PHYS | 1111K | Introductory Physics I (Area D, Lab Science) | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Total | 13 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| Area C | Group 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ECET | 2210 | Digital II | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 2310 | Electronics II | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ENGL | 2010* | Technical Writing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PHYS | 1112K | Introductory Physics II (Area D, Lab Science) | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 18 |
*If courses other than Physics are used to satisfy Area D, Lab Science, it is recommended that you discuss course options with your assigned faculty advisor or the ECET department head prior to taking the annotated courses.
Since Physics I and II are requirements for the degree, it is strongly recommended that they be taken to satisfy the Lab Science component of Area D of the Core Curriculum It is also recommended that you discuss Lab Science options with your assigned faculty advisor or the ECET department head.
NOTES: CpET majors are required to earn a "C" or better in their ECET courses.
For more information about Areas C, D, and E courses, see the "Core
Curriculum" section under "Admission Information."
| Hours Per Week | |||||||
| Class | Lab | Credit Hours | |||||
| ECET | 3220 | Digital III | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 3400 | Data Communications | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 3600 | Test Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| MATH | 2335 | Numerical Methods I | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Total | 12 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| Area E | Group 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ECET | 3410 | High Frequency Systems | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 3700 | PC Assembly Language and Interfacing | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 3810 | Applications of C++, JAVA and HTML | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| MATH | 2306 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 17 |
| Hours Per Week | |||||||
| Class | Lab | Credit Hours | |||||
| Area C | Group 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Area E | Group 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| ECET | 3610 | Introduction to Control Systems | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 4710 | Network Programming and Interfacing | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| CpET Electives | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 18 | ||||||
| Area E | Group 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Area E | Group 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ECET | 4820 | Communications Networks and the Internet | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| STS | 2400 | Science, Technology, and Society | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| CpET Elective* | 4 | ||||
| Total | 16 | ||||
| Bachelor Degree Program Total | 130 |
*If courses other than Physics are used to satisfy Area D, Lab Science, it is recommended that you discuss course options with your assigned faculty advisor or the ECET department head prior to taking the annotated courses.
NOTE: CpET majors are required to earn a "C" or better in their ECET courses.