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Department of Engineering

Concentration in Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering Concentration

Students with a particular interest in the design and application of computer hardware and software systems may choose the computer engineering concentration.

For graduation, majors of electrical engineering with a concentration in computer engineering must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in engineering and computer science courses.

Credits to graduate: 125

Courses & Requirements

The requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a Concentration in Computer Engineering differ from the standard electrical engineering degree as follows:

Students in the concentration are not required to take ELE 323 or ELE 351. Instead, they are required to take COS 161, COS 285 and COS 350.

In addition, a computer science elective at or above the 300-level must be taken to satisfy the general technical elective requirement, as approved by the student’s academic advisor.