Electrical Engineering Technology is a branch of engineering education that emphasizes the practical aspects of engineering rather than abstract concepts or theories. It is a blend of the application of science, engineering knowledge, and technical skills used in support of engineering activities.
Electronics is a relatively new science, but it has given birth to an industrial giant. Computers, medical electronics, automation, communications, instrumentation, radar, and robotics are but a few of the fields based on electronics.
This demand has created a need for electrical engineering technologists in all phases of development, design, production, maintenance, and troubleshooting. This need is being met by graduates of the bachelor degree program in electrical engineering technology.
Any non-required upper division (3XXX/4XXX) ECET course, with the exception
of ECET 3000, may be used as a technical elective (ECET Elective) in the
EET degree program. Students may wish to focus their technical electives
in a particular area of Electrical Engineering Technology. Suggested choices
in the areas of communications, digital, power, and telecommunications
are listed below:
| Communications: | ECET 4320, ECET 4330, ECET 4420, ECET 4431, ECET 4432, ECET 4820 |
| Digital: | ECET 3700, ECET 4630, ECET 4710, ECET 4720, ECET 4730, ECET 4820 |
| Power: | ECET 4510, ECET 4520, ECET 4530, ECET 4540 |
| Telecommunications: | ECET 3810, ECET 4820, ECET 4840, ECET 4850 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 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: EET 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 | |||||
| CHEM | 1211K* | Principles of Chemistry I | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 3220 | Digital III | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 3400 | Data Communications | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET | 3600 | Test Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Total | 12 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| Area E | Group 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ECET | 3410 | High Frequency Systems | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 3500 | Survey of Electric Machines | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ECET | 3610 | Introduction to Control Systems | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| MATH | 2306 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 18 |
| Hours Per Week | |||||||
| Class | Lab | Credit Hours | |||||
| Area C | Group 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Area E | Group 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| ECET | 4620 | Signals and Systems Analysis | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| ECET Electives | 7 | ||||||
| Total | 17 | ||||||
| Area E | Group 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Area E | Group 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| STS | 2400 | Science, Technology, and Society | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ECET Electives | 7 | ||||
| Total | 15 | ||||
| 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.
NOTES: EET majors are required to earn a "C" or better in their ECET courses.