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Curriculum and Core Skills
Skill Sets Are Cumulative – Building And Expanding Each Term
Freshman Year SKILLS OBTAINED
• First Year Experience • Laboratory safety
• Calculus I • Use common lab equipment
• Written & Oral • Statistical analysis of
Communications I experimental data
• Microcomputers I • Ability to apply concepts of
• Principles of Chemistry differentiation & integration
• Interdisciplinary Design & • Use of simple data
Manufacturing acquisition equipment
• Calculus II • Prepare for Engineering Economic
• MATLAB & C Programming Analysis course
• Computing & Algorithm II & lab • Use MATLAB to solve math and
• Newtonian Mechanics & lab engineering problems
• Economic Principles
Sophomore Year SKILLS OBTAINED
• Multivariate Calculus • Differential & Integral Calculus to
• Electronics I model electromagnetic
• Digital Systems I system behavior
• Electricity & Magnetism & lab • Use of basic electrical
• Introduction to Humanities measurement equipment
• Circuits I & lab (e.g. DVM’s, signal
• Differential Equations/Laplace generators, oscilloscopes)
• Electromagnetic Fields & • Construct & analyze circuits
Applications • Ability to design logic systems
• Introduction to Social Sciences and use FPGA’s
Get In The Lab State-of-the-Art
LAB
• Our state-of-the-art labs are open FACILITIES
a lot—even when the labs are not in
session. They are located near the
faculty offices, allowing for quick
consultation, and they’re packed with SKILLS OBTAINED
all the modern equipment. Junior Year
• Our new Green Mobility Lab is open! • Written & Oral • Prepare students to write
their thesis
A $500,000 Department of Energy Communication II • Expand knowledge in
grant funded this state-of-the-art • Probability & Statistics the Humanities
• Continuous-Time Signals &
facility where you can design and test Systems • Ability to model systems behavior in
your own electric vehicle drive system. • Circuits II & lab both continuous and discrete time
• In our Controls Lab, you’ll get • Matrix Algebra • Ability to analyze systems based
on frequency content
hands-on experience constructing • Advanced Humanities Elective
a wide range of controllers used in • Discrete-Time Signals & Systems
cruise controls, robots, disc drives, • EE Elective
and much more.
• In the Electrical Machines Lab, we’ll
teach you about the kinds of motors Senior Year SKILLS OBTAINED
that are being used in the latest • Apply knowledge to address
advanced hybrid and electric • Advanced Social Science Elective contemporary issues
vehicle drivetrains. • Math/Science Elective • Solve real world problems
• Three EE Elective
• Our High Voltage Lab is where • Two Free Electives • Experimental design
you’ll work with voltage levels up • Senior Seminar • Customize program for depth or
to 250,000 volts. The long sparks • Two CE Electives breadth with choice of free and
generated in this lab are an • Three Technical Elective technical electives
amazing sight. • Senior EE Design Project
• One CE or EE Elective
• Advanced Power Electronics
Lab — you’ll work on power
electronics, power supply, battery
chargers and renewable energy
systems and much more.
